Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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DR. J. TUZO WILSON, SCHOOL VISITOR Dr. J. Tuzo Wilson tl9l9 - M251 paid a memorable visit to the school on Thursday. April l7th. Dr. Wilson expressed surprise and pleasure at Mr. Joyce's invitation which came the day after Dr. Wilson had been made a Companion ol' the Order of Canada. There were two reasons behind the special assembly which brought the entire school together in the gymnasium. The first was to pay tribute to a distinguished member of the Ashbury family. After graduating as a Governor Gencral's Medallist from Ashbury. Jock Wilson as he was known at the school went on to a B.A. at Toronto. and M.A. and ScD. at Cambridge. He has earned international recognition in the scientific world both as a geo-physicist and as a conservationist. He is best known for the hypothesis of continental drift. This writer remembers one of his professors telling him that continental drift was a doubtful theory but that teenagers were fascinated by it. lt appears the teenagers were right! Although Dr. Wilson did not speak about his theory. the students were aware that they were facing one of the most singular scientific talents of our time. The second reason for the assembly was to announce Dr. Wilson's appoint- ment as 'Visitor' to the school, the third such appointment in the school's history. The first two were the Duke of Bedford and Viscount Alexander ofTunis. The title 'visitor' comes from the historic English practice of having someone outside a university or school visit a particular institution as a kind of ombudsman in order to hear major complaints from those in it against those in authority. In explaining his function to the students. Dr. Wilson discounted detentions after school as being a valid cause of complaint but did point our that he was ready to be called upon if Mr. Joyce, like a certain English principal of the last century. refused to speak to anyone for five years. In all seriousness, a school 'visitor' is not only a tie to the past but also. as the above apocryphal story suggests. a reminder of the need for common-sense and fair play that must govern any place oflearning in its daily life. Dr. Wilson was presented with a photographic record of the Neptune Project by Ian Scarth and Chris Friesen. On behalf of the school. Mr. Joyce gave Mr. and Mrs. Wilson a pair of silver tea-spoons. Dr. Wilson said that he was not a great athlete or a very noticeable person while at Ashbury. His achievements since then speak for themselves. As scientist, educator the is Principal of Erindale Collegej author, conservationist. traveller to 100 countries, and incidentally, to the North Pole and Antarctica. he is what Ashbury is all about - a man who has achieved excellence 'all roundf He is indeed a rare example of Renaissance Man . Is it surprising that. during his time off, he sails the Great Lakes in a Hong Kong junk? The school will long remember this distinguished but unassuming gentle- man, and is proud to have him as Visitor , D. D. LISTER I5

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PRIZE LIST June14, 1975 ACADEMIC PRIZES: PRESENTED BY JOHN GILL, ESQ. PRESIDENT, ASHBURY ASSOCIATION Junior School Form Prizes for General Proficiency: Grade 5 Todd Jamieson Sellers 6 Christopher Wirth 7 Alexander Watson 7A Craig Leth-Steenson SL Bruce D. MacNair 8K Bach Bui SA Lachlan Munro Junior School Awards of Merit: Grade 5 Alexander Nipperdey 6 Hung Bui 7 Timothy Shearly 7A Alexander Paterson 81. Michael Wolff 8K Michael Sutterlin The Animal Kingdom Chronicles of Namia 1000 Makers of 20th Cent Animal Life Mythology 100 Great Books Modern History Dr. Doolittle Chronicles of Narnia The Car Encylopedia of Nature Last Survivors Encyclopedia of the Earth Senior School Form Prizes for General Proficiency: Year 1C James Moore CIVJ IA Pierre Vanasse IE Wayne Chodikoff 2C Kevin Fraser and James Lay 2A Graeme Clark and Richard Sellers 3C David Macleod 3A Douglas Welch 3E Gad Perry 4 Adrian Conway 5 Goodwin Yuen Il The Senior School General Proficiency Prize: Not to be awarded: No contest. - Alaska: Lost Heritage Bermuda Triangle Rebellion Complete Shakespeare The Discoverers The Book of Firsts Bobby Orr Alive Fifth Business Webster's Dictionary The Coyne Prize for Improvement in French: Junior School Michael Wolff The Irene Woodburn Wright Music Prize: Junior Douglas Ritcey The Polk Prize for Poetry Reading: Junior School Mark Ferguson The Public Speaking Prizes: Junior: Michael Sourial Intermediate: John Lund The-Thomas Choir Prize: Junior School Bruce MacNair 16 Petit Larousse School Ballet and Modern Dance Tales from the 1001 Nights Magi1l's Quotations Thos. Davies in Early Can The Great Musicians