Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 23 Louise MacBrien. — 7 draw girls ' faces on my copy books. Lou is Keller ' s only House-Senior and has been a great help to Liz. As a result of ill-health, Lou has had a very badly interrupted year. She is the artist of our group and intends someday to improve her talent at a commercial art school. She is most painstaking about her writing, yet it is nearly always illegible. It must be your artistic temperament, Lou! Her passions are varied, ranging from shorts to horses, but her Scotty, Judy, seems to have the tightest hold on her heart at present. Pamela Mathewson. — ' ' Nature Flowed and next to Nature, Art. ' ' Unfor- tunately Pam ' s term as a House-Senior was very short, owing to illness. Alter Christmas she went down South to escape the chills of winter. Judging from the monologues with which she used to entertain us, we predict that she will be a second Ruth Draper. Pam is never so happy as when she is astride her horse, Blackie, and we hope she has the best of luck in any horseshow that she may enter. SAD SONG OF A HOUSE COUNSELLOR Ah, it ' s sad I am and dreary, Always on bath duty weary, Chasing people up to bed. How I wish Fd never said, will do it for you, deary. ' ' Half past eight, and Fm on duty. Helping others get their beauty Sleep, and wearing out my feet. Don ' t tell me it ' s any treat. (Fhere ' s no other rhyme but ' ' Cutie !) Oh, where are those Golden Morners? Fhey of bells were always scorners. Now I have to climb the stairs. Drag Matrickers from their lairs In mysterious nooks and corners. And Fd like to make a query. For I think it ' s simply eerie Fhat it always is my lot Fo find the water far from hot, — Makes me feel most awfully teary. — M.F.M.

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22 SAMARA Kay Warner. — trust I may speak and speak I will. Our capable editor of Samara has put her elocution lessons to use by her frequent pleas to, Please write something for the mag. We all want to thank her for the time and the hard work that she has devoted to its completion. She is the only one of us who represents the Arts Form, but she assures us that she is preparing to take her London Matric. next year. Kay lives in New York during the winter, but sails for England as soon after the closing as possible. Tea-drinking is the only English habit from which she does not suffer; instead she prefers Canadian milk or aqua pura. Her ambition is to go on the stage, but we ' ll probably hear of her as a stage hand or as an extra in a mob scene. Marjorie McKinnon. — ' Eat, drink, and be merry Mac is one of Parkie ' s able lieutenants in Fry. Her school day begins with the inspec- tion of the preparatory forms, and dinnertime finds her looking round with an eagle eye for forgetful waitresses. She is hoping to complete her Junior Matric and to have next year free to explore the mysteries of cooking, and to learn how to wield a needle. She has just obtained her driving license and spends her free time chaufTeuring the Day Girls around town. Marjory, too, is ambitious to go on the stage, and we ' ll be interested to know who reaches the top first, she or Kay. Barbara McClelland. — 0 ? this learning! What a thing it is. Not content to remain a Monitor, Barb has recently joined our ranks as a House-Senior. As Fry ' s hard-working games captain, she is trying to lead the house to victory. She is fond of all sports, but riding is her forte. She loves to watch Parkie experi- menting in the lab. on Tuesday afternoons. Her ambition is to be a nurse, but ten years hence you will probably find her bathing her own children in a truly professional manner.

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24 SAMARA SPORT NOTES XT was with great regret that we said good-bye to Miss Blackburn at the close of last year, but we welcomed Miss Powell with much enthusiasm in September, and we want to thank her for helping us in our various sports. She has given much of her time and many helpful suggestions for which we are all grateful. SPORTS DAY Our Sports Day last year was a great success. Apart from a temperature which soared to un- known heights, and a few mosqui- toes, we all enjoyed ourselves immensely, both watching and taking part in the various races. After a good deal of hard work, the Inter-House Sports Cup was won by Nightingale. Other cups were won by the following: Senior Champion Muriel Crocket Intermediate Champion Shirley Geldert Junior Champion B. B. Fraser Primary Cup Barbara Howe and Barbara Soper Long Jump Muriel Crocket The Tug of War was won by Keller and the Relay Race by Nightingale. BASKETBALL We started the year ' s basketball with great enthusiasm and many resolutions to make this our best year and to improve our play. Thanks to Miss Powell ' s giving us practices at York School during the winter months, we feel that we have improved quite a lot. The First Team played Ottawa Ladies ' College in their gym one afternoon last autumn, and we are glad to say that after a hard struggle we were successful. The First Team also went to Kingston where we played Hatfield Hall, Cobourg, in the Queen ' s University Gym. It was a very exciting game with Hatfield victorious 28-27. We played half of the Inter-House matches in September, and hope to complete them very soon. Nightingale won the House Basketball Cup last year.