Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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U01 THE ASHBURIAN Thot o member of the sixth form hos been odvised to toke up psychology. The excuse- Sir, I got up ot tive in the morning- is not good enough! Thot Pilgrim 5 Co., electricions de luxe, slept outside their room ogoin this yeor. Thot one of the logs' ombition, believe it or not, is to be o gentlemon's gentleman . Thot the greotest boon to the condid comeromon is o flosh bulb. Remember the donce? Thot Ney is going into the Novy, Why not the tire fighting squcid? There were two new mosters in the lotter port of this yeor. Dr. Klein come in to toke the ploce ot Dr, Redler, who left us to go into the Civil Service? Upon the deporture ot Mr. Moclioy, Mr, Attwood come ond took over the subjects tought by Mr. MocKoy. We wish to congrotulote Miss Slock on her morrioge. We would like to soy how sorry we ore to see her leoving us, ond we wish her the best ot luck, ond olso we would like to thonk her tor the copoble monner with which she hondled the feeding ot l4O hungry boys. On beholt of the Senior l-louse we would like to thonk the l-leodmoster for his kindness in ollowing us to hold the l-louse Donces. Thonks ore olso due to Mr. Broin ond Miss Slock. Codet Moior Goodwin ond Codet Coptoin MocDonold received on invito- tion to ottend the Annuol Porode of the Lo Solle Codet Corps. The porode wos held on Porlioment l-lill by tloodlight, ond the two representotives from Ashbury come bock much impressed by the snoppiness ond precision with which the Lo Solle Codets corried out their monoeuvres. At o tinol meeting of the lnternotionol Relotions Club, Mr. Percy Philip come down to oddress the members of the Club, l-le gcive o most interesting tolk, deoling moinly with the wor in generol cnd his experiences in the Foll of Fronce. Mr. Philip wos for mony yeors Foreign Correspondent for the New York Times in Poris, ond is ot the moment their Correspondent in Concido. L..3.,.tT,. THE FORMAL DANCE N o lovely summer doy, June Sth, the Annuol Formol Dcince wos held in the Gym. The donce wos o greot success from beginning to end, ond connoisseurs who were present ot the 50th Anniversoy Donce lost yeor soy thot this one wos even better, The Heodmoster ordered thot no corsoges were to be worn, ond this met with much opprovol from the boys. The decoro- tions were done entirely by the boys, ond olthough they were not quite os ex- ponsive os lost yeor, they were very odeguote ond most ottroctive. The high- light ot the evening wos o Congo line, which tor neorly ten minutes writhed ocross the floor like o giont serpent.

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THE ASHBURIAN I I ll OPEN FORUM Pieces and extracts from essays written during lust .war by boys in the school. They are. for ob1'ious reasons, mion,t'mons and any personal references have bven omitted. It occurred to us that they turn' worth reproducing in the Ashburton with the hope that they would gin' rise to further r'.rftre'.v.s'1'on5 of offniou and e'z'f'n hvlftful and ronstrurtirc' criticism from others. l have been at Ashbury College for a long time l have enioyed every moment of that time This is my last few miles of the long enjoyable road at Ashbury. l came to Ashbury when the school was big. The boarding houses were both full to capacity and all the boys seemed so big, yet so friendly to me. lt is beyond all thought to me that any person who has been associated with Ashbury, could go away and never want to know what is going on back at the old school. I know in this respect I fear that I will be a positive pest to everyone. I Ashbury has been responsible for the making of many great men but these men do not seem in turn to try to make Ashbury. By this I mean, while the old school is in the limelight they are not reluctant to shout to everybody of their relativity to Ashbury. But, when the school, is in need of help, these great men, rather turn tail and hide. Why, I ask, could not these men turn to and help in time of need? The school certainly helped them when they were in difficulties. l have been very critical about certain people, but I must also say here, there are some, who wish to help, but without the whole hearted support of the others, these good men would find the load too heavy. I would like to say here, that if I return safely from this war, after I have made my start in life, the school could turn to me at any time for moral and most of all financial support. I am glad to say that I am not the only one who embraces this feeling, as there are many others who have the some feelings, S0 let us look fonivard for a bright future for Ashbury. The matter of sports, however, can be remedied. Publicity through sports is of great use to a school. Ashbury should enter more interscholastic activities for all boys appreciate a school that has a good football or hockey team, Throughout Ashbury, there has been a general lack of school spirit pre- dominant in the past. Although now this is not as bad as it has been, we are inclined on occasions to leave it up to the other fellow and not support the school the way we should. The school is handicapped by lack of space. When the money is available several more classrooms, a new gymnasium and assembly hall, a better shooting range and a new ping-pong or games room would certainly improve activities and life within the school. The Debating and International Relations Clubs, which began very en- thusiastically, have since lost a large following, and I would like to see these,