Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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22 SAMARA OLD GIRLS ' NOTES The second annual performance of the Elmwood Old Girls Dramatic Club was given in the school hall on February 13th. It was the first performance to be given on the new stage since it was rebuilt last summer. The play was The Lilies of the Field by John Hastings Turner. It is the story of the twin daughters of an English clergyman who, as a birthday present from their grandmother, have the choice of a month in London during the season or ten yards of pink crepe de chine. What happens to the twin who goes to London makes an amusing story. It has many witty lines, and was well received by a large audience. Over two hundred dollars was made for the benefit of the school library. The cast was as follows . — The Vicar Betty Fauquier Ann (his wife) Catherine Dougherty Elizabeth Pat Fosbery Catherine Vals Gilmour Mrs. Rooks Walter Sylvia Smellie Violet, a maid Clare Borbridge Barnaby Haddon Nancy MacCarthy Bryan Ropes Ruth Bostock The Hon. Monica Flane . . .Isobel Grant Withers (maid) Clare Borbridge — S.S. Betty Fauquier, Vals Gi lmour, Nancy MacCarthy and Sylvia Smellie have been in Ottawa all winter. Sylvia is the Secretary of the Old Girls ' Association, and Betty is one of the active members of the Committee. Vals has done good work for the Drama League, and Nancy has been an energetic member of the May Court Club. Their excellent work in connection with the Old Girls ' Play was much appreciated. Roslyn Arnold and Janet Wilson are both at school in Paris. Ruth Seely is at Lausanne. We get most enthusiastic letters from them all. Edith Baskerville is still abroad but is expected home at the end of the summer. ' Edie spent her Christmas holidays in the South of France. Mrs. Douglas Blair (Gwendolyn Borden) is one of the most active members of the Twentieth Century Women ' s Liberal Club.

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SAMARA 21 eagerly awaiting the next one to find out her opinion of it. Since she has been a House Senior she has been of the greatest assistance to the Mistresses, especially to Miss Neal on dancing days, when she helps the Juniors to dress and hang up their dancing tunics. — M.W.J. JocELYN White. — Jocey has been at Elmwood for seven years and this year is a Prefect in Nightingale House. She has w orked hard and faithfully for Elm- wood. As a guard of the school Basket-ball Team, Jocey has proved most efficient and she has distinguished herself in her effort to keep us interested in all sports. Patiently each day she has looked after the dinner register and waiting list which, although they may appear trivial, are in reality very trouble- some matters. The most arduous task she undertook was a? ad- vertising manager of this magazine. When Jocey leaves. Elm- wood will lose a valuable Prefect, one who has rightly earned the love and respect of all, and who has done her best to uphold the hi gh standards of the school. — M.H.S. BOOKS AND THEIR READERS Cairine Wilson Water Babies Norma Hall Guide to Badminton Barbara Watson Great Expectations Betty Plaunt The Poor Little Rich Girl Joan Ahearn Beautiful Joe Betty Sifton Black Beauty Audrey Gilmour Plain Tales from the Hills Florence Coristine Eat and Grow Thin Joan Watson Fuzzy Wuzzy Virginia Ferrante Hugo ' s ItaHan Simplified Helen Acheson Points on Tennis Catherine Macphail Ask Me Another Jean Dunlop Freckles The Primary When We Were Very Young Form I Little Women — Cynthia Hill, V Matric.

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SAMARA 23 Catherine Bate took a business course this winter and is now working with the Gatineau Power Company. Mrs. W. Willowby (Amea Brewin) is Hving in Poland and is the proud mother of a son. Beryl and Monica Brett are in England. Beryl is writing scenarios with Lucy Weir ' s brother-in-law. Jean Burns, Isobel Grant and Betty Hogg have been in Ottawa this winter. Isobel has been taking an Art Course, and Jean comes down to school for Dramatics. Enid Palmer has also been at home this year but has gone abroad for the summer. Jean Brodie, Catherine Grant, Betty Vaughan and Marjorie Wallis have been in Montreal, Betty is taking a business course and Jean has been working hard at her music. Marjorie Borden and Alice Peck are studying art in New York. Marjorie is also one of this year ' s Debutantes. Lorna and Mary Blackburn have been south this winter, but are back in town again. Hope McMahon was married last autumn, and is now Mrs. John Belcourt. Margaret Monseratt whose engagement, has just been announced, was Hope ' s maid-of -honour. Mrs. Kenneth Weir (Lucy Crowdy) has a little daughter born last Christmas Day. Betty Carter, Molly Houston, Letty Wilson and Mabel Dunlop are all attending Toronto University. We should like to congra- tulate Nibs and Letty for their good work in the Hart House Plays. Catherine Dougherty has been in Ottawa this winter. Cath- erine is the energetic Treasurer of the Old Girls ' Association. Frances Drury is at school in Brussels and likes it very much. She will be home the end of August. Mary Dunlop is at home in Pembroke but motors down to Ottawa very often. Louise Fauquier has been travelling in Mexico and the South- ern States. Joan Gausden has been taking a course of domestic science in Montreal. Mrs. Henry Gill (Veia Birkett) is living in Ottawa and has two delightful children.