Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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E121 THE ASHBURIAN OLD BOYS' NOTES F RICHRIQT to report the deatl1 of two Ol1l lioys since the last issue of tl1e Ashburian: .lohn tjorclon MacCarthy and Gerald Aldous Bate. tiordon MacCarthy was at Ashbury froin September 1928 to june 1933. when he niatriculated to McGill University. Always keen on all forms of sport. he was a Senior Colour in Hockey a1111 Football and was a nieniber of the Senior Cricket Team. Gerald Hate was at Ashbury froni 1908 to 1916, when he left to attend R.M.C. Serving in the XYar, Bate was attached to the Royal Artillery. On October 12th, a marriage was soleinnized between Miss Nanno Mary Toller a1111 -loseph Stanley 1rvi11. The wedding was celebrated at All Saints Church. Ottawa, with tl1e Rev. Canon Hepburn officiating, assisted by the Rey. Canon Gorman, step-father of the bridegrooin. 'Pop' Irvin, is one of our niost distinguished Ol1l Boys. lYhile at Ashbury Irvin distinguished hiniself in athletics. A Senior Colour in Football, Hockey a11d Cricket he also won the Senior Heavyweight Boxing Trophy. He was Head Prefect i11 1927-1928. Mr. and Mrs, Irvin are now residing in Ottawa. .lohn Rowley, Head Prefect 1930-1931, shipped before the mast this suninier in tl1e Bluenose when she crossed the Atlantic to be present at the Silver jubilee Review, by H. M. The King, of the Fleet a1111 Merchant Service 011 Spithead. lYe offer our congratulations to 1.aw1'ie Hart upon the birth of a third son. We congratulate. too, Henry R. T. Gill, who has been re-elected President of tl1e Ottawa District Council of tl1e Boy Scouts' Association. Gilbert E. Fauquier, Fsq., is the Honorary President. The Ashburian extends its most sincere synipathy to T. Ci. Mayburry, whose father died on November 19th. Mayburry was Head Prefect in 1925-26. The following is an extract from the Ottawa .lournal :- Four Ashbury Candidates Pass lilitraiice lo R.M.C. Ashbury College continues its t1'a1lition of successfully passing its alumni into the Royal Military College at Kingston. At the june examinations tl1e four candidates from the Ottawa school were all successful in gaining adinission.

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THE ASHBURI.-l.X' flll The Chapel. CHAPEL N CITES HE following' clergy have taken services in the tfliztpel this terin: The Yenerahle Arcltdeacon Snowden, D.D.. Rev. canon E. A. hlolinston Rev. Canon R. ll. llltterinan. Rev. Canon H. H. lieslford-tlones. lllfl.. :uid the Rev. XY. sl. Bradley, Un Noventher llth. the school Reineinhrance llzty service was confluctei hy Archdeaeon Snowden. :tssisted hy the Rev. XY. ,l. Bradley. The Roll ot llonour of the Qld Boys who lost their lives in the XYHI' was read liy Keith Davidson. who was at Asliliury from 1903 to 19113. Qn this occasion the Atelicleztcoii chose :ts his text IJZIVI of the ninth verse of the fourth chapter of lDeuteronftiny- Only take heed Ur thyself. and keep thy soul diligently. lest thou forget the things which thine eyes liztve seen. Among those present :it the service were li. lf. l7ztuquier. Esd.. :in ex Chairman of the Board uf liHVL'I'llUl'S. Xornizui Xlilson. lfsq.. and the following Qld Boys: Keith Davidson. il. Roberts .Xllztn, ll. .X. l :uiduier. llilhert lfrtuquiei bl. H. Caldwell. H, C. Caldwell, and Lf U'L'oiii1o1'.

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THE AsHBL'R1fi.v I ISI Michael Macliricn, .-Xvery Stairs, .lohn Clarke and l'ctcr XX'ilson arc thc new Cadets from .-Xshbury. The school has a long list nf Uld lioys who have passed through the Military College, including football and liot-kt-y captains. :mil gli least one winner uf the Sword of Honor. XX'e congratulate Macllricn on being appointed Class Senior at li. M. lf. The Ifditor-in-Chief received recently a letter from .Xvcry Stairs, giving ns the news of the Old lloys at R.M.C. XX'e reproduce it below: Royal Military Collegc, Kingston. Ontario. Dear Sir. In reply to your enquiries about the Old Boys at R.M.C.. I am only too glad to tell you what I can concerning our activities. C. S. M. Coristine is in the graduating class this year and. as his rank shows, is doing remarkably well. He will be playing on the Col- lege hockey team this winter. as will MacBrien, our Class Senior, who, in spite of all his extra duties. seems to be enjoying the life thoroughly. Already he is on the Senior Rugby Team and is making a mark for himself in studies as well as in sport. Hadley. now in his second year, comes to see us now and then. He is doing well. needless to say. in his work. XX'ilson and myself, both recruitsealong with MacBrien-are struggling through our year as best we can. If one lives from day to clay the life is very enjoyable. XX'ilson, I should add, is both a most efficient and popular Flat Senior. That. I think. completes the list. and as I have to be on parade in live minutes I must close. Yours very sincerely. Avery Stairs. Stairs, it will be noted, says very little about himself. In the examinations last -Iune for entrance into the B..-X. course in Science at McGill he was placed third on the list and won the Sir XX'illiam MacDonald scholarship, which, how- ever, he did not accept in view of his entering the Royal Military College. The following Old Boys have visited the School since the last issue of the .-Xshburian was published: R. XXI. XX'ilson, H. XX'. Biggar, bl. XX'eldon, H. Cowans. C. XX'. Fullerton. I. Macorquodale. XX'. H. T. XX'ilson, bl. .-X. Stairs, R. XXX Coristine. M. MacBrien.