Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN IT ranch. His enthusiastic support and helpful hints made for an enjoyable and useful year of riding for club members. Dr. l ludson also expressed his deep satisfaction with the boys from Ashbury, their gentlemanlv conduct and their riding ability. Outstanding were Chip llair. club president, john Turton, secretary, and also Wally Smith and Ron Reid, two of our finest horsemen. Rifle Cllllv. .lIr. f IILlr1lv'lrU.'5'lv'l This club met immediately after school on Fridays. Competition was on an individual basis, the main purpose being practice for improve- ment. All shooting was done according to Dominion Nlarksman Association rules, the boys supplying their own riHes. The club owed much to the enthusiasm of Bill Davies, who was responsible for the ordering of the ammunition and who proved to be a keen organizer. Scieuce Club. .llr. Byford The membership of the club was drawn from grades nine and ten and a few simple experiments were performed under Mr. Bvford's keen eve. Service Club. .ll1'. Slierftcootl At the instigation of Mrs. H. Dworschak of the Ottawa XVelfare Council, the Ashbury Service Club was formed. Every available afternoon the boys went down to the After Four Club to entertain latch-key children. The term latch-key is applied to boys and girls whose parents are seldom at home when they return from school. The program of the club is varied. Games are played at the club and excursions are made for fun or for educational purposes. These include skating or swimming and trips to the museum or library. The two hours spent at the club proved enjoyable to the volunteers and children alike. The experience was benencial to Ashbury boys in that it gave them an understanding of their duty as more fortunate members of society and it developed a sense of leadership within them. Sumo, Iudo, .Jud Kmfate Club. llr. Spencer Vlith about a dozen regular members, the club met in the gymnasium and enjoyed the services of two instructors, M r. Spencer being the expert in Sumo and Y. Hoom Kim in judo and Karate. We were indeed fortunate in having a Korean practitioner in the school, and demonstra- tions bv the two experts were followed by competitive bouts. Instruc- tion was supplemented by films on these sports kindly loaned by the japanese Embassy. Ufoodmcork Club. .llfi l0,W'U The jury box for the school production of Trial by jury attests to the activity of a small group in the headmaster's basement.

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16 THE ASHBURIAN in the Ottawa area. The course consisted of twenty-Hve hours of class instruction on safe driving techniques, eight hours of behind-the-wheel driving practice and eighteen hours of observation. Students who successfully completed the course received, in addition to an Ontario motor vehicle operator's licence, a safe driver certificate from the Department of Transport. Pictured above with Mr. Joyce and Mr. Schovanek, staff co-ordi- nator for the course, are Mr. Comfort, who gave the lectures on safe driving, Mr. VVaterman, accident prevention organizer for the Ontario Department of Transport, and some of the nineteen boys enrolled in the course. Gastrovzovnic Society. .lI1'. lVats011 Mr. Sherwood was the host of the first club function, at which a Bangkok Curry was served. No doubt this and all subsequent meetings were relished by the small but voracious club membership, but it must be observed that they may have had something to do with the compara- tive failure of the Exec to put Mr. TVatson in shape! .lflusic Club. .lIr. Fortier Nluch was done to further the musical interests and understanding of the dozen boys who meet each week at Nlr. Fortier's apartment to listen to and discuss all kinds of orchestral music. Riding Club. .1111 IVillia111siu1d .lIr. Fortier Nlany outings were enjoyed bv a surprising number of keen eques- trians in the fall and the spring. The Riding Club's success was largely due to Dr. Hudson who provided transport to and from his Triple L

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16' THE ASHBURIAN CHAPEL CDTES The services in chapel have not been changed much this year, except that in the Spring Term Evensong or Compline was the norm instead of Matins or Sung Eucharist. A Senior Choir was formed to sing with the junior Choir on Sundays and the highlights of their work were two Carol Services, one at Christmas and one soon after Easter. The servers continued to assist in many ways, and to their ranks were added Ted janke, Roy Bennetto, lan lYahn and Alan Myers. They all had more to do this year since the Holy Communion was celebrated every Sunday, either at 8.30 a.m., or 11.00 a.m. The earlier time was a voluntary service and although numbers were never very large, the practice of Communion before breakfast, which necessitates the giving up of the Sunday lie-in, is one to be encouraged more. The Bishop of Ottawa came over during the Lent term to celebrate Communion for the boarders and then had breakfast in the Dining Hall. He administered Confirmation on May Sth and those who received the rite of laying on of hands were: Douglas Aboud, Bruce Anderson, Edward Cahn, Keith Dawson, Nicholas Ebsworth, jonathan Ellis, james Fenton, Hilary Grinstead, Bernard Haugan, Bradley La Salle, Stephen Lloyd, Anthony Luciani, Duncan McLeod, Richard Perley, Michael Perley-Robertson, David Saunders and Stephen TVinterton. Charles Barnes and lan Hahn were given their servers' medals at the same ceremony. XYC say farewell this term to one of our Head Servers, Ken Lawson and also to our Chapel Clerks, Bill Stevenson and Peter NlacPhail. To them, and to Hrs. Perley and Xlrs. Chick who have done so much work as Choir Xlothers, many thanks for a good job done. I.A.XV.