Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Kevin's remarkable and sometimes mordaunt sense of humour will be missed at the school. During his six year stay here he feels he has accomplished something but he doesn't remember what, exactly, perhaps we can mention, on his behalf, the soccer and hockey teams he played for. He mentions that the sitar music to which he relaxes is really just an attention getter, unlike his favourite books Mein Kampf and The Prince. His real aim is to go to the l.H.L.B.M. - or, the Institute of Higher Learning for the Betterment of Mankind, if he can't find it Che thinks it's in Moscowj, then U.B.C. or Waterloo will do. KEVIN SMITH Andy comes from Bristol, England. He has attended Ashbury since 1975. He lists his hobbies as bass guitar, model radio ' controlled aircraft and skiing, His favourite music is either blues or rock 'n roll, ln sports, Andy has played Senior Soccer, softball and swimming. He comments that the school needs girls - a fact that he may well have discovered in biology class which he lists as the most interesting of all his classes. Alongside Death Of A Salesman, he places Calculus 73 as having had the most impact on him. Andy is a droll character whose sense of humour and his motto: Live and let live should stand him in good stead at Queen's or U of T. '93 yr--'Tv' IAN THGMSON ANDREW SOMERS In his two years at Ashbury, Ian has participated in all aspects of Ashbury life, most notably, he says, socially and athletically. He notes the First Football's victory over Bishop's as one of his highlights. lan comes from Calgary and will return there to study business. We know that his cheerfulness and his distinctive laugh will serve him well in the future. These are the seasons of emotion, And like the winds they rise and fall, This is the wonder of devotion, I see the torch we all muSt hold. .. Led Zeppelin LED ZEPPELIN 24

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Allan is originally from the wilds of Deep River and has been dazzled by the glitter and polish of Athens on the Rideau ever since, He has taken part in soccer, baseball, swimming and jogging, He enjoys listening to the music of Chick Corea, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck, When he has time, he writes short stories of considerable merit, Outside of Ashbury, he has been involved with Formula Ford racing in Montreal and with being a leader and advisor to an Adventure Group of Scouts. He has earned his bronze in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. He was deeply impressed by the book For Those I Loved. Next year, Allan intends to take Psychology or English at Queens FRANK PORRECA Well, Gordo, it has been a crumb off the cake of life, these eight long years, now what's the 'scam?' For someone who knows the ropes as well as you do it is sometimes hard to tell where the head prefect of Alexander House ends and the iconoclast begins! But you've always balanced yourself well from your days as a junior School monitor up to your membership in the Board of Stewards, At least you tried. Do you remember your spirited attempt to break the mid-winter blues with the Battle at OK Corral? So what if it didn't succeed? You not only organized this year's Student Com- monwealth Conference but also injected your own brand of much needed humour into the proceedings. The school would have been worse off without you las it was during afternoon games, quite frequentlyl. Good luck, Gordo! A fog s, Q ALLAN PLACE Ashbury's own 'Italian Stallion' came to the school in grade 8 and won a merit prize in his first year. In the senior school Frank has been the first soccer team goalie for four years - a remarkable record and an indication of why he is considered one of the best in the Ottawa Valley. He says he has enjoyed making friends among students and teachers and he un- derlines the importance of the personal touch which the school has. Frank's goals include winning a soccer scholarship f to an Ivy League College J, running a restaurant like his father does lThe Caprij, and getting married and having many bambinos to help run the business GORDON SELLERS 23

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Tim has done well since he came to Ashbury in 1973: he is an habitual winner of public speaking awards and various academic awards and has also been a prefect, a member of the Board of Stewards, a tuck shop manager and a representative at the Student Commonwealth Conference. Indeed, for one day, he was the stand-in for Governor General Schreyer during an Optimists Club Youth Appreciation week. He says that in his spare time he sees his girl friend Barbara, reads Anthony Burgess and plays both bass and acoustic guitar. He says he has survived the rigours of Mr. Niles' philosophy class and that is the highlight of his last year. The future? Waterloo and nuclear engineering. TIM WEBB Baxter is a relative newcomer to the school, having arrived in 1978, however his eloquent soliloquies in english and in philosophy classes will be missed. Baxter is naturally buoyant and optimistic and is quick to praise the schooI's physical setting and spirit. He even goes so far as to say that the highlight of his career is every day. Baxter was the driving force behind last year's community oriented blood donor clinic in which the Red Cross came to Ashbury and converted Rhodes Hall into a mini-hospital. He intends to take BAXTER WILLIAMS g Matt came to Ashbury in 1979 from Brussels, Belgium. His sense of purpose can be seen in his involvement in The Duke of Edinburgh Awards Programme - on a Gold level- and in his first place finish in the Science Fair Competition for his demonstration of laser holography. He is active on the ski team, in rowing, and he also does some track. His ex- tracurricular interests include the violin, canoeing and backpacking. Last year he played for the Arts Centre Or- chestra. Matt says he would like to be a doctor and he advises us that if at first you don't succeed, you're about average. Mechanical Engineering at Queens MATTHEW WOODINC 25