Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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16 THE ASHBURIAN THE SCIENCE CLUB THE Science Club has held two formal meetings this year. The first meeting held on October 28th was a trip made to the Criminal Investigation Laboratories of the R.C.M.P. in RockchfTe. A group of 40 Senior School boys arrived at the Laboratories at 8:00 p.m., and under the supervision of Sergeant J. W. Sutherland and his staff, the large group was divided into 3 smaller ones. The students were then conducted on a tour of the Laboratories, each department head explaining his particular type of work and illustrating it. The three general departments consisted of the Photography and Philatelic, the Firearms, and the Chemical. At 10:00 p.m. the all too short evening came to a close, and the students returned to school after a most en- joyable evening. The second meeting was held on January 13 th and took place in the Assembly Hall. The speakers on this occasion were: Squadron Leader T. G. Anderson, A.F.C. who spoke on Jet Engines , and Mr. Dodds, the Director of Public Relations of the R.C.A.F. who spoke on Photo-Surveying . The speakers were introduced by H. S. Price and C. Hart. At this meeting we were also fortunate in having two R.C.A.F. films entitled Jet Engines and Photo-Canada . On Friday, February 3rd a group of the Science Club were in- vited to the Annual Student Night of the Chemical Institute of Canada. Mr. Garnet Page, M.C.I.C., the General Manager of the Institute, out- fined briefly the careers open in the chemical field in Canada. He was followed by the main speaker of the evening, Mr. J. D. Converse, the Manager of the Chemicals Division of Canadian Industries Limited. In well-chosen words, A4r. Converse reviewed the growth and develop- ment of chemical industry in Canada, described how seemingly un- surmountable difliculties have been overcome, and discussed new methods and processes. He particularly mentioned the new methods being tested for the manufacture of sulphite pulp. A coloured motion picture, Harnessing the Rainbow , describing the development and use of modern dyes, was also shown. On Sunday evenings, as usual after Chapel, many science films have been sh own. Our thanks are due to many companies who have provided us with such fine films, among these being: The National Film Board; The Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.; The Canadian General Electric Co.; the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. Ltd.; Canadian Industries Limited. The Chairman of the Science Club this year has been Walter Sudar, who has conducted the afiPairs of the club in an efficient manner. L.H.S.

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THE ASHBURIAN 15 DuNCAN K. iMacTavish Duncan K. AdacTavish, O.B.E., K.C., chairman of the board of governors of Ashbury, has just completed his first year of office. In that time Mr. MacTavish has shown a keen interest in the affairs of the school and never failed to give us the advantage of his wide experience and liberal culture. The school has prospered in the short time that Mr. MacTavish has been its president and we feel confident that Ashbury will achieve even greater stature under his continued leadership.

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THE ASH BU Rl AN 17 THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB At eight o ' clock on the evening of Friday, January 20, the Honor- X able Christopher Hart, Speaker of the Ashbury House of Com- mons, walked into the chamber, followed by Sergeant-at-Arms Scott Price. The House was in session. This was the climax of several days ' activity and many notices on the school boards. The Government, headed by Prime A4inister J. M. Fraser, had many important bills to introduce, all of which the opposition, headed by Walter Sudar, opposed vigorously. First, the A4inister of Recon- struction and Supply, Mr. Gilbert, brought in a bill which would add several useful pieces of equipment to the school. The Minister of Indian Affairs— Mr. D. Fraser introduced a bill for the construction of a Junior Butt Room, for candy, cigarettes, etc., and Mr. Dalrymple, Minister of Health, brought in a bill for chocolate flavoured milk of magnesia. All these were passed. Two other bills, Mr. Hall ' s Equal Rights Bill (Justice Dept.) and Mr. J. Eraser ' s Distribution of A4arks Bill (Education? Dept.) were ruled defeated in a voice vote by the speaker; there was no time for a counted vote. Then came the private bills. They were of all sorts by Opposition members, and were not opposed, on principle, by the government. One of them, proposed by A4r. Genesove, resulted in a rare united front of the two parties to defeat it. It was to propose educational reform (compulsory German, hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., no talking, prefects having caning privileges and many similar ideas). In the course of his speech, Mr. Genesove had to be ' named ' for unparliamentary conduct. The house adjourned so that the junior school page boys could retire, and it was the end of a most enjoyable evening. Many thanks to Mr. Polk and A4r. Belford, as well as to all the others who helped in the organization. THE DEBATING CLUB Although the big debate with B.C.S. never came off, the debating jfX, club had an active year. On December 2, the club had its first meeting, in which the subject under consideration was a motion pro- posed by Genesove to legalize mercy killing or Euthanasia. With Genesove on the affirmative were Grimsdale and Younger I, while Scott I, Busk and Fraser I opposed the motion. After the formal debate, there was some discussion of the matter from the floor— the motion was not carried.