Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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14 SAMARA NIGHTINGALE HOUSE NOTES HAST year under the enthusiastic guidance of Betty Gordon, Nightingale became the proud possessor of the shield for the sixth time. On the closing day Betty herself won a special proficiency prize. We are working very hard this year, and hope to win the shield again. In sports last year we won the basketball matches. We should like to congratulate Helen MacKay and Mary Craig on winning the senior tennis doubles. Helen also won the senior singles, and we are sorry not to have her with us this year, to carry off more honours for the house. Last autumn we came out top in the basket-ball, and we hope to hold that position again this spring. We were badly defeated in badminton, but hope to make up tor it next year. We came second to Keller and Fry in the competitions for House contributions. In the art competitions which are held each term Harriet Mathias, Elizabeth Symington and Debora Coulson have won stars for the house. The house members for this year are: — Mary Craig Head Day Girl Harriett Mathias Head Boarder Debora Coulson School Sports Captain House Prefect Rosa Johnson . . House Sports Capt. Monitor Mary Malloch Monitor Jean Heubach House Vice Sports Captain

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SAMARA 13 REMEMBRANCE DAY ON November 11th, we had our school service of remem- brance at 9.30 A.M. in order that it might be possible to attend the special service on Parliament Hill at 11 o ' clock, when solemn reverence is paid to all those who fell in the Great War. Mrs. Buck conducted the school service, at which a large number of the day girls and old girls were present, in addition to the boarders. There was in all our hearts the vivid realisation of the task imposed upon us by those who died that we might live in security, to help forward the kingdom of the Prince of Peace by striving after those ideals of unselfish service and de- votion to duty which they followed and to dedicate our lives to the promotion of international friendship and goodwill. O brother man fold to thy heart thy brother, Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clamour Of wild war music o ' er the earth shall cease: Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger, And in its ashes plant the tree of peace. A THOUGHT ON ARMISTICE DAY 0 gallant lads who lie in Flanders ' field, ' Twas not for glory or renown you died, You heard the call of England and of God, And with the giving of your life replied. You saw that England placed her trust in you, And with that thought arose your manly pride. Stern Duty lay upon the plains of France, And Honour marched before you as your guide. You trod the upward path to victory, Before you burned the torch of sacrifice, You saw alone one glorious high ideal. One noble hope that made you pay the price. May your undaunted spirit help us now To strive alone for pure and lovely things. To carry on the noble work begun, Nor once forget the pride your memory brings. —Harriett Mathias, VII Arts

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SAMARA 15 Susette Bourinot, Barbara Alan Brown, Genevieve Bronson, Anne Bethune, Eleanor Clark, Virginia Copping, Ruth Creighton, Katherine Dunning, Pamela Erwin, Barbara Fellowes, Joan Fraser, Margaret Graydon, Ailsa Gerard, Joan How, Winsome Hooper, Shirley Geldert, Katherine Inkster, Mary Kingsmill, Eleanor Leggett, Marion Monk, Elizabeth Newcombe, Mary Paterson, Barbara Ross, Mary Scripture, Ethel Southam, Eliza- beth Symington, Jane Toller. Mistresses: — Miss Neal, Miss Crawford, Miss Ash. The Lady of the Lamp, they called her then, In those dark hours of slaughter and of fear Her toux h brought solace to those dying men Far from their homes, and all they held most dear. Passing along the wards, her shadow fell Upon the wonded soldiers crowded there. They who had suffered more than words can tell, Found peace and healing in that presence fair. Peace came at length, through bitter sacrifice; Undaunted still, and strong in heard and hand, She nobly strove to pay Love ' s utmost price, Tending the stricken ones in her own land. Through the wide world her name is honoured still. The saviour of that bleak Crimean camp, Who braved, with high indomitable will. Horror and Death, the lady of the Lamp. KELLER HOUSE HIRST we should like to congratulate Betty Sifton, Head Girl 1931-1932 and some time Head of Keller, on being awarded the Summa Summarum and the Proficiency Medal last June. We hear that she is carrying on her excellent work at ' Varsity and has been made President of her year. This year we have tried to keep up the standard of the House set for us by last year ' s House Prefect, Diana Clark, whose hard work and interest helped us so much. For the last three years Keller has been second for the House Shield and we are again trying our best to win it from Nightingale. The basketball teams have done very good work, especially Betty Heubach and Dawn Ekers, but we have not been able to beat Nightingale. Still we are hoping to do better on Sports day.