Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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28 SAMARA OFFICERS ELMWOOD OLD GIRLS ' ASSOCIATION President Mrs. C. H. Buck Isf Vice-President Sylvia Smellie 2nd Vice-President Jocelyn White Secretary , Catherine Dougherty Treasurer Betty Fauquier Acting Treasurer Catherine Dougherty Mabel Dunlop Toronto „ , . ; RosLYN Arnold Montreal Executive ... . . I Nancy MacCarthy Ottawa ( Catherine Macphail Ottawa Sports Convenor Janet Wilson Dramatic Convenor Vals Gilmour OLD GIRLS ' NOTES Perhaps the most exciting news of our Old Girls is the marriage of Patricia Fosbery to Grange Kingsmill, which took place on March 25th. Pat had previously been studying art in New York. Betty Fauquier has been visiting Mrs. Kenneth Weir in Scot- land and both are now spending some time on the Continent. Janet Southam is taking the Mediterranean Cruise and is going to France, Holland and Belgium later. She is expected home some time in May. Mrs. W. Willoughby (Amea Brewin) has returned from Poland and is living in Washington where her husband is at present stationed.

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SAMARA 27 November 18th. — Clara Dux, a very charming soprano, who kept her audience spell-bound. December 5th.— Iturbi, the pianist who made us all feel that we should never be able to play the paino. We enjoyed him more than Rachmaninoff. December 17th. — We enjoyed a delightful lecture-recital at school by Miss Maud Bell, who played the ' cello. On January 22nd Irene Miller, an old pupil of Mr. Puddicombe, gave a very charming recital. On February 5th Chamlee, a great tenor, and Gruppe, a ' cellist gave a joint recital; the former, in our opinion, almost reached the standard of Edward Johnson. On February 10th we attended a two-piano recital at the Little Theatre. We were very much interested in this rather unusual type of performance. We missed the fifth concert of the series, given by the Barrere Symphony, on account of our mid-term week-end; but we under- stand from all who heard it that we lost a very great treat. Mrs. McCurry ' s recital at the Little Theatre on March 5th was absolutely delightful. We came away very proud of the fact that she teaches us singing, and thinking how lucky we are that a distinguished singer like herself should take such an interest in us. We were all disappointed that Horowitz, the well-known pianist, had to cancel his performance, owing to immigration difficulties; but we hear that he will fulfil this engagement next autumn. During the year we were fortunate in having a visit from Miss Margaret Deneke, choirmaster of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, who gave us a delightful lecture-recital on programme music. We have also attended two concerts given by the Ottawa Little Symphony Orchestra, an assembly of local talent whose rapid rise to popularity since its organisacion a few years ago, is remark- able. In conclusion we should like to thank Miss Tipple for all she does towards arranging these musical treats, giving so generously her time and energy to our music.

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SAMARA 29 Mrs. F. C. Chiswell (Nora MacCarthy) is living in London, England. She paid a visit to her parents last summer. Julia MacBrien is in London, England, studying Dramatic Art at the Royal Academy. She is expected home in August. Louisa Fauquier is travelling abroad with her parents. Marjorie Borden is studying art in New York. She was a bridesmaid at Patricia Fosbery ' s wedding. Vals Gilmour has done some good work for the Drama League again this winter. Diana Kingsmill also took part in one of the plays and did very well. Nancy MacCarthy worked hard for the Twentieth Century Liberal Association last fall and made election speeches in the Maritime provinces. Mabel Dunlop, Molly Houston, Letitia Wilson, Betty Carter, Enid Palmer and Hilda Salmon are all at Toronto University. Elizabeth Kenny is studying at McGill and Gladys Jost is at Dalhousie University. Mrs. Douglas Blair (Gwendolyn Borden) is now president of the Ottawa Branch of the Twentieth Century Liberal Association. She worked very hard during the last elections. Betty Hogg expects to go abroad again this summer. Mrs. Henry Gill (Vera Birkett) is living in Ottawa and has two delightful children. Mrs. Shirley Woods (Catherine Guthrie) is living in Ottawa and has a little son about a year old. Luella Irvin has been in Beverly Hills, California, visiting relatives. Olive Wilson has been in Ottawa this winter and is working hard for the Twentieth Century Liberal Association. Sybil Rhodes has returned to Ottawa to live. Sybil was an ardent worker for the Conservative cause in the last elections. Elmwood Old Girls were largely represented among this year ' s debutantes and, we may say, had a very busy season. Ottawa. — Janet Southam, Jocelyn White, Edith Baskerville, Janet Wilson, Frances Drury, Morna Peters, Catherine Macphail,