Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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19 THE ASHBURIAN onlv one of the tivo debates was vvonj. The debating year ended on a happy note. Nlenzies and Ewing defeated Lower Canada College at Xlontreal on the topic Resolved that Quebec should secede from the rest of Canada . s . . THE DEBATING TE.-XXI - 1962-63 Iiavk Rout A. j. Sark, P. C. Stein, J. R. Nlc.-Xulav, H. Stein. lfronr Roar: G. IJ. Barber. K. S. Menzies. I-. I. H. Spencer, Esq.. I-I. B. Ewing, A. D. Ivey. PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST The Intermediate and Senior Public Speaking Contest was held on Sunday, Xlav 12th. at 3 p.m. The first nice weekend of the Spring of 1963 did not prevent the three contestants in each division from present- ing the judge, Xlr. Ian Spencer, with a diiiicult task. james XIcAulev, the first Intermediate speaker, chose as his subject Hen and Religion . llis impressive beginning, . H

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THE ASHBURIAN 21 arrangements. Those who attended were: Brown, Bow, Cjreenstone. Ekes, Bethune, Tyler, Podhradsky, Menzies. A highlight of our travel was two flat tires on one of our cars, with the subsequent presentation of a new car to Mr. Marland. 3. .lliscellaneozzs As usual in the Winter Term, some of the Senior students attended many of the Saturday morning series at the University of Ottawa. Many of these were entertaining as well as instructive. Due to the pressure of College Boards, our Montreal tour once again had to be abandoned. DEBATING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING Coach-Mr. Spencer Team -Kenneth Menzies QCaptainJ Hugh Campbell Geoff Barber Anthony Ivey Hector Ewing Peter Stein I james McAulayl Harris Stein II Adrian Sark In spite of all the practice at arguing we get at Ashbury, the Debat- ing Team had only a mediocre year. This can probably be attributed to the loss of Haslam and Ewing from last year, who were seasoned debators. In February Ashbury competed in the International Speech Festival at Toronto sponsored by St. Michaels College of Toronto University. The resolution was Resolved that Britain should Qoin the European Common Market . Kenneth Menzies and Hugh Campbell had the aflirmative and Anthony Ivey and Peter Stein the negative. Each team debated three times but Ivey and Stein I scored the only win. There were also public speaking contests. Kenneth Menzies gave a prepared speech on Malaysia. Stein Il gave an impromptu speech. ln addition Hugh Campbell recited and gave an appreciation of a speech by D'Arcy McGee. Although we did not win, we all learned a great deal about the art of speaking of which we had not previously realised the complexities. In March Hector Ewing and Geoifrey Barber took the afiirmative of Resolved that Canada should obtain nuclear arms , while james McAulav I and Adrian Sark took the negative. Ewing distinguished himself, 'being nominated best speaker in his two debates. QHowever

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THE ASHBURIAN 23 Men will write for it, Die for it, Fight for it. Everything except live for it was introduced with logic and obvious preparation, but the fumbling and dropping of notes was the deciding point in losing him the award when it was discovered that his marks equalled those awarded Geoffrey Barber, speaking about the Quebec-Cartier Nlining Company. The latter speech, well prepared and well rehearsed, was both informative and interesting. Two lapses in continuity made one wonder if the speaker was reciting material written by someone else. Barber was a three-time trier, and his improved bearing and presentation helped him to receive the 1963 prize. Tom Fuller, whose research into the life of Thomas Edison is worthy of Commendation, spoiled his impact by the nervous gesture of repeatedly changing his notes from hand to hand. One particular attribute of Tom's worthy of note is his excellent use of gestures once he decided to dispense with the aforementioned notes. Hector Ewing, opening speaker for the Senior Division, set a standard the other two speakers were not able to surpass. His accom- plished use of eye contact and a thorough knowledge and presentation of his subject, Bermuda , together with a manner of speaking which has appealed to several debate judges this year, certainly placed him in an enviable position. There is one complaint, however. Hector, too, has a nervous gesture - joining his sentences together, making them long, complicated compound sentences on occasion. No doubt this habit will be eradicated in time. Ken Menzies followed Ewing with a convincing speech on why the Province of Quebec should not secede. Taking the historical and economic reasons for the basis of his arguments, his sparingly used inter- rogative sentences were most impressive. His conclusion is worth quoting, Let us go forward together, not backwards separately? Hugh Campbell, the final speaker, had a topical speech, Britain's proposed entry into the European Economic Community . His dramatic style was a welcome relief, and the audience, which included loyal, interested parents, as well as other students, paid Hugh the greatest attention. It is constructively pointed out that correcting one's self eleven times in an eight minute speech can have a damaging effect in a closely fought competition. Of all the speakers, your judge would consider Hugh's vocabulary outstanding, and would suggest that he continue to work on the eliminating of the above fault. The winners were:- Intermediate - Geoffrey Barber Senior - Hector Ewing