Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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22 SAMARA successful in winning the shield. The Team was: N. Hall, H. Mackay, H. Acheson, M. Seely and R. White. They played the Ladies College first team, then the Glebe Collegiate. As it is the first time Elmwood has played any outside tennis, we are very proud of the result, and take this opportunity of congratulating the players. The shield was presented to us by Mr. Murphy, on behalf of the O.D.L.T.A. The Hon. Cairine Wilson, whose deep interest in all the doings of Elmwood we much appreciate, was also present, and addressed the school. Owing to rain the tennis tournament last June was postponed and the doubles had to be won by default. The results were: Senior Singles: N. Hall, Runner up: H. Acheson. Doubles: A. Gilmour and H. Acheson. Junior Champion: N. Bonnar. After Miss Elliott left, our lacrosse sticks were idle until Miss Green came and renewed our interest in that thrilling game. Since then we have had many practices, and a few full games. Badminton and Ping-pong are popular; and a few energetic juniors play jacks and hop scotch! Elmwood put in some enthusiastic work at the Minto during the winter. Debora Coulson and Anne Coghlin passed their fourth class test, and the latter also passed her third class in Montreal. Mary Craig won the senior junior races. We are proud of having a champion skater on the staff, Miss F. Claudet, who won the Canadian Pairs, with Mr. Chauncey Bangs and also the North American Fours, with Miss K. Lopdell, Melville Rogers and Guy Owen. We congratulate her heartily on her achievements on the ice.

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SAMARA 21 This year, due to the untiring efforts of Miss Green, we have played more bas ' ketball matches than usual, and although there was snow on the ground, we still played House Matches. We also played four games against old girls, three against the first team and one against the second. Our first team was victorious, but our second was beaten. Old Girls who played were as follows: — J. Wilson, L. Irvin, J. White, N. MacCarthy, F. Driiry, P. Fosbery, C. Macphail, D. and A. Peck, S. Smellie, S. Houston, B. Fauquier, V. Gilmour. Our first team: — Forwards: B. Sifton, R. White (captain); Centres: C. Wilson, H. Mackay; Guards: D. Coulson, N. Keefer. Our second team: — Forwards: M. Seely, A. Coghlin; Centres: W. Acheson N. Keefer; Guards: C. Hill (captain), E. Cantlie. The Old Girls played the Mistresses and won 34-10. The present girls played them also and won 40-16. Staff Tedim:— Forwards: Miss Bayes, Miss Gegg; Centres: Misp Claudet, Miss Green; Guards: Miss Thwaite, Miss Mills. This year Marga ret Symington very kindly presented a cup for inter-house basketball. So far Nightingale is ahead, having beaten Fry 36-32 and Keller 24-18. Nightingale Team. — Forwards: N. Hall, M. Ardern; Centres: C. Wilson, H. Mackay (captain); Guards: E. Cantlie, D. Coulson. Fry Team. — Forwards: M. Seely, R. White (captain); Centres: N. Keefer, M. McCarthy; Guards: J. Dunlop, T. Bond. Keller Team. — Forwards: B. Sifton, A. Coghlin; Centres: H. Acheson, D. Clark; Guards: F. Bates, C. Hill (captain). We have also made considerable pi ogress in tennis, and entered the Inter-scholastic Tournament in September, when we were

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SAMARA 23 FIRST TEAM CRITICISMS Guards : NiNi Keeper. Nini ' s play has improved considerably this year and as a result she has obtained her removal from the 2nd to the 1st Team. Her intercepting and jumping are particularly good — but her marking still needs a lot of work. Debora Coulson. Debora plays a hard game, and her mark- ing and intercepting have improved, but her weak point is a certain slowness and indecision in getting rid of the ball once having got it in her possession. Centres. Jumping Centre — Helen Mackay. Plays a good game on the whole, but is inclined to spoil her work by unintentional roughness and by falling down on the ground far too much for a 1st Team player. Roving Centre — Cairine Wilson. Is an energetic and untiring player. Her spacing with J. centre still needs a lot of thought and care as they are both too often free in the same spot. This causes unnecessary muddling and slows down the whole game. Shooter. Rachel White is a keen player and her shooting is very good on the whole. As a captain Rachel is inclined to get excited too easily; she would help her team a great deal if she could appear rather calmer and more controlled, as the team always unconsciously follows the Captain ' s example. Betty Sifton is a very keen and helpful member of the team, her shooting is steady and good on the whole, but she is too easily put off by really good guarding. General. On the whole the play of the first team has im- proved. Individually their play is good and as a team their spacing and combination is getting better slowly — but at present the general fault is a definite lack of self-control and determina- tion to win a losing game. This is no doubt partly due to the very sjiort basketball season.