Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURI.-IN 1 final two weeks were spent in private homes throughout Scotland. I shall never forget the magnificent hospitality of the people who made our visit so enjoyable. In Dundee, Inverness, Edinburgh, and on a ggantic sheep farm in Galloway, I was entertained royally. The last night of our trip. we saw the Tatoo in Edinburgh Castle. The next day, with the skirl of the bagpipes in our ears. we sailed for home. I. Ifwixo - KVI DEBATING A renewed interest in debating this year resulted in a record twenty-two debates for the team, of which 1+ were won, and 8 lost. It is interesting to note that the Debating Team had more fixtures than any other school team, a fact which by itself points to a Renaissance in what debators call The Superior Sport . The season opened in October, when Steven and Haslam journeyed to Perth and argued the negative of the topic, Resolved: That the VVest should abandon Berlin . Ashbury won by the score of H5-72. For the first time, Ashbury sent four debators. Haslam. Ewing. Greenstone and Lash, to the NIcGill High School Debating Tourna- ment, from which we emerged a creditable fifth, with tive wins and three losses. Haslam was third out of ninety-six debators in the in- dividual rankings. U Greenstone and Lash defeated Perth, this time at Ashbury, as a warm-up for the International Speech Festival. At the Festival, held in Toronto, stiff competition and hard luck rent us asunder, and we returned home with only one win to show for six starts. In the English Schools Debating Tournament at Ottawa University. however, it was a different story. The team, this time consisting of Haslam, Ewing, Steven and Menzies, emerged in fourth place with four wins and no losses. The final Hxtures of the year were part of the Independent Schools Debating Tournament, contested annually between L.C.C., B.C.S., Stanstead and Ashbury. Haslam and Ewing narrowly defeated L.C.C., and the team, this time consisting of Haslam and Menzies, journeyed to L.C.C. to take on Stanstead College. After an exciting debate. we emerged the happy victors. This year's team, the most successful on record, wishes to thank the person who made it all possible, Xlr. I. H. Spencer.

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26 THE ASHBURIAN The frothing wake of the ship curled through the blue water like a writhing white snake, all the way to the horizon, hazy in the distance. I leaned over the rail and saw the water slipping swiftly by the ship's sides. like dark green marble mottled with flecks of white foam. Be- hind is Canada, ahead is England. We docked at Liverpool at 10.30 p.m. The next morning, after the excited confusion of identifying our luggage in the noisy custom's shed, we met the rest of our group. A bus was waiting for us and we set off to XYorcester via the lovely old town of Chester, with its gabled and half-timbered Tudor houses and its Roman wall. In Worcester, we stayed in private homes, and this unique feature of the C. Y. M. was followed in all the other cities we visited. Personally, I found this feature one of the most rewarding aspects of the trip, because it gave me the opportunity of meeting families which, as a tourist, I would never have met. King john is buried in Vllorcester Cathedral, and we visited his tomb. lYhen he died, he ordered that he be buried between the two saints whose bones lie beneath the floor of the Cathedral. In this way, he hoped to slip into heaven between the two saints when St. Peter wasn't looking. London was next on our itinerary. Our bus sped along the M. 1, and London was waiting for us that night with all its lights ablaze. During our week here, few of the famous and historic landmarks es- caped our scrutiny. The Tower of London, St. Paul's, the Houses of Parliament, and the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace were all carefully inspected. The day we took the boat train for Paris, the sun was shining, and the cliffs of Dover sparkled white as we crossed the Channel. The City of Light was, for me, the high point of the trip. Like all the tourists who come to Paris, I rode to the top of the Eiffel Tower, and stood spellbound before the breathtaking panorama of the most beauti- ful city in the world, spread out at my feet. The Seine glided white and blue under its bridges, and there, on an island of green, were the twin, square-topped towers of Notre Dame. To the left of the river the Arc de Triomphe, looking like the hub of a wheel which had as spokes, broad tree-lined boulevards. And off in the distance, on a hill behind Montmartre, stood Sacre Coeur, white like a jewel in the sun- light. Our four days in Paris were all to short. From Paris to Brussels, where I stayed at the home of the Belgian boy on our trip. The two things I remember best are the Grand Place de Brusselles, with its medieval Guild Halls, and the famous statue of the little boy. After four days in Brussels, we spent three days in Ypres, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the First lYorld VVar. llere, in St. Georges .Nlemorial Chapel, the Quest held its annual vigil. From Ypres, we drove through the picturesque Belgian country- side to Ostend. crossed the Channel, and headed for Scotland. Our

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II' diff DEBATING TEAM Bark Rout K. S. Nlenzies, R. A. Lash. L. I. I-I. Spencer, Esq., IS. K. MacKay, G. C. Greenstone. Front Rout I. NI. Ewing, G. P. G., I-Iaslani CCapt.D, D. A. Steven. TEAM MEMBERS Name Debates IVon Losr Pct. STEVEN, IJONALU 3 3 0 1.000 NIENZIES, KENNETII 3 3 0 1.000 IIASLANI, G1-:R.x1.n ICAPTJ 12 8 4 .666 ISXVING, IAIN 10 6 4 .600 LAsn, Bon 5 3 2 .600 fiREIiNSTONI-i, CSERRARID 8 4 -I .500 NICK,-xY, BRIAN 3 1 2 .333 LIST OF DEBATES AND TOPICS I Perth District and Collegiate Institute Haslatn and Steven VVON I-V .XIcGill Debating Tournament Haslam and Ewing XV 3 L I Greenstune and Lash VV 2 L 2 III Perth District anal Collegiate Institute Greenstone and Lash IVON II-I6 Interrmtiunnl Speech lfestivgil Haslam and Ewing XV 0 L 3 Greenstune and Xleliay XV 1 L 2 I'-20 linglish Sclwuls Debating iliuurnnrnent Haslatn and Ifwing XV 2 L 0 Steven and Xlenzies XV Z L II II l.mi'er Cungula College Ilaslam and lfwing VVON 22 Stginstepnl College Hntslam and Menzies XVON IEOPICS I Rewlxctl: Ihnr the XXI-st shuultl nlmmlon Berlin. I-'2 Rewlvctl: 'lilmt the XXI-st shuultl surrender tu the Cunununist liloe rather than Ificc the thrczit of nuclear war. III-I6 Rt-wlxetlg Ili.it Nurth .Xinericnn I.nlmur Uniuns are nut fulfilling their res- INPIINIIIIIIIIUS III lllllq S,IlCICt?', I'-20 lit-wlit-tl: 'lhqit Iiritgiink enrrx' intu the Lf.C.Xl. is cmiti'.u'v tu the ideals of the IfininiiuiiixxI-.Iltli. I i fl llexulxcil: we III-lla 12 llcxulxcili we IS-III