Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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18 SAMARA MY DOG WUFF The Queen is very beautiful, But not quite enough; Nor are the Duchesses But just look at my Wuff. P. Archdale THE BROOK Rippling, gurgling over the rocks, Onward to the sea; Little splashes here and there. Longing to be free. Soon before the bubbling brook Could finish its gurgling game, It found itself falling right into a lake. Then out of it once again. After a while it stopped its play, And glided gently out to sea; Where it joined the billowy, foamy waves Never again a brook to be. — P. Archdale THE ROBIN once knew a robin With a bright red breast. I asked him, Mr. Robin, Will you be my guest? He hopped down from the tree And then began to chirp That way up in the tree It was the better perch. But he stayed with me, my robin, In my nursery chair. And I loved my little robin; We were a happy pair. — D. Gill, Form II

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SAMARA 17 TENNIS Tennis has always been one of the favourite forms of outdoor exercise. Wherever possible the courts are in constant use, and we have started to play off the matches for the School Cup. Last year Janet Fleck won the Senior Singles, and Janet Fleck and Mary MacFarlane won the Senior Doubles. The Intermediate Singles were won by Winsome Hooper and the Doubles by Shirley Geldert and Joan Daniels, the Junior Singles by Gaye Douglas, and the Doubles by Gaye Douglas and Margaret Gerard. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES The Archery Classes have been resumed this Spring, and we have Major Chapman to thank again for making this one of our most interesting activities. Riding is still a favourite sport. It is always with great enthusiasm that we welcome the first ride after the long winter months. GYM The Gym Classes this year were as interesting as ever, with work on the ropes, horse, and rings. Demonstrations on these concluded the Drill Competition. The competition awakened much keenness in all classes. It is the only contest between the Forms in the school and excitement runs high for several days before the event. Mr. Buck was not able to be present this year and the mistresses selected the winners — whom they declared to be the V matric and V A group. During the year posture girdles have been awarded to P. Milliken, M. Howard, M. Main, J. Smith, N. Lane, M. Edwards. Last June they were awarded to J. Fleck, N. Martin, C. M. Gibson.

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SAMARA 19 Margaret Parkin. — A good laugh is sunshine in a school . Parkie , our cheery Head Day Girl, has just concluded her last year at Elmwood, and she leaves behind her a splendid record of well-deserved successes, both in work and in leadership. Having already obtained her Honour Matric, she has been able to give thought to the lighter subjects of the Arts Form, as well as continue with Maths, and Science. Parkie ' s particular idiosyncrasies are her infectious giggles, and the quizzical way in which she wiggles her nose when feeling gay. The objects of her afTection are violets, Yardley ' s, and Friday afternoons after four! Her future career remains as yet a mystery to us all, including herself, but as her ambitions run to aeroplane designing and scientific research in radium, it is bound to be spectacular. Next year she is going to continue her search for knowledge at Varsity, where she will be anchored for the next five years. Gute Gliick, Gretchen. Kathleen Warner. — ' ' 0 to be in England, Now that April ' s here!!! Our able Head Boarder returned unexpectedly this year to take her London Matric, after having bidden her final fond farewells last June. She intended to study in England this year, but we are all very glad she changed her mind and returned to Elmwood. This year Katie has been very busy managing the boarders and preparing for her exams — quite a departure from the comparatively easy life of an art-formist. She is very fond of adopting all stray articles left around in the Sitting Room, and we always know on whose shelf to look for wandering rulers, erasers, pens and little black note books. She also likes costume jewellery, play suits (not rompers) and talking, but positively abhors dressing in a hurry, Monday morning, and drinking tea (and she ' s English!). She is so fond of changing her mind about her future career, that at this early date we are a little doubtful as to what it will be. Next year, however, she plans to go to England. Winsome Hooper. — ' With thee conversing, we forget all time. Hoop has led Nightingale successfully through another year. She is doing some Matric. work as well as exploring the mysteries of the cook book, colour combi- nations and other arty subjects. Her fancies run to sports, especially skiing and tennis, and we ' ll probably hear of her in the future as a Wimbledon star. One of her ambitions is never to grow old, which may be the reason we see her pumping up Buena Vista on her bicycle with a big bow in her hair. She loathes wearing hats, but loves shorts, and wind in her hair, and curiously enough she portrayed Wind in the dancing recital. In two years she intends to be a deb. but in the meantime what WILL you do. Hoop ?