Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE CHOIR Back Row: R. H. Huston, D. M. Walls, M. C. Rowlinson, M. G. O'Brien, J. W Martyniuk, B. J. C. R. Hall, M. C. B. Pearson. Third Row: I. D. Kayser. M. P. E. Puttick, J. B. C. Keith, A. I. Johnston, G. S Wilson, J. S. Clark, J. G. Pilaar, G. F. Mclntosh, D. G. McClenahan D. M. Segall. Second Row: A. J. Heaton, P. D. Deepan, I. N. Rhodes, D. Josselyn, F. K. Graham Esq., Rev. E. E. Green, K. J. MacDonald, J. M. C. Lay, D. I. S. Diplock, J. F. Biewald. Front Row: A. S. Bystram, A. M. Johnston, B. F. Johnston, W. R. Brown, I. F Wilson, P. C. B. Martin, V. C. Rigby, N. L. Fonay, T. S. Lamont, I. R. Morton. THE SERVERS Back Row: I. Scarth, E. W. Cahn, P. G. Tapp, M. C. Rowlinson. Front Row: P. Pardo, Rev. E. E. Green, W. R. Plummer. 19 l 1

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My Executive consisted of: Honorary President Mrs. W. A. Joyce Vice-President Mrs. W. J. Mulock Secretary Mrs. D. J. Heaton Treasurer Mrs. G. K. Ellacott Members: Mrs. G. A. Harris Mrs. R. M. Hodgins Mrs. L. M. Johnston Mrs. R. L. McKenna Mrs. H. P. Wright May I say how much I have enjoyed being your President. The work has been rewarding and it has been an honour and privilege to serve the School. My sincere thanks to the Executive for working together so willingly and har- moniously, making my job an easy one and ensuring the success of each project. My thanks and deep appreciation to Mr. Joyce for being available to give guidance and assistance at all times. To Mr. Sherwood, Masters, Office and School Staffs, Students and Parents, my thanks for being so helpful in many ways. To our new President, Mrs. W. J. Mulock and her Executive, my best wishes for a highly successful year. I am confident they will have the full support of the School and parents in their work. Respectfully submitted, ELEANOR BATES LMrs. T. L. Batesj President Ashbury College Ladies' Guild. CHAPEL NOTES New altar curtains grace the Chapel. thanks to the generosity of the Ladies' Guild, who provided the material, and the skill of Mrs. Brunet and Mrs. Ryan, who fashioned them. To all concerned we are very grateful. Mrs. Brunet and Mrs. Ryan were habitually on the job caring for the furnishings of the Chapel and Choir. We thank them. Mrs. Joyce and Mrs. Marland rendered valuable service by arranging flowers. Their artistic beautifying of the Chapel for the Christmas Carol Ser- vices is particularly appreciated. Our Choir had an excellent year singing at the regular School services and also, by invitation, in the foyer of the National Arts Centre, in St. James's Church, Hull, and on the Sparks Street Mall during Tulip Festival. The annual Carol Service was beautifully rendered. We owe a great debt to the Choir and Mr. Graham, whom we congratulate on his appointment as Director of the Cen- tennial Choir. No collections were taken in the School Services this year, but those who participated in the mini-Eucharist after Evensong contributed over S300 to the World Relief and Development Fund, Care of Canada, Miles for Millions, a country priest, The Easter Seal Campaign and a trip to the circus for some underprivileged children. Money can and does translate concern into prac- tical benefit. Thanks are due to those who expressed their love of neighbour in this tangible way. Another S100 was contributed to the Relief Fund when the Student Company graciously voted part of its earnings to charity. The Chaplain appreciates deeply the assistance of those who acted as Servers during the year. Grade 13 Servers leaving us this year are Phil Pardo and Richard Plummer. All Servers were faithful and efficient in their duties. Thank you. E. E. GREEN, Chaplain. 18

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ACTION ASHBURY During 1972 the Board of Governors and the Headmaster took a long look at the needs of Ashbury College. Enrollment was increasing. Applications showed a growing demand for our kind of education. We had even resorted to portable classrooms to meet the need. The buildings, though, were badly in need of thorough renovations. We were short of classrooms, the lab space was too tight, our gym was much too small for 300 boys and the dormitory flats were in need of attention. It is certainly true to say that a school is the people in it. However gleaming the buildings, however lush the facilities, they're not worth a cent more than the body of students and staff who make it up. Putting it the other way around you can have a first class school in meagre facilities. That, by the standards of today, Ashbury had become. The School had been building in many other im- portant ways, but the time had come to make some gains in bricks and mortar. Plans were based on the principles that Ashbury would continue as a day and boarding school for up to 320 boys in the present Rockcliffe location. Esti- mates of building costs then had to be weighed against the hard facts of what Ashbury could afford. We don't draw financial support from the tax payer. Like any prudent private individual or company the School has, in the long haul, to balance expenditures against income. So priorities had to be set. Certain items had to come first - the basic items, five classrooms and a new laboratory, ten dormitory rooms and space for house- masters, renovations of the kitchen, electrical services, floors, the dining hall and entrance-way, the flats. All this comes to some S600,000. Part of the rebuilding work previously completed, including the Southam library and 4 classrooms, has still to be com- pletely paid, so the total immediate bill is S750,000. How do we raise this kind of money? With a well organized fund-raising campaign, a great deal of hard work by a lot of busy and dedicated people and the willingness of everyone who believes in Ashbury College to dig in and give. Surely that is not too tall an order when you consider the announcement that Chairman of the Board Ned Rhodes Jr. made on Closing Day 1973. Includ- ing commitments from a partial canvass of the members of the Board, we al- ready had S250,000 in hand. One third the way there before the campaign had really started! Don't be deluded though. The Boardls leadership has to be followed up by the thoughtful well-considered contributions of all. To get people on the widest possible scale to give fully according to their own means, Action Ash- bury has been formed and is now in high gear. Charles Brown C44-,461 initially chaired Action Ashbury, the Fund- Raising Committee, and he did a tremendous job in getting it moving. Its work has mainly to be done in Ottawa, however, and having found that the demands of his Montreal business kept him from the necessary regular contact, he turned the Chairmanship over in June '73 to Donald Maclaren C30-'39D. Ottawa Parent John Morrison is the Vice-Chairman. Active in the organizing phase have been Old Boys Ned Rhodes Jr. C46-'55J, Jamie Fisher C58-,619 and Joe Irvin C51-'56J and Parents William Teron, Frederic Martin, James Finnie and John Scarth. Tony German, since December the School's first Director of Development, is working full time on the campaign organization. It may seem a long time in the setting up, but a successful campaign needs careful preparation and planning. Ashbury went ahead with the Building Project as it had to and the results are there to see. Action Ashbury's job now is to see that it is paid for in full so that these essential costs do not get reflected back into ees. Another point to remember is this. There are no frills in this Project. The School has taken in hand only the minimum that Ashbury must have now physi- cally to continue as a leading Independent School. We still have further needs, and pressing ones too-a gymnasium, more classrooms, improved library, an 20 ,-.-...h