Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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[18] THE ASHBURIAN j -Cl. . S, £! . 9. 1 a. 21 --T cnnrtn. J- T cn -i-v-i. • (TV-v-y-t Facsimile of First Roll Coll of Ashbury, 1891, m the handwriting of the first Headmaster and Founder, Rev. P. Woollcombe, M.A,, LL.D. I

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THE ASHBURIAN [17] We offer our sympathy too to C. W. Fullerton, whose father died in October. Lou Bates is in the movies. He is captain of a hockey team in a comedy picture called See Ice, featuring George Formby, the Lancashire comedian. The picture has only recently been released in England, where it was made, and has not yet been sent to America. At the Closing Exercises at the Royal Military College in June, W. F. Hadley won the Governor-General ' s bronze medal for the cadet obtaining the third highest marks throughout the entire course. He also won the Artillery Prize for the highest marks in theoretical and practical artillery. Finally, Hadley won an Edith Boulton Nordheimer Memorial Prize for the best essay dealing with Canadian and Imperial Affairs, and secured a First Class in his Basis Subject. Congratulations. Hadley is now at McGill. Michael MacBrien is B.S.M. at R.M.C. this year. MacBrien was Head Prefect at Ashbury 1934-1935. Major A. C. Evans, who has commanded ' C Company of the 13th Battalion, the Black Watch, since 1930 has been promoted to second-in-command of the 2nd (42nd) Battalion. Flying Officer W. R. MacBrien has been promoted to the rank of Flight Lieu- tenant. John and Roger Rowley, who are both lieutenants in the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, carried the Colours at the annual inspection in June. Lieutenant-Colonel M. K. Green, who formerly commanded the Royal Canadian Regiment in London, Ontario, has been moved to Calgary, Alberta. Lieutenant C. V. W. Vickers, 17th Duke of York ' s Royal Canadian Hussars, is to be congratulated on winning for his regiment the trophy for the Officers ' Charger Class at the regiment ' s annual horse show in Montreal. He was mounted on a dappled grey gelding. Silver Charm, owned by E. J. McVey. The event is open to officers of the permanent and non-permanent armed forces of all nations and at- tracted entries from the United States as well as Canada. J. W. Ritchie has gone to England to take a course preparatory to joining the Staff of the Royal Military College, Kingston. Keith Davidson has been elected president of the Eastern Ontario Retail Lumber Dealers ' Association. R. W. Denison is working with the International Harvesters Company. A. C. Dunning, Head Prefect 1936-1937, passed his first year at Queen ' s with an average of 76%. Both Peterson and Lincoln Magor have been playing as substitutes on the Foot- ball team at Bishop ' s University this term, and they have both been awarded their

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THE ASHBURIAN [19] Minor Letter. Magor is also taking an active interest in Dramatics and Debating, and when the Australian debaters visited the University recently he led the Bishop ' s team in the debate against the visitors from the Antipodes. Incidentally, his nick- name at Bishop ' s is, we understand, Ici-on-parle-frangais. L. F. Burrows is now at McGill and has joined the Kappa Alpha Society, which numbers many Old Boys among its members. Bill Ellis is now in residence at Trinity College, University of Toronto, enrolled in the Arts Faculty. J. C. Phillips is also taking Arts, at McMaster University, Hamilton. He is, we believe, the first Ashbury boy to attend this university. The following are the Officers of the Old Boys ' Association for the year 1938- 1939: President — Randol H. Gault Vice-President — J. Campbell Merritt Secretary — Norman A. Gait Treasurer — Colin J. G. Molson Committee — D. Cargill Southam — Russell Cowans Ottawa Representative — Allan Gill Toronto — James S. P. Armstrong. Bob Hyndman, who is now in England, has been continuing with his Art. Living in London House, he has attended the different Art Schools and has also been sketch- ing in the country and on the Continent. He recently was offered a commission to do a large mural for the Glasgow Exhibition. At the moment he is at work illustrating two books by an English author that will be published shortly over there. Another Old Boy whose work in Art has been attracting much favourable com- ment lately is Eric Riordon. He recently held an exhibition of his paintings in Mon- treal. Eric Blackburn has left John Graham Company and, with a friend, has bought the Barnard Paper Company. Malcolm Grant has been acting with the Drama League, and appeared in November in its presentation of the comedy French Without Tears. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Rhodes have moved and are now living on Acacia Avenue. The Old Boy Tie has been designed and is now in the process of manufacture. The following Old Boys have been seen on the School grounds or have visited Ashbury since the last issue of the Magazine was published: Joseph Pont, Harry Templet, Lisnet Emeno, Leonard Jarvis, Britton Francis, C. W. Fullerton, G. H. Moffat, W. Ross, Cargill Southam, C. J. G. Molson, Randol Gault, J. W. Ritchie, Barclay Robinson, R. W. Denison, D. Wurtele, G. Malloch, W. F. Hadley, Norman McCormick, Ian Blair, Massey Baker, Donald Lawson, Bob Southam, Michael MocBrien, J. Bedell .Hamilton, Keith Henderson.