Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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T101 THE ASHBURIAN SCHOOL NOTES l-llS year brought the usual crop of changes in staff, that the war seems to cause. A Even with the number of changes we've had here, we are better off than some schools, who've had three different men teaching top Latin in one year, ln September we welcomed Mr. l-lincks for Maths. and Science, Mr, Buchanan for French, Mr. Travers for Cadet Corps and General Subjects, and Mr. Chestnut for General Subjects. At Christmas lvlr, Polk had to leave to join the US. Marines, and took with him the best wishes of all at Ashbury, not to mention regrets. Mr. Buchanan also left to take up a position at Upper Canada College. In January we were joined by Captain Dare, to replace Mr, Buchanan, and Mr. Belcher, in place of Mr. Polk. As we had been previously understaffed, the arrival of Mr, Walsh, to teach general subjects, was also a welcome relief. On the I-lealth and Domestic side, Mrs. Arnold, joined us as l-lousekeeper, and Mrs. Fraser came as under matron. ln October, Shaw, departed on the first stage of his journey to England and his post as Junior l-louse Monitor was taken over by Price. Unfortunately Shaw's ship was sunk, though happily for him before he got on board, and it was not for several months that he finally got across. Just before the end of the Christmas term, at the suggestion of the Prefects, Evening Chapel was changed to 6.45, immediately after tea, instead of at B.l5. The idea was to avoid the interruption to evening study, particularly for seniors. General opinion seems to favour the change. We were very sorry that Mrs. Boon was seriously ill before Christmas, but are glad to say she fully recovered long before these words were penned. Captain Dare, was unfortunate enough to get pneumonia severely, not long after his arrival, and spent some time at the Civic l-lospital. l-le made a good recovery however, and was back at school in harness before the end of the Lent term. Chris Prance was unlucky enough to break his leg early in the skiing sea- son, and its obstinacy in mending, kept him out of action all the winter. We hope he'll have better luck next year. The boys had to turn to and do most of the housework during the Christmas term, and again towards the end of the year. This included room cleaning, dining room cleaning and washing up. They set to with a will, and now should be very useful in their homes. We were lucky in avoiding any heavy epidemics, getting a few cases of mumps at the end of the Christmas term. We hear there were several more during the Christmas holidays. An admirable innovation at this year's dance was the presence, on invita- tion of the l-lead Boys of Glebe Collegiate, Lisgar Collegiate and the Technical School. We hope this will be a permanent feature. lt snowed this year first on October 26th, two days later than last year, but it more than made up for those days by its depth and quantity during the

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THE ASlIliL'Rl.'IN UPPER: ROCKCLIFFE IN WINTER. .OVVER1 CADET CORPS INSPECTION DAY