Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Q? SUXII Ol.lD HHN S' SONS lilwood llidlcy Rowley Xlicl'liiil Xlcrrctr. .oi'isrinc. Xlinncs. fiaiiible ll. .intl fiaiiiblc lll. ln backgri und is the lle.idiii.isrcr. sciaoot Norias Uljlfxlxfi DAY Once again. Opening Jay. September Il. rolled around bringing with it the cheerful faces of old boys and new boys alike. looking forward to another year of hard work. Xlr. Perry. in his Opening Day speech. besides welcoming our new boys, remarked that the school was almost bursting at the seams with a capacity enrolment. The following day Nlr. S. Irvin. the Chairman of the Board of Governors, honoured us with a few words. and. following the time- honoured tradition. asked the Headmaster to grant the School a half holiday. This Nlr. Perry was pleased to do. CHANGES OF STAFF As noted in last year's Ashburian. we lost at that time the services of Nlr. C. T. Ruddick and Nlr. A. B. Wells. of the teaching staff. also of Miss Vaughan, the Junior Xlatron. At the beginning of this school year we were joined by Xlr. Cvraham jackson. a former Head Boy. and Mr. D. NI. Boswell, formerly of Stanstead. Mrs. Hardy took over Miss Yaughan's duties and she, in turn. was replaced during the year by Hrs. Klulhall. ENTERTAINMENT The traditional weekly movies were again shown on Saturday nights throughout the year. Here the new assembly hall in Argyle proved a great advantage to the screen and the acoustic properties of the entertainments. Hr. Sibley was successful in obtaining an unusually fine repertoire of pictures and was ably assisted in their showing by his proiectionists. Brodhead I and Ince. The traditional Christmas party was held on the closing night of the Fall Term and consisted of a Hne dinner, for all. followed by a sing-song. movies. slight of hand performance by a well known professional 'magician' and a piano recital by Victor Fascio- for the Seniors. The juniors

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3 THE ASHBURIAN EDITORIAL Xenophon's account of the reaction of the Ten Thousand at their first glimpse of the sea on their heroic journey homeward has always seemed to us a most moving description of a high, emotional moment. As the reader may remember, after their great victory at the battle of Canaxa, in Asia Minor, this army of Greek adventurers set oif on the return march to the Mediterranean and thence - home. Their march began in September and lasted many weary months. It led them through two thousand miles of unfamiliar and hostile territory. It led them across burning deserts and over freezing mountain ranges. They were under constant attack by a cruel and relentless foe, who watched them from the heights and hurled boulders down upon them in the narrow valleys, who ambushed them in thickets, who opposed them bitterly with showers of arrows at the fords of icy rivers. Never- theless their resourcefulness, courage and inspiration carried them through all these incredible hardships and dangers until at last they emerged within sight of the sea - that shining, level pathway to home, happiness, and a temporary tranquility. At this moment they stood, Says Xenophon, all facing the same way, with tears of thankfulness running down their cheeks. They shouted a great shout. Surely theirs had been a bitter but a glorious march - and gloriously rewarded.

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IQ THE ASHBURIAN entertainment consisted of a series of 'short' movies, a visit by Santa Clause Cwho whimsically changed his accent from Australian to English this yearj and their own performance by the magician. As reported elsewhere, the School Dance was perhaps the most successful of any year so far. The decorations in the Assembly Hall reached a new high in artistic perfection and the gym, Where supper was served, was also beautifully decorated, night club style. SCHOOL HEALTH Except for the Asian Hu epidemic at the beginning of the fall term, the school health this year has been very good. Of course, there was the usual lineup each morning for fevers, ingrown toenails and other miscellaneous symptoms usually attributed to that mysterious sickness schoolitis. The backbone of our defense against disease is Miss Bray, and credit for Ashbury's excellent state of health must go to her. The few times that things got out of hand, either Dr. Rowan- Legg or Dr. Petrie stepped in to set them right. DEPARTURES XVith much regret we learned that we were to lose four valued members of our community: Mr. Vetter, Mr. Macintyre, Mr. Rees, and Major Woods. Messrs Vetter and Macintyre, during their two years at the School have done excellent work in their respective departments. Mr. Rees, who has been with us for four years as head of the Depart- ment of History, also acted as Cadet Corps Instructor and as such deserves credit for the distinguished success of the Corps. Major Woods is an old friend of the School, having been with us previously for a period of four years. All these departing members of our staff will be most sincerely missed. BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENT Thanks to the generosity of Old Boys, parents, and friends of the School, last year's hopes for a badly needed addition to the plant have been realized. During the year we were able to watch the progress of building operations which culminated by the Easter Holidays in a fine new unit in Argyle, consisting of an Assembly Hall, with stage, another large classroom, an office, music studio, and washrooms. VVe can assure those who have so generously donated to the Fund that these badly needed facilities have already been put to good use. GIFTS VVe gratefully acknowledge the receipt of gifts to the School: those presented by the Mothers' Guild - as noted elsewhere in this magazine, a fine new oil painting, the work of Ed. jackson, noted landscape painter of this city, 'presented to the Headmaster by the Graduating Class, also a gift of books to the library by Hutcheon.