Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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4 Uhr Anhhurian On Saturday evening, Oct. 27th, we were honoured by a visit from Mr. Lawrence J. Burpee, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.C., the well-known Historian, and Editor of the Canadian Geographical Journal, and author of many books on the History of Canada. He delighted us with an Illustrated Lecture on The Discovery of Canada , which was extremely interesting as well as educational. We are greatly indebted to Mr. Burpee for his kindness in coming to us, and we express our sincere thanks to him and also to Mr. Dennison, who kindly came along and worked the Movie Machine. Mr. Burpee also presented the History Room with a copy o'f his book, The Discovery of Canada , for which we are very grateful. By coincidence, we noticed in the Citizen on the same date that Surveys from the Air are plotting out Canada's 3,600,000 square miles, of which about 75 per cent has never been accurately mapped. Fully half of this great area has never been even viewed by white men. Up to the end of 1924 the area mapped was 240,000 square miles. Then aerial mapping began and by the end of 1934 more than 480,000 square miles will have been surveyed from above. In other words twice as much country has been mapped in 10 years from the air as in 100 years by surveyors on land. The maps are made from photographs taken from planes. This summer the four detachments in the operations with eight planes took 40,000 picutres. It is the greatest undertaking of its kind in the world. XVe congratulate Jay Ronalds on his many successes in the Golfing World, during the Summer Holidays. He seems to have Hmopped-up most of the events for which he entered. He capped a fine season by winning the Quebec Provincial Junior Tournament with a gross score of 78. He also gave Jack Cameron, an experi- enced Tournament Player, a spirited battle in the first round of the Canadian Amateur Championship. Nor must we omit to mention and congratulate his young brother Lee, also at Ashbury. He was the youngest competitor in the Junior Provincial Match, played at Elm Ridge on the Lake Shore of Montreal and we read in the Canadian Golfer that his knowledge of the game and the rules is nothing short of amazing! XVe shall doubtless see great things from them in the future and we heartily wish them birdies and eagles', a-plenty! The school contributed 311.13 to the Red Cross Fundg and 51,517.91 to the Ottawa Federated Charities. In about four or five year's time, it is hoped there will be a thick hedge. Cdetails of which will be found belowj. bordering the

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Gllgr Aalrhuriun 3 Svrhnnl nina Dr. and Mrs. XVoollcombe were in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto for a lfew weeks in the Summer. Those of us who were fortunate enough to see them, thought they were looking remark- ably fit and well. Dr. VVoollcombe has now been inducted into his new living and he has asked us to say that any Ashburian lpast or presentj will be very welcome at any time at The Vicarage. XVoodford Halse, Rugby. The station is on the main line from Marylebone, London. Here is a picture of their new home. THE VICARAGE, WOODFORD HALSE. Many will be interested to hear that Mr. R. Pattisson is engaged to be married. His fiancee is Miss Frances Cowan, who has been teaching at the Trafalgar Girls School in Montreal for three years. Mr. Pattisson will be leaving Canada early in the New Year for England, where he will go into residence at Avondale School, Clifton, until Easter, at which time he is to be married and then take over the Headmastership of the school. XVe heartily congratulate him on his engagement and wish him all success and much happiness in his new sphere of life. Mr. Pattisson was games master at Ashbury for six years and for nearly five years has held a similar post at Selwyn House. Montreal. Canada will miss you, Patt.! We are sure that all Ashburians will always be very wel- come at Avondale.

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Gllir Aalphltrian 5 side of the grounds fwhere now stands a somewhat unsightly wooden fencej and on the side of the road leading from Maple Lane to the back entrance of the school. The ground is now being prepared and seeds will be put in as soon as conditions permit. XYe consider that much credit is due to the instigator of this undertak- ing, and wish the experiment all success. Caragana arborescens tSiberian Pea Treej. The Siberian Pea Tree is, pehaps, the best tall deciduous hedge for the colder parts of Canada. It resists both drought and extreme cold very well. It is a fairly rapid grower and its leaves, which come out early, are of an attractive shade of green. As it makes practically all its growth early in the season, one pruning each year is sufficient. This shrub-like tree will reach a height of 13 feet if desired. It is good news to know that Miss Lewis, who underwent a serious operation on the opening day of this term, is now quite fit and well againg she will be back again with us next term, if all continues satisfactorily. We take this opportunity of cordially thanking Miss Murphy, who has so capably filled the breach to the benefit and gratitude of all concerned. The Upper Sixth have enjoyed the following outings to places of educational interest this term :-The first trip was made to the Ottawa Gas Plant on Leyes Avenue. Here they saw the manu- facture of illuminating gas and coke. The second trip was to the Metallurgical Research Branch on Booth Street, where they saw the Flotation Process and other methods of Ore concentration. A final outing was made to the Canada Cement Co., near Hull, where was seen how Portland Cement is manufactured right from the quarry to the actual product. We have to thank Edward Fauquier for lending and operating his 16mm projector. A film depicting the extraction of Bromine from sea-water was shown. To all concerned and especially to Mr. Johnson, who went to much trouble in arranging these visits, we extend our very grate- ful thanks. VVe have much pleasure in stating that the Annual Shakes- pearean Play will take place on Saturday, March 16th, at the Little Theatre. The Production will again be in the very capable hands of Mr. VV. H. Brodie, while Mr. B. K. T. Howis will look after the Secretarial and Business arrangements. Please make a note of the date and may we 'further ask for your very kind patronage and support? Two School Concerts have been arranged, the first to take place on Tuesday, December 18th and the second about the middle