Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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14 S A iM A R A This year brought new extra-curricular activities into the time-table in the form of clubs. Four clubs were laid out for the Junior School, grades one to eight inclusive, and five JUNIOR CLUBS The Junior Drama Club The Junior Drama Club is a group of girls chosen from four forms in the Lower School to study the theatre and to put on a small play for the school at the end of the term. The forms from which the girls come are 4C to 4A. Just now the Drama Club consists of ten girls. At the moment of writing the Club is rehearsing for a little play called Harle- quinade in which the characters are, the hero Pierrot, the heroine Columbine and the villain Harlequin. The play was originally a ballet and came from Fi ' ance. The producer, Mrs. Davis, is making an effort to get the play on its feet, so that the rest of the school can see it before the end of the year. The club meets in the last two periods of the week on Friday. The Crafts Club The Crafts Club is directed by Aliss Dan- hof and consists of about ten people. The members are mainly from Lower and Upper 4B and 4C. During the previous two terms we have made such things as soft toys, dolls, raffia mats, baskets, weaving, lamp shades and string puppets. Sewing Club The Sewing Club is held every Friday afternoon during the last two periods in the 4A classroom. iVIiss Hunt is our sewing mis- tress and has come up with some wonderful ideas for the year. We have made slippers out of face cloths, doll ' s nightgowns, tatting and smocking and we have enjoyed doing them all. We have six members in our club. They are Margot Toller, our horsewoman, Wendy clubs for the Senior School. Each student chose her club at the end of the first school week, and meetings were held on Friday after- noons. Cromar who has a very good talent for sewing. Sheila MacTavish, our good baseball player, Rita Browning whose dog appears in nearly all her compositions, Joan Brown who is always hoping to go home for the week- end. Then we have the youngest member of our Club, Julie Blackburn who can sew very well indeed. We have had a very nice sewing year and we have learned some very helpful things for when we get to be old ladies. Music Club Due to the decision to have Clubs every Friday afternoon, we now have a regular iVIusic Club. Before Christmas there was a Junior and a Senior Club but now we have joined together to form one big club. The reason for this is that we are going to be putting on the Operetta Hansel and Gretel with Leslie Gait, Katie Schell, Linda Chauvin, and Kathy Connolly taking the leading parts. Wish us luck! Our thanks to Mrs. Eddelsten and Miss Barr! SENIOR CLUBS Current Events Club Every Friday afternoon at ten minutes to three the Current Events Club meets in the 5A classroom to discuss the events of the week under the very capable hands of Mrs. Wilgress. At our first meeting in the fall our officers were elected as follows: President, Carol Bruce; Vice-president, Judy Wilson and Secretary, Thale Gunneng. During the year we have managed to cover topics ranging from the Suez crisis to Paris fashions. Mrs. Wilgress having travelled greatly is able to give us important little de-

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S A M A R A 13 We were very fortunate in having Rich Little and Geoff Scott do some of their al- ways entertaining impressions, especially a rousing rendition of Did You Evah from High Society. Refreshments were supphed by the iVlothers ' Guild. The dance ended about twelve o ' clock after a highly enjoyable even- ing. Elmwood Formal The night of February 22 at the Country Club on the Aylmer Road, Elmwood School held its annual formal dance. The evening be- gan with the traditional receiving line, made up of our headmistress, iMrs. Bruce, Madame Krupka, our head girl, Esther Prudham and her escort. Then the guests danced to the excellent music of Alec Dawson who played music ranging from waltzes to sambas. A few dances were for prizes, and to out-do us all, A ' lrs. Edwards won the prize for the elimination dance. Later in the evening we had supper and enjoyed it immensely. The unending sup- ply of punch and coke throughout the even- ing was very much appreciated by all. The evening ended with a flourish of horn blowing and balloon bursting and the s ow departure of the guests. After this year ' s suc- cessful formal we ' ll be looking forward to next year ' s with great anticipation. Carleton College Day On January 31 the upper forms of Ash- bury and Elmwood arrived at Carleton Col- lege feeling somewhat timid and perhaps even a little awe struck at the prospect of spending the morning at college. A week before. Dr. McLeish, the registrar of Carleton, had visited Elmwood to arrange with the girls the lectures which they wisiicd to attend. Each girl was given the choice of two hour-long lectures from such interestino- subjects as English, Science, History, or Poli- tical Science. After, or between the lectures, depending on her schedule, each girl had one free hour to spend touring the library, the canteen, and the Student L nion Building, which were found with a little help from the co-operative college students. At one o ' clock we assembled in the College auditorium for a very enjoyable luncheon, after which we heard from Dr. Bissell, iVlr. Perry of Ashbury, and the president of the Carleton College Students ' Union. A few Elmwood girls, so filled with en- thusiasm for the various aspects of college life, even spent the afternoon at a very interesting ( : ) engineering lecture. And so ended the first day at college for the girls in the Matriculation classes at Elm- wood, now readier than ever to tackle the exams which w ill lead the way to an exciting few years in college. Senior Library This year has shown a renewed interest, on the part of the girls, in reading. This is largely due to the many new books the lib- rary acquired last year. We would like to thank the Mothers ' Guild for its wonderful contribution, and especially Mrs. W. M. Landymore and Mrs. Charles Jennings, who spent so many hours cataloguing and choos- ing books. We hope that next year will again show an improved interest in the library and that more new books will be added to stimu- late this interest. We would also like to thank iVIiss Reed, our staff librarian, for all her help, especially during examinations when she took over en- tirely. Here is to the end of an extremely suc- cessful year and to even greater success in the future! Choir The choir this year is a small twelve com- pared to last year ' s twenty-two. We are under the direction of Adiss Danhof and Miss Barr. At Christmas, we contributed our small part in the Christmas Concert, singing Coventry Carol and Love came down at Christmas , a song in rounds. The people in the Choir are: Altos Sopranos Jane iMacTavish Linda Chauvin Susie Southam Trudy Johnston Kathy Connolly Candace Higginson Lesley Gait Julie Newsome Katie Schell Julia Kingstone Carolyn Strauss

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SAMARA 15 MONITORS Front row: B. Wood, R. Findlay, R. Darricades, F. Drury, L. Castonguay. Back row: S. Ewing, P. Slemon, S. Clarke, J. Wilson, J. Garvock, H. Petrie. a few groans about Saturday morning re- hearsals, it was all worth it in the end as the final performance went over very well. Senior Philosophy Club Every Friday afternoon you can find us, the Senior Philosophy Club, in the senior classroom. Under the able leadership of Mrs. Bruce, we discuss many and varied subjects. We all find great pleasure in the discus- sion of strange religions, and although we have representatives of many different Christian creeds, we freely discuss Christianity and the pros and cons of our differences. Throughout the last two terms we have gotten great help and guidance from A ' Ir. C. S. Lewis ' Mere Christianity . We all want to thank Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. Edwards for their enthusiastic leadership of our club. tails on our subjects, thus making our dis- cussions more interesting. Although our ar- guments and enthusiastic discussions have not solved any great world problems, I think everyone has gained a greater knowledge of world affairs from our weekly groups this year. The Dramatic Clul) This year ' s dramatic Club was very suc- cessful. Under the direction of Mrs. Meikle- john we attempted a new type of school play; it was a full length two-act play, which was about the biggest job we have ever tackled. The play was entitled I Remember Mama by John Van Druten. Helena Von Numers and Katy Schell both gave excel- lent performances as Mama and Katrine (the narrator) respectively. Although there were