Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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I 161 THE ASHBURIAN done for its own sake ..... ln the general life of the school there are many opportunities for education in the widest sense of the word, stated the head- master. Importance of Responsibility. Stressing the importance of giving a boy responsibility early in life, Mr. Archdale cited cases inside Ashbury where, for reasons of shortage of staff, for instance, boys have accepted and used well the responsibility and authority placed in them by the staff and by the boys themselves. Mr, Archdale told the assembly that in these days, and in the difficult days which will follow the war, it is imperative that the boys of today, the citizens of tomorrow, know how to handle themselves and their fellow beings, how to lead and how tolie led, and that every boy must be disciplined-but it should come from below, he added. lt is his belief that where punishment is necessary the punishment should fit the crime, and that the initiative should be developed by decentralization, As an example of the latter, he said that this year a school council was inaugurated, the responsibility and authority of which will grow steadily. With these ideas in mind l have tried to run this school accordingly, and if we can secure or keep the necessary staff we should be able to produce a stream of educated, well trained young men, ready and willing to play an active part in a really democratic world. They will be ready to lead or to follow, but not, please God, to follow blindly. That way lies Fascism and we will have failed. Let us se to it, parents, staff, board and all, that we do not fail. Mr. Archdale gave a brief but comprehensive report of the year's work. Stating that the school was carried on under certain difficulties. Mr. Archdale announced that the senior matriculation results last June were not at all bad , and that he was confident this year's results would be even better. Referring to sports at Ashbury during this term, he said it was a lean year, but expressed satisfaction with the caliber of the sportsmanship and co-operation in every sport. Dramatic Moment. A dramatic and poignant moment was reached in the proceeding when G. J. K. l-larrison, headmaster of Abinger l-lill School, said a formal farewell to Ashbury on behalf of his school. For four years this English school has been a part of Ashbury. The two schools have co-operated and merged to such an extent that it was an Abinger l-lill boy who became head boy at Ashbury this year. This same boy, Lewin Chapman, yesterday won the coveted Nelson Shield, awarded annually to the boy who displays the keenest sense of duty. As Mr. l-larrison rose to speak the hall resounded with deafening applause and stamping-convincing testmony to the popularity which he and his school have enioyed at Ashbury during their sojourn there, Mr, l-larrison expressed deep regret that Abinger l-lill School and Ashbury are to part, and extended his gratefulness to Ashbury for all it has done for them in the past four years. As- Mr, Archdale said, 'With the departure of the Abinger l-lill School boys and Mr- l-larrison and experiment has been successfully completed.