Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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24 SAMARA POETRY AWARD 1953 Invocation A hush of twilight settles on the bay, And weaves a brooding spell through earth and sky; It soothes the little winds that moan and sigh, And fills with peace the last red glow of day. Muffled forests and mountains vast and vague; Night ' s cloak splashed with dew drops; lus- trous moon Pouring molten silver on the quiet bay, Where, far-off, ghostly, hollow, laughs a loon. Clear dawn, and misty dusk, and velvet dew; The midnight majesty of starlit skies; The ocean whispers sounding in a shell. As echoes of sea music faintly rise; The April dance of wind-blown hyacinth; The trustful faith that lies in love-lit eyes; The tenderness in every mother ' s face; The selfless splendour of great sacrifice. O, Beauty, call to my wild restless heart. So I may sing the glories of Thy grace. In words inspired b y burning love for thee; Beauty, my Queen, be glorified through me! Janet Chapman, V A Fry It Happened Long Ago It was all very well, Sean meditated, that he should be given another chance, but even so he would have to perform three almost impossible feats even to gain the rank of a Clover , and then three more to win the exalted position of a Shamrock . This will, no doubt, need explaining. Sean Do-Good, a smaller and younger than average leprechaun, living in the heart of the Emerald Isle, had failed (because of above-named physical features) his only chance to enter the services of the Trefoil as guard. But as he was likely to fail again anyway, he was to be given another chance at it. So, as a result of this, a couple of days later, Sean went quaking into the Senior Supervisor ' s office to receive his orders. After an age of waiting (or so it seemed to the paralysed Sean) he was given a piece of parchment and found it to contain the following notice: — Sean Do-Good is to journey out alone to the dark wood, equipped only with knife and steed where he is to procure within ten days the following: the hair of a bald eagle, gold piece of a Scotsman, and accent of an English- man. Should he fail to do these things, he will be banished forever from the Emerald Isle. It was signed with a Trefoil — symbolic of great power to the little leprechaun — and Sean almost regretted his choice of a vocation but even so he was not going to back out now . . . So two days later he set out with a few provisions and knife and steed to get the three things. As it was a pleasant day, Sean decided that in order not to tire his horse (fly) he would lead him and walk himself. It was several hours later when the exhausted gnome arrived at a spring. He decided to rest there for the night and set out in quest of wood for a fire. He had not got very far when he heard the sound of a little boy crying. He veered off his course and came into a small clearing where a little child sat clutching a new bag of shiny marbles. Sean asked what the trouble was, and he replied, Momma jus ' got me a new batch a marls an I ' ve got no-one tuh play wif. Will you play wif me?. ' (The last hopefully). The little man was about to reply curtly when he