Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 21 We are glad to welcome Nancy Doane back to Keller, and a new member from Form III, Esther Wilkes. Rosemary Clarke, Peggy Clark, and Elizabeth McClelland have greatly contributed to our star record this year for which we thank them sincerely. We welcome the new girls to our house, hoping they will live up to its ideals, and wish the best of luck to those who are leaving. The members for this year are : — MoiRA Leathem House Prefect Alison Cochrane House Senior Anna MacKay House Senior Janet Dobell Monitor Helen Gordon Monitor Jane Russel Monitor Eleanor Carson, Peggy Clark, Rosemary Clarke, Muriel Crocket, Nancy Doane, Gaye Douglas, Susan Edwards, Mhairi Fenton, Betty Hamilton, Elizabeth Hanson, Nancy Lane, Dorothy Leggett, Louise MacBrien, Peggy MacLaren, Pamela Mathewson, Elizabeth McClelland, Maria Petrucci, Mary Lee Pyke, Jean Perley- Robertson, Penelope Sherwood, Diana Vernon, June White, Barbara Whitley, Esther Wilkes, Pamela Wilson. Mistresses — Miss Elliott, Miss Colling, Miss Adams, Miss MacBrien. FRY HOUSE NOTES LTHOUGH Fry has not won the House Shield for a good many years we are still hoping to win it this year, as at the time of going to press we are in second place and each member is trying hard to bring our position up to first. Fry is indebted to Mary Hampson, who last year through her untiring efforts piloted the House through a very successful year. We are especially proud of Mimsy Cruikshank, Fry ' s shining light last year, for having won the coveted Summa Summarum award. We should also like to congratulate Barbara Kennedy for winning the Physical Training medal and Betty Hooper who won the Singles tennis championship and the tennis Doubles with Ethel Southam. Our house tennis team composed of Barbara Kennedy, Betty Hooper, Sheila Skelton, Mary Hampson, Mimsy Cruikshank and Hope Wattsford won the Interhouse Tennis Shield for the second time. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking the members of the team for duplicating the success of the previous year, and we hope that this year ' s team will make possible a three years ' consecutive win. Fry has also two members of the school tennis team this year, Barbara Kennedy and Betty Hooper; we were very glad to see that the school team reached the finals for the Interscholastic Tennis Trophy.

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20 SAMARA Other prize winners were Ethel Southam, who won the Philpot Token; Marion Monk, the Junior High Endeavor; Margo Graydon, the Dramatics Medal; and Genevieve Bronson and Joan Eraser, dramatic prizes for notable individual performances. Some more of our achievements last year were winning the Basketball and Sports cups. Never before have we been so com- pletely successful, and sincere congratulations are due to Virginia Copping who piloted us skilfully through the year. Nightingale House members this year are — Ethel Southam . . . Senior Prefect and Head of House Genevieve Bronson Senior Prefect Ruth Creighton House Senior Margo Graydon House Senior Ails A Gerard Monitor Katherine Inkster Monitor Anne Bethune, Ogden Blackburn, Suzette Bourinot, Olga Brown, Eleanor Clark, Jane Edwards, Pamela Erwin, Barbara Fellowes, Shirley Geldert, Esme Girouard, Barbara Hampson, Geraldine Hanson, Winesome Hooper, Nancy Martin, Marion Monk, Helen Murdoch, Patricia Murphy, Elizabeth Newcombe, Mary Paterson, Jane Toller, Cecily Sparks, Jacqueline Vernon, Norma Wilson. Mistresses — Miss Neal, Miss Booth, Miss Belford, Miss MacCallan. KELLER HOUSE NOTES IT has been a long time since Keller has succeeded in winning the House Shield but at present we rank first in red stars. Let ' s keep it up, Keller, to the very end! We should like to congratulate Alix Chamberlain, our energetic leader last year, on winning the gold Music Medal. We were also proud of Peggy Waldie who won the award for the girl who best lives up to her house motto ; and of Dorothy Leggett who won the Improvement Medal. Muriel Crocket upheld Keller ' s prestige in Sports by winning the Intermediate Cup. Another of our achievements on Sports Day was winning the tug-of-war. Although we were most unfortunate in the Badminton tourna- ment this year, we hope to redeem ourselves in Basketball. In the Fall we succeeded in winning more matches than the other two houses. Janet Dobell as Sports Captain and June White as Vice have been largely responsible for the enthusiasm and co-operative spirit of the two teams. At Christmas we maintained our high standard with regard to the House Collections, receiving three stars for having the greatest number of clothes and supplies for the poor. We were sorry to lose Mhairi Fen ton at Christmas. She made a good contribution in red stars, and gained distinction in our house play at the Christmas party.

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22 SAMARA Fry was victorious in the Badminton matches this winter and we should like to thank our Games Captain, Barbara Kennedy, for her unfailing energy and able leadership in the games this year. The Christmas collections for the poor, although very generous, did not quite come up to the standard established by the other two houses, but our Christmas play The Slippers of Cinderella was very successful and Sheila Skelton, Joan Dean and Susan Kenny were given honourable mention. Members of the House this year are: — Betty Hooper Senior Prefect and Head of House Barbara Kennedy Prefect and Head Boarder Sheila Skelton Prefect GwYNETH Young House Senior Patricia Galt School Monitor Betty Baird, Mimi Boal, Glenn Borbridge, Heather Collins, Margaret Curry, Joan Daniels, Joan Dean, Marion Ellsworth, Bebe Fraser, Mary Fry, Barbara Hopkirk, Susan Kenny, Dorothy Laidlaw, Norah Lewis, Peggy Marr, Barbara McClelland, Mary McColl, Marjorie McKinnon, Melodie Willis O ' Connor, Margaret Parkin, Anne Perley-Robertson, Kathleen Warner, Anna Wilson. Mistresses: — Miss Thwaite, Miss Barrow, Miss Mills, Made- moiselle Bertheny.