Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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16 SAMARA Junior Philosophy Club Due to the great interest in Philosophy during the first term, the Junior Philosophy Club was formed after Christmas for the girls of 5C and 5B. It was organized under the leadership of A4iss Carruthers and Miss Reed with a membership of seventeen. The purpose of the club is to discuss philosophical ideas of the Christian religion. As we have representatives of the four major Christian Churches in Canada we have many varied ideas offered for discussion. We have discussed many interesting topics this year. The first topic we defined was Reality. Then we discussed God and Man and their relationship to each other. While discussing Man, we touched on soul, per- sonality and character. Our last topic was Jesus Christ and his relationship to God and Man. In the future we are going to talk about Good and F,vil, the Holy Spirit, and the Sacraments. Our aim is not to arrive at a conclusion, but to have everybody express her own ideas so that we may gain a better understanding of our religion. Special Art Friday afternoon arrives and in the art room many voices are heard debating on wliat type of drawing or painting will be done today; still life, figure drawing or abstract; pastels, paints or charcoal. Then the noise sub- sides as Mrs. Hazeland makes a suggestion which is agreeable to all. For an hour Mrs. Hazeland corrects, suggests, or sometimes watches in silence. We all would like to thank Mrs. Hazeland for her expert help in art class and for many enjoyable Friday afternoons. The Elmwood Public Speaking Club Unfortunately, due to many reasons, the Public Speaking Club had a very short exis- tence this year. However the time we did have was well used, thanks to the efforts of Miss Boyle and Miss Reed. We learned a great deal not only about public speaking but also about election cam- paigns, the drawing up of constitutions and public meeting procedure. Shortly before Christmas, we elected a President, Vice- President and a secretary,— Vicky Brain, Esther Prudham and Laragh Neelin. Once again our grateful thanks to Miss Boyle and Aiiss Reed, and let us hope we will have a chance to try again next year.