Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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EDITORIAL ' UMMER again and with it the end of another school year. Its varied events are chronicled elsewhere so we will not repeat them here, beyond saying that it has been a happy year for one and all and, we hope, successful from every point of view. We wish to thank all members of the magazine committee for their co-operation; also Miss Thwaite, for her tireless efforts, and all those who contributed so much literary material to this Samara. The proof of the pudding is in the eating so if you will but turn the pages of this attractive book, I can assure you of many hours of interesting and entertaining reading. M. C.

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6 SAMARA PAGE 59 Elmwood Montrealers ' Dance. 59 Mistresses ' Favourite Expressions B. B. Fraser, IVa 60 Crossword Puzzle E.Symington, VIu 61 French Crossword Puzzle Southam, VIu B. Barrett, VII Arts 62 The Peach Family S. Skelton, VIu 63 Jokes. 64 For those who read Advertisements B. Ross, IVa 66 Radio Ravings V. Copping, VII Arts 67 Queries L. MacBrien, IVa 67 Helpful Advertisements | |- j £ M }v7m 67 Puzzle M. Boal, Vb 68 What a Young Girl Should Know A. Gerard, VIu 68 On Her Dumbness B. Barrett, VII Arts 69 Puzzle Solutions. 71 Did You Ever See ? K. Dunning, VIu E. Alguire, VI Arts 73 Short Story. Autographs. School Directory.

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8 SAMARA £ cf)ool Motts PROLOGUE ON our return to Elmwood in September, we were all deeply distressed to find that Mrs. Buck had just come back from an enforced visit to the Civic Hospital, and that for some weeks at least we should have to get along without her. It was a terrible prospect, beginning a new school year without our Headmistress! But somehow we survived, for there was always a sympathetic ear at the other end of the telephone ! And before long Mrs. Buck was back with us once again, more than ever eager to make up for lost time, though we fear that more than once during the year she has overtaxed her reviving strength on our behalf. May we at this point condole with Mr. Buck on the wretched way in which he in his turn has been forced to spend his time recently as an invalid ? But we understand that he has been a model patient, and he now has the added attraction of watching our girlish sports from his easy chair in the garden. We all hope sincerely that he will soon be in perfect health once more. For all of us it has been a busy, happy year. Before comment- ing on the other events, we should like to set on record our pleasure at the visit of Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Bessborough, when they were present at the performance on March 2nd, of She Stoops to Conquer , this year ' s Senior dramatic production. It was indeed a red-letter day for Elmwood. We have been so glad to have Lady Moyra taking part in the drill and dancing classes this year. Her wee brother, the Hon. George, honoured us by a visit one dancing day, and sat watching the class in speechless delight : words evidently failed him ! We welcome heartily to Elmwood those who have joined the Staff during the year: Miss Colling, Miss Booth, Mademoiselle Bertheny, Miss Cameron, and Miss Blackburn: also our two new visiting teachers, Mrs. Hardy and Miss Bartram. At Christmas we said au revoir to Miss Green who, after more than three years of enthusiastic work here, left Elmwood to be married. May we pay a tribute to her tireless energy and her unselfish enthusiasm in her work ; her utterly charming personality endeared her to us all. Mrs. Harold Laycock, here ' s to your very good health! We should like to congratulate the Hon. Cairine Wilson most sincerely on the honour recently conferred upon her, as Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. It is a great distinction to be thus associated with such a historic institution: and we also