Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN [11] I CHAPEL NOTES i -4 T Read Over on June 17th Dr. Woollcombe, Founder and former Headmaster of Ashbury, took the service in the Chapel. Mr. Archdale has continued taking the majority of the services on Sundays this j term, preaching at Matins, and Dr. Woollcombe has taken the Communion Service ■ i each month. We were interested to read that when our former Headmaster read ] Matins at All Saints ' recently the Service was broadcast. We welcome Mr. Hugh Huggins, B.A., LL.B., as School Organist. Mr. Huggins is Organist at All Saints ' Church and plays for us at morning prayers on each week- day. His accompaniments are a great encouragement to singing and a noticeable increase in those trying to sing is largely due to his playing. j On Sundays Miss Elsie Preece plays for the School. Along with other parts of the buildings that received attention this summer, the Chapel came in for its share of improvement, and a new carpet was laid down the aisle. It is red like the one before it. As was the case last year, the Prefects are again reading the lessons. The Prefect-on-Duty for the day reads the lesson at evening prayers and on Sunday | morning the lesson is read by Barclay. On October 16th the Boarders went to All Saints ' for Matins, when Dr. Wool!- j combe preached the sermon. This was the first visit the School has made to this city church for many years and we hope to go there again at some future date. | On October 23rd Mr. Porritt delivered an address at morning service. j Two guest preachers have addressed the School in the Chapel this term, the ■ Rev. Howard Clarke, Acting Rector of the Cathedral, and Mr. MacDermot, Principal of Upper Canada College, Toronto. As was the case last year, friends of the School and Old Boys have attended our I services on Sundays, and we are always glad to have them with us.

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[10] THE ASHBURIAN THE CHAPEL

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[12] THE ASHBURIAN SCHOOL NOTES WE are pleased to announce that the following have joined the Board of Governors of Ashbury: the Hon. Mr. Justice Barclay, Dr. T. H. Leggett, D. Ross McMaster and Shirley E. Woods. The latter two are Old Boys of the School. When we arrived back in September the smoothness with which our taxi up to the front door immediately attracted our attention downwards; a new tarvia driveway had been laid during the holidays. This makes a tremen- dous difference to the approach to the School and enhances its general appearance greatly. A new roof has also been put on the building and fire doors set in at all appropriate places. To complete the present rejuvenation we are indebted to Mrs. H. S. Southam for a new flag pole which has been set up at the top of the senior field. As regards future improvements we quote the following from the Ottawa Citizen of October 1 5th : Wire Fence at Ashbury A wire fence to cost in the neighborhood of $1,300 is to be erected at Ashbury College School, Rockcliffe, in the near future. At present a stone wall borders the school property facing on Mariposa avenue and runs for a short distance along the eastern boundary of the grounds. The new fence will continue this eastern wall to Maple Lane and along to the western boundary. The fencing will be about five feet high. Now, at the moment of going to press, the fence is practically finished. It is a great improvement and enhances the whole appearance of the School grounds. It is with regret that we record the resignation from the Staff of the House- master, Mr. E. C. N. Edwards, who has returned to England. Both Mr. and Mrs. Edwards leave many friends behind them, and to them and Neale the Ashburian offers its best wishes for the future. Mr. Edwards is now on the Staff of West- minster School. We have also said good-bye this year to Miss Hammill and Sergeant-Major Stone who have left Ashbury. Miss Hammill has been many years connected with the School and her retirement will call forth from all Old Boys who read this issue of the Ashburian expressions of regard and good wishes. We welcome to the Staff Mr. E. B. Mercer, a graduate in mathematics of Dal- housie University, where he distinguished himself by winning an Entrance Scholarship and later the Sidney C. Oland Scholarship. Mr. Mercer is assisting Mr. Johnson in the maths, and science department. We also extend a hearty welcome to Mr. W. A. G. McLeish, a graduate in Arts of McMaster University. Mr. McLeish also holds Interim Diplomas from the Ontario College of Education, University of Toronto, in Teaching, and Physical