Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE CLEANING COMPANY This year's company was run differently than its predeces- sors were. ln order to try and make the company more realistic. the school offered the management ofthe company to the holder of the lowest bid for the contract. They also did ttol provide any equipment necessary for the cleaning company such as vacuums. brooms etc. After the initial investment of 500 dollars fora vacuum and some brooms and garbage bags. the company has gone steadily uphill. The quality of work has been generally good. perhaps a bit better than previous years. but not as good as it could be. Financially. the company has done well and returned a -l5'2 dividend by the end ofthe year. But perhaps more important is that a new vacuum cleaner has provided a solid foundation for next year's company. DAVID CARLSON THE ASHBURY STUDENT MAINTENANCE COMPANY ASMCO A new company under the name of the Maintenance Company was formed under the direction of Michael Bennett. This company assisted in the outside maintenance landscaping and always helped in the special events throughout the year. By the end of the school year the company had given a total restricted dividend of 70W out of its highly lucrative profits out to the shareholders. Company directors were as follows: Ron Burnett tChair- manj. David Carlson. and Michael Bennett. We owe special thanks to Mr. Heyd and Mr. Rice who assisted in their excellent advice throughout the year. MICHAEL BENNETT President ACTION ASHBURY ROUNDUP In late l973 Action Ashbury - the Sehool's fund-raising arm - started a campaign to raise 5750.000 to cover the cost of the new building and renovation programme. The Board of Govemors kicked off the with pledges of 5230.000 between them. Following this lead. canvasses ofthe Ashbury community - Parents. Old Boys. and friends plus many Canadian Corporations and foundations which believe in independent education - netted donations and pledges which. as of May I976. total 5621.000 5459.000 has been received in cash to date. Here's where it's coming from: Board of Governors 230.000 Parents l00.000 Old Boys 60.000 Friends 80 .000 Corporations 100 .000 Foundations 50.000 Tony German hopes. as we all do. that the gap of S l 30.000 can be closed as quickly as possible. To rest content at this point would find interest rates pushing the school farther from its goal -just when that goal is within sight. N EW OCEAN DEV ELOPM ICNTS New Ocean Developments was formed for the study til' underwater phenomena and man's reaction hoth psychologically and physiologically to at foreign environment. ln order to fulfill this purpose. New Ocean Developments tN.O.D.i will use two types of apparatus. primarily the use uf Underwater Habitats and sccondarily the use of specialized diving equipment. A body' must first learn to crawl before he can walk. and walk before he can run. One can apply this analogy lo N.O.D. The first step comprised a three day underwater stay at Lake Heney using Ashbury's Project Neptune . This expedition involved six people. four acting as ground crew and two divers w ho remained undcrw ater for seventy'-two hours. The ground crew was comprised of Don Schribcr. .lohn Moore. Keith MacDonald and Scott Becker. Those two people who spent those seventy-two hours underwater were lar: Scarth and Chris Friesen. The second step to take place this summer will be Freshwater lnnerspaee Dwelling. This idea entails the placing of two steel underwater Habitats at a depth of 26 feet. They will be cylindrical in shape approximately I6 feet high and 20 feet in diameter. In the habitats six aquanauts will break the w orld's record for continuous underwater habitation by spending 30 days 1720 hoursl working and living on the bottom of a lake. After this stage comes the biggest step of all. Atlantic Ocean Project tA.O.P.l This will involve the placing of five habitats on the bottom of the continental shelf at a depth of 300 to -150 feet. They will be approximately Z0 feet high and be connected by plexiglas cylinders each eight to ten feet long. Each habitat has a different function. one being a laboratory. another living quarters for the aquanauts. one habitat for storage. still another for maintenance and most important of all the one containing the life support system. This project which is self supporting will enable l5-20 marine scientists to work and live without any fear of marine anitnals li.e. sharksi. As these projects require financing. N.O.D. has instituted two projects. Firstly. already in existence is a dive club. This club. operating in the Ottawa area. is essentially an educational organization. Through it the common public diyers and non-divers alike can learn about the underwater world through movies. lectures and dive tours. Its purpose is to fund research and to educate the participants about the potential of the underwater world. Secondly. N.O.D. will be opening a dive store in the Ottawa area within the coming year. By offering prices lower than competitors tthrough a lower overheadl we hope to serve the diving public and use money thereby gained for research purposes. Through these projects N.O.D. hopes to achieve a better knowledge of the underwater world. therefore increasing the margin of safety for man. both physiologically and psychologi- cally. each time he enters the w ater. tThe authors wish to thank lan Scarth for his help in outlining the workings of his companyl. KEITH MACDONALD .il

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