Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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1161 THE ASHBURIAN SPORTS DAY HIS year again the Annual Athletic Sports were held on the morning of the closing. The day was very suitable for the activities of the morning, fine but not too hot. In order to shorten proceedings the Long Jump and Throwing the Cricket Ball events were decided the day before, an innovation which proved successful. --Thought there were not very many startling results recorded, there were some very close races, and the performance of Sablin, an Intermediate, in beating several of the Senior times and distances, deserves special mention. His Long Jump of I8 ft. I inch is remarkably good for the under I6 class. This year, as last, War Savings Stamps were given as prizes, except in Special cases, such as the Championships of each class. R. Heaven won the Senior Championship and the Fleming Cup, D. Sablin the Intermediate and Stanley-Wright Cup and M. Paxton the Junior and Aylwin Cup. RESULTS--SENIOR EVENTS I00 yards-R. l3outin, I. Cole, R. Heaven, II U5 secs. I mile, open--R. Heaven, E. Pilgrim, P. Hatch, 4 min. 54.6 secs. 220 yards-I. Cole, F. Macnabb, R. Boutin, 28.4 secs. High Jump-H. Bulpit, R. Heaven, I. Cole, 4 ft. 8V2 in. 880 yds.-R.Heaven, P. Harben, R. Lawrence, 4 min. 23.8 secs. Long Jump-R. Heaven, I. Cole, R. Boutin, I5 ft. 9 in. I20 yds. Hurdles-I. Cole, P. Hatch, R. Boutin, I8 secs. 440 yds.-F. Macnabb, I. Cole, R. Heaven, I min. l4.2 secs. Obstacle Race-H. l3ulpit, P. Hatch, R. Boutin. INTERMEDIATE EVENTS I00 yds.-R. Sablin, P. Daniels, P. Richardson, II secs. High Jump-P. Richardson, R. Sablin, L. Chapman, 4 tt. I0 in. 220 yds,-R. Sablin, P. Richardson, 27.2 secs. Obstacle Race-P. Daniels, M. Mackintosh, L. Chapman. I20 yd. Hurdles-R. Sablin, P. Richardson, P. Daniels, I7 secs. 440 yards-R. Sablin, P. Richardson, P. Daniels, I min. I2.2 secs. Long Jump-R. Sablin, P. Daniels, L. Chapman, I8 tt. I in. JUNIOR EVENTS I00 yds.-M. Paxton, B. Castle, R. Paterson, I32 secs. 75 yds.-llJnder I2I V. Smith, P. Shinner, J. Whitwell, II secs. 200 yds.-I3. Castle, M. Boag, T. Kenny, 32.4 secs. High Jump-J. Nesbitt, R. Gould, P. Warburton, 4 ft. 4 in. 50 yds.-lunder I0l P. Calderon, I3. Chisholm, E, Archdale, 8.2 secs. Obstacle Race?- A T. Kenny, B. Castle, B G. Grove, J, Shinner, 80 yds. Hurdles-N. deWinton, A. Paish, A. Little, I6,4 secs. Obstacle Race-lunder I2l P. Shinner, N. DeWinton, O. Redtern. Long Jump-J. Shinner, A. Holmes, M. Paxton, I3 tt. 6 in. Inter-House Tug-of-War, Connaught, I min. 58.8 secs. Inter-House Relay Race, Connaught Old Boys' Race, R. Heath, S. Montgomery, C. Winter, I2 secs.

