Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 27 The outstanding dramatic events are yet to come. The pro- gramme will be: — April 11th. — The Poetasters of Ispahan by the Senior Dram- atic Class and ' ' Pandora by dancing and dramatic students. April 30th. — - ' The Dragon , by the Intermediate Dramatic Class. May 6th. — Pianoforte and Singing Recital. May 9th. — Dancing Recital followed by Scenes from Maeter- link ' s Fantasy. May 16th. — The Merchant of Venice by the Senior Drama- tic Class. These performances have unusual interest for us this year on account of the wonderful new stage with all its up-to-date effects. After its auspicious opening by their Excellencies Lord and Lady Willingdon, we felt that it was very fitting that the Old Girls should be the first to preseiit a play on it. This play The Lilies of the Field , by showing us what can be achieved, inspired us to fresh efforts in dramatics. — M.H.S. BOARDERS ' NOTES When we came back to school last fall, there was the usual excitement, getting formally introduced to the new girls and violently embracing the old ones. When we were finally sorted out and all our belongings had been carefully listed and filed, we had time to discover that there were nine senior boarders, six of whom played bridge, ten intermediate and half that number of juniors. We were almost resigned to school life when some of the out- of-town boarders — including the goldfish — arrived. Archinald and Regibald had two more goldfish with them who are so far unchristened — any suggestsions will be carefully considered. After Christmas one of the juniors brought back two turtles, which, following the popular school pastime, are still asleep. The Hallowe ' en Party is the big event in every boarder ' s life before the days until Christmas can be counted under a hundred. The costumes seem to get more varied and clever each year. Most

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SAMARA 29 of the day-girls came and everyone enjoyed themselves very much. The musical evenings are always a source of gloom, even though we recognize, in the abstract, that they are very beneficial to our self-confidence. We have had two so far this year. At the first we endeavoured to entertain Mr. and Mrs. Buck and the staff, at the second Mrs. Harry Southam and Miss Edna Thackray were also present. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking Mrs. Harry Southam for the ping-pong table. It has afforded us much plea- sure and we feel more than grateful to her for this and her many other gifts. This winter most of the boarders purchased pullovers. It was indeed an inspiring sight to see us, clothed in green from head to foot, our skirts tucked in and our noses a glowing and healthy crimson. Although a few still persisted in ski-ing, tobogganing was more popular and many new and upsetting bumps were dis- covered on a hitherto innocent looking hill. This year the practicing has been greatly simplified by the practice list. Any refusals to practice when and where set down are met with black marks! Our heartfelt thanks are due to E.M.K. and C.R.M.W. for their conscientious efforts to waken the early morning practicees. If they felt discouraged from our reception of them at 7 a.m. and did not realize that we appreciated the wonderful work they were doing, we are sorry and take back everything. The new library has been very popular and the reading on Sunday night has been even more enjoyable since we have had it in there. We are very grateful to Mrs. McCurry for coming down to the School to teach the boarders madrigals, and we hope that we have improved as much as we would like to believe that we have. A very enjoyable evening was provided last term for the boarders by Bobby and Cargill Southam, who showed us, in the hall, a thrilling movie of the northwest. In conclusion we would like to suggest that a course of lectures be instituted for certain members of the Staff on the subject of doors, the first to be The Difference Between the Door Leading Out of the Room and That Leading Into the Cupboard! — -M.G. Editor ' s Note. — The Prefect who writes this article is not very clear on the subject of doors herself!