Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN I3 During the year Xlr. Lancaster returned to university in the United States and Mr. B. K. Hillary rejoined .Ashbury to take his place. Nlrs. P. E. Turcotte took over Xlr. Belcher's classes after his death. XYC were most fortunate to secure her services. HEALTH Canadian boys are pretty tough. The combination of this and the good ministrations of the school physician, Dr. Rowan-Legg, and Nurse Bray usually carries Ashbury through a healthy year. This year, how- ever, the 'Hu which laid low the eastern half of this continent spread its germs over Ashbury and we had several weeks when a high proportion of the school was absent. So many boys indeed were away toward the end of the winter term that we cancelled our Easter examinations. There was a stirling silver lining to this cloud, however. for we had a full schedule of classes to replace the examination period and the extra instruction was most valuable, particularly at the matriculation level. Tests were given shortly after the boys' return from the spring holidays. Miss Bray, who has now completed eleven Years at Ashbury, has become an institution within our walls. CAREER SERIES Some years ago Hr. Perry introduced to Ashbury a series of talks which have been called Career Series . These are presented during the winter term on Wednesdays during the last period fthe letter writing periodb. At this time successful Hgures in varied Helds of endeavour are invited to tell the boys of the senior school the pitfalls and advantages of their particular profession. The talks are designed mainly to assist our Grade 12 and 13 boys to choose their career, but many a fifteen year old will get ideas which could decide his future profession. Among those who came to Ashbury this year were: Inspector P. H. Bourassa - R.C.M.P. IV. K. F. Kendrick, Principal of Ottawa Teachers' College - Teaching Dr. bl. S. Pritchard - Dentistry J. Isbister, a student at Queens - XYhat to expect in University Commodore H. V. IV. Groos - R.O.T.P. CADET CAN IP From the ranks of Ashbury's cadet corps have come many who have chosen one of the services as a career and have left their mark on Canada's military or naval history. During the twenties and early thirties Ashbury was one of the most important feeding schools for

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13 THE ASHBURIAN SCHOOL NOTES oPEN1NG DAY September Sth. Back to school. There were, no doubt, super- ficial groans at the prospect, these are expected from a school boy, but nearly every boy was just as happy as his parents that the long summer was over, and he was to fit once again into the routine of school life. The pattern was unchanged. The following morning Mr. Perry spoke to the assembled school. He reminded us that the full life at Ashbury included a heavy percentage of academic effort, pointing out the in- creasingly heavy standards which universities were requiring. This day and the next were devoted to class organization, handing out of books and stationery, form and games assemblies, plotting timetables for the senior boys. By nine o'clock on Monday, September 10th, Ashbury was ready to start its seventy-second academic year. A thought occurs here. In july, 1967, when Canada celebrates one hundred years of nationhood, Ashbury will have just completed seventy-five years. VVe will be three-quarters as old as the country. THE CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS Shortly after the opening of school, Mr. A. B. R. Lawrence, Chair- man of our Board of Governors, addressed the entire school. He told us to begin with that having himself heard ten such addresses as a school boy, he remembered none of them, then went on to give the boys a message which many of them will remember for a long time. He impressed on the boys that in these troubled days they had a duty not only to themselves, to their parents and to Ashbury, but also to their country. After giving the more senior boys a moment to absorb this responsibility, he lightened all hearts by awarding the traditional Chair- man's half holiday. STAFF CHANGES XYe began the school year with some new staff members. Mlle. M. A. Cordonnier joined us to take middle school Latin and French classes. Major P. L. VV. Platt came to teach science in the middle school. The Rev. E. C. Attwell and Mr. A. Fronton came to fill gaps left by the departures of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Beique in the junior school. ln addition Mr. P. M. Gillean joined the junior school staff as tutor and duty master. XYe were fortunate that Major H. XYoods decided to return to the fold. l le is a duty master in the senior school, in charge of lockers, and general assistant to Mr. Sibley, carrying out many of the chores which help to keep the school running smoothly.

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14 THE ASHBURIAN R.M.C. This tradition has not been followed in recent years as graduates tend to select universities offering an arts degree, or a course of studies leading to an engineering degree. However, every year Ashbury sends off a selected group of boys to cadet camp and from these groups may well come the future leaders in the Services. Last july six of our boys entrained for the cadet camp at Ipperwash. They were A. IV. Anderson, R. S. Atkins, C. E. D. Bruce, G. D. Heggtveit, M. S. Polk, D. T. Spry. All completed the course and two, Anderson and Spry, were outstanding. Anderson was awarded the Silver Medal as being the second best cadet in the entire battalion which numbered about 1500 cadets. Spry was the company cadet major in the final inspection and received an award for having the best company lines in the battalion. Polk left his name on the record books, although not exactly in the military field, by besting the existing Ipperwash marks in the broad jump and the hop, step and jump. ENTERTAINMENT Saturday night has always been movie night at Ashbury, and Mr. Sibley manages to provide a varied fare of celluloid entertainment to satisfy all ages. The movies are shown in the auditorium of Argyle. A programme of educational movies on Sunday afternoons was added this year. The subjects ranged from IYalt Disney space films, war documentaries, jet travel, through Shakespeare and the soccer cup final. The boys have not been limited to the two-dimensional world of entertainment. Groups attended performances of Twelfth Night and Arms and the Klan. As the latter was included on this year's Grade XIII syllabus, it provided a particularly worthwhile evening. PARENTS' RECEPTIONS Any parent who wishes to discuss a boy's progress for lack of progressj will get in touch with Mr. Perry, Mr. Sibley, the boy's house- master, or subject master. This happens frequently and is a valuable contact. IYe have, however, three formal gatherings during the year, one each term. when the full staff assembles and parents are invited to Ashbury to meet them. The autumn meeting is always well attended, almost two hundred came to the meeting held on November 16th. We hope and expect that a parent will benefit from talking with his son's teacher, certain it is that the staff hnds these chats with parents most helpful. Personal knowledge of a boy's background will often explain misbehaviour or slowness in the classroom, and with this knowl- edge a teacher can better handle the problem.