Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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lZOj THE ASHBURIAN Postman .loins Crowd. A perspiring postman, his pack emptied of mail, paused on his homeward journey to join the spectators on the campus. I-le squatted on his heels among the boys, his dun colored sun helmet pushed back on his forehead, cheering his favorite scholars down the hot stretches. Done-out youngsters at the end of each gruelling race under the boiling sun, sank gratefully to rest in the shade of the trees and old red brick buildings. But nobody fainted and everyone was tip top in keenness-a tribute to the good hearts and tough, muscle-hardened bodies of the average young Ashbury Col- lege athlete. Many non-participating students carried candid cameras and from all manner of weird and wonderful positions on the campus lawns, shot pictures of the runners and jumpers in a variety of unusual poses. A. D. Brain, the housemaster, precisely as the last echoes of the chapel bell had died away in the hot, morning air, made the opening announcement through a small aluminum megaphone and the program was under way in a trice, beginning with the senior hundred yard dash. Assisting Mr. Brain at the starting and finishing positions were Rev. T. C. Boon, timer, D. Polk, judge, T. VV. Spafford, recorder, Leslie Jonhston, starter, Dr. W. S. Tigges, assistant time keeper. N. M. Archdale, the headmaster, also assisted in the innumerable chores connected with staging the races and numbers of both junior and senior students aided also. Ronald Heaven paced the field closely followed by G. Croil in the one-mile open, to finish in the excellent time of 5 minutes, five ancl two-fifths seconds. This was considered a good time, on a grass track, by officials. leec- SPRING FCCTBALL N April l8th, Ashbury met Lisgar Seniors in a between-season football fixture. The game was played at Ashbury with Tom Karson of Glebe and David Chance of Lisgar filling out an incomplete Ashbury team. The crowd of spectators enjoyed a closely played match. Ashbury received the kickoff and displayed a spectacular march up the field, only to lose the ball on a fumble at the l.isgar twenty yard line. Before the end of the quarter Croil punted to the deadline for a single point, and added another before half time to give Ashbury a 2 - 0 lead. After a scoreless third period Don Kent of Lisgar intercepted a short pass to run forty yards and put his team in possession practically on Ashbury's goal line. On the third play through the line, Rankin went over for the only touch- down of the game. Shapiro converted, and the final whistle found Lisgar vic- torious by a 6 - 2 score.

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THE ASHBURIAN Il9I SPORTS The following account of the Annual Sports is taken from the Ottawa Citizrvn. NE of the finest sports meets ever held at Ashbury College took place on the grounds of the school yesterday in connection with the Slst closing exercises of the school, The entry list was so large that in on oddress in the afternoon N. M. Archdale, the headmaster, said he felt that next year, two sports days might have to be held to split up the entries. Running and jumping events were all held on gross and some excellent marks were run up. The obstacle race created lively interest with contestants wriggling between ladder rungs, clambering over high bars and wriggling under fish nets toward the finishing post. I Colorful Spectacle. The meet, held in 90 degree heat, presented a colorful spectacle and began just as the chapel bell sounded ten o'clock. Boys in athletic dress filed from the school, the halls of which were already crowded with luggage of students about to deport for their homes for the summer vacation. Chairs ringed the senior campus where a majority of the races were run off, the spectators moving from these to the lower campus for the jumping events. Friends of the young athletes, more than o hundred of them, were on hand at least a half-hour before the events started and lounged about the beautiful campus in the shade of the school's well-manicured chestnut and maple trees. Light summer clothing predominated among the visitors. The ladies wore cool looking flowered and striped prints in gay colors and the men tropical worsteds and other light summer fabrics. Pupils added to the color of the scene in their carefully pressed white flannel trousers or short athletic pants and their colored blazers bearing the Ashbury School crest. Many girls and young ladies, sisters of the contestants, were on hand to cheer their brothers during the various events. Union -Jock Unfurled. Handclaps and cheers were frequent, but these were punctuated with disappointed gasps and distressful cries of Oh, bad luck, as the cross bar of a jumping stand, flicked by a contestant's heel, fell to the pit or a fagged runner dropped behind in what had been o keenly contested dash. A big Union Jack, set almost in the centre of the senior campus was un- furled just before the program got started. lt straightened out in the fresh breeze that blew across the stretch of emerald lawn. But it was very warm and spectators sought the shade of the big trees about the place, some of which were some distance from the actual scene of the races. While the student-athletes warmed up, kicking out the kinks and charlie horses in the shade, a big black and white spotted coach dog raced madly among them, ropy tail wagging fiercely, glad of the company of such a lively band of human companions.

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l. H. J. MacDonald THE ASHBURIAN IZII The teams: Lisgar-Flying wing, Mackey, halfbacks, Lanthier, Rankin, and O'Meara, quarter, J. Chance, snap, Murray, insides, Shapiro and Hill, middles, Wood and Blue, outsides, Richards and Kent, subs., Wright, Gauthier and Cape-ral. Ashbury-Flying wing, Heath, halfbacks, Howsom, McKinley, and Croil, quarter, Renaud, snap, Winter, insides, Lee and Maclaren, middles, Ney and Karson, outsides, MacDonald and D. Chance. ,i3.,.3i SPORTS DAY HIS year Sports Day was again held on the morning of the Closing. There was a hot sun, but nevertheless a large crowd of spectators were on hand to see what proved to be an exciting display. An unusual number of contestants, especially in the junior division, gave evidence at the strong com- petitive spirit, and in his address during the afternoon the Headmaster stated that possibly a separate time would be set aside in the future for a Junior Sports Day. ln keeping with the times, the School presented War Savings Stamps to the winners of the various events, and the only silverware awards went to Mac- Donald I, Berry, and Turner, winners of the Fleming Cup, the Stanley Wright Cup, and the Aylwin Cup respectively. These cups go to the winners of the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships. RESULTS I. IOO yards Senior 2. IOO yards Intermediate l. R. V. Sablin 2. H. B. Heath 3. R. Boutin 2. K. Abbott-Smith 3. P. Berry 3. IOO yards Junior 75 yards, under l2 l. J. N. Turner l. G. Thomas 2. J. Powell 2. R. Patterson 3. J. Crabbe 3. J. Spencer 5. Cricket Ball Junior High Jump, Senior l. H. Norton l. J. C. McKinley 2. J. N. Turner 2. H. B. Heath 3. J. Crabbe 3. H. J. MacDonald 7. Cricket Ball Intermediate 8. Long Jump, Junior l. P. Berry l. J. N. Turner 2. L. Chapman 3. P. Richardson 2. P. Breithaupt 3. R. Patterson