Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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T H Z: .4 S ll If L' R I .-I .Y 2, the negative of the motion. Ashbury was represented by Brodhead ll and Chamard, upholding the negative, and Gale and Fisher supporting the afhrinative. YVhile the affirmative side managed to win only one of their two debates, the negative side was undefeated and so was placed in the final against a team from St. Patrick's College. This debate, a battle of wits from start to finish, was declared excellent by the judges and though the decision was extremely close, the victory was awarded to the St. Patrick's team. Nevertheless, Parker pen-and- pencil sets were awarded to the four finishing contestants, Casey and team-mate of St. Patrick's and Brodhead and Chamard of Ashbury. Furthermore, top award of a S100 scholarship went to the Best Speaker, John Chamard. Though it may be seen that this year has been a fruitful one for Debating at the School, we were extremely disappointed when L.C.C. withdrew from the annual Tri-School Debate which was to have been held at Bishop's this year, and it is our sincere hope that this annual function will be resumed again next year. With the aroused interest in debating at the School, it is our wish that, next year, more debates may be arranged with outside schools. At this point it seems only fitting to pay tribute to Mr. Spencer. our long-suffering coach, who guided and governed us so well. YR.: DFBATE Fisumx, Bizoourixo ll. Ciuxruum. Clue

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22 THE ASHBURIAN ment more intense, no contest keener than that encountered on the debating floor. It is truly wit matched with wit, and a better mental exercise could not be devised. Our first verbal contest this year was against St. lVIary's in Brockville. There, represented by Chamard and Gale, we upheld the positive of the motion 4'That Integration Should Be Pushed Through Immediatelyw valiantly but vainly. Once again, St. Mary's lived up to its fine reputation for hospitality, and we want to express our thanks to them for making the trip to St. lVIary's one of the year's most pleasant. In the second bout with this school, held here at Ashbury, we were again verbally vanquished. This time, replacing our first string pros with recruits Brodhead and Fisher, we contested the negative of the issue That the U.S. Is Justified in Going to War Over Quemoy and Matsu . This year, as an enthusiastically received innovation, Ashbury sent a team to compete in the International Speech Festival held at St. Michaelis College of the University of Toronto on February 20 - 21. Each of the four members of the competing teams was required to make one speech: an extemporaneous, an original, an interpretive, or a humourous speech. Upon the conclusion of these, the four mem- bers formed two teams of two men apiece, one team upholding the positive, the other team the negative of the motion. Representing Ashbury, Gordon Gale made the extemporaneous, John Chamard the interpretive, John Gamble the original and Tim Brodhead the humourous speech. Debating on the motion That Compulsory Union Membership is Undemocraticv, Gale and Gamble joined to support the aliirmative, while Brodhead and Chamard teamed up to uphold the negative of the issue. Each team debated three times against outside schools, the negative team winning two of their debates, the aflirmative winning one. Of the individual speakers, Gale alone shone, winning the Runner Up in the Extemporaneous division. The final result was that Ashbury placed third of the eight Canadian Schools competing, and eighth of the combined total of sixteen schools. The trips both down to Toronto and back, and the stay in Toronto itself, despite many frenzied moments, were highly enjoyable, and this excursion will be remembered for a very long time by those who were privileged to take part. Our last and perhaps best debate this year was at the University of Ottawa. There representatives from eighteen schools of the Ottawa region gathered to debate the motion That Canada is Culturally Dependant Upon the United States . Each competing school was required to produce two teams, one upholding the afiirmative, the other

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24 THE ASHBUIUAN POETRY READING CONTEST This event took place on Sunday, May 3rd, and brought out a goodly number of contestants - notably from among the Juniors. In this category the winner was Noel-Bentley II, with Campbell II as 'runner-upi. In the Intermediate competition, Conway carried off top honours, with Lynn a close second. From among the Senior entries, consisting of Chamard, Fascio and Mclnnes I, Chamard was named as top man, with Fascio in second position. The selections named for reading were as follows: 'Sei' for Preparation Juniors: '1God's World, - Millay Intermediates: 'The Ice Cart' - Gibson Seniors: 'In memoriam, CI' - Tennyson Tight' 'Lake Isle of Innisfree' - Yeats 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' - Owen Shakespeare' - Arnold In addition, each contestant read a short passage of his own choosing. Mr. J. F. Povey was good enough to act as adjudicator in the competition and at its conclusion spoke a few Words constructively criticizing individual performances and outlining the effects which should be aimed at in the reading of verse. In announcing the winners he said that some of the decisions had been extremely difficult, as the quality of the readings had been, in the main, high, with a very slight margin of merit between the announced winners and their closest competitors. It is gratifying to see the undiminished enthusiasm for this event, as the exercise not only is valuable, but can be enjoyable. PUBLIC SPEAKING VV ith the great interest shown in debating this year, it was hoped that there would be a large field for the Ross lVIaclVIaster prizes for Senior and Intermediate Public Speaking and the Charles Gale prize for Juniors. It is to be regretted that the small Held did not justify such optimism. For the Gale prize, Hugh Campbell gave a well prepared and equally well delivered speech on Canadian Northern Affairs, pre- dicting a future in this Department should the obvious interest be sustained. His ease of delivery, added to his sense of conviction, made him the popular winner. A Special Award was made to Jamie