Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 13 This year the House Collections again reached a very high standard. Nightingale ' s was judged to be best, as has been mentioned elsewhere. Our Federated Charities Fund, with the assistance of both mistresses and pupils, reached $173. Our poppy day fund came to $20.57. And we are now busy collecting for the Nasik Cot fund, by which we maintain a cot in one of the children ' s wards at the Nasik Hospital in India. Here may we thank Col. C. M. Edwards, for his generous contribution to the magazine fund. His gift was greatly appre- ciated. B. J. W. The 1935 Matriculation Results are as follows: — abbreviations are: 1, 1st class honours; 2, 2nd class honours; 3, 3rd class honours; C. credit; R. recbmmendation. UPPER SCHOOL RESULTS Genevieve Bronson — English Literature, 1st; Modern History, 1st; Latin Authors, 1st; Latin Composition, 2nd; French Authors, 1st; French Composition, 1st. Janet Dobell — French Authors, 3rd. Helen Gordon — English Literature, 3rd; Latin Authors, C; French Authors, C; French Composition, 3rd. Katherine Inkster — English Literature, 2nd; Modern History, 2nd; Latin Authors, C; Latin Composition, C; French Composition, 2nd; French Authors, R; Germlan Composition, C; German Authors, R. MoiRA Leathem — English Literature, 2nd; Modern History, 2nd; Latin Authors, 1st; Latin Composition, 2nd; French Authors, 2nd; French Composition, 1st. Sheila Skelton — English Composition, R; English Literature, R; Modern History, R; Latin Authors, R; Latin Composition, R; French Authors, R; French Composition, R. MIDDLE SCHOOL RESULTS MiMi BoAL — English Composition, C; English Literature, 1st; Canadian History, 1st; Algebra, 1st; French Authors, 1st; French Composition, 1st. Glenn Borbridge — Canadian History, C. Eleanor Clark — Canadian History, R; Ancient History, C; Geometry, C; French Authors, 3rd. Rosemary Clarke — English Composition, C; English Lite- rature, R; Canadian History, R; Algebra, C. Alison Cochrane — Algebra, C; Geometry, 3rd; Latin Authors, 2nd; Latin Composition, 3rd; French Authors, 2nd; German Authors, 1st; German Composition, C. Janet Dobell — Ancient History, 1st; Geometry, 2nd; Physics, 2nd; Chemistry, 2nd; Latin Authors, 1st; Latin Composition, 2nd.

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12 SAMARA • HIS year we were very sorry to have to say goodbye to their M Excellencies, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough. J Lady Bessborough had been our patroness for the all too few years that she was in Ottawa. Both their Excellencies were very much interested in Elmwood; Lady Moyra Ponsonby, who came to several classes last year, was, and indeed still is, an honorary member of Nightingale. We thank Lord and Lady Bessborough again for their interest and we wish them every happiness for the coming years. Last year we had to say goodbye to many of our mistresses: Miss Colling, Miss Barrow, Miss Belford, Miss McCallan, Miss Cottee, Miss Bradford, and Miss Thwaite, for many years the guiding spirit of our literary efforts. To all these we would express our hope that their new lives are both interesting and happy ones. To Miss Rosier, Miss White, Miss Beckwith, Miss Heney, and Miss Martin, who have come to take their place we extend a hearty welcome and we hope that they like Elmwood as much as Elmwood likes them. This year Mrs. Buck inaugurated a new system of government. A student council was formed consisting of the Head girls, prefects, house seniors and monitors who, this year, were partly elected by the school and partly appointed by Mrs. Buck and the Staff. The council has proved to be a success, and we hope that in future years it will become even more influential, and useful to the school. This year many interesting books have been given to the school. There are no gifts more appreciated than those made to the library. We are very proud of our collection and take great pleasure in adding to it. This year we have received the following books: Rudyard Kipling ' s Verse, presented by Lady Moyra Ponsonby. A complete set of Robert Louis Stevenson ' s works presented to us by the Elmwood Old Girls ' Association. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, and The Glory That Was Greece and The Grandeur that Was Rome, both by T. C. Stobart, presented by Sheila Skelton. An autographed copy of his collected poems presented by Mr. Bourinot. Lord Lytton ' s Antony, and Anne Lindbergh ' s North to the Orient, presented by Mrs. E. A. Whitley. To all these kind friends we extend our heartiest thanks, and most grateful appreciation. We have also added: — The Funeral March of a Marionette, by Susan Buchan. A Short Life of William Shakespeare, by E. K. Chambers, abridged by Chas. Williams; The Edge of the Jungle, by William Beebe, The Living Forest, by Arthur Heming, Jock of the Bushveld, by Percy Fitzpatrick. The Apple Cart and St. Joan, by G. B. Shaw, Abraham Lincoln, (2nd copy) by John Drinkwater, Disraeli, by L. N. Parker, Florence Nightingale, by L. B. O ' Malley, The Life of Pasteur, by Ren6 Vallery-Radot.

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14 SAMARA Barbara Fellowes — English Literature, 2nd; Canadian History, C; Algebra, C. Patricia Galt — Canadian History, R; Ancient History, R; Geometry, R; German Authors, R; German Composition, R; Latin Authors, R; Latin Composition, R. AiLSA Gerard — Algebra, 3rd; Latin Authors, 3rd; Latin Composition, C; German Authors, 1st; German Composition, 2nd. EsME GiROUARD — Ancient History, 2nd; Algebra, 3rd; Geo- metry, C; Latin Authors, C; Latin Composition, 3rd; French Authors, R; French Composition, R; German Authors, C; German Composition, 3rd. Helen Gordon — Geometry, C ; Chemistry, R. Betty Hamilton — EngHsh Composition, C; Canadian History, C; Ancient History, 1st; Latin Composition, C; French Authors, R; French Composition, C. Barbara Kennedy — Ancient History, C; Geometry, C; Latin Authors, 3rd; Latin Composition, R; French Authors, R; French Composition, C; German Authors, 2nd; German Compo- sition, C. Dorothy Laidlaw — English Composition, C; Canadian History, C ; French Authors, 2nd. Dorothy Leggett — English Composition, C; English Liter- ature, C ; Canadian History, C. Elizabeth McClelland — EngHsh Literature, C; Canadian History, C. Peggy McLaren — Canadian History, C; Geometry, R; Latin Authors, C; French Authors, R; French Composition, C; German Authors, 2nd; German Composition, C. Helen Murdoch — English Composition, C; English Litera- ture, C; Physics, R. Margaret Parkin — English Composition, C; English Litera- ture, 1st; Canadian History, 3rd; Algebra, C. Jane Russel — English Composition, C; English Literature, C; Geometry, C; Chemistry, R. Ethel South am — Geometry, R; German Authors, R; German Composition, R. Cecily Sparks — Ancient History, R; Algebra, 2nd; Geometry, C; French Authors, R; French Composition, 2nd. Two girls also tried some papers in the McGill University Junior Matriculation Examinations: Mary Fry — English Literature, 59; English Composition, 67; General History, 54; French Grammar, 67; French Translation, 50; Latin Composition, 70; Latin Sight, 61. Barbara Whitley — French Grammar, 77; French Transla- lation, 60; Physics, 59; Chemistry, 77; Geometry, 76; Algebra, 62.