Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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[22] THE ASHBURIAN The Annex

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THE ASHBURIAN [21] Old Boys ' Notes (Cont ' d) Ronald Leathern, who in his early years distinguished himself with the Players ' Club, is taking his M.A. this year. He is a brilliant student of Political Economy. Also graduating are Lem Schlemm, who is still busy with his badminton, and the Brodies who have been active with the Players ' Club. Bruce Ritchie and Fraser MacOuorquodale do much to liven up the House Faculty, while Ian MacOuorquodale, a Players ' Club Execu- itve, when last seen had grown a moustache and was playing the part of A Jungle in this year ' s Red and White Review. Charlie Gale, as debonnaire as ever, is busy exercising and dieting to keep his figure down, and still owes me a dozen oysters. Yuile knocks down High Jump bars with monotonous regularity. Jim Calder was on the Intermediate Track Team and lead the Inter- fraternity Hockey League scorers. A new prize arrival this year was Jack Ross who entered Alining Engineering — a great Social Creditor. Jack won the Intercollegiate Middleweight Boxing Title and has also done well in his studies. He is now surveying at Ste. Anne ' s. Another Ashbury boy is Oliver Whitby. We don ' t see much of him as he spends most of his time in the lab. Last year ' s freshman class, though small, did very well. Waldor Lyman, and Kennedy with his inimitable impersonations, are famous to most of McGill, John Ferguson, placed second in a class of three hundred, was elected Assistant Manager of the Senior Hockey Team, an exceptional honour for a first year student. My own accomplishments include being Playing Manager of our Championship Golf Team and Lightweight member of the Intercolleg- ite Championship Boxing Team. And now, Sir, may I take this opportunity to thank you for allow- ing me to act as Press-Agent for McGill, and may I assure any future Ashburians coming to McGill that we will give them a very warm wel- come. Yours sincerely, Graham Ferguson. Word has just reached us that on Saturday, May 23rd, David Fauquier, who was Head Prefect in 1933, was married in Toronto to Ailene Rogers Fleming. Finally, we congratulate Alexander Garvock, B. Eng., on receiving another degree from McGill at the May meeting of Convocation. Alex, is now a graduate in Commerce as well as in Engineering.

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THE ASH BURIAN [23| A GLIMPSE OF CONWAY By J. C. TYRER THE visitor to England, in his anxiety to see such beauty spots as the Lake District, Devon, Somerset and Lincolnshire, will often find that when the time comes to leave for home he has not visited Wales, and in missing a visit to this particular part of the British Isles he has been deprived of a wealth of beauty and education. Conway, originally a small fishing town not far from Landudno, is one of the beauty spots of North Wales. Its castle, if not the grandest is the most graceful castle in the country. We had always heard so, and a guide book — perhaps somewhat naturally — only confirmed our preconceived ideas. In any case, we started for Conway. The journey from London was broken into two parts in order that we might spend some time in Chester, and although we arrived in this famous old city rather late in the evening we were able to inspect the walls which circle the town, walls upon which one can walk quite safely for their entire distance. From Chester to Conway is far from just a train journey. It was a pano- rama of beauty and serenity eclipsed only by the little town of Conway, a rare old town with walls like those of Chester but different in that the whole town is within the boundaries of the walls. As we approach, the castle appeared in all its sombre austerity, standing out sharply against the bright blue sky. Our train seemed to be the proverbial bull in this wonderful china shop as it pierced the quiet atmosphere of the town with its shrill whistle. There was no taxi to take us to the hotel but it is only a short walk. The hotel at which we stayed seems to have a definite place in history, for besides being the site of a Cistercian abbey it has housed four generations of the writer ' s family. Early next morning we set out for the castle determined to find out every- thing there was to be learned about it. Conway stands on the edge of a steep rock and is washed by an arm of the Conway River, once famous for its plentiful pearls. It was built by Edward I in 1284, and since then has played a formidable part in history. A very short time after it was finished, Edward was besieged, and it was only the arrival of a fleet in the nick of time that saved him from disaster. Built as it was on the side of a river it was in ideal surroundings, for although a land force might cut it off on one side it was a very difficult business to command the nearby waters.