Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Last year Claude Pardo complained about the lack of teacher-prefect meetings. This year xx c can boast of a xx cekly meeting xx ith the Senior School Ilircctor. Nlr. Niles. occasional rap sessions xx ith tlic liouscinastcrs. and xx c cx en managed to pull off one meeting xx ith the cntirc staff. With students. xxe found a one to one approacli most profitable. complemented xx ith several inlornial discussions xx ith all the students. .'c4'l'pg I What can you say about the Ashbury staff that has not already been said in the locker rooms? I mean. xx hen you have teachers like Mr. Beedell. hoxxl can you go xxrong'? Mr. MarIand's retirement is a great loss to Ashbury. I-Ie epitomizes the personal. caring attitude of a type of person that can best operate in the close. intimate atmosphere of Ashbury. Let me tell you something about Mr. Marlandz he used to xvorry so much about us failing his course that he xvould tell us xxhen xxe could expect to xvrite our next surprise functions test! In closing. I xxould like to offer my fondest hopes for the success of Ashbury in the future. To next year's prefects I encourage you to be conscientious in your duties as I think xx'e've established some momentum in student support for the prefects. In dealing xvith student activities. remember that everyone loves and needs attention. In your position. you have the opportunity' to meaningfully furnish him xvith it. A little bit of positive reinforcement can xx ork miracles. To the future head boy. I'd like to xxarn him that the initial ego trip ends during the first xveek of school xx hen a grade nine calls you a nurd! After that it's all responsibility and hard xxork. Goodbye Ashbury. Your good points far outxxeigh your bad ones. I salute you. Good luck! ,l. Beedell C'ompl1'rm'nI.s of E. N. RHODES 8: SONS LIMITED Rlzfxl. ILSI.-X'I'lL Xe- RHODES 8i WILLIAMS LIMITED issL'R.-xscu RHODES 8i MARTIN LIMITED iftiii. ou- nEi.ix'i.Rx' AND SERVICE

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THE VALEDICTORY As the fastest year of my life draws to a close. I find my self trying to turn back the clock. so that for a moment I can fully marvel at a most pleasant realization - I'm graduating! I have survived six years of teenage living. learning and growing at Ashbury. and I'm still smiling. particularly' at some of the things that have happened this past year. Much to the regret of the senior dormitory. I became part of the hoarding community' this year. After five years of homemade food and love tnot necessarily in that orderl I found my entry into boarding life quite a shock. When I moved in the boarders thought they had a real 'sucker' and they did: but not for long for a mild form of the old adage kill or be killed reminded me of the need for selflpreservation. The things that I've learned on the Ashbury flats will serve me well for the rest of my life. I've learned how to open doors safely. First. you check the doorknob for shaving cream. then the top of the sill for glasses of water. And that's not all! I've learned how to wake up after the final warning bell. wash. dress. clean my room and still be only 5 minutes late for breakfast. I've also discovered that 7 people can't fit comfortably into a toilet cubicle. nor can 9 people easily share a pizza that's cut in 8 pieces. Seriously. the Ashbury boarders are the life-blood of the school. They' are a unique group of students from around the world who come here to study together. By being here all the time. they know the school intimately as an entity determined to provide us with a total. not simply academic education. Our experiences together have taught us the arts of life - the arts of sharing and compromise. In fact. I suspect that when the teachers marked some of our prep assignments. they felt that perhaps we had shared more than just ideas and encouragement. lfl were to leave some advice to the boarders. it would be to make more profitable use of your weekend time: finish your work and then make a conscious effort to indulge in a hobby' or to organize a group activity which will take you outside of the school and allow you to relax. Don't simply hang your weekend aspirations on the Saturday' night party. With respect to the day'-boys. I realize that you have your own lives to live. and I'd like to thank those of you who have devoted extra