Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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THE .4SHBURlnl.N' If 7 if X Q i THE NEXT' LABORATORY In August last year, the first bricks were put in place for the new laboratory. On November 13th, the first classes were held here. This laboratory is double the size of our old one, and also has a small store- room and workshop included in the construction. It has been built above the new locker room and has an elevated corridor leading into it. Built of cement block construction with dark wood furniture, it has already proven to be of great assistance. It is used primarily for Physics classes, as well as the senior Biology and intermediate laboratory classes. The table tops are of hardwood which has been treated with carbon and linseed oil to make the tops acid resistant. The plumbing includes stainless steel sinks and plastic piping which should last for a long time. There are no windows. and light is admitted through sky-domes, one of the special features of the new laboratory. Blinds have been installed in these domes, so that we can have darkness for light experiments. slide Hlms, etc. The acoustical tile in the ceiling also helps the sound qualities. The old laboratory has been repainted. and new iron gas piping has been installed to conform to the new Ontario laws on natural gas.