Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Patsy Knowlton: ' ■ ' ' That all-softening, overpowering knell, The tocsin of the soul — the dinner bell. As assistant head-girl and head of Keller, Noli (as she is appropriately nick-named) is well known for her competence and thoroughness. Her go-getting energy in school work and and sports alike put many of us lesser mortals to shameful embar- rassment. Even while directing the sometimes resisting girls to their respective seats at lunch, Noli continually keeps a genial and friendly smile on her face. We picture Pat in later years with at least six children, as the juniors always seem to be clamouring about her! Since she is one of the school ' s most accomplished pianists in popular music, she is frequently found entertaining a group of attentive girls with tunes such as Whispering and Ain ' t Misbehavin . As Lady Elizabeth Pennybroke in the Ashbur ' - Elmwood play, Patsy did justice to one of the best character parts in the play. Besides being a valuable guard on the school basketball team. Noli teamed up with Wendy Quain to win the school badminton doubles. Patsy will again be returning to Elmwood next September and we know that she will be as great (if not greater) an asset next year as she has been this! Diane Boyd: Skilled she is in sports and pastimes In September Di was made House Senior and shortly after- wards earned her Prefect ' s pin and was also chosen as Sports Captain for the second consecutive year. We all immensely enjoyed her performance in the title role of Eliza Cojttes to Stay, the Ashbury-Elmwood play. Can I sit here? and I want to sit next to my sister , are two familiar phrases which Di hears every morning while lining up the Juniors just before assembly. Her weaknesses are Rachmaninoff ' s concerto, football games, tennis and movies. Dislikes include liver, pickled beets and studying. Di is an accomplished basketball player as well as putting a great many of us to shame when it comes to gymnastics. She is not sure what she is going to do next year, as her plans are undecided. But whatever it is, we wish you the best of success, Di! Judy Maclaren: O thou who kast the fatal gift of duty Our brown haired industrious head girl hails from the thriving metropolis of Brockville. Better known as Maxie, Judy has been at Elmwood for eight years, and returned for her ninth to find herself awarded the position of head-girl. Her duties range from discarding our two deceased goldfish (Summa and Summarum) to dealing out weekly pocket money to bankrupt boarders. Patiently each day she has looked after the dinner register, which is a real job; but our Max accomplishes it with great competence. Maxie, a crack skater, assisted B. A. Scott in opening the new Brockville Memorial Civic Centre this March. Her main pet aversion is untidiness, but this is counteracted by ice-cream (peppermint) eating in general, Be my Love , Mario Lanza style, and the terminating bell of her chemistry periods. It might also be added that Judy finds enough time to be one of the most energetic consumers of Prefects ' teas. In June when Judy leaves, Elmwood will lose a most valuable head-girl! Judy plans to take a course a t Sargent in Cambridge, Mass. All our love and best wishes go with you, Judy!

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Jtouie Senior Suzette DeWolf: S je was good as she was fair Shoo left us two years ago for Victoria, B.C., but returned in the fall to find herself monitor, and then, before long, rose to the exalted rank of House Senior. Her chief characteristic is her light brown hair, since we question how much sleep, the necessary pin-curls allow our fair haired colleague. Next in importance is the time she spends on retrieving library books from ardent book-worms, while her leisure hours are spent at the movies or listening to Rachmaninoff ' s concertos, and taking her two dogs for walks in the evening. Shoo is a keen tennis player, as well as scoring ten points in the basketball game with Hatfield. She is known for mumbling to herself trying to figure out the binomial theorem and analytical geometry. Shoo appreciates those who make her giggle, and Elmwood would be sadly different without it, but she will be back next year completing her Senior Matric. Leslie Ann Jackson: ' ' Speak little, speak well Leslie Bell , this year ' s popular head of Nightingale diligently worked her way through monitorship and earned her well-deserved House Senior pin in November. Bell , as she is called by her pals, was given the tough job of looking after pound this year; she has capably succeeded in keeping it under control and her favourite pastime is seeing how many articles, lost or otherwise, she can pick up draining mostly juniors and intermediates of all their pennies, not to mention the seniors. Les was another performer in the Ashbury-Elmwood play and in the role of Mrs. AUoway could not have played better. One of her many accomplishments is her steadiness in playing badminton. Her persistence, if not heard, is felt throughout the corridors of the school and next year when Leslie returns for her eleventh and final year, to complete her senior matric, we all wish her the best of success. Till next year, Bell ! Wendy Quain: For e ' en though, vanquished She could argue still Commonly known as Windo or Little (?) Quain around the senior school, Wendy is our famed Latin student. We claim that she is a direct descendant of Virgil. At noon and break this conscientious House Senior can usually be found hustling elusive juniors outside to get their required amount of fresh air, and that, we assure you, is quite a job, which Wendy executes with great ease. Her favourite song (oddly enough) is When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin ' Along ; she is our badminton champ — not to mention being a super-skier and tennis player. Although at all times she is calm, cool and collected, Windo will very easily blush a deep rose at the mention of certain subjects (and we don ' t mean school subjects! ) Elmwood hopes to see Wendy back next year capably completing her Senior Matric.

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Diana Fraser: IW the world ' s a stage Popular head of Fry, Bobo was recently promoted to the rank of House Senior. She is our favourite source of entertain- ment which includes a tap dance now and then and excerpts from her role as the affected Vera in Eliza Co?nes to Stay. There is never a dull moment when Di is amongst us; she maintains that there is no place like the Burg but would prefer to dwell indefinitely in Ottawa. Bobo is a top swimmer and racing champ of Brockville and surrounding towns. Her weaknesses are dances (as long as they ' re in Ottawa), long nails, Chinese meals, and music. Pet aversions include any type of work, egoists, and people without senses of humour. Di ' s plans for next year are as yet undecided but her hopes are to return to Elmwood. Norma Baird: It is a womaii ' s privilege to change her mind ' ' ' As assistant head boarder, Baird as everyone calls her, can be seen every Sunday morning before church reading to the juniors. She was very recently promoted to the exalted rank of House Senior, and is also one of the school ' s top debaters. Norma looks forward to her double chemistry periods on Tuesday afternoons with an enthusiasm we find unusual in the senior school! Many spare minutes of this industrious gal ' s time are spent playing baseball, her favourite sport. She also likes food and clothes, and enjoys studying the geography of Mexico. Staying in, uniforms, and show-offs are a few of Norma ' s aversions. We have narrowed Norma ' s future destiny down to two things: a nurse or a Mexican Hat Dancer; only time will tell! Next year will find Norma at the Civic Hospital, taking a nurse ' s course. Good luck! Monitors — Catherine Prudham, Shelagh Macoun Special Students