Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAX m THE START OF THE OPERATION Rf-l-XIJX' TO L'Slf , x

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24 THE ASHBURIAN ASI-IBURY CGLLEGE DE ELCDPME TFU D Ashbury College like any other Canadian private school experiences difficulty financing annual operating expenses from fee income only. Even with increased fees commencing September 1967 this situation will not improve greatly. Therefore, after study of the policy of several other schools and universities, and with a view to creating a sum of money in addition to the fee income to meet annual operating expenses, the Board of Governors is studying the possibility of establishing an annual giving programme which will be of interest to all friends of the School. The Board will also assist the Old Boys' Association in conducting the proposed Hermann Memorial Scholarship plan as a special project of the Association for the immediate future. Appeal will be made to all Old Boys who were associated with the late Mr. Hermann as well as his friends in other fields of activity, such as Insurance, RCMP, etc. There are Old Boys, Parents and Friends of Ashbury who from time to time will wish to make donations for purposes- such as new buildings, scholarships or capital fund investment. The Development Fund Office will prepare suitable printed material to bring this fund to the attention of possible donors. Bequests to the School can best be made through the Development Fund and handled by the proposed Investment Committee until such time as the Board of Governors may decide to employ capital for the improvement of the School. The creation of a capital reserve is most important. Codicil Forms are now available in the Development Fund Office. Several persons in appropriate cities have been asked to encourage parti- cipation as this can best be done on a person to person basis. Scholarships and Bursaries are greatly needed and every effort must be made to increase this aspect of Ashbury finances. A Committee will be appointed to work with the Development Fund OHice to promote this. Steps are being taken now to establish an Ashbury Foundation in the Ll.S.A., as a method of assisting the tax position of donors in that country. Ashbury College will in Canada's second century of Confederation grow with our country. Canada will continue to need young men with an educated capacity to lead, to accept responsibility, to work hard, and to dare courageously. 1967 is for Canada only the end of the beginning. Ashbury, founded in 1891, is also at the beginning of a new era. D. C. SPRY, Ii.tec'1lri1'e '1'1'er1s111'er.

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26 THE ASHBURIAN Tl-IE SOUTI-IAM LIBRARY The new Southam Library was ofiicially opened by Mr. R. VV. Southam as part of the school's Closing Ceremonies on Saturday 10 june. It represents a tangible mark of the long association of the Southam family with Ashbury College, and took its present form as a result of a change in plans. Since 196+ the Development Fund has received many generous donations, but unfortunately, because of the steep rise in building costs, the original plan for a new gymnasium and a rebuilding of the old one into a new library had to be shelved. It was decided instead to build additional classrooms onto the Argyle wing and include a new library here as a memorial to XV. M. and H. S. Southam. Ground was finally broken on 26 September 1966. The library had actually been in use for some six weeks prior to the oflicial opening, and has already proved a tremendous success and a fine addition to the college. It is panelled in walnut, is fully carpeted and furnished tastefully with upholstered chairs, sofas and armchairs. lt includes an elaborate high-fidelity, stereophonic sound system with record player and tape-recorder, both for educational and recreational use. Moreover, the new classrooms have greatly eased pressure for space in both the Senior and the junior schools, one result being that tiny Room A at the end of Rhodes Hall has Hnally been put out to pasture as a Band Room. The task ahead is of course to fill the shelves with new books. Many are already there, jostling with those retained from the old library, in mute testimony of the long hours already spent on the task by the Library Committee and the librarian. Ashbury is chieliy indebted to the Mothers' Guild for its donation of the princely sum of 553,000 for reference books. With this gift, and others from parents, old boys and friends of the school, it has been possible to lay the foundations for a fine basic reference library. Further donations are always welcome, and should be sent to the librarian, Xlrs. Nl. Loftus, at the school. NI.L.