Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 21 ©EFORE commenting on the year ' s record in Sports, we should like to say how greatly we appreciate all that Miss Green did for us. We had to say goodbye to her at Christmas, when, after three years at Elmwood, she left to be married. We all hope that she will be as happy as the day is long, in her new life. On behalf of the girls may we welcome heartily her successor, Miss Blackburn, who is a graduate of Silkerborg, Denmark, and is giving us some new and highly valuable physical work. BASKETBALL Much of the Fall Term was occupied with this popular sport. We had a keenly contested match in September between the Old and New Boarders, and a return match recently which evened the results, as both teams have now won a game. Two very exciting school matches were played against our Old Girls. The school was victorious in both, but they were hard-fought struggles. The Teams were as follows: Old Girls I: Forwards — R. White, M. Murphy. Centres — C. Wilson, N. Keefer. Guards—]. MacBrien, J. White. Old Girls II : Forwards — B. Fauquier, J. Workman. Centres — J. Wilson, B. Harris. Guards — J. Southam, C. Hill. School I: Forwards — M. Kingsmill, P. Waldie. Centres — B. Kennedy, E. Thompson. Guards — P. Macoun, V. Copping. School II: Forwards — E. Southam, E. Ellsworth. Centres — B. Hooper, E. Symington. Guards — E. Clark, J. Dobell. House Teams Nightingale: Forwards — M. Kingsmill, E. Southam. Centres — E. Thompson, E. Symington. Guards — E. Clark, V. Copping. Fry: Forwards — S. Skelton, B. Davison. Centres — B. Hooper, B. Kennedy. Guards — P. Macoun, G. Borbridge. Keller: Forwards — D. Leggett, P. Waldie. Centres — J. White, E. Carson. Guards — J. Dobell, D. Ekers. Last year Nightingale again won the Inter-House Cup, but the competition was very close and the other Houses are going to do their best to take their revenge this spring. BADMINTON There was great enthusiasm about badminton this winter, with added interest due to the very fine cup presented by two of our old girls for an Inter-House competition. The cup was won by

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20 SAMARA SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Top — Pat Macoun, Estne Thompson, Mary Kingsmill Bottom — Barbara Kennedy, Peggy Waldie (Copt.), Virginia Copping SENIOR TENNIS TEAM (Winners of the Ottawa Interschola9tic Tennis Shield for 1933) Top— Peggy Waldie, Hope Wattsford Bottom— -Barbara Kennedy, Betty Hooper (Capt.), Ethel Southam

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22 SAMARA Keller, but Nightingale proved a very close rival and they were only one point behind the winners. Amongst the younger members there has been a marked interest in the game, and it looks as if we have some very promising material. TENNIS The results of the tennis tournament last June were as follows: Senior Singles — B. Hooper; Runner-up, P. Waldie. Senior Doubles — B. Hooper and Barbara Kennedy; Runners-up, V. Copping and P. Waldie. Intermediate Singles — E. Southam; Runner-up, Lilias Ahearn. Intermediate Doubles — E. Southam and G. Bronson; Runners-up, Lilias Ahearn and Anne Creighton. The school tennis team is fortunate enough to have reached the finals for the Inter-Scholastic Shield and we have high hopes of winning it this spring from an old rival, the High School of Com- merce. The members of the team are: B. Hooper (Captain) , E. Southam, H. Wattsford, P. Waldie, B. Kennedy, substitute for E. Southam (as the latter was unable to play on account of an injury to her hand). She acquitted herself nobly. This year we are hoping to have an even more enthusiastic tennis season than in previous summers. The school has had many fine tennis players, and this year happily is no exception, the members of the tennis team showing some splendid form. SWIMMING Great interest was shown in our frequent visits to the Chateau during the winter. Everyone took full advantage of the oppor- tunity offered them by the willingness of the instructor to improve our strokes and better the diving. If time permits we would like to arrange an Inter-House competition to include style and speed in the various strokes and progression in diving. GYM Miss Green, before her retirement, organized a most interesting drill competition, in which three groups took part, and presented a very handsome cup to the winning form. Mr. Buck was kind enough to judge for us, with the assistance of Miss Barrow and Miss Mills, and they awarded the Cup to the group of three com- bined forms, VI Upper, VII Arts and VI Arts. This competition is intended to be an annual event. ARCHERY We are looking forward to the Archery season and hope that this year the mosquitoes will not interfere with our lessons. Major Chapman was most kind and patient with us and we hope to prove ourselves a credit to his efforts. SKATING Fewer girls than usual skated at the Minto this year, as unfor- tunately their matric work would not permit it. However four of the boarders took part in the Minto Follies and did their share in making the carnival one of the most successful ever held here. Next year it is to be hoped there will be renewed interest in skating.