Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN FORM I — NOTES On the ground floor of our school, Is a class room where we sit. There isn ' t any other room, Half as nice as it. It ' s away from all the noise Of all the other boys. It ' s warm and comfy too. And there ' s lots for us to do. We are made up in divisions. The best are in Div. A. If we ' ll ever get beyond that It ' s difficult to say. There are lazy boys and busy boys, Fat and thin ones too. But whatever shape or make we are, There ' s lots for us to do. Our monitor is Bogart, A round and chubby lad. Although he ' s full of mischief We ' ve never known him bad. In all we ' re eighteen pupils. Boarders and day boys too. But whatever group we come in, There ' s lots for us to do. I saw a r a t sitting on a wall boo I cried and it jumped into its hole

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THE ASHBURIAN CADET CORPS rpHE system in Cadet Corps training this year was entirely dif- ferent from that followed in the past in that all cadet train- ing was done at the one time viz.: two hours every Thursday after- noon as opposed to class periods all through the week. This change, like all changes and innovations had its advantages and disadvantages. Chief among the advantages were: (a) the cadets were able to parade in full uniform and boots without caus- ing undue wear and tear both on clothing and on halls and stair- cases; (b) the corps learned to work together as a unit constantly and (c) the academic syllabus was not unduly interfered with. The principal disadvantage was in not being able to give the same detailed attention and instruction to a very large class as was possible with a succession of small classes. But this did not prove to be too great an obstacle to overcome due to the excellent help afforded the corps instructor by Mr. Pilgrim, the corps officers and W. O. ' s and H. Bulpit and C. Brown. There seems to be no doubt that the system in use is the best possible and that it will continue to be used. The cadet year started on Sept. 12th, 1945, with a parade for organization, taking of platoon and section rolls and issuing of uniforms and rifles. Here another drastic change was made in that the corps which had been operating as a battalion of three coys, in previous years was formed as a company of three platoons, each of three sections and in view of the actual strength in numbers this was a far more satisfactory and suitable basis.