Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 21 WHEN we returned in September, we were all very glad to welcome Sandra McKee as our head girl. As our resi- dent mistresses we had Miss MacCallum, Miss Kaye , later Mrs. McAulay and Miss Max- well, as our newcomers; Miss Shand, Miss Leonard, Mrs. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Soulis our matron, and Miss Robinson the nurse. Miss Jessop again filled the full-time post of house- mistress. So we settled down to enjoy our serene lives as Elmwood boarders (crash!). Did I say peaceful? Well, with the exception of Lounge Bedroom and the lounge after study, the school is serene. But when you enter the lounge, beware! The intermediates are trying out the latest Latin-American dance steps, while Sandra is vainly trying to pry the tubes out of the radio and Sue Richardson is giving the latest Iroquois crew cut to one of her defenceless victims. Mrs. Graham has granted us some very generous privileges this year. The boarders were allowed weekends out at least once a month and the girls went to numerous dances. Miss Jessop also arranged for us to see the concerts and outstanding events in Ottawa. The girls were able to see the Morning Music Club, Tremblay and Philharmonic Concerts. We also saw the Sonja Henie Ice Show, the Minto Follies and the Messiah sung by the Ottawa Choral Union. Amongst the numerous activities inside school were the Hallowe ' en Party, which never fails to bring out the junior boarders in all the property cupboard ' s finery; the Christ- mas Carol Service, when we all went down to Mrs. Graham ' s house to sing carols; and the Christmas pajama-party for the staff and girls. Santa paid us a visit and there were refresh- ments served afterwards. On the sporting side of our activities were swimming at Lac PhiHppe, skating at night thanks to Mrs. Graham who had a spot light placed near the rink, and baseball in the fall and summer term. Before ending, we should like to thank Mrs. Graham and all the members of the staff, who have helped to make this a happy and enjoy- able year for the boarders and we would like to bid a fond farewell to Miss Leonard and Miss Shand.

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20 SAMARA Public Speaking There was only one interclass debate this year, between the 5Bs and 5Cs. The 5Bs suc- cessfully proved that The dress of Western women should not remain static for twenty- five years in the styles of the 1950 ' s . The Public Speaking contest is to be held on May 1 5 this year and there should be a wide variety of subjects. Last year ' s winners were Sheila McCormick whose subject was Flying Saucers and Madge Macbeth who spoke on Be Kind to Animals Week . Dances This year, through Mrs. Graham ' s kindness, Elmwood had three dances, which were all successes due to the energy of the various dance committees. The first, a house dance, was attended by the majority of the school and among the numerous dances were elimination , bingo and spot dances, which heightened the amusement. The Annual Formal, on February 13, was a marvellous success. The gym was beautifully decorated by Freiman ' s generosity, also by the seniors ' hot air used in blowing up the balloons, which hung in all possible, and some impossible, places. The orchestra, Toby Rochester ' s, played various types of wonder- ful dance music. 5A organized the square dance, which was a very strenuous affair. The band played un- ceasingly, while whirling dervishes danced equally unceasingly in the gym, this time festooned with saddles and other farm accou- trements. All these dances were supplemented by wel- come refreshments. The Mothers ' Guild de- serves the highest praise for its timely aid in this direction which greatly contributed to the undoubted success of the dances. Ballet Notes Although the ballet class this year is small, it is still very enthusiastic and at Christmas was joined by Myrna Badham who has done marvellously in catching up with us. This year there has only been one ballet recital which was held the day of the Bazaar along with several other forms of entertain- ment. The solo was very beautifully done by Sheila McCormick; the duet by Margo Frei- man and Andrea Rowley and the Gypsy Dance by Efi Malamaki, Jana Stephanova and Lilias Ahearn. The music was very ably provided by Mr. MacTavish. Ema Pilupe has now finished her extremely successful year of teaching at Elmwood and we hope to see her back next fall. Free Day It was the thirtieth of January and one of our most anticipated days had arrived — Free Day. This day has been an annual event at Elmwood for many years, and always turns out to be a great success in its own peculiar way. Each class is free to arrange its own time table for the day and many extra-curric- ular activities are had which ordinarily the pupils would not have the opportunity to par- ticipate in. A favourite period for the junior school was an extra skating lesson. The inter- mediate classes even tackled a German gram- mar text and some listened to Madame Krup- ka ' s languages and fascinating stories about the many European countries she knows. We were very fortunate this year in having films for the senior school which corresponded to our studies in science. Many of the classes held a period of musical appreciation to which classical, semi-classical and valuable collectors ' records were brought. Thus another Free Day passed and we all agreed that again it was a success, but more- over we proved that we could pass a free day in a constructive manner.

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22 SAMARA This year the school has not had one sports captain but three! Each house captain had the honour of being one third of a school captain. Nightingale ' s sports captain was Joan May- nard; Keller ' s, Meg Reynolds; and Fry ' s, Sally Wright. They collaborated for the school sports captaining. Sports Day Sports day of 1952 was a lovely day with the exception of a few mosquitoes. The whole day was a success, thanks to Miss Jessop. Everything went smoothly except for an oc- casional bang from the cap gun. The follow- ing cups were awarded: Senior Sports Cup— Janet Lawson and Pat Knowlton Intermediate Sports Cup— Joan Maynard Junior Sports Cup— Lynn Castonguay Preparatory Sports Cup— Ann Gilbert Interhouse Sports Cup— Fry Basketball This year our outside basketball games have been met with great zeal. We played five games against foreign schools and we had fairly good luck, only losing two games, both to Carleton College. In spite of the fact that a couple of our players had to be lent to the Y.W.C.A. team once, we won both games against them. The game against Lisgar was very exciting and litde did we think we could beat them, but we did. The games played were: January 27— Elmwood 16, Carleton College 25 February 3— Elmwood 26, Lisgar February 12-Elmwood 23, Y.W.C.A. 14 February 28— Elmwood 14, Carleton College 21 March 3-Elmwood 26, Y.W.C.A. 15 School Basketball Team: Forwards: Lorna Travaglini (Captain), Mar- garet Boehm, Catherine Prudham, Sue Richardson, Sally Wright, Jennifer WooU- combe, Jo-Anne Davis, Janet Hanson Guards: Janet Chapman, Meg Reynolds, Joan Maynard, Jane Mulholland, Sheila McCor- mick, Marianne Lovink, Josephine Stone At school we battled on our small court with the House Games which were played with great enthusiasm. Fry won the Senior Basketball and Nightingale the Junior. There was even a boarders versus staff game which proved to be a riot in more ways than one. Goodness knows who won!