Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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[16] THE ASHBURIAN On Wednesday, June 3rd, a Confirmation Service was held in the Chapel. Four candidates, McCallum I, McCallum II, King and Langley, were presented by Archdeacon Netten and were confirmed by the Rt. Rev. John Lyons, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ontario. OLD BOYS ' NOTES SINCE the last issue of the Ashburian went to press three Old Boys have married. John Fauquier, who left Ashbury in 1927, married Dorothea Agnes Coulson on November 26th, in St. John ' s Church, Ottawa. Gilbert Fauquier was the Best Man. John and his wife are now living in Noranda. On December 17th, Edgar N. Rhodes was married to Maryon Murphy. The wedding took place in Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa. David Woods, who was at the School from 1925 to 1930, was married in Toronto to Joyce Pattullo Lownsbrough ; and David Ross McMaster, who was President of the Old Boys ' Association last year, is to be married in Montreal on June 18th, to Elizabeth Aimee Budden. The President of the Old Boys ' Association this year is Gilbert Fauquier. We congratulate Edward Woollcombe on the birth of a daughter. Two Old Ashburians have distinguished themselves in England this winter. Robert Bowman, who was at the School from 1921 to 1928, recently joined the staff of the Daily Express, but before that he was with the B.B.C. and was one of those sent to Garmisch-Partenkirchen to broadcast running commentaries on the Olympic Games. The other Old Boy who has been in the news lately in England is Lou Bates. In a newspaper competition, started by Bob Bowman, to find out who the public thought were England ' s best hockey players, Lou Bates received the greatest number of votes for a defenceman. We congratulate R. W. Southam and Neville Spence on graduating from Queen ' s University, the former with a BA. degree and the latter with a B. Sc. Spence also won the Metallurgical Engineering Medal. Ramsey Park — Ashbury, 1931-1932 — received the degree of B.A. from the University of Toronto at its last meeting of Convocation.

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THE ASHBURIAN [15 J SCHOOL NOTES (Cont ' d) The Ashburian, continuing its policy of awarding prizes for entries sent into the Magazine, gave the following awards for contributions to this issue: Articles, three Special Prizes; Barends, Grant and Tyrer: Stories. First Prize, Dunning; Second Prize, Tyrer: Verse, First Prize, Forde ; Second Prize, Grant ; Special Prize, Paterson : Photography, First Prize, Hyndman ; Second Prize, Heuser II: One-Act Plays, No Awards. The literary entries were judged by Mr. Brodie. We regret to announce the resignation of Mr. W. H. Hewitt as Secretary- Treasurer of The Ashburian. Mr. Hewitt has been connected with Ashbury for a number of years. He was Gym. Instructor here from 1912 to 1924 and has been responsible for looking after the business end of the Magazine for the last fifteen years. The success of The Ashburian in the past has been largely due to his efforts. CHAPEL NOTES THE following clergy have taken services in the School Chapel since the last issue of the Magazine was published ; Rev. Canon Bedford-Jones, Rev. Canon Waterman, and the Rev. W. J.i Bradley. Archdeacon Netten has continued his series of Friday Divinity Classes. On December 15th, a Carol Service was held in the Chapel. The boys, under the direction of Mr. Edwards, sang nine carols, the congregation joining in the better known ones. Some of the less familiar carols, such as A Gallery Carol, and How Far Is It To Bethlehem, which had interesting settings, were particularly pleasing. On the afternoon of January 20th, when the grave condition of King George was announced over the radio, Dr. Bedford-Jones conducted a short Interces- sion Service, when prayers for the King and the Royal Family were read. The next morning the School had its Memorial Service. This service was taken by the Rev. W. J. Bradley. The Archbishop was in the Chancel. His Grace addressed the boys on the meaning of the occasion and the importance of the Throne as the Empire ' s symbol of permanency and unity. On January 28th, the School attended the official Memorial Service in the Cathedral. On March 22nd, the Archbishop again visited the School and preached at the evening service.

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THE ASHBURIAN I The following is an extract from the Halifax Mail : Robert L. Stanfield, B.A., son of Mrs. Stanfield and the late Lieutenanl Governo r Frank Stanfield, of Truro, was presented with the Governor- General ' s Gold Medal, with highest honours in fourth year Arts at the annual Convocation Exercises of Dalhousie University on Tuesday. Mr. Stanfield won a graduation diploma with high honours in Eco- nomics and Political Science He also was awarded the North British Centennial Bursary, and the Overseas League essay prize in second year Arts. Bob Stanfield was at Ashbury from 1929 to 1932. We reproduce below a copy of a letter we have received from Robert Dav son, who left Ashbury last June and who is now at Dalhousie. Dalhousie University. Halifax, N.S., February 28th. Dear Mr. Editor, On looking through the Christmas issue of the Ashburian I came across a letter from Bishop ' s College. Seeing this letter inspired me to write to you, as Ashbury is well represented on this campus too, and I thought that some of the boys, and the Old Boys, would be interested to hear about them. Ashbury has, in all, ten boys attending- this university, all of whom are playing a major part in the college activities. John Rowdey is a second year law student and is a frequent visitor to the Trial Club ' . Norman Gillies is taking a course in Geology and still has the military chest developed earlier in life under Sergeant-Major Stone. John Weldon and Stephen Macnutt are on the University boxing team ; the former is the holder of the middle-weight title, and the latter the welter-weight. Yours truly was badly taken to the cleaners in the final of the featherweight division ! Basil Whalley, in the freshman class together with YVeldon and Macnutt, received honourable mention for his fine work on the fresh- man football team. The two Stanfield brothers have been here several years : Pete is doing well in Engineering and is on the first line of the senior hockey