Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 9 This year Mr. H. S. Southam has presented us with two more beautiful pictures. One, an oil, is an old English beech in Alder- maston Park by Yeend King. The other is a water colour of sheep grazing, from the Dutch school and by Van de Weele. We would like to take the opportunity here of thanking Mr. and Mrs. South- am for their many gifts to the school. If beautiful surroundings influence us for the better, they have done a very great deal in influencing us in the right way. Last fall the school received a very important new member. This was a beautiful St. Bernard puppy, another gift of Mrs. Southam. The boarders chose Baron for his name as his brother, who belongs to Mrs. Southam, is called Duke. He has grown very fast this winter and everyone has become very fond of him. Dr. Marian Bostock came to school last spring and gave us an illustrated talk on hospital work in India. As a re.-ult of this talk, Elmwood started to support a cot in a hospital at Nassik. This means that we insure the health of many more than otherwise could have been attended to during the year. As usual the Christmas party was held on the second last day of the autumn term. The Junior School has their party from 4.30 till 7 o ' clock and the Senior School ' s was from 6 to 10.30. Every- one played games for prizes and several skits were gi en. Some of the boarders parodied a staff meeting and the prefects demon- strated a bus ride to a concert. Santa Claus, too, was able to pay us a visit and this greatly added to everyone ' s enjoyment. We should like to acknowledge the receipt of the magazines which we have received since the publication of the last magazine: B.C.S. Magazine; The Beaver Log; The Ashburian; L.C.C. Maga- zine; Acta Ridleina.

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8 SAMARA Hilda Salmon: Ancient History 3. Ruth Seely: English Composition 3, English Literature 2, British History 2, Latin Authors c, Latin Composition c; French Authors 2, French Composition 1. Elizabeth Vaughan: English Composition 3, English Litera- ture 2, British History 2, Latin Authors 3, Latin Composition 3, French Authors 1, French Composition 1. Janet Wilson: English Literature c, British History 3, Algebra c, Geometry 2, French Authors 3, French Composition 3. Besides trying the Ontario Matriculation, two girls completed their McGill examinations. Their very creditable results were as follows: — Maureen Macoun: French Composition 66, French Translation 72, Latin Composition 45, Latin Translation 57, Geo- metry 65. Hilda Salmon: French Composition 65, French Translation 62, Geometry 50, Latin Composition 45, Latin Translation 60. This year still more are trying their Matriculation. Betty Carter, Mabel Dunlop, Marian Gale, Janet Wilson, and Ruth Seely are trying part of their Senior Matriculation and Janet Wilson, Betty Vaughan, Enid Palmer, Ruth Seely, Marian Gale, Mabel Dunlop and Elizabeth Kenny are finishing their Junior. Margaret Symington, Jocelyn White, Jean Finnie, Sharley Bow- man, Catherine MacPhail and Morna Peters are taking the first part of their Junior exams. We hope that last year ' s successes will continue with this year ' s candidates. We are expecting Elmwood to be a matriculation centre this year. This means that instead of going to the Collegiate for our exams, we will have them here at school. Although from Mrs. Buck ' s point of view this is a much better arrangement, the girls do not seem to be very appreciative of it. Last year the prize winners gave the school a beautiful maho- gany grandfather clock. It stands in the corner of the stairs in the entrance hall and merrily rings out every hour. The prize winners were: Betty Carter, Betty Vaughan, Irene Salmon, Mabel Dunlop, Janet Wilson, Ruth Seely, Maureen Macoun, Hilda Salmon, Roslyn Arnold, Kitty Gordon, Louise Courtney, Elaine Meekins, Betty Smart, Betty Sifton, Janet Southam, Luella Irvin, Catherine Bate, Eleanor Kenny, Mary Gray, Jane Smart, Helen MacKay, Jeannie Dunlop, Norma Hall, I [ope Gilmour, Betty Hooper, Genevieve Bronson, Ethel Southam, Geoffrey Goodwin, Lilias Ahearn, Louise MacBrien.

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10 SAMARA Mouse Note This year is the third year since the houses have started. As we look back, we can see what great strides have been made. When the houses began there were between ten and fifteen mem- bers and now there are between twenty-five and thirty in each house. The houses, too, have encouraged the individual to give way for the good of the community. Most school matters are now made house competitions, whereas formerly they were in- dividual ones. Nightingale House. — Last year Nightingale was the proud possessor of the shield, which is won by the house leading in red stars. It was a very close competition, hence the glory of winning was all the greater. We also would like to congratulate Norma Hall on winning the intermediate tennis championship. It was a very good game. Each year we collect toys to give away to the poor children at Christmas. This is made a house matter, and the house having the most toys wins three red stars. For the third time Nightin- gale was the winner. For the first term this year, Nightingale was last in red stars, but there is time yet and everyone is working very hard to bring up the number. The house members for the year are:— Head of the House. Mabel Dunlop House Senior Ruth Seely