Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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30 SAMARA f ' i ' his is pictured by a Day-girl who knows not the reality. — No fountain pen may be used in the bedrooms.

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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!

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SAMARA 31 MISS ELLIOTT— AN APPRECIATION We feel that we must take the opportunity which the Maga- zine affords us of expressing in a few words our appreciation of Miss Elliott ' s work among us during the last two years. We were very sorry that she had to return to England shortly after Christ- mas, owing to ill health, and we are delighted to be able to tell all her many friends who may read this article that she is now very much better and indeed well on the road to a complete recovery. Miss Elliott undertook her work with vigour, and inspired us with some of her own boundless enthusiasm. She taught us Danish games and dancing. Her drill classes were strenuous and invigorating and our hours in the gym with her were among the happiest in the week. She taught us much apparatus work and difficult exercises which required the application of mind as well as body. Towards the end of the year a special gym class was formed for those who were especially adapted to that form of exercise. Miss Elliott coached the basket-ball team so efficiently that in almost all our outside matches Elmwood was successful. During matches mentions were given to girls who played exceptionally well, the object in view being to win badges for their blazers. Longball, a Danish game, was played almost every afternoon in fall and spring. Its chief merit is that any number of giils can play at one time. But the moet interesting game Miss Elliott introduced was Laciosse. I think we all felt rather excited and important when we first carried our Lacrosse sticks down to the field. There, at almost every free moment, we practised catching and throwing the ball, until we were able to try our tests. However, as the beginners stage is very long, few of us passed more than the first and second. We were able to play only about a dozen real matches. Our sports day at the end of the year was a very successful one. Miss Elliott spent much time and energy on it and I think she was rewarded in some measure for her pains. Everyone greatly enjoyed the races and contests, participants as well as onlookers. But the most important lessons Miss Elliott taught us were team work, sportsmanship and fair play — to play the game in the true sense of the term. — The Editor.