Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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8 SAMARA our Head Girl, the House spirit has grown deeper and stronger; at the same time, the feeUng of co-operation among all members of the school has been fostered and developed. A system of merit awards has been introduced, by which it is possible to obtain two badges during the year for excellent conduct, entire reliability and active good-will in the general life of the School. Much more re- sponsibility is thus attached to the office of Form Captain, whose business it is to maint(ain the standard of good conduct in the form. The enthusiasm of every one, in their efforts to qualify for these badges, is a most encouraging sign. Betty Siftpn is the first Head Girl of Elmwood to have the honour of wearing the Head Girl ' s Badge, which was recently instituted. It has a simple but very attractive design, the Elm- wood pin set clear in a circle of green enamel outlined in gold. Distinguishing badges have also been presented to the Monitors, Form-Captains, and Vice-Captains to indicate their position of responsibility in the school. Before commenting on the various events of the year, we should like to give sincere welcome to those who joined tfie Staff last September. Miss McArthur, Miss Gale, Mademoiselle Pasquin, Miss MacBrien and Miss Higgins. On Novernber 20th we had the great pleasure of welcoming to Elmwood our patroness, Her Excellency the Countess of Bess- borough, when she paid an informal visit to the School. We much appreciate her kindness in giving us a holiday, which was added to the usual mid-Year week-end in February. We offer hearty congratulations to the Very Rev. E. F. Salmon on his appointment as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral. We hope, however, that he will still find time amid his varied duties to continue his enthralling classes in Bible Study at Elmwood.

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SAMARA 7 EDITORIAL URING the past year Elmwood has uadergone many changes, all of which we believe and hope are for the best. For some time self-government has been our cherished aim, and at last we have taken the preliminary steps towards it by increasing the authority of the prefects and by giving more re- sponsibility to the school monitors and form captains. Several new badges have been instituted and are arousing keen interest. We feel that everyone is really anxious to make the new system a success, as well as to cany on the old traditions of Elmwood. We were all glad to welcome the new girls into our midst last September, and we hope they enjoy being with us as much as we enjoy having them here. Much progress has been made throughout the year in both sports and lesspns, this being largely due to the healthy House spirit which increasingly characterizes our activities. Hou matches in Badminton were organized in the winter, and were attended with great enthusiasm. Everyone thoroughly appre- ciated the Gym displays also. At present we are looking forward to basketball and tennis. More girls than e ver are attempting their matriculation this year, and we wish them all success. May their results bring honour to themselves and to their s chool. Elmwood is intensely proud of its beautiful new School Hymn recently composed by Miss Tipple and Miss Thwaite. Betty Sifton and Betty Gordon have composed a School Song also. We should like to take this opportunity of publicly thanking the Magazine Staff and the contributors for their splendid co- operation. We should also like to thank Miss Thwaite for her valuable advice and assistance. We hope that this Samara will give a great deal of pleasure to its readers

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SAMARA 9 During the year he has conducted more than one service at school in connection with the Old Giils ' Association and on the Day of National Intercession he took school prayers. Through the kindness of both the Bishop of Ottawa, and Dean Salmon, we were again privileged in having a special Confirmation Service, held in the Cathedral on March 15th, when eight girls were con- firmed. Captain O. J. Aldom, of the Municipal Review, who is pub- lishing a set of articles on famous schools of Canada, included Elmwood as one of the two girls ' schools in the series: our fame is evidently spreading, at any rate within the boundaries of this Dominion. We will strive to ' deserve the honour; and now that a School Hymn and a School Song have been added to our trea- sures, we have concrete express,ion for our ideals in work and play. Mrs. Marling Gordon has very generously ofi ered a prize for a short story, open to the whole school. The winning tale will be found in these pages; it is a great encouragement to our literary ambitions, and we appreciate her kindness very much. Before Christmas the Old Girls ' Association presented us with a framed photograph of Mrs. H. S. Philpot, first Principal of Elmwood. It hangs in the entrance hall, and is a constant re- minder of her unfailing interest in all our doings. The O.G.A. have also been most generous donors of books to the Library. They presented us with a generous cheque, the proceeds from one of their plays, and we added the following valuable books to our collection: Myths and Legends (6 vols.) ; Encyclopcedia of the British Empire (4 vols.); Makers of Canada (12 vols.). It was a really magnificent donation on the part of the Old Girls. The books are all handsomely bound, and make a most attractive addition to the Library. We sincerely thank all the other kind people who have pre- sented us with library books. ' Quebec of Yesteryear , presented by our generous friend. Dr. A. G, Doughty; Works of Shakespeare, Stratford edition (limited), W. Hart, Esq.; The Bible Story (5 vols.), Catherine, Cecil and Lorraine Bate; Tennyson ' s Works, Claudia, Florence and Virginia Coristine. From time to time dur- ing the year very interesting books of biography and belles-lettres have been added to the Library.