Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 13 KELLER tergT srgg HOUSE NOTES s House spirit is becoming keener every year, and this year House Days have been inaugurated. The House Day is usually kept on the birthday of the House patroness; it opens with the hymn and prayer of the House, and then there is a short speech by the House Prefect on its history and ideals. It is hoped that these Days will inspire us to still further efforts for the honour of our respective Houses — Nightingale, Keller or Fry. Last year Nightingale was fortunate enough to win the Shield after a year of hard work under the careful and devoted guidance of Catherine Macphail. Among our members are Norma Hall, the Senior Tennis Champion of Elmwood, and Quebec Junior Champion, who also led the Elmwood Tennis Team to victory in the Inter-scholastic competition; Cairine Wilson, the Ottawa Ladie? ' Swimming Champion in 1930; Mary Malloch the winner of the Intermediate Sports cup; and three girls on the 1st Basketball Team. In the autumn Nightingale played Fry and Keller at basket- ball, defeating both teams, and this spring we hope to win the cup presented last September by Margaret Symington. Our array of toys for the orphans last Christmas, though very good and meriting two red stars, was not equal to that of Keller, and we lost the distinction which we had held for several years of NIGHTINGALE HOUSE

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12 SAMARA This year a new office has been created, that of School Monitor, in preparation for future prefectship. The first three girls to hold it are: Evelyn Cantlie, Diana Clark and Norma Hall. We recently had a delightful surprise treat, through the kind- ness of Mr. W. J. Southam, of Hamilton; it took the melting form of ice cream and chocolate eclairs, which were, nevertheless, most enjoyable! Last autumn the daughters of Lord Stonehaven, Governor- General of Australia, who were staying at Rideau Hall, paid us a visit, when the prefects and boarders entertained them at tea. We learn that they are now at school in England. The school sent flowers and a message of good wishes to Her Excellency, Lady Willingdon, when she left for England in Janu- ary last; and by return we received from her a charming wire of acknowledgment and farewell. Her Excellency had not merely been an official patroness of Elmwood, but she had always taken a keen personal interest in the school, and had visited it more than once.

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14 SAMARA having produced the best collection. Next Christmas, however, we hope to recapture the title and we suggest that members of Nightingale shall begin collecting now with that object. The members of the House this year are: — School Monitors Norma Hall, Evelyn Cantlie Mary Ardern, Dorothy Blackburn, Genevieve Bronson, Vir- ginia Coristine, Debora Coulson, Mary Craig, Katherine Dunning, Joan Fraser, Doreen Graham, Katherine Inkster, Catherine Irwin Joan Keefer, Peggy Law, Eleanor Legget, Helen Mackay, Mary Malloch, Harriet Mathias, Betty McLachhn, Elizabeth McMillan, Christine McNaughton, Betty Flaunt, Celia Froctor, Ethel South- am, Elizabeth Symington, Susan Watson. Mistresses:- — -Miss Neal, Miss Challis, Miss Gegg. Last year, under the prefectship of Medora Britton, Keller was second for the House Shield, and this year we are trying hard to recapture it from Nightingale. Last year, also, Audrey Gilmour and Helen Acheson won the Senior Tennis Doubles, while Nancy Bonnar won the Junior Singles. This year we were fortunate enough to be able to give the largest number of toys to the Christmas collection for the poor, for which we received three red stars. In sports, we were beaten in basketball by Nightingale, but hope to recover our prestige on Sports Day. Helen Acheson is a valuable member of the Tennis Team, while Anne Coghlin and June White upheld the honour of the House at the Minto. Our House Day is to be October 1st. Our House hymn, Fight the Good Fight , was chosen because of its spirit of incen- tive to overcome difficulties, as our patroness has; our House crest, Mercury flying over the mountains, symbolizes the same ideal. Our House prayer, too, is in keeping with our motto Fair Play . The House members for the year are: — House Prefect Betty Sifton Prefects Cynthia Hill and Helen Acheson School Monitor Diana Clark Prefect House Senior Cairine Wilson . . Betty Gordon KELLER HOUSE