Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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With the advent of Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir to Government House, a new chapter in Elmwood ' s history began, for Her Excellency graciously consented to be- come our patroness. We are sure that her interest in literature, and her own great gift of writing, will inspire us to new heights in our English work. Her Excellency was pleased to attend our senior play this year, where she very kindly overlooked our all too many faults, and offered some very helpful criticism. We hope that she will find the time to pay us another visit before very long.

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SAMARA 9 Eins Cbtoarb Vm HE accession of Edward VIII to the thrones of the British Common- wealth is fraught with interest to the world. As Prince of Wales, he won our admiration and love by his untiring zeal for the welfare of his future subjects, especially those who, during the war, had offered everything they possessed for their fellows, and those for whom life was a bitter struggle. He becomes King with a great record behind him of initiative and energy, of unselfishness and charity. We are proud of our King, and grateful that we are still led by a man of whom we may be proud.

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SAMARA 11 EDITORIAL N our 1935 edition we opened with the happy words, This is the Jubilee year . Now, in 1936, we must instead express a great sorrow because our king has passed away. After reaching his Jubilee year, when the loyalty, admira- tion, and love felt toward him reached new heights, he died, quietly, simply, surrounded by those he loved best. To our new king, Edward, we pledge ourselves anew. May his reign ever be ' ' happy and glorious . To the old girls it will be of interest to know that Miss Hillman, now Mrs. Laidlaw, is returning from China where she has been living for several years. She and her small son are coming to stay with Mrs. Buck early in July. It was Miss Hillman who started our magazine, and called it Samara , which is the name of the winged fruit of the Elm tree. We feel that it is a very fitting name for our magazine. May we never disappoint its founder! Here I would like to thank everybody who has worked for our magazine: Miss Martin, whose tireless efforts have caused many hitherto hidden talents to bloom; the committee, whose patience with their editor has been untiring, and most of all, our contributors, who, after all, are the magazine. A special word of appreciation is due to both Susan Edwards and Suzette Bourinot for the quality and quantity of their work. I also wish to compliment our adver- tising managers for the excellent number of advertisements they managed to obtain. I could go on still further but space is limited, so, thank you everybody. Conbolentesi The girls join with the mistresses in expressing their deepest sympathy to Miss Martin in her recent sad bereavement. We would also express to Mary Fry our sincerest sympathy in her recent sad loss.