Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 9 EDITCRIAL Hr: year 1948-'49 has been, up to the time of writing, a pleasant and a profitable one. Its general harmony was, however, marred bv a note of gloom, struck during the Easter Holidays when Ashbury suffered a severe loss in the death of the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Colonel Edmund F. Newcombe, K.C., to whose memory this issue is respectfully and affectionately dedicated. Colonel Newcombe, son of the late Edmund L. Newcombe, former judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, was an Old Boy of Ashbury, a graduate of McGill University and for many years, a barrister of this city. Since his retirement from the army, where he served with distinction in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light ln- fantry during the First Great Vvar, his activities have been prominent and varied in professional, charitable and social spheres. Nevertheless, since his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Governors, his bril- liant mind, his energies, his sound knowledge and unfailing judgment were ever at the disposal of the school, and from the hour of his appointment to the date of his tragic and untimely death his helpful, active interest in Ashbury was never known to flag. All of us present at Ashbury, as well as many others who have gone before, will long remember Colonel Newcombe-not only for his official participation in school ceremonies, but for those innumerable occasions when he was to be seen in any weather on the side lines of school sports. It gives us a glow of pleasure and of gratitude to know that his interest in us went far beyond the ofhcial interest of a Chairman of the board, it was the interest of an Old Ashburian and of a warm and devoted friend.

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THE ASHBURIAN ASHBURIAN STAFF Editor-in-Chief A. B. BELCHER, ESQ. Bzzsiness Mavmger LT.-COL. E. G. BRINE Editor A. AIACRAE Assistant Editors R. A'i.ACNEIL D. H.ALL

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10 THE ASHBURIAN SCHGOL NGTES HE School opened on September 14, 1948, with a goodly number of hopeful New Boys and equally hopeful Old Boys. Besides the new boys we also welcomed to the School three new members of the teaching staff, Mr. XV. A. Edge, Mr. G. C. l l Memorial Dining Hall and with excel- lent music and refreshments the events were highlights in their respective terms. On All HalloW's Eve the School was given a rare treat in one of Mr. Oliver's all too infrequent ventrilo- quism acts. Movies, too, were shown, refreshments served, and a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all.. Many thanks are due those who planned and ran the event. The first Monday evening of the first term was football night. Although Drayton, and Lieutenant G. XV. Higgs Evzteiftaimlzevlt Several very enjoyable House Dances were held during the year. As usual, they were held in the DOI a new institution in the School, that evening's entertainment was con- ducted along the HIOSI novel lines. lt started with a free-for-all question period in which the School's football enthusiasts, past, present and future literally swamped Don Loney, centre for Ottawa Rough Riders, with 'foot- ball'. This period was followed by a coloured movie of two recent Rough Rider games to which Don supplied a most instructive running commen- tary. Then, and this is the most in-