Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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22 THE ASHBURIAN Peter Richardson, Captain of the First Fields in Football and Cricket, received the MacCordick Cup for contributing most to school games. Richardson also accepted the B.C.S. Old Boys' Cup on behalf of the Senior Football team, and was winner of the Mrs. James Wilson Cricket Trophy. The complete academic prize list follows: Form prizes: 1C, Singer, 1B, Vincent, 1A, Judd II, II, Younger II, III, Gilbert, Trans, Morse, IV, MacNeil, Shell, MacCordick, V, Brownlee, VIC, Hampson, VIB, Pettigrew, VIA, Hooper. Awards of Merit: I, Barker Prize, Galloway, II, Hunter Prize, Berniere I, Junior School-Woods Shield, Mansur, Shell, Belcher Prize, Chisholm, V, Brine Prize, Clark, VIC, Sibley Prize, Hall, Woodburn Prizes for Music, Bogart, Baskerville II, Gardner II. Public Speaking: Ross McMaster Prize: Junior, Genesove, In- termediate, Macdonald, Senior, Holmes. , Honor Prizes: Academic Distinction: Ashbury College Maths. Prize: Mingie, Sibley Science Prize, Holmes, Angus French Prize, Hooper, Read Latin Prize, Hooper, Governor General's Medal. Hooper.

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THE ASHBURIAN 21 T sc:HooL CLOSING 1946 ANADA has desperate need for young men with vision and v foresight, Admiral Percy Nelles told members of the graduating class at Ashbury College, Ottawa, at ceremonies here. Speaking at the 55th closing exercises of the School, Admiral Nelles called upon the graduates to work for the betterment of a be- wildered world, and urged them to take an active interest in Can- ada's present and future, since upon the extent of their contribution would depend the peace and security of future generations. The year's activities were outlined by Mr. A. D. Brain, acting Headmaster, who reported a highly successful year in every field of endeavor, and paid high tribute to the Headmaster, Mr. Glass, who was prevented from being present through illness. A fresh and more energetic spirit has been infused in Ashbury by Mr. Glass. said Mr. Brain. The school has made remarkable progress and we look for even greater strides in the future. A short address of welcome was given by Colonel Newcombe. chairman of the Board of Governors. Colonel Newcombe also intro- duced Dr. H. M. Tory, President of Carleton College and Dr. G. P. Woollcombe, Ashbury's founder, both of whom assisted in the prize- giving. Also on the platform were Brig. C. H. Maclaren and Norman F. Wilson. of the Board of Governors, and Barclay Robinson, presi- dent of the Montreal Old Boys' Association. Valedictorian was John Smith, Captain of the School who pointed out that While Many different types and nationalities are gathered together in this school . . . neither race nor creed stands between any of us. Top academic honors went to John Hooper, winner of the Governor-General's Medal, form prize, and Angus and Reid awards for distinction in French and Latin. The Nelson Shield and Sout-ham Cup were won by John Smith, Captain of the School, the Southam award standing for best record in sports and scholarship through the year.

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THE ASHBURIAN 23 VALEDICTORY June 12th, 1946. CThe' following is the Valedictory Address delivered by John Smith, Captain of the School, at the closing on June 12th, 1946.5 There are few really great honours which can be bestowed upon a person during his lifetime-and the one which has been bestowed upon me today is assuredly one of these. Three years ago I arrived at Ashbury as a stranger to the school, the people and the climate-a circumstance not uncommon to many of my associates here. But every one of us agrees that that period of strangeness does not last long, for the very first feature which strikes a foreigner upon arriving in Canada is the friendliness of her people. There are many aspects of Ashbury which have impressed me during my stay, both inside and outside of the school-but there is one which stands out above all others. The spirit of comradeship is, I think, the most precious of the ideals which Ashbury possesses. Many different types and nationalities are gathered together in this school, and yet neither race nor creed stands between any of us. With the world in the state that it is today, I feel proud to think that we have learned here what is perhaps the most important lesson to humanity. Our predecessors set out before us to tight and win a battle of courage. When we leave tomorrow we shall be starting upon a dif- ferent battle. It will be our duty to insure the peace for which so many have given their lives. That- lesson, that truly great ideal which we have learned here. will enable us to fulfill our parts as citizens of a peace-loving world. Now. we must say farewell, but we shall always have with us in our future fields of endeavour, something to guide us and comfort us, something which is the very soul of this. our school. My only regret today is that Mr. Glass is not with us, for he has become in his first year here an Ashburian in a very real sense. But we would like to thank him. and the members of his staff who have done so much in preparing us for the road ahead. In closing may I quote a few lines from Longfellow's poem The Building of the Ship ?- Sail on, O ship of state, Sail on. O union strong and great, Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years. Is hanging breathless on thy fate.