Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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12 SAMARA • HIS year we were very sorry to have to say goodbye to their M Excellencies, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough. J Lady Bessborough had been our patroness for the all too few years that she was in Ottawa. Both their Excellencies were very much interested in Elmwood; Lady Moyra Ponsonby, who came to several classes last year, was, and indeed still is, an honorary member of Nightingale. We thank Lord and Lady Bessborough again for their interest and we wish them every happiness for the coming years. Last year we had to say goodbye to many of our mistresses: Miss Colling, Miss Barrow, Miss Belford, Miss McCallan, Miss Cottee, Miss Bradford, and Miss Thwaite, for many years the guiding spirit of our literary efforts. To all these we would express our hope that their new lives are both interesting and happy ones. To Miss Rosier, Miss White, Miss Beckwith, Miss Heney, and Miss Martin, who have come to take their place we extend a hearty welcome and we hope that they like Elmwood as much as Elmwood likes them. This year Mrs. Buck inaugurated a new system of government. A student council was formed consisting of the Head girls, prefects, house seniors and monitors who, this year, were partly elected by the school and partly appointed by Mrs. Buck and the Staff. The council has proved to be a success, and we hope that in future years it will become even more influential, and useful to the school. This year many interesting books have been given to the school. There are no gifts more appreciated than those made to the library. We are very proud of our collection and take great pleasure in adding to it. This year we have received the following books: Rudyard Kipling ' s Verse, presented by Lady Moyra Ponsonby. A complete set of Robert Louis Stevenson ' s works presented to us by the Elmwood Old Girls ' Association. The Shorter Oxford Dictionary, and The Glory That Was Greece and The Grandeur that Was Rome, both by T. C. Stobart, presented by Sheila Skelton. An autographed copy of his collected poems presented by Mr. Bourinot. Lord Lytton ' s Antony, and Anne Lindbergh ' s North to the Orient, presented by Mrs. E. A. Whitley. To all these kind friends we extend our heartiest thanks, and most grateful appreciation. We have also added: — The Funeral March of a Marionette, by Susan Buchan. A Short Life of William Shakespeare, by E. K. Chambers, abridged by Chas. Williams; The Edge of the Jungle, by William Beebe, The Living Forest, by Arthur Heming, Jock of the Bushveld, by Percy Fitzpatrick. The Apple Cart and St. Joan, by G. B. Shaw, Abraham Lincoln, (2nd copy) by John Drinkwater, Disraeli, by L. N. Parker, Florence Nightingale, by L. B. O ' Malley, The Life of Pasteur, by Ren6 Vallery-Radot.