Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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!

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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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SAMARA 23 Other Sports Our badminton tournaments were very exciting this year as we saw some good games. The whole school watched the finals, the winners being: Senior singles— Jane Mulholland Senior Doubles— Jane Mulholland and Sheila McCormick Intermediate Singles— Sally Wright Intermediate Doubles— Sally Wright and Sue Richardson Due to unsuitable conditions we have been unable to play tennis so far this year. At the beginning of last year (1952) the school tennis team, which consisted of last year ' s winners, played in the Interscholastic Tournaments; we didn ' t do very well. The players were: Senior Singles— Joan Maynard Senior Doubles— Joan Maynard and Sally Wright Intermediate Singles— Sue Richardson Intermediate Doubles— Betsy -Jane Davis and Virginia Shurly Another sport in which our ardent athletes have taken part is volleyball. Even though the ceiling was often a hindrance to our better efforts, the games proved to be exciting. Fry managed to win first place in the senior games. Even though this was not a part of our inter-house games, mention must be made of it as it was our one only outdoor game— quite humorous, I must say. This was our senior versus intermediate softball game. The Mad Hatters beat the Mighty Mice 35-33, although the A4ighty Mice put up a good fight! The mighty seniors are invincible! Gym The main event of the year to the gymnasts was the Gym Display held on March 13. About two months were spent in preparation for it. With exercises by the seniors, square dancing, and Indian Club display, and several acts by the juniors, it turned out to be one of our better accomplishments of the year, thanks to Miss Jessop ' s hard work. On Friday after- noons this year, there was an extra class of apparatus for the more energetic seniors and intermediates. It was a popular class, especially for the reducers. Skiing and Skating As there was hardly any snow in Ottawa this year there was not much skiing, except foi the person who did not mind skiing on ice. Consequently most of the school went up to Mont Tremblant where they had a terrific weekend amidst heaps of snow. Unfortunately there were one or two casualties which shall be nameless! The skating rink was made behind Mrs. Graham ' s house and everyone had a lovely time on it, especially the Juniors. Judy Nesbitt came once a week to teach the enthusiastic skaters. The skating lasted a bit longer fortun- ately than the skiing.