Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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26 THE ASHBURIAN NIcAulay, a Form II boy, for his interesting well-prepared speech on fibreglass. The adjudicator's task in the Ross MacMaster Intermediate contest was not difficult. Haslam, speaking authoritatively about China, the Sleeping Giant was so convincing that the Adjudicator's task at first seemed easy, but Lynn I, speaking about lobster fishing in New England, immediately put the issue in doubt. Lynn was fol- lowed by Conway, who gave a learned address on anti-biotics. Using the standard Oregeon system of judging, there were less than two points between the three, but the prize was awarded to Haslam. Only two seniors competed in their division, and although Mclnnes I gave Chamard some keen competition with his speech on the French Revolution, into which had gone much research and preparation, the latter, speaking on Red China's admission to the United Nations, a subject which has been frequently debated land written aboutll, was so assured and convinced of the subject matter in his speech, that he added to his former honours by again Winning the award. At the conclusion of each division, the Adjudicator, Mr. Ian Spencer, gave a short critical analysis of the speeches, with special reference to his experience gained this year acting as a judge at the International Speech Festival. His final remark was, The field might be small, but the standard was so high, any school might be proud of it. C O N F E R E N C E S HEADMASTERS' CONFERENCE The Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Headmasters' Association was held at Rothesay Collegiate School, Rothesay, New Brunswick. The Headmaster of the School, Dr. C. H. Bonnycastle, acted as host. The usual business sessions proved to be lively and helpful. Reports from the various committees indicated that much had been done during the year and that the Association's representatives to various conferences had held up their end in strange surroundings. The chapel service conducted by the School Chaplain, the Rev. M. J. Keble, and the Reception at the home of Mr. Colin Mackay Sr., deputy Chairman of the Board were most enjoyable conference activities. The Annual Dinner was held in the School dining-room with Mr. Gordon Fairweather, Attorney-General of New Brunswick the Guest Speaker. He spoke amusingly about the Reward of Public Service ln Politics.