Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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24 SAMARA House matches will be started very soon and the competition for the Inter-House Basketball Cup, which was won by Keller last year, will be very keiejn. We played a matcji against the Old Girls in the fall and both our teams won by a Mg margin. We are looking forward to playing them again soon. The teams are as follows: — First: E. Southam {captain), E. McClelland, B. Fleck, for- wards; D. Leggett, M. EUfeworth, B. Hampson, B. Norsworthy, centres; E. Clark, P. Spendlove, guards. Second: Was mostly contained in the first at sometime or other. We add: — M. Leathem {captain) forward; V. Inglis, centre; P. McLaren, M. Crocket, M. Boal, guards. TEAM CRITICISMS Ethel Southam, Captain. — Was unfortunately absent from most of our games, but is back to form now for the House Matches. E. Clark. — Has proved a capable and active guard throughout, and done much to keep down scores against us. E. McClelland. — Is one of those strong silent people who rise to their best game when the team most needs them. Her steadiness was the saving of our morale in the Hatfield game. D. Leggett. — Was changed from attack to guard this season, and did not like it at all at first, but was gradually reconciled and has proved since that it was a wise move. She has been much steadier than she was last year, and is indefatigable. P. Spendlove. — Has played splendidly throughout the season. She combines excellently with Eleanor, and makes the most use of her height and speed. B. Fleck. — Played in the second team at the beginning of the season, but made the first teatn later. She cannot recover from a bad start but ' Vhen she is good, she is very, very good . B. Hampson. — Has beteti very agile on many occasions. Her passing and combining have improved considerably. B. Norsworthy. — Has been steady throughout the season in the centre of the field; she is a very good shot too, though she had some bad luck in matches, but she has an unfortunate habit of aiming badly in matches — but only in matches. M. Ellsworth. — Was absent through illness from September tb February, but promises to be as ' unguardable ' as ever in the Spring House Matches. 2nd Team Was mostly contained in the first at some time or other. We add:— M. Leathem, Captain. — Has been steady and her shooting has improved considerably, but she needs more speed. P. McLaren. — Has done yeoman service in a variety of places. She is still rather slow off the mark, but her passing is reliable. M. Crocket. — Is rather slow to start at times, but is quite speedy when fully roused to action.

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SAMARA 23 INTEREST in our varied programme of sports continues to increase, and we want to thank Miss Blackburn for devoting so mucli of her time to help us. We shall all be very sorry to say goodbye to her in June when she is leaving us to be married, and should like to wish her every happiness in the future. SPORTS DAY Hot weather greeted us on Sports Day last June. This, however, did not dampen our enthusiasm, and everyone entered whole heartedly into the interesting programme of races. After some very stiff competition the inter-house sports cup was won by Fry. Other cups were won by the following: Senior Championship, Barbara Kennedy; Intermediate Championship, Muriel Crocket; Junior Championship, B. B. Eraser; Primary Cup, Mary Blackburn; Long Jump, Muriel Crocket; Tug-of-war was won by Keller, and the Relay Race by Nightingale. BASKETBALL We have been striving harder than ever this year to improve our teams ' standard, and have been most fortunate in having Miss Enid Palmer, an old girl, present at several of our practices. She gave us some very valuable tips from which we all profited. Owing to various mishaps to members of the first team, their places wet-e taken at different times by able substitutes. At the beginning of the year Marion Ellsworth had to part with her appendix, and was unable to play until after Christmas. Ethel Southam was unable to play from the November week-end until after Christmas, and Elizabeth McClelland was out from Christmas until after Easter. Both teams played Ottawa Ladies ' College in one match this year. The College was successful in the first team game, but our second team won after a hard fought struggle. We also took our first team up to Kingston, where we played Hatfield Hall, Cobourg, in the Queen ' s University gym. It was a very strenuous game with Hatfield victorious, 17-13.

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SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Top — Patricia Spendlove; Moira Leathern; Barbara Hampson; Muriel Crocket. Middle — Eleanor Clark; Marion Ellsworth; Ethel Southam {Captain); Elizabeth McClelland; Peggy McLaren. Bottom — Dorothy Leggelt; Beatrice Norsworthy; Elizabeth Fleck. SENIOR TENNIS TEAM Top — Muriel Crocket; Mimi Boal. Bottom — Ethel Southam (Captain); Elizabeth Fleck.