Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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16 THE .AlSHBL'R1.-IX 5lDQl1QT , 1 UAV ATHLETIC SPORTS The .Xmmal wpnrls were helcl at .'xSlllJl1l'j' cm june 1-lth, the elming flay, instead nf lm May 2-lth as was the ease last year. The weather was rather lllI'L'IllK'lllllg' aml hefemre the afternoon wax lwer the rain came fluwn heavily hut it was possihle to Com- plete the lJl'HQ'l'ZlllllllL'. 'lwu reeurrls were lmrulcen this year. Calder Ill-glling IIN- 1-L-U11-fl fm- lhe Lung .lump aml Yuile that for the Inter- mefliale Iligh lump. lhnh are lu he heartily eungratlllatecl. The lflemixug' Vup was wfm hy Q-IlltlL'l' aml the Stanley XYrig'ht Cup hy Xllen ll. In the bluhim' Selnml the ,Xylwin Cup was won hy Klagmi SICXIK JK SIN DRTS ll!! YIll'flN .l. .X. l'alflel1fll l '5 wee. l.ZH YIlI'4lN lllll'1lll'N- nl. .-X. ialcler elN see. lligh 'lump QI. .X. l-Illfll'l 5 ft. 4 in. .fill YItl'll5-'l. .X lalflel'-.211 l '5 see. 'I'lm-wing the Vrieliet llall 'lf NY. lll'IlllL'll'l'lifff8N yrlw. 2 lft. Xlile .X M. Xl:1el':11'tl1y 5 min. 5 see. 'HH YJll'4lN -I. S-Xllllllglllll IM l 5 see. NNN Yllfilx YL XY. l'll'l'QllNHll Z min. .24 .2 5 we. Ill:-:11'fl111m'e Pup! fll.st:u'l1' lfilem' 4 . ll. l'llllel'lull. I.-,hg.lx1mg' nl. X. l-Illlll'l' l'l ll. 3 in.

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THE .JSHBCRIAX 15 During the XYar of American Independence Lord Northcliffe wisely gave the Irish Volunteers Home Rule. Queen Elizabeth rode through Coventry with nothing on. and Raleigh offered her his cloak. Doldrums are Army rations of spirits. The population of London is a bit too thick. Lipton is the capital of Ceylon. Shakespeare wrote the Merry XYidow. -loan of Arc was cannonised by Bernard Shaw. The Minister of Har is the clergyman who preaches to the soldiers in the barracks. Esau was a mighty hunter who wrote fables and sold them for a bottle of potash. An Abstract Noun is the name of something which has no existence. as goodness. Marconi is the stuff out of which you make delicious puddings. A glazier is a man who runs down mountains. A grass widow is the wife of a dead vegetarian. Sub judice is the bench on which the judges sit. Quinine is the bark of a tree. canine is the bark of a dog. A damsel is a small plum. t An optimist is a man who looks after your eyes and a pessimist a man who looks after your feet. A synonym is a word used when you don't know how to spell the one you First thought of. Livingstone went to Africa to be a misery to thc natives. 'Habeas Corpus' was a sign used at the time of the llreat Plague and means 'You may have the bodyf

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THE ASHB URIAN Relay Race-Montreal-2 min. 58 sec. T. XY. Beauelerk G. XV. Ferguson tl. Symington E. R. Allen Old Boys' Race-R. Craig-12 sec. Tug of XYar-Dominion. J. Stanuarcl D. Heuser K. Heuser A. Powell G. XYoclehouse H. Bareuds XY. Hadley INTERMEDIATE SPORTS 100 Yards-E. R. Allen-13 sec. High Jump-A. Yuile-5 ft. 1 in. 440 Yards-L. B. Emeno-62 1X5 sec. 120 Yards Hurdles-E. R. Allen-17 2X5 see. Long -lump-E. R. Allen-17 ft. 10 in. 220 Yards-E. R. Allen-26 sec. JL'N1oR sPoRT5 100 Yards-L. Magor-13 sec. Obstacle Race-E. L. Macclonalcl. 100 Yards luncler 125-T. Galt. 220 Yards-L. Magor-30 see. Long jump-l.. Klagor-15 ft. 9 in. Throwing the Cricket Hall-E. I.. NlIICflUllfllIl-63 High 'lllIll1'D4l.. Magorkil ft. 7 in. The Norman XX'ilson shiclrl was won hy Rlfblllftill lll ll L el . l' l XX