Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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TED MARSHALL Please, Sir, can you change a dollar? Sorry, song why don't you go to Mr. Marshall? Mr. Marshall, Sir? Who is he? This exchange between a small junior and a staff member could not have taken place. The answer would have been more like: Sorry, son, butl imagine Ted can take care of it. And off the boy would go - confidently. To the boys and the staff alike he was Ted, and as Ted he was a nec essary part of Ashbury. All schools have an atmosphere or feeling which feeds that other vital but intangible thing called 'school spirit'. Perhaps in some schools the spirit is negative. Not here. And how thankful We can be in the pride which boys feel in

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ASI-IBURIAN 1977

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Ashbury - a pride which was reinforced with every contact they had with Ted. No doubt he would deny this debt of ours and point out that he was only doing his job and enjoying it at the same time. Indeed, Ted's finest quality was a genuine enthusiasm and an amazingly cheerful outlook on life. Fortunately for us, his centred upon Ashbury. His nature was one, so rarely found, that always saw the best in whatever came his way way. When minor setbacks occurred, he would always find some encouraging feature to brighten the picture. Perhaps we had suffered a disastrous defeat in soccer. The gloom was palpable. Ted's cheerfulness cut it like a knife: Yes, Mr. Anderson, it was a bad day. But you always have those. Don't forget we beat Tech, and they are supposed to be one of the best in the league. We'll come back! Edward Marshall served in the Royal Air Force during the war. On his discharge, a strong interest in cricket fand considerable talent as a playerj gave him a place in the household of one of the great ducal families in England. The Duk's consuming passion was cricket, and he had organized a team which toured the whole country. It was a fine team made up entirely of his household staff. One interview with Ted was enough to bring him an in- stant offer of employment. From the time Ted joined Ashbury in 1954, he was closely associated with our cricket programme. Often, he would spend his holidays touring England and the United States with cricket teams. The English colony in Hollywood kept a strong interest in the game and Ted had many stories of ers with the movie greats of the 195O's. Membership in the M. M. C. - the Maryle- . bone Cricket Club -is t not casually handed out. Ted was a member and justly proud of the honour. In these days when workers seem to be governed by a desire to do as little as possible for as much money as possible, Ted's serenity and calm knowledge of his in- ner worth was a shining exception. For some years, before marrying, he lived at the school and probably worked ten to twelve hours a day, seven days a week. This contribution was not demanded of himg he is by nature both generous and contented. Work fits him like a glove. Best of luck to you, Ted. Your tree is flourishing and will last 100 years! DLP .ljl Tx, '. W: some of his encount- , - A VX T -A T xk -fu 4' ,.- ,JB-.A A I ..' 'WIA ., -uv '- ' . I -.J . 0 .J x I, -7 ,T . A. I , V' , . . . Q- , ' - ' -.A ,- . -'C' .ra . - ' 5' v