Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 17 Soccer On October eleventh our sports season started off with a triumph for Nightingale and a defeat for Fry. It was the first soccer game of the season, Nightingale defeating Fry 6-2, with Sally Sadler the high scorer for the winners. In the second game Night- ingale won over Keller, 4-0, and in the third game Keller again took a beating, this time from Fry by a score of 3-2. But in the finals Nightingale once again pulled through against Fry and became the undefeated champions. Volleyball After the soccer we turned to Volleyball —this was somewhat of a new experience for most of us because we hadn ' t taken it too seriously before. It turned out to be more than a great success. In the first game Keller and Nightingale clashed, Keller proving to be the abler by winning 48-29, with Carol Bruce the high scorer. In the second game, Fry was defeated by Nightingale to the tune of 42-28, and the third game saw poor old Fry trounced by Keller, 37-20. In the finals the undefeated Keller washed out Nightingale 41-22 with Lynne Castonguay the high scorer. The highlight of the Volleyball season was the Staff vs Nightingale game. Although the staff was defeated 35-13, I ' m sure they all enjoyed themselves, especially under the experienced refereeing of Mrs. Wilgress. Basketball This sport brought not only house games but also games against Keniptville, Arnprior, Nepean and Glebe, with Elmwood being de- feated by all except Nepean, whom we de- feated by a very large margin. In house competition Keller won the school championship by defeating Nighting- ale. Both houses took a turn at defeating poor ole Fry. The annual Old Girls ' Game was one of the most thrilling and amusing games in many years. The old girls were not just old girls from last year and the year before; some were from ten or more years ago. Even so, these spry (?) old girls were not able to defeat the skilled playing of the young girls. The old girls included such stars as Phyllis Mayburry, Di Boyd, B. J. Davis, Lilias Ahearn, Sheila Cabeldu, Cally Grant, Joan and Anne Maynard and Margaret Ann Barr. Badminton This year was the first year that Elmwood has taken competition outside the school quite seriously, and judging from various results, we all hope it will continue and expand in time. In Badminton we were especially lucky in that Lynne Castonguay is the six- teen-and-under Ottawa and District Cham- pion, and Franny Cabeldu is the runner-up.

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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.

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18 S A A I A R A SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM Left to right. Front row: L. Castonguay, F. Cabeldu, S. Sadler, H. Petrie. Second Row: M. Gratias, L. Neelin, L. Redpath. SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM From left to right, Front row: L. Gait, C. Bruce, S. Sadler (Capt.), F. Cabeldu. Back row: R. Petrie, E. Bratton, B. Wood, L. Castonguay, J. Grier, D. Manion, L. Redpath.