Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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THE ASHBURIAN L13] Education, and is in charge of all gymnasium work in the School. This year the Boys are learning Danish drill, and under Mr. McLeish ' s direction a regular course of exercises is being followed with a view to developing correctly the various muscles of the body. We were sorry to hear of Mrs. Roper ' s death just after the June issue had gone to press, and the Ashburian, on behalf of the School, offers to His Grace the Arch- bishop its sincere sympathy. If this expression of sympathy is late it is only because this is the first issue of the Magazine to be printed since His Grace ' s bereavement. The School offers its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Woterfield upon his en- gagement to Miss Daphne Sampson of Sidmouth, Devon, England. On June 16th the Right Reverend L. W. B. Broughall, Lord Bishop of Niagara, paid a brief, informal visit to the School. His Lordship was in town for the meetings of the Synod and stayed with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Brain. Mr. and Mrs. Brain have left the Sydenham Court and are now living in the Ashbury Annex. We were sorry to wake up one morning and find that Miss Birch had been whisked off to the hospital to have her appendix removed. Now, however, she is well on the road to recovery and we hope will be better shortly. Not to be outdone, Hyndman followed in Miss Birch ' s footsteps, and his appen- dix was taken out early in November. As he is this year ' s Editor of the Ashburian this was a great blow to the Magazine Staff. We have to thank Read for filling in as Acting Editor just when clamourings for copy became most intense. ■ From the Ottawa Journal we learn that Mr. Tanner, who used to teach music at Ashbury, was married in September to Miss Muriel Evelyn Butler. The wedding took place in Wimbledon, England. Miss Frances Claudet, who also in the past has given music lessons at the School, has now entered the movies and is featured in a skating picture that was made recently in Hollywood. Mrs. H. A. Archdale, the Headmaster ' s mother, has been visiting Canada lately and has been staying at Ashbury House. The new House ties meet with general approval. The Connaught tie is the School red with a narrow white stripe, and the Woollcombe tie is the School green with a similar narrow white stripe. Both are extremely neat and together with the new Prefects ' tie — green with narrow red and white stripes spaced the same distance apart — are a pleasant variation from the two old stand-bys, the School tie and the Colour tie. The Juniors, of course, still keep their own distinctive tie. On Friday, October 7th, Mrs. Brain entertained the Senior Football Squad at supper, after which Squadron Leader Harding talked to the team on the subject