Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Bark rms: Rev. NY. j. Lord, Sparling, Higgs, Roger, Isard, Stephenson, Potter, Fauquier. .lliddlc rout The Lord Bishop, Book, Riddell, Draper, Henderson, Killaly. Gale. Front roux' Darwent, NYoollcoinbe, Nlayburry. CONFIRMATION His year, the Animal Service of Confirmation was held on Thurs- day, March Sth, at 8 p.m. in the School Chapel. The service was conducted by the Right Reverend Robert .lefIerson, D.D., D.C.L., Lord Bishop of Ottawa, assisted by Arch- deacon C. Anderson, B.A., the Diocesan Secretary, Canon C. L. G. Bruce, L.Th., Rector of St. Albans Church, Rev. A. T. Carson. ALA., B.D.. Rector of St. Bartholomew's Church, and the School Chaplain. The Bishop in his address to the candidates emphasized the im- portance in these troubled times of sticking to the Christian ethic of behaviour. Pride in one's traditions is also important, he declared, and he went on to sketch the history of the Anglican Church, showing that all our liturgy dates back to very early times. The Procession was led by Crucifer Robert L'nwin, followed by the Choir and Clergy. The School Chaplain presented the candidates, Rev. A. T. Carson read the Introduction, Canon C. L. G. Bruce read the Scriptures, and Archdeacon Anderson acted as the Bishops Chaplain. The following students were confirmed: Michael Vincent Bogert, Ottawa, Ole Kristoffer Book, Sweden, john Nicholas De B. Darwent. New Haven, Conn., XYilliam George Draper, Rosemere, P.Q., Timothy David Fauquier. Toronto, Charles lYatt G. Gale, Ottawa, Seymour Charles Hamilton, Ottawa, john MacDonald Henderson, Alontreal, George jeffrey Higgs, Ottawa, Edwin AI. Isard, Ottawa, Laurence .XlacDonald Killaly, Ottawa, Graham C. Alayburry. Hull. RQ., Charles bl. Potter, Alanotick, lfiflgzll' Nelson Rhodes. Ottawa, Paul A. Riddell, Dorval RQ., Hugh Gregory Roger, Ottawa, Timothy A. H. Sparling, Ottawa, Xliehael Xl. Stephenson, Ottawa, and George Stephen Wioollcolilbe, Ottawa.

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THE .-ISHBURI.-IN 19 THE CHOIR ox'rlxL'INcs the custom of the last two years, we have had choir practices on Klonday afternoons. i During the Fall Term, the choir spent the majority of choir practices working for the Christmas carol service. This year. the service was held on Sunday, December I-lth. Again the chapel was lit entirely by candlelight, with the added attraction of the light from the new window. The choir sang the carols: Shepherds in the field abiding, See amid the winter's snow, The lndian carol, Cradled all lowly. Unto usa boy is born, and Come in dear angels. and the congregation joined in the singing of: llark a herald voice is sounding, XYhile shepherds watched their flocks by night, Adeste Fideles, We three kings, Good King Wenceslas and Hark the herald angels sing. Silent Night was sung as a vesper, and Michael Bogert sang the Prince of Peace as a solo. The service was repeated for the School on Tuesday, December 16th, prior to the Annual Christmas Party. It was noted that the tone. expression and diction of the choir had much improved and that the hard work the boys had done had its reward. For Sunday Matins, the Choir are now able to do both the Ferial and the Festal responses as well as the Canticles, and hence we have been able to have all of Nlatins sung. During the Spring Term, on Hay 2-lth, we were invited to take Evensong at St. Bartholomew's Church. For this occasion, the choir sang Into the heart of the TYildwood as an anthem. This visit we hope will be the first of many, and the boys acquitted themselves well on this Hrst occasion. We wish to thank the Rector, Klr. Carson, and the Organist, Nlr. Snelgrove, for having us there. On Saturday, May 23rd, we held our annual choir party. This year, Robert Tfnwin has been crucifer, Graham jackson the assistant erucifer, and Peter Blakeney the server, with Xlr. L. ll. Sibley as organist and ehoirmaster. The choir this year has had much assistance from Klr. Snelgrove who has helped us by playing at practices. so that Nlr. Sibley could direct and teach. Mr. XV. Slattery has also been a great help in looking after the boys before services. We could not conclude this brief note without reference to the Mothers' Guild, and particularly to Nlrs. sl. Irvin, the Sewing Convener, who has given unstintingly of her time in order to keep the choir surplices and cassocks in good shape. For the first time this year a choir medal has been obtained and presented to the School by the organist. This medal will be worn by the Head Choir Boy at Sunday Xlatins. The first Head Choir Boy to be appointed is Fred Reid, and at closing he was presented with a new Prayer Book given by Mr. Slattery.

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THE ASHBURIAN 21 SCIENCE NOTES N the Autumn Term our Science activity took the form of trips to the Leonardo Da Vinci show held at the International Business Kla- chines Company. Two groups paid a visit here. Da Vinci, besides being the painter of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper , was a great sculptor, engineer, architect and scientist. At the exhibit here in Ottawa, we learned that many of the so called new ideas of today are very old indeed. IVe think of town planning as a modern idea, Da Vinci was town planning in 1484. We think of the aeroplane as a modern device, Da Vinci was designing a primitive aeroplane in the early l6th century. IVe think of the automobile as a recent innovation, but Da Vinci designed and built a working automobile in his day. Ilere at the exhibit, we also saw models of the first hc:ur-minute-second clock, gun turrets, catapults, scaling ladders, water locks for canals, gears and military devices which were all forerunners of our modern devices of a similar nature. There were also copies of his notebooks which were written backwards so that others of his time would not steal his in- ventions. IVe left feeling very humble in the presence of the work of this genius of long ago. In january, as usual, we paid our annual visit to the Gatineau Power Plant, which was a great assistance to our study of e..ectricity. Also in january we were fortunate in obtaining a new film Pack- aged Poweru, the latest of the Aluminum Company's films. This told the fantastic story of the Kitimat Project out in British Columbia. By the time this project is completed, the contours of a vast area of British Columbia will have changed, and rivers will have been re-directed un- derneath a mountain to provide the power necessary for the electrolytic manufacture of aluminum. At the end of january, a group toured the E. B. Eddy Plant in Hull. Here we saw the manufacture of mechanical pulp to be later pro- cessed into hand towels, paper of all sorts, and light bond. The long wet paper machines always amazed us with their many parts, their speed and their versatility. XVe are indebted to Nlr. N. B. A. Fair for his efforts in making this trip possible. On XVednesday, April 22nd, we had another of the Bell Telephone Demonstrations. This was well attended. The new long distance system, and the new micro wave development were demonstrated and explained. Here too, we saw light running around lucite, sound waves being picked up by receivers, and an illustration of how television will travel through this area. The Science Club this year has made good progress, with arrange- ments in the hands of Mr. Sibley assisted by Ifpper School students.