Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN I The Late LIEUTENANT COLONEL .I W H ROWLEY KILLED IN ACTION MARCH 26th 1945 I

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THE ASHBURIAN 9 VALEDICTORY The following is the text of the Valedictory delivered by Edwin Pilgrim, Captain of the School for 1944 - 1945, at the closing cere- monies on the fourteenth of June, 1945 : IRST of all I would like to say how very sorry we, the boys of Ashbury, are that Mr. Archdale is leaving the school this year. For the past nine years under his leadership and guidance the school has progressed in scholastic standing, in numbers and reputation. We bid him a regretful farewell, and we wish him to know that our thoughts will be with him in his new work. We now have with us a new Headmaster, Mr. Ogden Glass, who we have every confidence will help us carry on and reinforce the Ashbury traditions of 'honesty, courage and comradeshipf This year an epoch in the history of the world has closed with the end of Nazi domination in Europe. Ahead is a new era, an era which We can make one of peace and happiness only if we are trained and prepared to Work for it. During the most crucial years of the War we who are leaving Ashbury today were being trained, as it now turns out, to assume our share in the great task of forging the peace. Our education has not been of the class-room alone. We owe to Ashbury far more than mere schooling, we have been given here an understanding of humanity, of people of all types, of different nationalities, different points of view. Abinger and other boys from far-off distant lands have taught us the truth that deep within themselves people are funda- mentally the same, to whatever race or country they belong. The comrade- ship, the team spirit, the friendship we have gained from working and living and playing together-this also was our education. We have learned to do things for ourselves and for others, we have learned to command and obey in dignity and good temper. Our life to come will not be easy. We are going out into the world, some for a While to war against the Japanese, all, we must hope, to war against such foes as greed, corruption, ignorance and poverty of mind and body. Here at Ashbury We have been given the tools to fight these evils. For we have learnt that in the years to come, though troubles and sorrows may press hard upon us, we must ever bear in mind those stirring words of President Roosevelt 1 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'

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THE ASHBURIAN Lleutcnant Colonell W H ROWLEY We are very sorry to announce that on March 26th 1941 Lleutenant Colonel J W H Rowley was kllled ln actlon on the Western Front We ofler our deepest sympathv to h1s wlfe and famlly h1s mother and h1s brother Roger Rowley John Rowley was at Ashbury for a number of years finlshmg up as Captam of the School and a promment member of the Football Hockey and Crlcket Teams On graduatlon he went to Dalhousle Unxverslty Law School and after obtamlng h1s degree Jomed the firm of Henderson Herrldge Gowhng Sz Mac Always a keen member of the Cameron Hlghlanders M1l1t1a un1t when the unlt was ITlOblll.Z9d for 3CtlV9 servlce he wlth h1s brother went overseas ln 1940 He d1d well and eventually was promoted to Lleut Colonel 1n command of the battahon 1n December 1944 He was awarded the D S O posthumously Elected a member of the Board of Gow ernors of Ashbury College m 1938 he worthlly mamtalned the long trad1t1on of helpful ness establlshed by h1s famlly The loss of John Rowley IS not only personal It IS a real loss to Ashbury and to Canada All who knew hlm w1ll agree that the many fine and lovable qualltles he possessed are all too rare We can only hope that h1s example wlll msplre both Ashburlans and Canadlans m the future V s 7 F! . y . . , I ! , , . . . . , . . . . . , . , . - Tavish, practising as a barrister in Ottawa. 7 7 O , v , - 7