Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE.-1SHBURl.4N 11 The evenings of April 19th and 20th saw the culmination of much hard work in the joint production of I l.M.S. Pinaforcn at Iflmwood. A full and scrupulously impartial review appears elsewhere in these pages, but it was generally agreed to be a most successful and enjoyable performance. Also on April 20th, we saw a large contingent of Ashbury boys take part in the local Miles for Millions walk. Amongst those who finished the full gruelling forty miles were BLICHARZ, BABBITT and RILEYE ftluniorsl and RANKIN, CAIRNS, DURRETT and SMALL- IYOOD CSeniorsl. Babbitt held the distinction of being the youngest finisher in the whole Ottawa area. .lust a week later came the Cross Country, which, while no new records were set, produced generally very sound performances from the majority of those who took part. Sunday, May Sth, was the occasion of the annual Church Parade at St. Bartholomew's Church, and on Friday, May 10th, the Cadet Corps put on a fine display at the Ceremonial Inspection by Major General R. P. Rothschild, M.B.E., C.D. On the same evening, a very succesful Formal Dance was held in Argyle, changed beyond recognition by the efforts of the Dance Committee. The Inter-School Track Meet at Stanstead on May 18th was followed at the end of the month by the St. I.ambe1't's Track Meet, at which our Intermediate Relay Team won the Championship and established a new record. On Monday, june 3rd, just before the final examinations, the Senior School Public Speaking Competition was held before an interested audience, with Chris Harrison taking the award. june 12th, while Masters slaved over marking papers and preparing prize lists, was Iixpedition Day. Boys had the choice of visiting Cornwall fChalet Glass Company, and Robert Saunders Generating Stationl and Upper Canada Village, or touring the National Art Gallery and the Aero- nautical Laboratory of the N.R.C. Closing Day this year came on a weekday, june 13th, and despite the gloomy weather there was a fine turnout to see the award of prizes by the Guest of Honour, H. the Hon. Sir Leon Gotz. li.C.V.O.. and his charming lady. By the time the ceremonies were over, however, the sun struggled through, and the crowd gathering for refreshments and farewells on the front lawn was a colourful and happy sight.

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10 THE ASI-IBURIAN University, the Candlelight Carol Services were held on December 18th and 19th, the latter, for Parents and Friends, being particularly well attended. December 19th also saw the Christmas Dance in Argyle, a most enjoyable closing to the term. VVINTER TERM - 1968 The winter term saw not only a very heavy sports schedule but also the beginning of the re-organized programme for clubs and activities. On january 18th, the first meeting of the Foreign Affairs Club, instituted by the Headmaster. was well attended. Boys heard Mr. Barrett Parker, Director of the U.S. Information Service in Canada, give a most interesting lecture on the Involvement of the U.S.A. in Vietnam . On Sunday, February 4th, the College Choir was invited to sing at St. Stephen's Church, Buckingham. Their performance was much appreciated. Through January and February, the First Hockey played a number of away games against Stanstead, L.C.C., and Bishops, and wound up its season with an exciting and hard-fought game against the Old Boys on March 2nd, tying them 4-4. Skiing also was an important part of the winter programme, with m-eets at Sedbergh, Mount Orford and Camp Fortune. On March 14th, a very successful Sports Dinner marked the end of the fall and winter schedules. Awards and trophies were presented by Old Boy Bob Berry of the National Hockey Team. Anticipating the end of term by a few days, the uliurope '68 arty, under Mr.E an, lefton the first le ofits tri to the Mediterranean, P . g , g , P much to the envy of those who remained behind. SPRING TERM - 1968 On April Znd, the boys of Grade 13 had a foretaste of things to come with a tour of Carleton University. They heard several very interesting lectures and saw much of the university, but interest was not confined entirely to things academic. A group of girls from Flmwood accompanied us. April Sth saw the second Parents' Night. In addition to an address by the Headmaster and interviews with Staff, parents had an opportunity to sec the demonstrations in the Science Labs and the Art work produced by Mr. Goldsmith's classes. A separate Night was held for the junior School on April 10th. This was enlivened by a Gym Display organized by Mr. Stewart.

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I2 THE ASHBURIAN CLUBS A D ACTI ITIES SCIENCE CLUB This year was a very successful one for the Science Club and all its members. Although the attendance varied through the year, the members were Ashton, Carlton, Cornett, Kenny, Martin, Urban, Osmond, Peterson, Schofield, XYhitwill and VVilson. Some of the experiments performed by members were the following: Martin, who has flitted like an intellectual butterHy from one Hower of science to another, began a series of electrolytic experiments with a variety of solites, but soon transferred to watching crystals form and grow under the microscope. Then the water from his aquarium was found to be a source of micro-organisms. XYearying of watching them, he turned to a yeast and sugar fermentation, and finally distilled enough alcohol to inebriate several butterflies. Peterson's Hrst experiment was the distillation of XV21tC1'. He watched the water distillation for three periods of the Science Club. Then, using a solution of yeast, sugar and water at 42 degrees Centigrade, he made alcohol. He let it sit upon a high shelf for two weeks, then he Hltered the solution through some Hlter paper. He then began to distill the alcohol using a Leibig condenser. As a result of the distillation, Peterson obtained a quarter beakerful of alcohol. Over the Easter Holidays a fungus formed in the alcohol as a result of the presence of a spore in the air. Soon after Schofield joined the Club, he set up the experiment for the production of hydrogen gas by passing steam through hot iron Hlings. He carried on this experiment for several weeks, but without producing any hydrogen gas. He believes the trouble was that the filings were not hot enough. His next experiment was to investigate the properties of oxygen in the combustion of non-metals. Unlike the previous experiment, this took only one session of the club and was entirely successful. His last experiment, an attempt to demonstrate the extreme solubility of ammonia by the use of an 'fAmmonia Fountain was, regrettably, another failure. VVhitwill has spent many hours on a single project: the destructive distillation of sawdust. Throughout the year, he has patiently and laboriously destructively distilled fourteen test-tubes full of sawdust. lle obtained and burned large quantities of wood gas. He now has a considerable amount of wood fall' and is occupied with the fractional distillation of a promising mixture of oils from the same source. U'hen