Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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kv THE ASHBURIAN ll3l SCHOOL NOTES We would like to offer our most sincere thanks to His Excellency for com- ng to speak and present the prezes at the closing. We know that he is very busy and has little time to spare and we felt greatly honoured when he accepted our invitation. This September brought once more many changes in staff. At the end of last school year four masters left. Mr. Boon, who went to take over a parish in Jasper, Mr, Hincks, who went to Lower Canada College, Mr. Chestnut, and Mr. Travers. At the beginning of this year we welcomed Dr. Renny for Senior School mathematics and science, RSM Henry for cadet corps and defence, and the Reverend A. J. Poole as chaplain and for general subjects. There were fortunately no changes of staff during the year. Many of the Abinger boys have already returned to England, and the re- mainder, together with Mr. Harrison, are leaving this summer. We all owe thanks to Mr. Harrison for the efficient way he has handled all the details necessary in an undertaking of this kind, and for the way he has given his time and labour without hesitation to every part of the school life. We know that Abinger Hill has enjoyed its stay in Canada, but they will be very glad to return to their homes. In May, Ashbury College was presented by Colonel Newcombe with a photo- graph of Major General Guy Simonds ll92ll as he was given the D.S.O. by General Montgomery. We felt highly honoured, and especially pleased as a half-holiday came with the presentation. The picture now hangs in the Dining Hall. During the first two weeks of the summer term it was too wet for cricket, so instead a new feature was introduced-compulsory running. The Senior and Middle Schools had to run nearly to the R.C.M.P. barracks and back, a distance of three quarters of a mile each way, in twenty.minutes. This provided excel- lent training for the cross-country race itself. This year the upper port of the school was reorganized, and the forms were arranged as follows: Senior School lfor those doing matriculation workli forms Vla, Vlb, and Vlc fformerly Val. Middle School: forms V fformerly Vbl, Shell, lformerly Vcl and lV. This summer a lot more interest in tennis was shown, and it was made an alternative to cricket on Wednesday afternoons. We would like to thank the Rockcliffe Tennis Club for allowing us to use its courts. The increase of the staff in the kitchen has made it no longer necessary 'for the boys to do the dishes and set the tables, although they still do the serving. This and the cleaning of their rooms they still do with high efficiency The surprising lack of snow this year made the skiing qute poor, but we were not faced with the problem of having the rinks filled with snow, and a -great deal cf hockey was played. This year two sales were held by the Junior School for the benefit of the Red Cross Boys from all parts of the school contributed models, books, toys,

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U21 THE ASHBURIAN We are sorry to lose the services of Hugh Huggins, who has played the organ for us for so long. We are grateful to Mrs, Baker, who substituted for him. Miss Shorter continued to play for Sunday Morning services, and on Sunday Evenings we were helped by Eliot I and Pegram in turn. A successful innovation, Eliot I played, with success, at the Leaving Service, while Grant l, Darby, and Grant ll sang. The Bishop of Ottawa, Right Rev. Robert Jefferson took the Confirma- tion service, on Ascension day, assisted by Mr, Poole, and Mr, Wright, curate at the Cathedral, There were l6 Ashbury Candidates and 3 from Elmwood, who had been prepared by Mr, Poole. The confirmation class presented the chapel with a Hymn Book suitably inscribed. Elmwood, to whom we are already indebted for the prie-dieu in the chancel, are giving us a prayer-book to match the Hymn book. Chapel clerks this year were Hatch and Shenstone, who both did a good job. We were glad to see Dr, Woollcombe, our Founder taking part in the Leaving Service at the closing in June. ' -lg-Q-3-. HON. H. H. DAVIS Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada We are very sorry to record the death of Judge Davis in July l944. A governor of Ashbury College since l93B, he took a keen and active interest in the school in spite of ill-health, and was at all times available for consultation and ready to give sound advice, His sound common-sense and high principles made him a very valuable counsellor, and his place on the Board will be hard to fill. We offer our sincer sympathy to Mrs, Davis and her daughter Diana.

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H41 THE ASHBURIAN ond other crticles, ond the sole of these brought substontiol sums for the Red Cross. Moior Mclieond spoke to us this yeor on Poppy Doy, ond on November ll neorly everybody in the school hod o poppy. -.Mony dollors were turned over to the Conoclion Legion. In oddition St. George's Doy lApril 23l wos morked os o doy to buy o Rose of St. George. The proceeds, 552838, went to the Merchont Novy. ln the Red Cross compoign the contribution of the School wos 99.89. The costs of the ploys would like to thonk the l-leodmoster ond Mrs. Arch- dole for the excellent feed ofter the performonce. The House Donces, which were eoch time held in the Senior Librory, were oll very successful, ond o greot deol of fun wos hod by oll. We would like to congrotulote the donce committee lPilgrim ond Boutinl on the quolity of the refreshments. An occount of the Formol Donce will be found elsewhere, but were would here thonk Boutin for the work he did in obtoining decorotions, notobly flogs, for the donce. Thonks ore due to Mrs. Arnold for the guolity of the food this yeor, ond especiolly for the ice creom we hod on Sundoys, Congrotulotions, too, to the motron on the remorkoble lock of sickness this yeor, Owing to the shortoge of condy the shop wos only open on lvlondoys, Wednesdoys, ond Eridoys this yeor, ond purchoses were restricted to one for eoch boy eoch time. Nevertheless there were no comploints ond we felt thot this wos better thon consuming o month's guoto in o few doys. They soy-ond they seem to know: Thot one of our lesser lights excused himself for being lote one morning by exploining thot the elevotor in his oportment building wos stuck. Thot Pilgrim is trying to moks his new moustoche show by blowing cigorette smoke through it. l-lorry: ls it time to get up yet? -O Bill: No-the breokfost bell hos only just gone. Thot W. Eliot hos been mode president of the Office Moochers' Club. Thot simply EVERYONE knows who storted the ideohof using bicycles on those compulsory runs. W Thot Chopmon is trying to stort o Communist revolution. Thot things were reveoled when someone lit o flore on the Memoriol Wing steps the night of the donce. We ore groteful to Corgill Southom il932l for sending us the fromed portroit of Mr. Churchill, which now hongs in the Librory. We ore olso groteful to Mrs. Beole for presenting the Librory with cr number of books. An excellent exomple for others to follow. The Motriculotion results in June i944 ore very sotisfoctory, porticulorly in the Upper School, where the percentoge of posses wos 8817, lst Closs Hon- ours were got by 33? ond 7079 got l-lonours.