Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Mr. Polk provided a brief summary of each poem before it was read. This seemed to be a valuable innovation. The winners were: CU Brightg 121 Hainesg and Honourable Mentions to Al- Zand and Perry. PUBLIC SPEAKING This year's standard was, without question, the finest in many years. The topics spoken to ranged from The Art of Frying an Egg CCharles Hainesl to The Trouble With Video Games fKarim Al- Zandj. The audience was, in turn, amused Qby Willy Raby's My father and Me , informed by Matthew Perry's Pay T.V. and by Gian Vitzthum's Christopher Columbus , and gently kidded by Matthew Bassett's The Trouble With Parents. All of the speakers were clear and confident. Charles Haines, who came second, presented his light-hearted topic with aplomb and with the solemn dignity it seemed to require. He had the audience eating out of his hand tread 'frying pan'J. In con- trast, Karim Al-Zand presented a thoughtful statement on the shortcomings of mindless video games. A measure of the contestants' excellence was easily observed by the careful attention which the speakers commanded from their audience. The judges were Mr. Peter McLean and Mr. ELR Williamson who teaches Economic Reasoning in the Senior School. Mr. Williamson's cogent comments in conclusion were of great value to the contestants and to any future aspirants. D.C.P. BLUE SEA WEEKEND Blue Sea Lake denotes the weekend when all the Junior School boarders and all the teachers go to Percy Sherwood's cottage CMike's brotherj to have fun. The purpose, naturally, is to make the Junior boarders feel at ease at Ashbury and to see each other as well as the teachers as human beings. The pictures complete the story. D.D,L. fa E.: ey V ff .pg 5 :: in 5 Vg f if 3 . 4' x ' V' ff . f ff' fa wi' Karim Amlani appears to be illustrating Karim Al-Zand's P.S. contest subject The Trouble With Video Games. 'S- Julian Manyoni and 'Topher Johnson battle for the grade 5 chess championshipg Richard Home came first in the end. Mark Cantor with Mr. Joe Sherwood tMike's cousinj.

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Milli' N5 LQ- Y Ex ,ltr:l'L'Qr3D lbmNi ill' f'j7., t MH V ll X j r F- A ,X X ' .- lf- P Hllzxll , .- ,i 'L lf 7 L f K lil W1 ffl irvlll f ' TW l .li V ' ll lyfl WN' N, , L! ix . . tix' ri In fi t iff 7 ' I' ,4,i' i 1 ' l ' If , Q 4 W .,l'- . li- it l' l- l r , 1, ,V ,I wi I, v I g. l :il ! f 'Hun' ' HI X ' I Q, Iwi .,f' .sf !Ab0ve1.' Lili Schreyer receives daffodils symbolizing the Cancer Society's annual fund raising drive. As reported on page 71, Ashbury collected over S7,000. Doing the honours above are Joe Mikhael and Steve Goodman. CHESS Next year will see an important anniversary - the 25th Annual Junior School Chess Tournament. Outside the obvious interest which the contest attracts is the farm system which we provide for the Senior School team. The Senior Team has been the best in Ottawa and came third in the Provincials this year lafter winning the championshin in '82J. chesstconfdt This year the form winners were: grade 5 - Horneg grade 6 - Gerag grade 6A - Amlani, grade 7 - Wenterg grade 7A - Weintragerg grade 8115 - Hobson, grade 8129 - Ed- misong grade 8A - Haines. In the finals, Amlani fg. 61 defeated Edmison, the first time I recall a boy from grade 6 winning the tournament. D.L.P. POETRY READING CGNTEST The contest, held in Argyle in June, attracted 13 boys, and the standard of the reading was higher than it has been for many years. Mr. Geoffrey Thomas, Head of English, was the judge for the second year in a row. His comments, from a memorandum to Mr. Sher- wood are woth repeating: I thoroughly enjoyed . . . the contest. Each of the boys gave of his best, and the tone of the whole was high indeed. The Junior School is to be commended for its efforts. Those who qualified for the finals were Bright, Hensel, Newman and Van Aerssen from the 6th grade, Al-Zand and Colas from grade 7, Fisher, Haines, Hennigar, Perry, Scott, Vitzthum and Zawidzki from the three grade 8's. tsee next page!

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KA bovej: Mr. Valentine wrestles Mr. Simpson at Blue Sea. KA bovejr Boys wait their turn for water skiing. 'VWVQY i A S 1,-M. FATHERS AND SONS NIGHT 44 'f.f1,fffu4 ,- 2 xk ' N , 2.Y,51z,kfs?!'!R fi Ziff' H:- 2 :K -- K5'.u-wiafq 9 1-aff f 1.4 A ,Wg r --N-A .w,,f 1 ,K Kqjxx A ' A5 '1 A A i , , W X ' I V i 1 , ' .1 !'f . IA bovej: Ken Newman and his dad. .I .4 fUpj: Mr. Lewin watches son, Erland, aided by lDownj Steve Goodman 1331, Paul Macoun and Martin Viau. ILeftj: Mr. Tuddenham and Pat Edmisong fAbovej.' Mr. Hensel returns a serve as son Stuart watches.