Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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24 SAMARA Kitty Gordon has been travelling in Europe and is expected here in June for the closing. Our latest news of Mrs. Shirley Woods (Catherine Guthrie) is that she has a little son born on the tenth of May. Congratula- tions, Catherine! Mrs. F. C. Chiswell (Nora MacCarthy) is living in London, England, but was in Canada on a visit to her parents last summer. Sue Houston and Dorothy Peck have been running a branch of Miss Scarthe ' s Giftshops of Toronto, here. It is called Cargoes. Julia MacBrien is in London studying Dramatic Art at the Royal Academy. Sybil Rhodes paid a visit to Ottawa at Christmas time, but she is back in Halifax now. Luella Irvin and Betty Toller were at MacDonald College until Christmas. Since then Luella began a business course in Ottawa, and Betty is studying dancing and doing library work in Toronto. Betty Smart, Jean Finnic and Isobel Wilson are taking private lessons in Ottawa. Olive Wilson is Secretary of the Twentieth Century Women ' s Liberal Club. She leaves to spend the summer abroad early in June, with her aunt. Just before going to press we learned with great regret of the death of Senator Bostock. We wish to extend our sincere sym- pathy to Ruth. --M.J.W. ELMWOOD E Is for energy which we all have got L Is for Latin Well! I ' d just as soon not, M For Matric which we must one day take W For weeping that comes in its wake. O Is for officers and captains we prize O Is for Orders from Prefects so wise. D Is for day girls we ' re all very good And all put together these lines spell ELMWOOD. — Jean Workman, IVb.

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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.

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SAMARA 25 THE NEW HALL Last summer on leaving school we realized that we were look- ing for the last time on our old Assembly Hall, stage and class- rooms; though strange to say we were not exactly sad at the prospect of the change. On our return we found an even greater improvement than we had expected. The class-rooms were entirely dififerent and the workmen were also putting the finishing touches to a new Hall, much larger than the old one, and to a magnificent new stage, in style inclining to the Elizabethan. On entering the Hall door, one is immediately impressed by this stage, its green curtain contrasting with the cream of the walls, and the curve of a Pros- cenium arch echoing the graceful sweep of the broad marble steps in front (unfortunately the latter are really wood) ; below the stage are large property rooms in which to change and to fortify our complexions against the efi ' ects of rose, amber or mauve over- head lights, which are aided by floods reflecting on to a horizon wall. On its completion His Excellency opened the Hall with a short speech, in which among other things he made us realize that in future our dramatic performances must be of a very high stand- ard to be worthy of our setting; and what seemed much more important to us, gave us a half-holiday in honour of the occasion. — B. Sifton! MUSIC NOTES This year the number of music pupils has increased so much that Miss Tipple has been unable to teach them all. Miss Gertrude Haire has taken over the instruction of the younger ones. When the hall was enlarged last summer a new music room and practice room were added. We now have five pianos on which we may practise. The new music room is much larger and brighter than the old one and the new room has added greatly to the plea- sure we get from our lessons. Last year the Senior Music Prize was won by Elizabeth Kenny. The Intermediate Prize was awarded to Jean Dunlop, while the Junior was presented to Joy Armstrong.