Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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MARK BUDD After surviving five years as a boarder, Mark considers himself prepared for anything. He has enjoyed his stay at Ashbury and admits he has met some unique people tsuch as Stan the Mani. He also likes the House spirit that Woollcombe is regaining, and he has made several suggestions to improve it further. Mark enjoys soccer, sailing, and skiing, but one of his favourite school sports was curling, supervised by M. Pelletier. Next year Markus plans to go to Queen's to study Physics. GRAHAM BUTLER Graham t Buts J was born in Ottawa and has spent his life here, coming to Ashbury after a short, but memorable stay in the local high school system. He lists his hobbies in order of priority as: sleeping, eating, rafting with the crew and back seat driving with the lads. Graham lists among his memorable moments, being made captain of school teams this year - first football, and second, basketball. The win against Bishop's, in football C14-133, was the high point of the school year. Not to be ignored is the memorable comment made by Mr. Zrudlo: Graham's only interests are wine, women and song. Unfortunately school doesn't fall into any of these categories. RAJ DILAWRI BENET CHAN Benet was born in China during the cultural revolution and has lived, since then, very peacably, in Hong Kong, the U.S.A. and Canada. His outdoor interests include camping fthe Adirondacks tripj and canoeing, while his sports at Ashbury are an ecclectic circus of soccer, swimming, judo, squash, rowing and bad- minton. He says he may attend Queen's or McGill just for a rest! 1978 was the year Raj came to Ashbury and since then has enjoyed the com- petitive atmosphere of the school. Reflecting back, Raj considers the Forum for Young Canadians an invaluable experience, and as for Ashbury . . . it has quite definitely altered his life. Over the years Raj has been plagued by a mysterious ailment which always seems to incapacitate him around term paper deadlines. Hopefully, he may find a cure at university. Raj is grateful to Mr. Niles, whom he considers the backbone of the school, for his guidance and for providing an incentive to remain clean shaven. Raj plans to study Business, then law, at Queen's or at Western.

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AARON BENT Aaron was born in Toronto and moved five times before coming to Ottawa this year. Coming from a public school he had certain doubts as to what a private school would be like, especially for the graduate year. Aaron's fears were soon dispelled, however, as he found both teachers and students friendly. Aaron hopes to graduate this year and go into either civil or mechanical engineering back in the Atlantic region. Even though he does not plan to remain in Ontario, this last year will remain one of the most vivid in his mind. MIKE BISSON KEVIN BEST Everyone here went out of their way to make Kevinls' first and last year at Ashbury a great time. More memorable moments include the bus rides to the basketball games t Hey, sir, isn't that your daughter smoking a cigarette.? J, basketball, Montreal, Miami Bob at his dinner party, Trinidad and Tobago . . . Farewell to everyone and thank you for a terrific year. Ashbury has been an integral part of Mike's formal and informal education. He learned the finer points of the three r's Crowing, riding, and raftingl, downhill skiing Friday nights in Lockerberg Lodge and afterwards some uphill skiing just to impress his pals. Always a nature buff, Mike wasfrequently seen going out for a breath of fresh air. The Adirondacks trips also bring back many memories: attacking helpless trees, running up the mountains with full packs, the rain, the cold, and of course, camp cooking. Mike's greatest contribution to Ashbury was the creation of His and Hers's Sciroccos tthough not necessarily appreciated by the second halfj. CHRISTOPHER BRUCE Chris has assembled the following quotations as his swan song to A.C.: Life is but a succession of defeats and victories, the last of which is death when those with faith have hope, but the realists know no hope and are just relieved to finish the final equation with the variable called life. When I no longer have hope, that is when I begin to die. Life is, but what about afterwards? Hope begins after high school. When all is said and done you take the blame, l'll take the fun. What thou lov'st well remains, the rest is dross. What thou lov'st well is thy true heritancef'

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IDA DI MENZA During the past three years Ida has charmed the entire Ashbury population. She has also been the head of the lobby for narrow skirts vs. Rockcliffe snowbanks. One of the greatest tragedies of her grade 12 year was an unfortunate decision to cut her glistening curls. Later, during a passing attack of insanity, lda forfeited her teenage career in order to complete an I.B. Diploma, as a result she was forced to endure the trials and tribulations of I.B. Functions. In desparate at- tempts to escape this frightening destiny, Ida made many plans to run away to Paris. She finally succeeded and discovered pain au chocolate during the summer of '85. GERARD DING Gerard came to Ashbury three years ago from Malaysia. He has travelled throughout the Far East and lists his hobbies as remote-controlled planes and cars. He plays badminton, tennis and squash, does some skiing, and is a com- petitive golfer. Gerard is going to Queen's University where we are sure his competence and wry sense of humour will serve him well. DEAN EYRE Born London, England, Dean came to Ottawa in the summer of 77. Having survived nine years at Ashbury, Dean is looking forward to a change, as he plans to attend the University of Toronto for science. A raquet sport enthusiast, Dean enjoys playing tennis most of all, and he has been on the Tennis Team for the past two seasons. He enjoys listening to New Wave music tespecially YELLOJ and is always looking for obscure groups to listen to. He notes that during his long stay at the school, Ashbury seems to have lost some of its old character, as it is continually expanding with more students and buildings. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. LANCE FIELDING We are happy to see Lance bring his international experience to Ashbury even if only for one year, we hope he found a welcome here. Lance was born in Hanover, West Germany, and has lived in England, Singapore, Northern Ireland, and several places in Canada. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, astronomy and computersg his sports, volleyball, squash, and badminton. He has won the Gauss Mathematics Award at his previous school and, he is looking forward to pursuing science or mathematics at either Queen's or Guelph.