Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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THE .'1SHlm'L'RlA.N' 2. ' 41 Qur grateful thanks are extended to the following for their kindness in donating books to the new library. Peter Castonguay Xlr. and Mrs. james Collie His Excellency and Mrs. D. Nl. Cornett The Ottawa Citizen Xlr. john David Eaton Nlr. S. G. Gamble R. ll. Hall Brooks Commander C. ll. Little XQ rs. XY. Loftus Hon. George Xlcllraith, NIP. Xlr. R. lil. Perry Yr. G. Renison HY. ll. Smith 8 Sons. Torontol X' r. L. ll. Sibley George lf. Sigvaldason Nfajor General D. C. Spry Yr. XY. R. Wilson Anonymous donation left in office. To the Graduating Class for their line donation of tape recordings both modern and classical, many thanks also.