Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 19 were sorry to leave, but International Harvester was next on our list and we were off once more. Here we saw the manufacture of rope, baling twine, tractors and carts of all sorts. The foundries, the lathes, paint shops, assembly line procedures, all proved of great interest. At 4- p.m., we arrived at the new Metallurgical Laboratories of the Steel Company. Perhaps the outstanding work done here was the detailed studies accomplished by the fabulous spectroscope. We were also concerned with complete steel analysis of all the Steel Company products, including molecular structure done by Microscopic work. By this time we were hungry and tired, so we were off to eat and relax. Saturday we returned to Ashbury. Some highlights of the tour included Sutherland's ready smile at 7 a.m., and also Rowan-Legg's great control over his rubbers. Bob Lackey and Dave Ross, our excellent drivers, seemed always worried because the car would never go over 4-0 miles per hour. Fine highways and fine food - these completed an educational tour. VI. Tour to Chalk River: On April 7th, our annual trip was made to Chalk River. Our first stop was the Biology Building, where we were given an il- lustrated lecture by Dr. W. F. Baldwin assisted by Mr. T. Salthouse. These men are primarily concerned with the blood-sucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus. This bug is particularly resistant to radiation, being able to survive doses of radiation two or three hundred times the amount required to kill a human. The cell behaviour of these bugs seems to explain why in man and other mammals a radiation burn often takes some time to show itself. Dr. Baldwin also described work which has been done on mosquito control, and also work on rat population studies. From the Biology Building we proceeded to the Pool Test Reactor. This has a power of one hundred watts. Here ordinary water is used as a coolant, shielding and moderator. After a fine lunch, We went on tour of the NRX reactor. This reactor produces 40,000 kilowatts of power. The basic parts of this reactor are the fuel rods made up of Uranium encased in Aluminum, and the moderator which is heavy water. The coolant is river water. This reactor is used to prepare Cobalt 60, used in cancer treatment, radio- active isotopes for agriculture and industry, and also basic research. Our next place of call was the new NRU reactor. This produces about five times as much power as the NRX. Here heavy water is used both as moderator and coolant. Again the reactor is used for basic research and the manufacture of isotopes. Those who made the tour this year were: Bishop, Ince, Lackey, Pangman, Southam I, Sutherland I, Tucker I, VVilson I, Rowan-Legg I, and Mr. Sibley. Certainly this has been one of the most successful of the years we have made tours, and our thanks go to Mr. Sibley for many hours spent in arrangements.

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18 THE ASHBURIAN I, Lackey, Ross, Brodhead I, Southam I, Tucker I, Wilson I, Reid I, Yates, Mr. Sibley and your reporters, Bishop and Sarkls. V. Tour to Hamilton: Our second large expedition of the year took us to Hamilton. We set out on March 31st, arriving at Hillfield School at about five, as guests of the Headmaster, Col. J. Page, who kindly lent his home to the group, this time including Lackey, Ross, Wilson I, Rowan-Legg I, Sutherland I and Mr. Sibley. Wednesday morning we were off to the Steel Company of Canada. This is by far the largest Plant of its kind in Canada, so we toured it by car. Here we saw the complete manufacture of steel from the unloading docks, the piles of hematite, coal and limestone, the coke furnaces, the huge blast furnaces, the open hearth furnaces, the bloom mills, the continuous galvanizing mill and the other processing mills. After a pleasant lunch here, we left for Canadian Westinghouse for the afternoon. Here we were particularly interested in the manu- facture of Television Picture tubes of all sizes. We also saw the manu- facture of ordinary vacuum tubes, and finally the Research Labora- tories where we found that shock tests, Cold Temperature Research, and other fascinating things were taking place. After a brief stop to clean up, we were off to Toronto to see Trinity College as guests of Mr. Pettigrew, Stephen Woollcombe, Chris Gill, and Ian Cumming. After a fine supper in Hall, we toured Trinity including the Chapel. We then went across the street to have a tour of Hart House, which was also most impressive. After a fine day we returned to Hamilton, tired, but happy. Thursday morning found us at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, where we saw the manufacture of rubber tires from the crude to the finished product. After a healthy lunch here we were treated to films of the Indianapolis Speedway races, also one of the famous Italian car races, and one on old cars. We then left for Procter Sz Gamble Company. This tour was entertaining, if too short. Here we saw soap making, and the packaging of many of the famous Procter and Gamble Products like 'fBreeze'7 and f'Fluffo . We then returned to Hillfield for a quick tour of the school. For dinner we were guests of lVlr. V. Scully, an Ashbury Governor, and Mr. S. Armour, who were such a great help in the organization of this tour. After our dinner at The Hamilton Club, we returned once more to Hillfield to relax. Friday morning, despite the rain, we were off again - this time to McMaster University. After a chat with the Dean of Arts and Science and the Registrar, we toured the Biology, Physics and Chemis- try Departments. We were fascinated with the mass spectrograph. At the Chemistry building our guide was Dr. Cragg, one of the authors of our senior Chemistry Text. This tour was most interesting and we

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20 THE ASHBURIAN V, , ' . f- ,Z32fHf fff,'f 'l 7435 '1.-af W BERMUDA TRIP This year, Mr. Jobling and Mr. Anderson once again supervised the annual Bermuda Trip, which was composed of 13 pleasure-seeking boys: Dries Oosterbaan, Bohdan Zaporski, Red and Don Dunn, Don Flam, Ray Manbert, Allen Gill, Iain Ewing, John Letch, Peter Gillean, James Whitmarsh, Gary Lacharity and Graham Pottinger. We left cold Canada on March 29th following a night at the Toronto Y.lVI.C.A. and arrived an incredibly short time later in Warm, cloudless Bermuda. Hastily doffing our winter overcoats, we spent the next few days frantically putting up tents, making beds, purchasing provisions, and so on. Once firmly established, the group broke into two logically separate bands, the Seniors and the Intermediates, and invaded the mainland. Each year, invariably, the first thing that attracts the Seniors is the motor-bike hiring scheme - a quick, handy way to tour the island comparatively inexpensively. And, each year, invariably, many hair- raising escapades are performed on account of these vehicles. Fortuna- tely, this year we had a fatality free vacation, though both Donny Flam and Don Dunn lost a few layers of skin from their knees and elbows and perhaps some of their clothes will never again see wear. In many ways the greatest attraction was the College Cruise abroad the f'Chauncey NI. Depeww, sponsored by the Bermudian Gov- ernment and enjoyed by the most senior and responsible of the party. The enjoyment of the cruise was further increased by excellent weather