Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 15 MONITORS FRONT: Lesley Gait, Judy Ewing, Kit Sampson, Jane Rowley, Sherrill Fell, Christine Mackenzie, Dierdre Kirby, Heather Blaine. BACK: Judy Toller, Jane MacTavish, Ginny Wilson, Di Lawson, Wendy Blackburn, Margo Hay, Martha Wilson. This year we have quite a menagerie down- stairs. The trouble all started when INSECT bit GIGI, the HORSE, which caused ' ARF-N- ' ARF to kick MONKEY HEAD, but ANGEL intervened and peace was restored. BIG JULES always has lots of aces up his sleeve; she ' d better watch it or they ' ll fall in the SOUP. Who forgot their specs? MAGOO. Who? No, GNU. But none of us really think that GHERKIN ' S a pickle, even if BABY FACE insists that she is. What ' s this? . . . Visitors on the stairs? LOU and RONNIE— oh for shame! BLONDIE says, I was born a blonde and I ' ll die a blonde, even if I have to dye to be a blonde! Who says Something old, some- thing new, something borrowed, something BLUE ? eh, Angela? And so we leave the wild beasts and invade the calm serenity of the third floor. . . The Clique (SIMPLE, CUN, NEEDLES, BEAV) are under the impression that their leaving will be a sad loss to the boarding school. But the rest of us had a wild celebration, and GIN and RAISINS made a big Ha-ha. How

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14 SAMARA 6 Matric Debate This year a few of the more talkative girls in 6 Aiatric staged a debate. The resolu- tion was that integration should be enforced. The members of the affirmative were Sandy McNaughton, Ruthie Petrie and Judy Toller. On the negative were Linda Chauvin, Carol Simpson and Margo Hay. Chris Mackenzie was the chairman. The judges, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Carruthers, and Miss Boyle, had difficulty in choosing the winning side, but after much discussion the affirmative was declared the victor. The de- baters spoke with great enthusiasm and in- terest, and everyone enjoyed their efforts. Public Speaking This year our public speaking contest was held in November, a month, which, judging from the speeches presented, seems to be very inspiring. The topics were varied, ranging from Waste to English Literature. Every- one is to be congratulated as all speeches were of the highest quality. Prize winners were as follows: Junior winner — Sandra Burke-Robertson. Honour- able mention — Jessica Bradley. Commendable — Antonia Freites and Beatrice Lacoste. In- termediate winner — Gail Fincham. Honour- able mention — Janice Greenberg. Commend- able — Carolyn Strauss and Susan Rodgers. Senior winner — Deirdre Kirby. Honourable mention — Julie Kingstone. Commendable — Diane A4anion, Holly Ryan, Kit Sampson, Heather Blaine. PUBLIC SPEAKING WINNERS Deirdre Kirby — Senior winner, and Gail Fincham — Intermediate winner. Missing — Sandra Burke-Robertson — Junior winner.

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