Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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24 THE ASHBURIAN SPORTS DAY JUNE 1946 THE Annual School Sports were held on June 12th in perfect Weather with the grounds, due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Oliver and his assistants, presenting a beautiful sight to the large number of spectators that turned out to watch the competition. Preliminary events and heats were run off on the 10th, leaving a minimum df three competitors in each event and as was expected the finals were very keenly contested and provided the spectators with many a thrill. The House Championship for the Wilson Shield was Won by Connaught House and the Individual Championships were won as follows: Senior-Browng Intermediate-Paterson, Junior-Mulli- gan. Due to prior organization under the able direction of Mr. Brain with his intimate knowledge of previous sports days and the many pit-falls that lie in wait for the unwary and inexperienced, every- thing went in clockwork fashion with no tedious pauses or mix-ups and parents and friends of the school were treated to a fast-moving programme of well-conducted and well-contested events through- out an enjoyable day. The officials were as follows: Judges-A. D. Brain, Esq.g Col. E. G. Brine, J. A. Powell, Esq. Clerks of the Course-Major H. J. Woods, W. R. Wright, Esq. Starter-A. B. Belcher, Esq. Timer--L. H. Sibley, Esq. Jumps-Rev. A. J. Poole, J. S. Newton, Esq. Announcer-E. B. Pilgrim, Esq. Recorders-W. A. Nellesg M. G. Birchwood. Record of Events and Winners. Senior High Jump-lst. Schroeder, 5 ft. 3 in., 2nd, Richardson and Brown Ctiej. Intermediate High Jump-lst, Nesbitt. 4 ft. 8 in., 2nd, Earl, 3rd, Grant I and Naylor I Ctiedj. Junior High Jump-lst, Mulligan, 4 ft. 2 in.: 2nd, Mansurg 3rd, Grant II.

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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.

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