Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 'I SCHGOL OFFICERS Captain of the School E. B. PILGRIM Captain of the Day-Boys C. W. J. ELIOT Prefects P. RICHARDSON R. THOMAS H. PRICE House Monitors R. SABLIN J. SMITH I. MACGREGOR S. PEGRAM M. SHENSTONE Day-Boy Monitors D. MATTHEWS J. HOOPER W. NRLLES Cadet Corps Corps Leader MAJOR H. W. PRICE Second in Command CADET CAPTAIN J. HOOPER Platoon Commanders CADET LT. G. READ CADI-JT LT. I. NIACGREGOR Cadet Sergeant-Major C ode! Quortermaster-Sergeanf J. SMITH D. FAIR Games Captains Rugby Hockey Cricket E. PILGRIM R. THOMAS P. RICHARDSON Soccer P. RICHARDSON Games Vice - Captains Rugby Hockey Cricket P. RICHARDSON E. PILGRIM R. SABLIN Soccer R. SABLIN House Captains Connaught Woollcombe P. RICHARDSON E. PILGRIM

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THE STAFF Headmaster N. M. AECHDALE, M.A. The Queen's College, Oxford Senior Master and Housemaster A. D. BRAIN, B.A. CTorontoD Sometime Scholar of Exeter College, Oxford THE ASHBURIAN J. N. B. SHAW R. R. CRANSTON J. S. NEWTON REV. A. J. POOLE, B.A., L.TH. A. B. BELCHER CR.M.C.j MRS. E. B. HUNTER C. MITCHELL HENRY, LIEUT. C. J. WALSH MISS E. BARKER Nurse M atron Housekeeper MISS H. A. MACLAUGHLIN, R.R.C., R.N. MRS. ARNOLD Assistant Nurse M atron MRS. H. FRASER Bursar Secretary D. R. THOMAS MISS A. THoMs Music MISS IRENE WOODBURN

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THE ASHBURIAN EDITORIAL OR more than five years the German people, self-deluded into the belief that it could rule the world, has made of Europe the living hell of a vast concentration camp. It has in- volved mankind in a struggle which has cost the lives of more than fifty million peoplwas though three hundred cities Ottawa had been totally Another war, directly in- whole of mankind in the the size of wiped out. volving the unspeakable destruction of the atomic bomb, must mean the end of civilization as we know it. We must face this fact, it means that no effort can be too great to make and maintain a lasting peace. It is up to us just as much as to anyone else. You will ask What can we do? We can have no influence whatever in world affairsg we have not even a vote. But it is especially up to us to make ourselves well-informed and sensible citizens, for it was the ignorance of the German people which enabled Hitler to gain power, and, of course, he retained it largely by keeping them ignorant. A recent Gallup Poll in Canada showed that twenty-one per cent of those interviewed were unable to explain what Democracy isg that forty per cent had no idea what Free Enterprise means, and that sixty-two per cent were unable to define Socialism. We, who will be the voters of to- morrow, must .change this state of affairs, so that we may use our vote to the greatest advantage. How, then, can we make ourselves good citizens? First of all, of course, by doing our work at school as well as possible, and by taking interest par- ticularly in history and current affairsg for if we know how the particular system of government being offered us has succeeded before Cthey have all been triedb, we may reasonably expect it to have the same success or failure again. To know what is going on around us in the world is equally im- portant, for even more obvious reasons. Let us, therefore, take hold of our- selves. Let us develop in ourselves that ordinary common sense and ability to think clearly which are the best defence against all manner of future ideologies and war-mongering. The Lord helps those who help themselves 3 and if trust in God, and do our best, we cannot - we must not - fail. WG Father in Heaven, who lovest all, O help Thy children when lhey call, That they may build, from age to age, An undefiled heritage.