Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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gn THE ASHBURIAN POETRY READING CCDNTEST The Poetry Reading Contest was held in Rhodes Hall on Sunday, .Xlav lst, with Mr. GI. F. Povey adiudicating. The passages of verse read: 'Set' Pieces juniors: King Goodheartn - Gilbert. Intermediates: Invictus - Henley. Seniors: Dover Beach - Arnold. 'Sight' juniors: The Splendour Falls - Tennyson. Intermediates: Sonnet CThat time of yearj - Shakespeare. Seniors: The Grandeur of God - Hopkins. An interesting variety of short passages were read as the voluntary selection of each of the contestants. The winners and runners up in the respective categories: juniors: First - .llclsaineg Second - Rutledge. Intermediates: First - Campbell I, Second - Browne ll. Seniors: First - .NIacLaurin, Second Conway. Mr. Povey, in his summing up of the adjudication, expressed him- self as being highly gratified by the quality of the readings generally. He outlined tae virtues and shortcomings of some of the performances, and announced the awards. It is encouraging to see a continued re- sponse to this interesting competition and it is to be hoped that the event will remain an annual fixture in the School's cultural activities. PARENTS' RECEPTIONS These gatherings were held once per term as usual -on Fridays, November 15th, February 12th, and May 15th. Following the customary procedure, the guests are greeted in .Xrgyle by the Headmaster and Nlrs. Perry and by the Senior members of the Staff. .Xfter a brief speech of welcome by Nlr. Perry, they dispersed to designated areas of the School where they may meet and chat with those Staff members with whom they may wish to discuss the progress or problems of their sons. The evening concludes with refreshments and general conversation in the Dining Hall. These little, informal gatherings have, we think, proved pleasant and useful to both Parents and Staff.

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'I'lrl If .-ISIIH L' Rl.-I N Zi frivolity: the impressive and dignified messenger boys. for instance. hurrying from one delegation to another, bore such important notes as who is the blonde on your right? and what the hell are we discussing now? Iilmwood, our sister school, represented Tunisia and was seated to our immediate right. Anglo-Tunisian relations warmed consider- ably during the evening, prompting many notes inquiring whether this new alliance was merely for the relaxation of international tension or whether in fact the delegations were exchanging representatives per- manently. From time to time the two nations found themselves simi- larly caught off guard, which resulted in a number of impromptu speeches, such as the one in which the Tunisian envoy, unaware of what she was saying, blamed the troubles of the world on reactionary: war-mongering. imperialist circles . The resultant silence was broken only by loud applause from the U.S.S.R. delegation. Russia. though at one stage she had erroneously opposed her own motion, was declared to be the most skilfully represented. thus following an example set at many international conferences. This Xlodel Security Council session. arranged by the Carleton University United Nations Club, was tre- mendously interesting and educational, and we hope that the experiment is continued next year. Attending this year from Ashbury were: Brodhead, Noel-Bentley, Haslam, Sarkis. and Zaporski. i 92 is PN. PUBLIC SPEAKING l .. , K' ef 013 Q. So many authoritative opinions have been ' I ,CSN I . I expressed by embryo politicians this year, it f gs, was expected that the Public Speaking Con- 1 K . ,bf test, a legitimate opportunity to express one's - I opinion, and test one's ability under the almost foolproof Oregeon System of judging, would LU j XX X be well patronized. ln the Senior Division, i gf , ' .I Haslam's natural ability to talk and make it sound convincing gave him the award. His extemporaneous speech was exceedinglv well received, and commended by the adjudicator. Fraser I, with a well-prepared speech received the Intermediate award. with special mention for Campbell l. The latter's ability in research and his learned vocabulary are encouraging, but he must learn to speak from notes, and not read his speech. Senior - Ross Nlacalaster Prize - Haslam Intermediate - Ross Nlacalaster Prize - Fraser l l

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