Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 17 FRY HOUSE NOTES HRY has made valiant and energetic attempts to recover its past high standard and has made great strides both in work and in games. This year we tied with Keller in the House Poor Collections which were all extremely generous. Fry also tied with Keller in the inter-house badmin- ton games after a brilliant and thrilling exhibition of play on the part of all the teams. Only one change has been made in connection with the House. We changed the House hymn from ' ' He that is down need fear no fall to the hymn ' ' Help us to help each other, Lord , which seems more in keeping with our motto, Friendship to All and with the high ideal of that great woman after whom we are named, Elizabeth Fry. Last Sports Day Fry distinguished itself by winning the House Tug-of- War and the House Relay race : we should also like to heartily congratulate Nini Keefer, who left us last year, for winning the Senior Sports cup, and Betty Hooper, who won the Intermediate Sports cup. This year Cinnie Copping is our House Sports Captain with the help of Betty Harris as Vice. Betty is also Drill Captain. Both have been doing excellent work and have done much to keep up a keen spirit on the games field. Members of the House are: — Lilias Ahearn, Mimi Boal, Glenn Borbridge, Betty Brown, Margaret Carson, Joan Dean, Bebe Fraser, Patricia Gait, Hope Gilmour, Mary Hampson, Betty Hooper, Janet Hutchison, Barbara Kennedy, Dorothy Laidlaw, Kathleen Lawson, Patricia Macoun, Mary McGuckin, Marjory McKinnon, Ruth Monk, Melodie Willis O ' Connor, Mary Palmer, Evangeline Phillips, Sheila Skelton, Hope Wattsford, Anna Wilson. Mistresses: — Miss Thwaite, Miss Mills, Miss Barrow, Mme. Martin Pasquin. T. Bond E. McFarlane C. Copping M. Cruikshank, B. Harris, J. Hill, H. Ross House Prefect Prefect . House Senior . . . .Monitors . . . .Monitors ELIZABETH FRY Brave heart so gentle and compassionate, Tender and pitiful in all your ways; Brave eyes so trustful in your earnest faith, A kindly spirit shining in your gaze.

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16 SAMARA This Christmas Keller and Fry tied for the biggest collection for the poor, and tied again for the inter-house badminton, the teams playing very well. Mary Lyman, Eleanor Carson and Louise MacBrien have especially contributed to the number of red stars by their good work in the Art Competitions. The red stars are quickly in- creasing, but, alas. Nightingale is still a little ahead. In the words of our last year ' s House prefect Come on, Keller! Let ' s make the race for the shield a close one! The House members for this year are: — Florence Acheson, Elizabeth Alguire, Mary Baker, Marjorie Barron, Eleanor Carson, Rosemary Clarke, Alix Chamberlain, AHson Cochrane, Ann Creighton, Muriel Crocket, Janet Dobell, Gay Douglas, Susan Edwards, Dawn Ekers, Mhairi Fenton, Ethel Finnie, Constance Fisher, Betty Hamilton, Betty Heubach, Moira Leathem, Dorothy Leggett, Louise MacBrien, Anna MacKay, Maria Petrucci, Jane Russel, Penelope Sherwood, Peggy Waldie, June White. Mistresses: — Miss Scott, Miss MacArthur, Miss Adams, Miss MacBrien. She is denied the glories of the day, And dwells amid the silence of the night, Impenctrahle darkness, with no ray Of hope, envelops her, quenching all light. She cannot see the grandeur of the skies; The thunder of the waves she cannot hear. No kindly words of wonder or surprise. Of joy or sorrow reach her listening ear. But still her heart is full of thankful praise To God, that she can yet so clearly see In her dark world the glory of His ways. Through hope and faith, her spirit bound yet free. Anne Coghlin . . Head of House and House Sports Captain House Senior School Monitor School Monitor Mary Lyman .... Nancy Haultain Jean Workman . . HELEN KELLER

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18 SAMARA Brave hands, so swift to help in other ' s need. With tender fingers tranq uillising pain, Feeding the de ' ititute, relieving want. Making the broken spirits whole again. Brave feet, so faithful in the Master ' s steps, Hastening to tend His little ones astray, Seeking the lost, leading them home again. Treading the paths of pity day by day; Though you have passed beyond our shadowed sights Your memory burns a steadfast beacon lights SCHOOL CALENDAR FIRST TERM September 16th. — School opened. September 18th. — Boarders went to Wakefield. October 10th. — Thanksgiving Holiday week-end. October 19th. — Boarders went to see L ' Aiglon. October 22nd. — Swimming at the Chateau. October 30th.— RdiWow E ' en Party. November 9th. — Explorers of the World ' at the Centre. November 16th. — Lecture, The Father of the Fairies by Canon Shatfprd. November 17th. — Ottawa Little Symphony Concert, Percy Grainger, soloist. November 19th.— The Scotch Players at the Little Theatre. November 2Uth. — Concert at the Glebe, Josef Hoffman, soloist. November 9 .— Presentation of Philpot Token to E.O.G.A. December 3rd. — The Good Companions ' Play, ' ' Arthur ' s Night Out, December 3rd. — Swimming at the Chateau. December 8th. — Boarders went to Anna Wilson ' s birthday party. December 10th. — Swimming at the Chateau. December 16th. — Christmas Party. December 20th- January lOlh. — Christmas Holidays.