Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Maher, an Ottawa native, has been at Ashbury since 1977 and has latterly distinguished himself as a member of the Chess Team ffounded in 19809, he describes himself as obsessed with the gamen and points out that the annual pilgrimage to Kitchener-Waterloo for the high school tournament is always the high water mark of his year. Indeed, the winning of the Ontario Championship 82 is proof of his and the team's skill. Maher has also won awards in mathematics for several years running. He mentions windsurfing and downhill skiing as his other past- times and concludes by saying that he will attend Ottawa U. for Science before going into medicine. MAHER SA LEH Norman has been at Ashbury since 1977, becoming a prefect this year after ex- periencing, as he says, all the variety which the school has to offer. His particular interest is the school Curling Team although he barrels around the soccer field with con- siderable zest and plays softball. Out- side of school he confesses to an in- terest in aquariums and a little bit of everything musically. He likes the way teachers are willing to help students at Ashbury but suggests that senior students need more free time than they have in order to perform well academically. Norman is planning to take Sciences at Ottawa U. NORIWA N THIE CONNAUGHT Alexander was born in Lafayette, Indiana, and has lived in North Carolina and Oxford, England. He has been at Ashbury twice: from '78-'79 and from '82-,84. He judges himself to have been very active in sports and other extra-curricular activities and he likes Ashbury for its small size, its Guidance Department fMr. Geoff Thomasj, various teachers and even the vaguely English Public School system we have here, he does not elaborate further but says he hopes to attend McGill. Always ver- ify your references iM.J. Routhl ALEXAFRIA T James is another grade 5 vet , and has lived in Ottawa all his life. His sports at Ashbury have in- cluded tennis, league soccer, cross-country skiing and curling. He won the English prize in grade 11. James' hobbies are: camping, fishing, cycling, super-8 filming, and watching Dave Allen at Large on T.V. He likes any party music but prefers Peter Gabriel and 'old' Genesis. He feels that while the school has a good atmosphere for learning, the com- pulsory sports pro- gramme can oc- casionally clash with an individual's academic com- mitment. He is going on to pre-med studies at Queen's but intends to keep up his interest in film also. HLlf9,S a bummer. But it could be worse. JA MES BOCIEK

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Lisa has taken part in Theatre Ashbury and the Board of Stewards for two years Qshe has spent many hours helping to arrange this year's Formal! while outside the school her interests include modelling profession- ally and gourmet cooking. She works hard as a stu- dent, being known as Ashbury's expert on Cana- dian literature and conducting seminars as if she were being paid Cylr. Lister says she was!! And she makes it all look easy! As Lisa suggests, Intentional effort persistently applied guarantees success. Next year: Western or McGill for Business. LISA .XIIERINS Patrick left Lisgar as part of an unofficial Ashbury- Lisgar exchange programg actually, he says he wanted a more fully rounded education and since coming here he has pursued this objective by presiding over the Rostrum Society Cand by debatingt. by attending the Commonwealth Con- ference, Captaining and Co-Captaining the Senior Football Team, earning the Snelgrove Trophy in Basketball and by rowing for Ashbury. He listens to Beet- hoven and Vivaldi, Lydon and Sinatra with equal relish. He is, finally, head of .Alexander House and determined to win back the Nelson Shield. Ify0t1 think education is exgoensive - Irv ign0rance. ' P.-1 T.l1L'RR.4l' Wendy was amongst the first group of girls to come to Ashbury after she had attended schools in Belgium, England and the U.S. She rates Ashbury at the top largely because it offers a many-sided progra- mme, a sense of comradeship and a good atmosphere for learning. She has enjoyed a variety of sports as well as the Choir, the Ashburian tassistant editorl, and hobbies such as dancing and horse-back riding. Musically, Wendy ranges from new wave to classical. She felt proud, finally, to have made the Headmaster's List before graduating. Next year: Law or Journalism. H 'END Y .W U TZENEEK Peter has spent four years at Ashbury with one year at Lisgar for grade eleven. He attained his Bronze Level in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Programme in grade nine, was party leader of the Conservatives in the Mock Elections last year, rising to party president this year. He organized a Blood Donor Drive in the fall and was a member of the Chi Rho Fellowship. Peter has played two years of Senior Football and three years of Senior Hockey. His involvement in the Anglican Youth Movement has kept him busy with Diocesan events and various Youth Group activities for a number of years. He values the close community feeling of the school very much and says that in 'down' moments he does not hesitate to lean on the Bible. Essentially, though, he calls himself optimistic, citing Mr. Varley's words as useful reminders: Early to rise and early to bed, makes a man healthy but socially dead! PETER NESBI TT

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Rise like lions after .slumber In unvanauishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Hhich in sleep has ,fallen on you - Ye are many - they are few. . . Let a vast assembly be, A nd with great solem- nity Declare with meas- ured words thatye A re, as God made ye, free. . . Percy Bysshe Shelley S T51 'E BREA R TON David has lived in Warsaw, Bonn, Mexico City and Vancouver, as well as in Ottawa where he has been at Ashbury since 1981. He has participated in Project Ploughshares, R.A.S.R.A., The Ashburian, and Amnesty International. He lists his hobbies as collecting music, procrastinating, and skiing, and his sports as Junior Football, League Soccer, soft- ball, volleyball and weight training. Ashbury's strong point is, David claims, the fact that teachers care, but he criticizes the school for a bias towards the sciences that he feels as an arts student . Next year: University of Victoria, then Law. Be yoursej' D.-l VID BURKE Michelle was born in England, now lives in Ottawa, and loves to travel, read Cevery- thingy, listen to classical music and to vary that musical diet by turning to blues and to the Police. She finds that the unique and enthusiastic teachers are the school's strength. Her personal highlights include Mrs Kennedy's pep talks and the morning horoscope. Michelle intends to go to McGill for History and French. Finally, she recommends Ayn Rand's Anthem as a study of the importance of in- ner strengthg a subject reflected in her saying, Not even under the heaviest snowfall will the willow tree snap. MICHELLE COOK Francis has enjoyed what he calls a positive ex- perience at Ashbury since grade seven. He has been involved in debating, the choir, the Board of Stewards, the Tuckshop Cas managerj and in Prefect duties. He has played both soccer and football and skips the curling team in Winter. But his most satisfying activity, he claims, has been the running of the Student Mock Elections. Francis hopes to study History, then Law at university. He advises those who remain here to treat it like a bank: You take out only if you put in, and he adds, Re- spect others' freedom as well as your own. FRANCIS DESCOTEA UX