Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE IN'l'l'IRNA'I'lONAl. BACQ'.-kI.Al'RI'IA'I'I-I Few people outside Ashbury are aware of the fact that. in May. at number of Ashbury students. for the first time. sat examinations under the International liaccalaureate syslcttt yy hich operates out of Geney a. In W75. Ashbury yy as admitted to the l. ll. and the school is investigating the possibilities of this eytcrnal examination system which runs parallel with the Ontario Credit Sy stem. this year I5 students took one or more subjects at the subsidiary leyel in Economics. Geography. and History. Students receive a certificate for the subjects they pass. Our purpose is to maintain and to improye the academic standards at Ashbury . The I. B. is an internationally recognized examination system which yye hope yy ill 'stretch' our bright students through healthy competition yy ith other students in the global y illage. A. NI. MACOLN THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY CLUB This year in an attempt to do something different Paul Campbell. Connor O'Neill. Manuel Almudeyar. Ian Burke- Robertson. Julian Longsworth. John Francis. myself. and sometimes Bruce Taylor decided to organize a political philosophy club. Despite the fact that it sounds subversive and conspiratorial the club was sometimes quite constructive in its discussions about politics. economics. and sociology. Besides. the members were too divided on the many volatile issues to be of any threat to Ashbury traditions. The discussions in the club ranged frotn debates on the viability of capitalism. the nature of eotnmunism. Cuba's role in Angola. American-Soviet foreign policy. North American society. Anarcho-progression. dialectical materialism. Mar- xism. Fascism and our own political opinions to such relevant topics as shopping centers in Cornwall. Aztec symbols and H. P. Lovecraft. The discussions were often very heated as the club polarized into factions. However we could not be thinking and discussing all the time. Thus on one memorable winter Tuesday snoyy balls were flying instead of political slogans, The accomplishments of the club were perhaps obscured by the sometimes discouraging lack of objectivity expressed by all of us on different occasions. Nevertheless. ati awareness of each other. our political views and an awareness of political problems did help in breaking down our ignorance. lf the club did not achieve anything particularily tangible it most definitely provided the solution to the world's problems - democratic. open and co-operative discussion is the only answer to the ignorance. shortsightedness and selfish competition represented by many in Government. Labour and Business. We can only hope that by protecting those democratic institutions which enable open discussion to take place. many more people yy ill see the value ofco-operation and the danger of extremism. IAIN JOHNSTON yy N Iiiruii. STUDENT FLND RAISING AT ASHBLRY During the school year. we have seen a number ol mnor student fund raising campaigns which have gained good support from the Ashbury student body. The greatest financial success catne yy ith the appearance of some Itltl Ashbury students in 'number one' dress on the streets of Ottawa on Daffodil Day to collect money for the Canadi in Cancer Society. Oyer 9-l7tttI yy as collected that day. Iltis was folloyyed by Ashbury 's w inning the 'Nletres for Nlilltons contest among the high schools of the area for the most money raised per student for Oxfam. It w as fitting that the captain of the school. Jeff Beedell. completed the course lib metrest and so raised oy er S2500 on behalf of Ashbury Other collections during the year included Nlichael Bennett's efficient organization ol the Ouacha's Nek ttttlc which garnered some S500 and the Christmas Appeal which was supported by each student in the dining hall who dit l without a Christmas dinner. A 'fast' dinner in the lfall netted SVS Finally. books and clothing were collected lot' the Ottawa Church Reception Centre. There is no doubt that the student body hay e iuadc a line effort towards helping. in some small yy ay. people yylio are lcss fortunate than ourselves. I hope this part. at least. of thc Spirit ol' '7o will continue to thriye at .Xshbury NI. Nl.-KCI I Nl

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PISTI-I DL' GATINEAL' Deliinitely. one of the most memorable yyeelseml experiences for me this year yyas the trip up to Nionl-Ste-Nlaric in the Spring. lt yy as aclyertised as a 'trail- lWl.1!lIiill expedition through a seetion of the proposed Piste du Gatineau. Due to the eomposition ol' the yyorls party. it eyolyetl into a global debate oyer con- llicting philosophies. Nothing substane tial xy as resolyecl but the tact that George Duong 4Singaporei. Algie Leaeoels tBLiI'lWA1eltisl. .-Xntlreyy Leung ll-long lsongi, Siayash .-Xbrishami flranl. and mysell rSarstiieldr yy ere eyen able to agree on yyhich yyay the trail should go yy as a miraele in itself. We uore out a lot of boot leather cluring the tyyo tlays ue tramped through the Quebec bush yy hieh taught us hoyy to truly appreciate such luxuries as sleep. tootl and yyater, Our thanlss go UUI to Mr. German yy ho hosted us and shoyyed us hoyy to yyalse up at 53311 a,m.. to climb relentlessly up the sides of mountains. ford streams and lorget about yyomen. J. BEEDELL ELECTRONICS CAREER VISIT Once again Ross Broyyn's father tools it upon himself to immerse a group ol' six students into the field ol' elec- tronics lor a careers yisit. In the course ol' the tlay yye managed to see an ayy ful lot. Our first stop yyas the computer centre and other computer related de- partments. including the one headed by Xlr. Broun. at NRC. Then yye yyent to Bell Northern Researeh and says. among other things. the design and small seale protluction ol integrated eurcuits. .-Xliter that yye yy ent to Digital Iilectronics xy here computers are inaiiutacturecl. Finally yye yisitetl the Uttayy a Hydro generating station at the C hautliere Falls. Hur thanlss ls clue to all ol, these conipanies antl especially to Xlr. Broun lorori' llil!IIA1 the trip Dr-XX ID CARLSON IN X 1 fr-17 r 1 4 I l TOUCHE, ROSS 8: Co. Resident Partners - Charles G. Gale. F,C.A. Robert F, Dilworth. C.A. Carman M, Joynt. C.A. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Sydney, Halifax, Saint John, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Windsor, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Calgary, Edmonton, New Westminster, Burnaby, Vancouver, Victoria, Bermuda, Nassau and Freeport Bahama Islands, Grand Cayman

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