Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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S A A4 A R A 13 3nter-sckool Sports Tennis For the third consecutive year, the Elm- wood school tennis team won the Inter- scholastic Tennis Tournament, held this year at the Ottawa Tennis Club on September 26. The team, consisting of Heather Blaine, Laragh Neelin, Lesley Gait, A ' lartha Wilson and Sherrill Fell, had a near grand-slam victory, winning forty-eight out of forty- nine games played. SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM. Front: Heather Blaine, Sherrill Fell. Back: Lesley Gait, Laragh Neelin, A ' lartha Wilson. Volleyball This year for the second time, Elmwood entered a volleyball team in the Inter-School Tournament. As we were an odd school, we were given the most difficult draw, as we had to play one more game than all the other schools, and also had to meet all the schools once instead of only half the schools twice. Nevertheless the team was able to reach the finals in the last league, and were defeated by Nepean by only two points in the final game. However the girls are already throwing that volleyball around again, so who knows what may happen next year! SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL. Front: Nancy Smallian, Jjdy Ewing, Sherrill Fell, Heather Blaine (captain , Linda Peden, Chris Mackenzie. Back: Lesley Gait, Phyllis Burke, Judy Brown, Sherry Oliver, Carolyn Strauss, Ginny Wilson, Di Manion.

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12 S A iVI A R A United Nations On February 24, a model United Nations Security Council meeting was held at Carle- ton University. The Council was composed of a delegation from every high school in Ottawa. Each group represented a member country in the Security Council, and Elm- wood took the part of Tunisia in the debates. Our delegates were Sandra A IcNaughton, Judy Ewing and Anne iVIcDowell. The resolutions put forward concerned the admittance of the Peoples ' Republic of China (Red China) to the United Nations, total world disarmament, the Jordan-Israeli crisis, and Egyptian control of the Suez Canal. Anne A ' lcDowell delivered Tunisia ' s first speech stating her country ' s position towards the entrance of Red Chi na into the U.N. She abstained from voting on this issue. Sandy McNaughton spoke on the Jordan-Israeli crisis, and Judy Ewing on world disarma- ment. Ann later delivered Tunisia ' s final speech on Egyptian control of the Suez Canal. The meeting was the first of i:s kind in Ottawa, and was, we feel, a great success. Choir The choir this year was very successful under the patient direction of Mrs. Edelsten. Each morning it held practice before school, demonstrating the enthusiasm the girls must have had for it. Otherwise what normal girl would get up about a half hour earlier than absolutely necessary. These practices were well worth while, for nearly each week the choir sang for us such songs as The Lord ' s Prayer , All in the April Evening , and Eye Hath not Seen , besides providing valuable assistance in the hymn singing. Their enthusi- asm and effort made morning prayers much more enjoyable for us all. A big vote of thanks goes to Airs. Edelsten lor her guidance and the time she spent coaching and instructing the choir. Thanks also to Mrs. Edelsten for the wonderful din- ner party she gave the choir. We hope next year she will continue as choir mistress, and that the choir will be even bigger and better. Philosophy Club Everyone who attended the Philosophy Club this year would agree that it has been one of the best years ever. We had excellent speakers, such as Rev. Preece, Rev. Griffith, Canon Bruce, Father Leo, Rabbi Eckstein, Dr. Uhlir (the new member of our Elm wood community) and many others. As can be seen by their respective titles, there was a variety of ideas, each one as interesting and valuable as the other. Our special thanks goes to A4rs. Bruce and Mrs. Blyth who gave so much of their time and knowledge to us. Every one of us appre- ciates all the evenings A4rs. Bruce opened her home to us. The friendly atmosphere did much to encourage the first few questions of the discussion periods, and to keep more com- ing. I am sure there isn ' t a girl who attended the discussions who will not, at some time in the years to come, remember and use some- thing which she learned from the Philosophy Club of Elmwood, 1960. French Club Cette annee Adadame Betts a organise un club francais pour les jeunes filles qui s ' interes- saient a la conversation franyaise. Une cin- quantaine de membres se rencontraient tous les lundis pour bavarder, chanter, et ecouter des compositions sur des sujets divers. On servait du the et des sandwiches ce qui don- nait a nos rencontres une atmosphere amicale. Cinq ou six fois le club a visite les jeunes filles Canadiennes franyaises de I ' ecole St. Joseph. Pour terminer la saison nous avons invite nos camarades de cette ecole a venir voir quatre films excel lents dont deux fran- yais que Mme. Betts avait choisis. Un diner a ete servi et pendant le repas j ' ai ete surprise de I ' amelioration et de la facilite avec laquelle nos filles s ' exprimaient avec leurs voisines de table. Nous pouvons remercier Adme. Betts pour sa merveilleuse idee, son organisation et sur- tout sa patience avec son French Club et je suis sure que I ' annee prochaine il reprendra avec beaucoup d ' enthousiasme.

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14 S A A4 A R A SCHOOL BASKETIULL. I ' lont: Nancy Smallian, Heather Blaine (captain), Sherrill Fell, Sherry Oliver, Sarah Garvock. Adiddle: Judy Marriott, Judy Brown. Back: Sue Arnold, Judy Ewing, Susie Southam, Angela Wolfe-Taylor, Phyllis Burk, Laragh Neelin, Lesley Gait. Basketl)all After an intensive practice, the team dis- covered that they would be unable to play in the Interscholastic Tournament. However this setback did not hinder a successful year. They played in the Out-of-Town invitational Tourney, meeting teams from Smiths Falls, South Carleton, Arnprior and Almonte. Later they played and defeated a well-organized Notre Dame squad. There were other invitational matches played, but the chmax was reached when they won 19-18 over the undefeated Lisgar teams who later became the Ottawa champions. S nter-kouse Sports Tennis Owing to bad weather and other accidents the inter-house tennis tournament was not finished in the fall as planned. The few games that were played, however, were very excit- ing, and we hope that the tournament will be finished some time in the spring. A4ay the best team win! Badminton For the second consecutive year, Heather Blaine managed to capture the senior singles cup, and teamed with Linda Peden to win the Senior doubles cup. In the Junior division, Sarah Gai vock won the singles, and she and Rita Browning the doubles. Badminton Team. Front: Heather Blaine, Sarah Garvock. Back: Linda Peden, Rita Browning.