Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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24 SAMARA WE have made great progress this year in sports, both indoor and out, under the excellent tuition of our games mistress, Miss Green. BASKETBALL Basketball was entered into with great enthusiasm and two matches were played against the Old Girls ' , both first and second teams competing. The teams were :■ — Old Girls:- — V. Gilmour, C. Macphail, Rachel and Jocelyn White, L. Irvin, F. Drury, S. Smellie, B. Fauquier, N. McCarthy, A. Gilmour, A. Peck. Our First Team:- — Forwards: B. Sifton, R. Johnson; Centres: P. Crerar, H. MacKay; Guards: N. Keefer, D. Coulson. Our Second Team: — ' Forwards: M. Lyman, A. Coghlin; Centres: A. Chamberlain, B. Harris; Guards: J. Heubach, L Bryson. Unfortunately we were beaten in both matches. The inter-house basket-ball match was played in the autumn for the cup presented by Margaiet Symington. The teams were: 1st Fry Team:- — Forwards: C. Copping, H. Ross; Centies: P. Crerar, N. Keefer; Guards: T. Kenny, M. Hampson. 1st Nightingale Team.- — ' Forwards: H. Mathias, R. Johnson; Centres: J. Heubach, H. MacKay; Guards: D. Coulson, M. Craig. 1st Keller Team:- — Forwards: B. Sifton, A. Coghlin; Centres: L Bryson, D. Clark; Guards: A. MacKay, F. Bates. Keller 1st Team is ahead at present, the finals to be played in the Spring. Our 2nd Nightingale and Keller teams have played, with Nightingale coming out victorious but the match against Fry 2nd team had to be postponed on account of the weather. Our first school team also went over to play the Ladies ' College last Spring, but were badly defeated.