Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA forward to hearing its first performance! The following are taking part: Trumpet: M. Borden, Nightingale: Mabel Dunlop, Cuckoo: R. Bostock, Quai ' : L. Wilson, Drum: B. Fauquier. Triangle: J. Southam, Rattle: J. Wilson, 1st Violin: Miss E. Bryce, 2nd Violin: C. Dougherty. We wish it success! The Lantern. — Acting upon a suggestion from Mrs. Buck before the Summer Holidays, that we should try to get a School Lantern for lecturing purposes, Janet, Olive, Cairine and Ralph Wilson, Janet and Bobbie Southam, and John Edwards at Saint Andrews, (with the help of Miss Neal and Miss Tipple) managed to get together a large sum. Luella Irvin gave a bazaar, and was able to contribute $11.17, while Joan Ahearn and Jocelyn and Rachel White contributed $3.93 from a little bazaar they held. Others who were unable to contribute anything through holiday efforts, have plans in progress by which they hope to raise some money before Christmas. Our warmest thanks and appreciation are due to Miss Hillman through whose efforts the magazine has been started. Miss Hillman has had a great deal of work in typing the copy, and her kindness merits our most sincere appreciation. We all welcome the many new girls and boys this term and hope they will be very happy with us. ELMWOOD BASKETBALL P. MacNichol L. Blackburn Forwards M. Blackburn Centres S. Smellie C. Dougherty Guards 1st Team. 2nd Team. R. Bostock B. Fauquier. O. Wilson V. Gilmour L. Wilson. MATCHES For. Against 1st Team V. — Ladies ' College. 1 st Team. V. — Ladies ' College 2nd Team V. — Ladies ' College Away, Home Home 13 7 Won 27 16 Won 13 9 Won L. BLACKBURN. Captain, 3

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SAMARA SCHOOL NEWS The growth of the School has been indicated this year in two ways. Firstly, the name has been changed from The Preparatory School to Elmwood , and secondly, the Hall has been entirely reconstructed and enlarged. We have now a fine and most attractive building half as large again as the old one, containing a big Assembly Hall with a permanent stage, and, above, light and airy classrooms. The only drawback to the last mentioned is that the new walls will bear embarrassing witness to the fact that hands are not always as clean as they should be! The name of this Magazine. — A SAMARA is the little winged fruit (or aeroplane man , as the little ones call it) of the Elm tree, and this Magazine is a little collection of literary fruits from Elmwood. Basket Ball. — Much more enthusiasm has been shewn lately in this game, owing to Miss Neal having formed three teams, and arranged for the School to play against others. The success which we have already had is due to her untiring efforts in coaching us. Lorna Blackburn was elected Captain, and particulars of the matches we have played appear further on. Lending Library. — A lending library has been started this term. Every merpber was asked to contribute one book, but the appeal met with such a great response — some girls con- tributing as many as seven and eight books — that we have been able to make an excellent start. Our subscriptions for the time being are 50c for the Upper School and 25c for the Lower, but we hope to be able to reduce these when we have got together a sufficient quantity of books. The money, of course, will be spent in buying books. Mrs. Buck has already given us some books, and Mrs. Fauquier has promised some. Without the last con- tribution, our number had grown to one hundred, and with that we opened the library on the 9th November. The Toy Symphony. — Under the direction of Miss Tipple a toy symphony orchestra has been formed, and we are looking 2

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SAMARA OUR DRAMATIC CLASS I think our Dramatic Class does us a great deal of good; 1 1 teaches us to be graceful and free of movement, to use our voices and speak well, and, above all, not to be afraid to stand alone. In our classes we cannot all act at once, but we can watch the others and profit by their mistakes, and by the instruction given. This year we are doing Midsummer Night ' s Dream ' last year we gave Julius Csesar , quite successfully, 1 think, and we all enjoyed our parts. Although we may not all wish to act when we grow up, studying Drama through a dramatic class gives an accurate knowledge of some of the finest Literature in the English Language. L. WILSON. ODE TO AUTUMN When Summer ' s gone, then you appear. The leaves you fling so far That we with sorrow wipe a tear. For the earth now lone and drear. When trees are bare we know you ' ve gone To other lands so fair, Now sad at heart we no more hear The birdling and its song. LORNA BLACKBURN. BOB THE FAITHFUL Up in the snow clad Lands of Alaska two weary travellers were trudging through the snow to where they knew not. They were Jim O ' Riley, a young Canadian explorer and his husky, Bob. ' O ' Riley had been on a long journey from Black Creek Post to Dawson. It was so late in the spring that the ice on the rivers was hardly safe for travel but O ' Riley ' s trip was necessary 4