Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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22 SAMARA To cheer our lighter moments some enterprising spirits among us formed a Dance Chorus under the direction of Miss Green, and their varied stunts , especially the contortions of our prize acrobat, Rosa Johnson, were quite wonderful to watch. During the month of February we had in our midst a menacing gang which called itself The Red Vampires . Different boarders would find themselves the targets of threatening notes, pinned to their pyjamas, or stuck in their toothbrush glasses. Notes also appeared daily , pinned to the senior bathroom cupboard, always signed by the same device. We have never discovered the identity of these blackmailers , though we have our suspicions! Mention must also be made of the sojourn among us of a certain white mouse, in a green steel cage, brought back by one of our more nature-loving comrades, Catherine Irwin. For the first term Micky made his home in the boarders ' cloak-room, where the wailful squeak of his tread-mill punctuated the Dean ' s Scripture classes in the dining-room adjoining. During the Christmas holidays, however, much to our relief, the small rodent demised, whether through accident, or malice we do not enquire! From start tp finish this school year has been most exciting and interesting, as so many new ideas have been introduced, both in tjhe day school, and among the boarders; it is thrilling to take part in carrying them out. Three cheers for Mrs. Buck, and the Staff, for this best year yet!

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SAMARA 21 ON THE evening of September 18th the Assembly Hall found itself the gathering-place of all the 1931-1932 boarders, both old and new. The object of our inspection was the new radio, which ha? proved a constant source of enter- tainment during the winter months. This year there are fourteen new boarders, making a total of thirty. In consequence of the extra numbers, Miss Green ' s room has been made into a senior bedroom adjoining Afterglow, and Miss Woolcott ' s room is now used as the prefects ' sitting-room. Several of the Staff are domiciled in a delightful apartment on Buena Vista Road, where they can go into peaceful retirement if they wish ! A great change came at the beginning of the 2nd term, when Mrs. Buck introduced a modified form of self-government among the boarders, hoping later to extend it to the rest of the school. This meant the establishment of a boarders ' council: as at present arranged, it consists of twelve senior girls, and a representative voted monthly by the boarders to represent them at meetings. Certain privileges are available, at any time for counsellors, and for boarders if they can manage to get three weeks clear of marks. This system is proving a really practical success. On Saturday mornings we have had Handicraft classes, under Miss Gale; this year we have been learning weaving, and this novel and useful pastime has proved very popular; many different articles are being worn among us, woven by our own fair hands! The M ' into proved as attractive as ever, but unfortunately the date of the Carnival fell on the half-yearly week-end, so we did not take part this year in that dazzling entertainment.

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SAMARA 23 ACROSTIC Betty Heubach Mhairi FEnton Hazel Ross HelEn MacKay Elizabeth Alguire MaRy McGuckin MargarEt Graydon HARRIETT MaTHIAS Mary Lyman ELeanor Kenny MargareT Carson THeodosia Bond PEggy Crerar Jean HeuBach Rosa JOhnson ElizAbeth Symington BaRbara Shenstone Debora Coulson BEtty Flaunt Virginia Copping Mary HampSon Cynthia COpping Betty SiFton Barbara KEnnedy Patricia GaLt Anna MacKay Catherine IrWin Barbara BrOwn Anne COghlin Katherine Dunning