Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 19 ' ' We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately. — Benjamin Franklin Genevieve Bronson. — Brightly smile and sweetly sing. Yennifer, as Head Day-Girl and Head of Nightingale, is completing her eleventh and last year. She topped all her scholastic achievements last year by getting six firsts and a second out of the seven Senior Matriculation papers she tried. With such an outstanding record she should certainly further her studies at college — Are you listenin ' , Yennifer? We can- not truthfully say that she is as blameless in other things. For instance, her friends will tell you that outside of school her punctuality is distinctly conspicuous by its absence! Consequently it is not to punctuality that she attributes her social success, but to the fascination of her most expressive eyebrows. If you have not already seen the amazing sight of her eyebrows in action — do not fail to do so. Ethel Southam. — A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! Eth is our Head Boarder and the proud possessor of last year ' s Summa Summarum — Congratulations, Eth! She is one of our foremost athletic stars, being School Sports Captain and Tennis Captain. The school did its best to carry on without her for seven weeks, part of which time she spent in sunny Bermuda. She causes her room-mates much anxiety (or is it amusement ?) by holding forth in her sleep at night. As yet she has not disclosed any state secrets — but there ' s still hope! Another of her failings is dropping things — let us explain. She has been dropping subject after subject all year until she now has a grand total of seven (which number includes such subjects as cooking and dressmaking). Ethel has the distinction of being the only girl who has been at Elmwood for twelve years. She will probably be super-annuated this year! Alison Cochrane. — Great oaks from little acorns grow . Pee-Wee is Minnie ' s under- study in Keller, and has had the privilege of taking several House-Meetings (she ' s not so sure that it ' s a privilege!). She is the Reference Librarian and spends all her spare moments recovering lost books. She is particularly noted for her puns which are usually so deep that the average mentality cannot fathom them. We often wonder if she herself knows what she is talking about. She is always kept busy on Friday afternoons reading our teacups — although she admits she knows nothing about it. We find her a little determined in such things as wearing her school ring upside down, and parting her hair in the middle — which, we assure you, does not suit her. Her ambition is to run an orphans ' home — she probably got the idea when inspecting the babies before prayers.

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18 SAMARA her splendid leadership of us last year. She is with us again as Head Boarder and School Games Captain. Other Nightingale prizewinners of last June whom we should like to congratulate are: Genevieve Bronson who won the Proficiency Medal and the Bronson Dramatic Art Medal; Suzette Bourinot, the Junior Improvement Medal; Ruth Creighton, Mrs. P. B. Taylor ' s Art Prize; Geraldine Hanson, Major McKeand ' s prize for writing. In the School Tennis Tournament of last year we were very successful. Ethel Southam won the Senior Tennis Singles Cup, (pres. by Mrs. E. Fauquier); Ailsa Gerard and Barbara Kennedy (Fry) — Sen. Tennis Doubles Cup (pres. by J. Wilson and K. Gordon); Winsome Hooper — Intermediate Tennis Singles Cup, (pres. by Mrs. Russel Smart); Shirley Geldert and Melodic Willis- O ' Connor — Intermediate Tennis Doubles Cup, (pres. by J. Southam). Ethel Southam and Ailsa Gerard were also valuable members of the school tennis team. Olga Brown won the prize for archery presented by Mrs. F. Ahearn; and Eleanor Clark and Ogden Blackburn were awarded posture girdles last June. Ogden is the youngest possessor of this award. This Christmas we gained three stars for our House for having the largest and most attractively arranged display of clothing, toys and foodstuffs for charity. We have also succeeded in winning the Badminton Cup for the first time. Congratulations, Badminton team! We have great hopes for our Basketball this year, thanks to our enthusiastic Games Captain, Barbara Hampson, and her lieutenant Barbara Fellowes. We are at present tied with Keller, with four matches to go. Pamela Erwin left us just before Christmas to go to England. We miss her contributions to the star board and wish her good luck abroad. We welcome all new girls to Nightingale and hope that they will give their loyalty and support to our house in the years to come; and to those who are leaving we wish all good things in the future. The members of Nightingale are: — Genevieve Bronson . . Head Day Girl and Head of House Ethel Southam Head Boarder Barbara Fellowes Monitor Barbara Hampson Monitor Jane Toller .Monitor, Term I Cecily Sparks Monitor, Term II Anne Bethune, Ogden Blackburn, Suzette Bourinot, Olga Brown, Eleanor Clark, Penelope Duguid, Jane Edwards, Shirley Geldert, Clara May Gibson, Geraldine Hanson, Winsome Hooper, Nancy Martin, Marion Monk, Mona Morrow, Helen Murdoch, Patricia Murphy, Beatrice Norsworthy, Mary Paterson, Jacque- line Vernon, Dorothy Wardle, Norma Wilson. Mistresses — Miss Neal, Miss Booth, Miss Beckwith and Miss Heney.

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20 SAMARA MoiRA Leathem. — All kin ' o ' smily round the lips . Minnie is Head of Keller for the second year, an honour that we think has not been accorded to any other girl and she is determined that Keller shall again win the House Shield. Every now and then she deserts us on a Friday afternoon to honour Montreal with her presence. Although on these occasions we miss her at the tea-hour, we are partly consoled by the delicious selection of food with which she provides us (Not until we have duly paid our 10c, we might add). Minnie, like Yennifer and Ethel, has spent all her schooldays at Elm wood, and we are sure that when she leaves this year she will be greatly missed. She is 3 of a very select form, commonly known as Senior Arts. The other % are the aforementioned Yennifer and Ethel, and it is this minute but very import- ant form that causes Miss Martin many anxious moments. Patricia Galt. — Thought is deeper than speech ' Pat is the competent Head of Fry House, and up till now she has succeeded in leading Fry to the front ranks. She is the only dancer amongst us, and it is with awe and pride that we watch our colleague gracefully fht around the stage. We are eagerly looking forward to the time when Pat will come to German class with her homework all done. (In case Miss Elliot has not noticed this fact, dear Readers, please do not mention it !) Another of Pat ' s misdemeanors is that if a piano is not to be found she drums incessantly on any avail- able piece of furniture. Very good for her music we are sure, but for the furniture — ? We have at last found the secret of Pat ' s scholastic successes — she wears glasses to impress the mistresses! She glibly informs us that she does not need to wear them, and then continues to do so — shame on you, Pat! Elizabeth McLelland. — Her unextingui- shed laughter shakes the sky . Liz spurned the office of House Senior after a trial of eight weeks, deciding that she would rather wear a prefect pin. We always did think she had good taste! She is Fiction Librarian and valiantly tries to extract twenty-five cents a term from her customers. As Sports-Captain of Keller, and Vice-Sports Captain of the school, she exhibits her sporting instincts to the full. Liz is the only one of this year ' s officers who is coming back next year — Good Luck to you, Liz, and may your success continue! When next we hear of her it will probably be as a famous jockey in the Grand National or a newspaper reporter. Whichever you choose, Liz, don ' t forget at least to send your old friends an autograph.