time to the welfare of the student body: however. I would also like to ask you to share your wealth of liberties. This may sound like a slogan but take a boarder home for dinner next year. Everyone will benefit. An example of students' abilities to work together can be seen in our substabtial contributions to various charities this year - well over 370005 This money was raised chiefly by two campaigns - Daffodil Day' tThe Canadian Cancer Associationl and Oxfanfs Nletres for Millions. l'll always remember the Metres for Millions walk. 56 gruelling kilometres of it. The feeling of representing the I2 whole of Ashbury. the knowing that every kilometre meant another S-15. coupled with the fact that. if I didn't finish, 200 students would be on my back for not winning the free concert. kept me going. As you know. I finished and we won a private performance by the Juno award-winning group Myles and Lenny . Students supported other activities also. A joint effort between Ashbury and Elmwood produced the first student newspaper to ever survive an entire year. Spearheaded by Ian Higgins. Mr. Lister and all of their star. cub reporters, and kindly printed by Mr. Ned Rhodes. The Independent Press was truly an uncensored success. The student companies-tuck shop. cleaning. and maintenance all realized sufficient profits to retum a high dividend and then to underwrite the new asphalt surface for the school. There were other examples of student generosity: quite a number of students were faithful blood donors. Some to the Red Cross. More still to our active sports programme. For a moment I'd like to tell you about the prefects. the 9 senior students who travel back and forth between heaven and earth trying to reconcile the concerns of both sides. It's not an easy task. but I had the good fortune of working with a bunch of capable guys who made my job much easier than it might have been. Two of our accomplishments included the defeat of the masters' relay swim team even though they had Mr. McGuire and Mr. Bellware. and secondly. the drafting and presentation of a brief on the role of the perfect as well on the possibilities of some new school policies. Hopefully. this venture will be taken to heart. 5 I 4 John Woods '39-'43 Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors is tagged by Timothy Adams on Wellington Street.

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PRIZE LIST June 12, 1976 JLNIOR SCHOOL ACADEMIC PRIZES: PRESENTED BY JOHN L. NESBITT, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE ASHBURY Form Prizes for General Proficiency: ASSOCIATION Grade 5 Nicholas Davies Great Myths 6 Todd Sellers Encyclopedia of Animals 7 Timothy Adams Ancient World 7A Kurt Carter Larousse Encyclopedia of Earth XL Bradley Koltz Encyclopedia of World Religions SK John Andreyx Ross Encyclopedia of Modern History NA Jonothan Eddy Shell Book of Firsts Timothy Webb Co-winners Shell Book of Firsts Awards of Merit: for diligence. effort. and improvement: Grade 5 Jamie Bociek Life of Mountains Grade 6 Alexander Nipperdey Life of Forests Grade 7 Duncan Alexander Oasis in Space Grade 7A James Fraser Mammals in the Sea Grade SL Frank Porreca Pictorial History ofW.W.II Grade SK Garth Gittens Larousse Encyclopedia of Special Prizes: The Coyne Prize for Improvement in French Jonathan Eddy The Irene Woodburn Wright Music Prize Timothy Shearly The Polk Prize for Poetry Reading Timothy Webb The Junior School Public Speaking Prize Timothy Webb The Thomas Choir Prize John Shearly Ancient S.: Medieval History Harrap's French Dictionary Oxford Junior Companion to Music IOO Great Lives A Prairie Boy's Winter Musical Instruments THE JUNIOR SCHOOL MEMORIAL AND MERIT AWARDS: PRESENTED BY M. H. E. SHERWOOD ESQ The Alwyn Cup: Junior School Track and Field Garth Gittens The John Michael Hilliard Memorial Prize: Grade 8A Award of Merit .Alexander Paterson Larousse Encyclopedia ot' Modem History The Junior School Athletic Cup: for greatest contribution to Jr. School Sports Garth Gittens The Stephen Clifford Memorial Prize: for outstanding contribution to House Timothy Shearly How Mammals Live The Pitlield Shield: for Junior School Inter-house competition Won hy: The Hobbits and accepted by: Toby Mensforth - Senior Captain. and Robert Tamblyn -Junior Captain The Woods Shield: For Outstanding contribution in academics. sports 8: character I-1 Alexander Paterson