Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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SAMARA 11 Joan Ahearn, Catherine Bate, Dorothy Blackburn, Genevieve Bronson, Mary Craig, Joan Fraser, Isabel Grant, Marian Gale, Norma Hall, Betty Hogg, Elizabeth Kenny, Helen MacKay, Betty MacLachlin, Christine MacNaughton, Elizabeth MacMil- lan, Catherine MacPhail, Mary Malloch, Betty Plaunt, Hazel Sansom, Betty Smart, Ethel Southam, Nancy, Toller, Suran Watson, Cairine Wilson, Isabel Wilson, Cecilie Wood. Fry House.- — Last spring Fry was proud of Betty Hooper who won the Junior Sports Cup, Jane Smart who won the Inter- mediate, and Betty Carter who tied with Janet Wilson for the Senior. This gave to us the House Sports Cup, which this year we are all going to endeavour to retain. During the year Mrs. Buck said she would judge between the different houses for singing in Prayers. To the one who sang with the most tone a red star was to be given, and this star was awarded to Fry. In the first term Fry held second place in the number of red stars, and everyone is going to try their hardest to make that place first in the second term. The House members for the year are: — Head Girl Betty Carter Head of the House Betty Vaughan Prefect Vivien Palmer House Senior . . ' . Roslyn Arnold Joy Armstrong, Betty Ball, Margaret Carson, Jean Burns, Jeannie Dunlop, Ruth Eliot, Jean Finnie, Claudia Coristine, Betty Harris, Janet Hill, Luella Irvin, Dorothy Hardy, Hope Gilmour, Nini Keefer, Eleanor Kenny, Elaine MacFarlane, Betty North, Betty Smart, Janet Southam, Margaret Symington, Betty Toller, Rachel White, Joan W 7 atson, Betty Hooper. Keller House. — For the second time, one of our members, Betty Sifton, has been the winner of a prize for an essay. Wilson MacDonald, the well-known Canadian poet, offered a prize for the best essay on his visit to Elmwood.. Betty won this and received a beautifully hand-painted poem. Last year Keller did very well in sports; Janet Wilson tied with Betty Carter for the Senior Sports Championship. In tennis, the Senior Cup was won by Kitty Gordon with Elaine Meekins as runner up; in archery, Kitty Gordon won the Archery Cup for the best score obtained in a National round. Our congratulations are due to these very creditable members of the House.