Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 15 OLD GIRLS ' NOTES My dear Old Elmwoodians, I am taking the opportunity offered by the School Magazine to write to you all collectively to tell you of our hopes of forming an Old Girls ' Association in the near future. I am sure that you will all agree that we are now sufficiently grown up to have an organization of this sort. On looking back through the records I find that over two hun- dred pupils have been enrolled. Many left in the days when we were very small, particularly the upper classes, and went to board- ing schools in Canada or abroad. Three are married. Surely that sets the seal on our grownupness ! Many of you have shown in various ways that you value your associations with that somewhat delapidated, rambling old home- stead which once housed us and from which has sprung our present beautiful building. It is always a very great pleasure to me to welcome any of you here and I should be very happy if as many as possible of the old girls could meet at Elmwood one day in June and make plans for future reunions. I shall be very glad on this occasion to arrange hospitality for the night for any girls coming from a distance, who may desire it. Definite invitations will be sent out early in June. The progress and welfare of the school are so very much in the hands of its old pupils that I am hoping you will feel able to re- spond readily to this suggestion that past and present pupils should have a closer link. Yours affectionately,

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14 SAMARA and Norman Wilkes, besides many others including a performance of Cjn-ano de Bergerac. We spent a very enjoyable evening early in December at the Chateau Laurier when Wilson Macdonald read aloud some of his poems. He had previously done us the great honour of coming to Elmwood to read us some of his beauti- ful poetry, and on that occasion had offered a prize of one of his poems in his own writing to the Elmwood girl who wrote from memory the longest list of Canadian poets. This prize was won by Mary Rosamond, and the poem was most beautiful in every way, and is valued not only for its own beauty but for the beautiful writing and colour design, in which Mr. Macdonald is an adept. THE RAPIDS I walked along a woodland path. When, from a valley merging, I came upon a wondrous sight Of giant waters surging. They skipped and pranced along the gorge. And then, in torrents rushing. They dropped a hundred feet and more To hurry on a-gushing. And in and out and round about Played nymph and watermew, While dancing here and flitting there. The rainbow fairies flew. But still I see them in my mind, Those crystal waters foaming; And ever fancy that I hear The music of their roaming. — Betty Gordon, Form III.

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16 SAMARA NEWS OF OLD GIRLS {The Editor will be very glad to receive any news of old Elmwoodians, for insertion in the next magazine.) Margaret Adams is at school in Bronxville, New York. Amy AsHiON is one of the season ' s debutantes; she came out at a dance given in her honour at the Chateau Laurier in November. LoRNA and Mary Blackburn, and also Nancy MacCarthy and Kathleen Guthrije, are at a finishing school in Paris, and have just spent their holidays in Algiers. Vera Birkett is now Mrs. Henry Gill. She was married a year ago, and is living in Ottawa. Gwendolyn Borden, since leaving Elmwood, has been at school both in England and in Paris. She was one of this year ' s debutantes; Mrs. Borden gave a delightful dance for her at the Country Club. Marjorie Borden. We are very sorry that, owing to ill- health, Marjorie had to leave Elmwood, but we are so delighted to have her as such a near and interested neighbour that we do not feel she has really left us. Ruth Bostock is in England at the Godolphin School, Salis- bury. Beryl and Monica Brett are in England. We understand that Monica was especially mentioned in a dramatic contest judged by Sir Martin Harvey, in London. Beryl is in the midst of her University career, and is fulfilling the promise shown by her studiousness at school. Mrs. Buck has heard from Monica and Beryl each Chirstmas since 1920 — but has had no address! Can anyone give it? Amea Brewin has, until this year, been living in Toronto, but is now visiting relations in England. She is also making flying visits to the Continent. She is keeping up her music and singing. Betty Burstall we have not heard from lately and we conclude she is still at school in Brussels. We shall be glad to have news of her.