Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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zu THE ASHBURIAN THE LIBRARY lvi-3 librarians were appointed in September and, under MacLaren's guidance, thev have contributed a great deal to the smooth run- ning of the library during the last year. lt was decided to open the library for three periods each day, so that it could be used intelligently under supervision. Access could still be gained at any time for independent study or reference, on application to a member of the library staff. In this way a noisy element was elim- inated and an attempt made to encourage good reading habits. A start has been made on reclassifying the books at our disposal, but a great deal of work still remains to be done in this connection. During the year we have received generous gifts of books from N. Rhodes, Esq., and Hamilton Southam, Esq., and we should like to express our sincere thanks to these friends of the school. .lg-...Q-i1 EURQPEAN RAMBLES His year after three successive trips to Europe, E. N. Rhodes, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Governors, showed his coloured slides to the School under the title of European Rambles . In his introductory speech Mr. Rhodes told the boys he would attempt to give them an insight into life in Italy, France and Spain. He also suggested that possibly the reason for the invitation to lecture was that the Hnances for professional lecturers had been exhausted. The slides started with typical shots of Rome, then moved north in Italy to Florence. From there we travelled south into Spain and visited Malaga and Barcelona. From sunny Spain we went north to the south of France and Nice, where we saw the fish markets and the harbour. That concluded our delightful trip to Europe, and we all hope we may have the opportunity to see more of his slides.

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THE .4 SHBL'Rl.4.N' W THE MCDTHERS' GUILD . . ' . . . . ii are all most grateful for t.ie eontmued interest ul this organ- ization and for the manner in whieh they quietly and etfeetivelv Continue working for the welfare and deeoration of the School. This year thev earried to the Xlemorial Wing their good worlq of providing curtains for the bovs' rooms. and have thus encouraged the modesty and fed the aestheties of all its small inhabitants. We understand that thev have now. in the proeess of being designed and fashioned. an Ashbury College emblem. to be mounted on a bgmner and hung in Chapel. Thev have also under eonstruetion a new leetern for use on ceremonial oeeasions. Furthermore, from the proceeds of their annual l lome Cooking Sale and Fun Night , held at the Sehool, they have been able to set up two bursaries. to be awarded at the lHleadmaster's diseretion-one in the amount of two hundred. and the other of three hundred dollars. These would appear to be indeed valuable achievements and benefits and The Ashburian wishes to tender the best thanks of the School to all members of this fine organization. There follows a list of officers for the year 1953-54: President, Mrs. H. H. Mulkins. lst Vice-Pres.. Xlrs. G. A. XYoolleombe3 Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. E. NI. Hinevg Seet'v.. Nlrs. G. G. NI. Carr- Harrisg Sewing Convener. Hrs. A. Powellg Telephone Convener, Hrs. TY. H. G. Rogerg Tea Convener. Hrs. B. C. Hamilton. Fred Reid-First Winner of The Xlothers' Guild Bursarv.

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THE ASHBURIAN 21 THE SENIOR SCIENCE TRIP TO MONTREAL HE Science Trip this year, like last year, was to Nlontreal. On February 10th at 6 p.m. we boarded the bus which the bus company had graciously sent to fetch us down to the Bus Terminal, and at 6.30 p.m. we were on our way to Xlontreal, where we all stayed with relatives and friends. The first plant which we visited was the Dominion Linoleum Company on the morning of Thursday, the llth. This proved to be very interesting. Nlr. H. N. Blakeney, an Ashbury Old Boy, welcomed us to the plant. XYe were then given an introductory lecture on the manufacture of linoleum from its early stages right through to the Hnished product. At first, the linoleum is a rubbery, granulated, sticky substance, this substance is mixed dry, and strongly compressed by pressure and heat, until it emerges as one continuous layer of linoleum. IVe were also told of the various processes for making different patterns, and of all the intermediate forms of linoleum. After this interesting explanatory talk, we were divided into two groups and shown around the huge plant. Now we saw the linoleum being pro- duced. TVe also saw the preparation of a good many of the raw materials used. After a lengthy tour, we were given a wonderful lunch in the plant cafeteria-right after which we were on our way to the next plant on our programme. Our next plant was the Imperial Tobacco Company, which we covered that afternoon. Imperial Tobacco is the producer of innumer- able brands of cigarettes, cigars, and all kinds of tobacco products. the most famous of which are Players and Sweet Caps . IYe were again divided into two groups and shown around the factory. The first step, when the tobacco is brought in is moistening-without this step, the tobacco cannot be handled because of its brittleness, then it is in turn weighed, mixed, thrashed, and the stems are separated from the Back rox: D. I-Iore, L. Hart. I-I. Short, S. Xlclnnes, P. H'alker, G. Verhaegen, G. XYatson, G. jackson. Front row: R. Turcotte, Dr. Thompson, Xl. Hog- ben. Mr. L. H. Sibley.