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THE ASHBURMN I 151 VALEDICTORY lGiven by R. G. R. Lawrence, Head Prefect, at the Closingl HOPE you will forgive me, lodies ond gentlemen, if I refer to myself os the old mon of Ashbury , hoving spent nine yeors, more thon holf my life, within these scholostic holls. Perhops, for o few moments you will ollow me to tell you something of whot its trodition meons to us, the closs of nineteen forty-three. The Groduoting Closs of forty-three ore leoving school ot o very cruciol stoge in the history of the world. At no other time hos so much depended upon the otmosphere ond bockground of the young people of the notion, nor upon the chorocteristics which hove been formed ond the chorocters which hove been moulded, of the young men who ore leciving school oll over the Dominion ot the close of this term. All of us who ore groduoting here to-cloy hove no doubt looked forword to this occosion with o keen feeling of onticipotion, but it is only now thot we fully reolise thot we ore closing o chopter of hoppy memories, of comrodeship. But even more importont thon this, we sholl, toke owoy with us the two fundomentol principles which ot oll times Ashbury hos stressed, those of couroge ond of duty. At this moment there is one primory duty before us oll, thot of serving our country, but even in times of peoce there will be tosks confronting us which will demond on equol devotion, And the successful occomplishment of duty, whether in peoce or wor, demonds the other fundomentcil ottribute of couroge. Other boys who hove groduoted from Ashbury, some lost yeor, some the yeor before, ond mony others before them hove reolized these truths, they hove not swerved from their duty ond they hove not locked couroge. To the older ond wiser people it oppeors, ond quite rightly so, thot this world which we, the closs of forty-three, ore now entering is o chootic ond possibly frightening one. But while we gront the truth of this foct it does not in ony degree dismoy us, we foce it with hoppy confidence. Here ot Ashbury we hove been set o stondord of conduct ond hove been tought mony things. lt is now our responsibility to put those things, which we hove leornt, into procticol use, ond to endeovor to mointoin this high stondord, so thot those who hove left this school before us, ond those who will follow ofter us, con honestly feel thot we hove done our best ond corried on the Ashbury trodition, of duty ond couroge.

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THE ASHBURIAN I 17' CADET CORPS HIS year saw a great increase in Cadet Corps activities. With Defence added there was a period every morning, as well as the regular weekly afternoon. There had to be instruction in a variety of additional sub,ects, including map reading, administration, knots and lashings, Bren gun and so on. We were fortunate to have Captain Travers on the staff to take over the posi- tion of Cadet Instructor, and he worked very hard all year, producing some very good results, as will be seen in the account of the Annual Inspection on an- other page. We were again, and increasingly so, indebted to Col. Hogan, Officer Com- manding the Governor General's Footguards, for help and advice during the year. We were lent a good deal of equipment, such as rifles, bayonets and Bren guns, and also had the benefit of instructors on occasion. The purchase by the school of three new drums, was a great help in the marching training, and caused a noticeable improvement. The great thrill of the year, perhaps was the arrival of new uniforms. This came about owing to the re-organization of Cadet Services, and the appoint- ment of Col. C. G. Grier as Director of Army Cadets. The uniforms were sup- plied by the Government who also paid half the cost, the balance being paid by the school concerned. Unfortunately it was only just before the Inspection that the uniforms materialized, and even then we were a few short. However, there were enough to show that they are smart, comfortable and serviceable, and will certainly be a great improvement over the old long-condemned uniform, which rumour states, have been handed down from father to son, in some cases. One Old Boy at least, who has a son in the Cadet Corps, swears he wore them when at Ashbury. At the beginning of the year there were few of last year's officers and non-commissioned officers left, so a good deal of experimenting took place. lt was not till later that final appointments were made, based on the qualities shown and work done by the boys concerned. We would like here specially to mention the work of Cole and Lee. Next year again we will have new officers, also a new instructor, in Ser- geant Major Mitchell Henry, who comes to us with 27 years' Army service, several years experience with Cadets in British Columbia, and a very fine reputation and record. ' A' lg-9.3 CADET CORPS INSPECTION 4 The following account is taken from the Ottawa. C1'if.mi.- Smartness and precision were noteworthy as the Ashbury College Cadet Corps paraded before Col. C. G. Grier, Director of Army Cadets for Canada, and Capt. T. C. Holmes, MD, 3, district cadet officer, Saturday afternoon on the Ashbury grounds. The Governor General's Foot Guards provided a back- ground of military music. After the inspection of the corps, the cadets demonstrated their excellent marching, Bren gun drill, and arms drill. The highlight of the afternoon was