Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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10 THE ASHBURIAN Rev. I. A. lVatson, the school chaplain, organized some theatre trips of his own: he managed to secure tickets for the Montreal Symphony, the Broadway hit Barefoot in the Park , and two Gilbert and Sullivan plays, The Mikado and Pirates of Penzance . The largest attended and most enjoyed play was Barefoot in the Park . The school thanks Mr. XYatson and Mr. Abel for organizing the various theatre trips. 5? 36 Il? The first of a series of concerts was presented on Sunday November 20th in the School Chapel by the junior choir under the direction of Mr. Godfrey Hewitt, with the able assistance of Angela and john Hewitt on harpsichord and recorder, and several boys from the Cathedral choir. Their program was a delightful and satisfying melange of anthems by the choir and instrumental pieces by the Hewitt family, culminating in a splendid rendering by Mr. Hewitt on the organ of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. One had never suspected our little organ capable of such a magnificent torrent of sound! 9? 9? Il? The first Parents' Reception of the year took place on Friday, October 28th. An unusually large gathering of parents were first addressed by the headmaster in Argyle Hall, and afterwards interviewed their sons' subject masters privately. The evening ended pleasantly with refreshments in the dining hall. 3? 241 3? Two welcome breaks in the termls activities were provided by the Thanksgiving VVeekend, from the 7th to the 10th of October, and the Half-Term Break, from the 11th to the 14th of November. S6 :Xi Ili In November Mrs. Dworschak, from the Ottawa Community Service Centre, talked to the school on the subject of forming a group that would assist in one of the activities of this organization. Helping retarded children, doing jobs in the poorer sections of Ottawa, and lend- ing a hand at the After-Four centre for young children were some of her topics. The Service Club was subsequently set up, and operated for the remainder of the year. See the Clubs section for details. 23? ills fl? The Christmas holidays extended from the 14th of December, 1966 to the -ith of january, 1967.

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THE ASHBURIAN 9 SCHOOL OTES FALL TFRNI - 1966 School opened on September 7th with an address from our new headmaster, who was happy to begin with a telegram of good wishes from Mr. A. D. Brain, the former assistant-headmaster, The main object of the address was to explain to the school the reorganization into two houses, one for day boys, to be known as Connaught House, with Mr. A. de Corcuera as housemaster, and another for boarders, called lVoollcombe House, under the Rev. I. A. XYatson. The school was soon into its new routine. if Pk The first major event of the year was a visit by the whole school to the open house of The National Research Council complex on their fiftieth anniversary. At the Montreal Road buildings many interesting exhibits were seen, the most appealing to the boys being the wind-tunnel, the applied chemistry labs, and the radiation apparatus demonstrations. This took place on September 27th. On the same day, a small group of Grade 12 and 13 students went with Mr. Byford to the Sussex Drive branch of the N.R.C. For those students interested in biology and chemistry, it was a most rewarding experience. One Sunday in mid-October our headmaster, Mr. joyce, organized a picnic trip up the Gatineau River for all boys under sixteen years. It provided a little break for those who went. A feature of this year's cultural activities has been the regular play- going of a group who, through Mr. Abel, bought subscriptions to the season of plays presented by the Ottawa Little Theatre. lt has been a most rewarding experience for the group, who, on Sunday evenings once a month, have seen good productions of plays ranging from ,lean Anouilh's 4'Becket to Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun . The group numbered about 25.

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THE ASHBURIAN 11 XYINTER TERM - 1967 On Tuesday, the 10th of january, Dr. Payzant of the University of Toronto came to talk to those boys interested in this university. llis talk and question and answer period afterwards were most enlightening to all concerned. Mr. Smiley from the Bell Telephone Company gave the school a most interesting talk on Friday, the 13th of january, on the subject of laser beams and high-frequency sound waves as mediums for communi- cation. Brigadier Mozeley gave the thank-you speech and led the applause. Near the end of the month, on Sunday the 29th, the Glebe Lyres Club of Ottawa came and sang a program of clamical and modern pieces, with a piano solo during the intermission. The concert was much enjoyed by the boys, who called for, and received, an encore. On Shrove Tuesday, which fell this year on the 7th of February, the Chaplain held his version of the traditional pancake toss, in which a large pancake is thrown to a mob of boys. The person with the largest piece after Hfteen seconds is declared winner. The prizes, which were of a pecuniary nature, were awarded to Roy Bennetto and Glen Rossie, scramblers in chief. Mr. Eric Morse, Director, Association of Canadian Clubs, gave the second of the educational lectures on Thursday the 9th of February. He told us of his adventures into and through the Canadian Arctic by canoe. VVe know now that there is more than rock and eskimos down north. The Half-Term Weekend for the second term began on the 10th of February, and ended on the 1-lth. On Friday, the 2-lth of February, parents started arriving at 8:30 p.m. for the second Parents' Reception of the year. After being ad- dressed by the headmaster, the parents were shown the classrooms and the laboratories, and went through their immemorial routine with subject masters.