Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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T241 THE ASHBURIAN Number One ond Number Two Plotoons took up firing positions on the common, Number Three mode ci flonking move ond overron the enemy, who were en- trenched beside the Public School, from the reor. Blonk ommunition odded much to the reolity of the ottock, while the cosuolties were efficiently hondled by the First Aid Section. Ceose Eire sounded ond the Bottolion formed up on the rood. Led by Lieutenont-Colonel Pilgrim, the Bgttolion formed sguore in preporotion for the inspection officer's oddress. Coptoin Holmes poid tribute to the steodiness on porode ond discipline, The Corps, he soid, rcinks with the best in the district. Lieutenont Price of Number Two Plotoon received the trophy presented onnuolly to the best plotoon on porode ot the Inspection. lt is ci noteworthy point thot in I92l the cup wos won by Moior-Generol G. Simonds, A holf-holidoy, in con- siderotion of the good performance of the Corps, wcis osked for ond gronted, much to the pleosure of the troops. We connot resist quoting the following from the occount in the press: Addressing the codets, Coptoin Holmes poid tribute to their steodiness on porode ond generol discipline, The Corps , he soid, ranks with the best in the district olso Hclimoxing o series of ceremoniol ond drill disploys, codets of Ashbury College went into oction ot Rockcliffe Pork yesterdoy ofternoon, out- mcinoeuvered the enemy, coptured o porty of comoufloged odvonced scouts, ond finolly overrcin the enemy position by ci skillful flonking move to secure G complete victory. lt wos o most reolistic bit of bottle oction, ond the crock of rifles ond bren guns odded to the reolism os the tocticol scheme wos corried out. is-0-1-1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB URING the first term, one meeting wos held ot which Lewin Chopmon wos elected President, Roy Boutin Vice-President, ond Wm. Eliot secre- tory The l-leodmoster presided ond ofter the elections spoke on the oims of the Club. During the winter term, onother meeting wos held ot which M, Boissevin, the chorge d'offoires of the Netherlonds, spoke on the generol stote of Chino ond told us of some of his experiences in the For Eost. The lost meeting of the yeor wcis held during the summer term ot which Mr. I-leorne, The I-ligh Commissioner of Eire in Conodo, spoke, I-le spoke on the subject of The Potrimony .of English Literoture. At oll the meetings there were about twenty present. There ore o few suggestions to be mode. Firstly thot the system of voting for the officers be chonged ond simplified. Secondly thot meetings be held similor to those of the deboting society except thot there be no moin speokers. Lostly thot more interest be shown towords this club, porticulorly by doy-boys. There is o lot of work thot ony member of the club con do in the Librory where oll the books need to be cotologued ond orrcinged. ln generol, the work of the club this yeor wos sotisfoctory but it only represents 0 very smcill portion of the school, rother thon the senior ond middle schools

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T261 THE ASHBURIAN THE PLAYS QUEER STREET Produced by A. B. Belcher Bill l'lOrt ...e.. ..,................,e,...,v,,,,.,,,.. S ,.,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,-,,, , P, I-latgh Liza l-lOtt ......... .J. Northcott Eclith l-lart ....,. -,,,,- , P, Arahdale Albert Smith .,..,. ,,,,,,,,,, W , Eliot Joe Smart ,.e.... ..............,.......,................ ....,.,,,, B , l-larben Detective ...,.. .................. s .,,.,,..,,.,..- , ..,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,. A S , Pegram THE HOUSEMASTER . Mr. Donkin ..... ,...................,.............,.......... ,,..,.,, L , Chapman Mr. Hastings ,..... ....... M , Shenstone Mr. Ovington ..... ,,,,,,,,, , D, Hooper Mr. Beamish .,,.... ,,,,,,,. , R, Sablin Mr. de Pourville .,........ .,,.,,,,,,,.,, , R. Boutin Barbara Fone .......,.....,. ....... . A, Woodward Rosemary Faringdon ....... .,,,,,,... s J, Atherton Chris Faringdon .... ......... ....... . P , Warburton Button Earingdon ...... .,.,......... , A, Price Bimbo Earingdon ......... .......... J , Spencer Flossie Nightingale ........ ......,.., T , Winser Sir Berkeley Nightingale ........ ......... W , Nelles Motron ..........c...................... .,.......... J . Lennard Travers .......................... ........ D . Matthews James .cc.....,...o.o...........,................ ............... , s ..,.............o....,..................... E, Pilgrim Crump EE,...................,..... ..............,,,.........,.................,.. ............... ................ T . K enny Produced by N. lvl. Archdale Stage Managers-l-l. Bulpit and l-l. Price N the night of Saturday, March l l, the school presented its annual plays at the Technical School Auditorium before an appreciative audience of nearly 600 people. The performance was honoured by the presence of Their Excellencies the Governor General and the Princess Alice, who afterwards went backstage to meet the players who had made the evening such a success. Departing from its usual custom of presenting three short pieces, the school this year put on two comedies-a one-act play and a shortened version of a full length one. The first play presented was J. A. Kelley's Queer Street, which was pro- duced by Mr. Belcher. lt is the story of a respectable burglar whose daughter gets engaged to a policeman, and of the complications which ensue when the policeman enters his home. The role of Bill l-lart, the burglar, was con- vincingly handled by l-latch, whose only fault lay in rather hurrying his lines. Northcott gave a finished performance as Liza l-lart, Bill's wife, his voice and diction were the best of the cast. Pat Archdale, the only female member of either cast, was charming as Edith l-lar.t, the burglar's love-sick daughter. The part of her fiance, Albert Smith, was played by Eliot l, who gave a creditable performance in a rather thankless part, but was inclined to overact. The character role of Joe Smart, I-lart's bungling and slow-witted assistant, was