Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE.f1SHBL'RI.4.Y 13 it was found that the boiling point of water was not high enough to vaporise the oils, M'hitwill used a bath of old motorcycle oil to raise the temperature. Cornett gave helpful assistance to the members of the Club, and for the first term acted as Club Secretary. Although he did no practical chemistry, he occupied himself reading chemistry books on more theoretical areas. On May 23, Mr. Byford tool: three members of the Club to the Museum of Science and Technology. Despite the fact that Martin. Schofield and XYhitwill had all been to the museum at least once before, they found this visit very interesting and informative. In the Physics Section there were several new exhibits demonstrating basic principles such as refraction, refiection, and harmonic motion. Another section in the museum demonstrated how little we could trust our senses. As you will have seen in these paragraphs, the varying scope and success of our activities made for a verv interesting year. . 'C' . S. M HITXVILL PHOTDGRAPHY CLUB New to Ashbury this year, the Photography Club spent much of its time and energy setting up a fully equipped darkroom and training its members in the science and art of taking and processing photographs. Several school events, including sports and dances, were covered by club members. Enthusiasm was not limited to members, as many students requested the club to process their films. Members for 1967-68 were: David Ku CPresidentJ, Andrew Johnston CYice-Presidentj. Richard Glickman CSecretary-Treasurerj, Allan Macdonald, Gerard Wilson, Sydney Milanslcy, David Durrett, Martin Connell, Thomas Bates. Mr. Schovanek was Moderator. j.G.S. DRIVERS' TRAINING Now in its second year, the Ashbury Driver Training Course again proved a great success. Enrolled this year were Carl Aboud, Andrew Ashton, David Durrett, Richard Glickman, Bruce Goldie. Keltie Kennedy, Murray Lee, Robert McArthur, john McColl, David McNaughton, Michael Peterson and Charles Schofield. All the boys were successful in obtaining an Ontario Drivers Licence, after completing the twenty-Five hours of classroom instruction in safe driving techniques and six hours of in-car' practice. Special certificates were awarded those who met all the requirements of the course. Mr. Schovanelt was the staff organizer, and Mr. N. Boudreau of Merivale High School taught the course. ics.

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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

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14 THE ASHBURIAN BOXING CLUB '68 The newly formed boxing club, coached by Mr. Byford, enjoyed an exciting year. The club met on Tuesday nights from five to six o'clock. The meeting usually involved fifteen minutes of drill, followed by three quarters of an hour of sparring. Despite a few fat lips, I'm sure everyone really enjoyed the boxing, and we are all looking forward to a bigger and better club next year. The members were: Charlie fthe Kidj Perlman, Steve fthe Bearj Budovitch, Deadly Dave Durrett, Murray Lee, Fred fthe Killerj Blaumann, Charlie fthe Rockj Barnes, Paul Hamilton fMr. I-Iardj, and Doug fthe Proj Vingoe. D. VINGOE IVEIGHT TRAINING CLUB The Club at first was very small, because the idea of hard work did not appeal to many. However, within two weeks, our membership of iron men increased to nearly forty. This unfortunately was too many and had to be cut down. In only a few months many of the lighter boys gained eight to ten pounds, while the heavier boys lost about the same. There is no doubt that this activity should be continued. It is invaluable for building strength, flexibility, and confidence. It also helps the power of mental concentration. I enjoyed introducing this new activity and I appreciated the enthusiasm displayed by the students. j.L.G. RIDING CLUB The riding academy in Ashbury had a good start from the 19th of September. Last year, only Seniors were allowed to participate, but this year juniors were permitted to ride on Saturday afternoons, and Seniors in the mornings. In sixteen Saturdays, two hundred and twenty- one juniors rode, and in ten Saturdays, Hfty-four Seniors. Riding was carried on throughout fall and earQy spring. They rode in sunshine, rainstorms, sleet, and heavy snow falls. The gentle- man's sport had to be learnt the hard way, by the juniors especially. One cannot recall one Saturday not having at least one, and sometimes as many as three riders, dismounting his horse without his consent. Riding should have a good future in the years to come because it occupies enjovably one of the days in a Boarder's weekend. P F