Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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10 SAMARA Fiction, Drama, Art and Poetry are already represented on our shelves. The library is needless to say, much appreciated both by Boarders and Day girls. On October 15th, Their Excellencies Lord and Lady WiUingdon, very graciously consented to come and open the hall. They arrived at half past three. Mrs, Buck received their Excellencies and seated with them on the platform were Mrs. Edward Fauquier, Mrs. Harry Southam, the Hon. Cairine Wilson and Mrs. Buck. EHzabeth Kenny and Marian Gale presented her Excellency with a basket of roses and Mrs. Buck conveyed the appreciation of the School and the assembled company of the honour conferred by Their Excellencies in being present to open the Hall. His Excellency then expressed the delight of himself and her Excellency at being present, thanked those who had in a practical way made the hall possible and then went on to speak to us briefly on woman ' s influence on a man ' s life. After granting us a whole holiday, he then pronounced the hall to be open. Mrs. Norman Wilson (now the Hon. Cairi e Wilson) thanked their Excellencies for coming and they were then shown over the hall, class-rooms and library. After that, they had tea with Mrs. Buck in her sitting-room. We would like to take the opportunity here of thanking our many kind friends who have presented us with books for the library. We wish especially to thank Mrs. Fred Carling, the Hon. Cairine Wilson, the Hon. E. A. Dunlop, Mr. Franklyn Ahearn and Dr. A. G. Doughty, also the Old Girls who presented a play, Lilies of the Field , the proceeds of which are for the library fund. Two new cups were presented last year, one from Mabel Dunlop for intermediate sports championship and one from Janet Wilson and Kitty Gordon for tennis doubles. We have now a Prefect Board in the Hall on which the names of Prefects of each year are to be inscribed. We should like to acknowledge the receipt of the magazines which we have received since the publication of our last maga- zine: B.C.S. Magazine, The Ashburian, St. Andrews College Review, Beaver Log, Trafalgar Echoes, Vox Lyceai, Lux Glebana, Acta Ridleina. -E.K.

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SAMARA 9 JocELYN White: English Composition 3, English Literature C, Canadian History 3, Algebra C, French Authors C, French Com- position C. Again this year we have girls trying their matriculation. Gladys Jost is trying a few Upper School subjects, while Elizabeth Kenny, Catherine Macphail and Sharley Bowman are finishing their Pass Matric. and taking some Upper School subjects. Margaret Symington, Jocelyn White, Morna Peters and Ruth Eliot are hoping to finish their Pass Matric. Cairine Wilson, Ella McMillan, Cynthia Hill, Betty Sifton, Helen Acheson, Betty Gordon, Margot Seely, Rachel White and Florence Coristine are taking the first part of their junior exams. We hope that this year ' s candidates will be as successful as those of last year. Last year the prize winners gave the school some beautiful books for the new library. They are bound in green leather with the school crest on the back. The prize winners were: Betty Carter, Betty Vaughan, Catherine Macphail, Mabel Dunlop, Marian Gale, Ruth Seely, Janet Wilson, Elizabeth Kenny, Kitty Gordon, Roslyn Arnold, Joan Gausden, Claudia Coristine, Betty Sifton, Cairine Wilson, Louise Courtney, Elaine Meekins, Cynthia Hill, Mary Gray, Jane Smart, Helen Mackay, Eleanor Kenny, Jean Dunlop, Nancy Haultain, Mary Malloch, Betty Hooper, Genevieve Bronson, Hope Gilmour, Ethel Southam, Moira Leathem, Ann Creighton, Eleanor Carson, Betty Hamilton, Marjorie Mackinnon, W insome Hooper, Gill German, Beatrice Eraser, Joy Armstrong, Ethel Finnie. We came back to school in September to find a new hall, class- rooms, library, music-room, practice-room and property rooms. The hall was made larger and will now hold about 300 people. We have six large, airy and bright new class-rooms above and they are indeed a pleasure to work in. The stage we hold as one of our proudest possessions and we are going to feel very important when acting on it. Under the stage we have a small study r om and dressing and property rooms; a music room containing a new baby grand piano and leading out from this a practice room. The old Senior Class-room is now transformed into a beautiful library and reception room. The furnishings are very beautiful and the pictures are lovely. On two sides of this room there are dark oak bookcases which are rapidly being filled with all kinds of useful and attractive volumes — Geography, History, Biography,

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SAMARA 11 KELLER Keller, Nightingale and Fry are taking a more important place in school life as their numbers increase. This year we have two new officers in each. The first is the House Captain whose duty it is to help and advise the prefects of her house and to take their place if need be in case of absence. The second is the Sports Captain who arranges basketball matches and generally furthers the sports interests of the school. This year too, the mistresses became house members and there are three in each house. They now wear their pins and have definite interests in Keller, Nightin- gale or Fry. We might add, however, that they are not awarded either red or black stars! Keller House.- — Janet Wilson our last year ' s prefect, brought Keller up to a very high standard, and we were lucky enough to win the shield ; this year we are trying to hold our record, although the other houses are doing their best to prevent it. Last year also, Kitty Gordon won the Tennis cup, Audrey Gilmour was the runner up, while Lilian Gardner was the Junior Sports champion. So far this year Keller ' s sports have not been very satis- factory as we were defeated in the House Basketball match by Fry; but we hope to make up for this on Sports Day. We were very proud when we were given a red star for the most artistic arrangement of the Christmas toys which were col- lected and given to the poor, and we are going to do our best to get another next year.