Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 25 Welcome to this year ' s Boarders ' Notes. We hope you Hke our new system of headings. To begin with, we have: HISTORICAL. It seems that back in the dim distance of 1925-26 they had the first Boarders ' Notes ever written. In them we read the following: — There were five of us at the beginning of the year — now there are double the number, and doubtless the number will increase as time goes on. ! Has time alone made all this difference ? Thirty is our number this year. SOCIAL. Boarders have been very lucky this year in having so many Old Girls visit us. They drop in on us whenever they are in Ottawa from out of town; and if they live in Ottawa, they just drop in! Mistresses have got to the point that, when they hear an undue amount of noise in a corridor or lounge, they just throw up the ir hands in despair and murmur, It ' s just some Old Girls! what is the use of trying to keep people quiet ? They are always glad to see the offenders , though. AMUSEMENTS. There seem to have been a lot of exceptionally good concerts, plays, movies and lectures this year, many of which the Boarders have had the opportunity of enjoying. The Minto Follies were also attended by enthusiastic and critical skaters and non-skaters alike. Among other amusements of the boarders are, indoor: dancing to the phonograph ; listening to the same, listening to the radio, badminton, reading and talking, and talking (oh, we said that) and eating. Outdoor amusements consist of skiing, mountain-climbing, skating, arching, walking, and Saturdays-out (how few and far- between they seem!)

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24 SAMARA April 8th. — School Closed for Easter Holidays. April 21st. — School reopened after Easter Holidays. May 12th. — Dancing Recital. May 18th. — In response to the invitation extended by Mrs. Buck when, with Miss Butler, she visited the Glebe, Mr. Atkinson, Principal of Glebe Collegiate, brought the Glebe String Octette to play for us. — They stayed for tea afterwards — and everybody had a lovely time! May 20th.— Fiano Recital. May 21st. — Sports Day. May 24th.— School Holiday. June 10th. — Closing day. MISS SPRING wonder if any of you have ever met Spring, The young maiden that to us all happiness brings. You will find her in every cranny and nook. You will find her wherever you choose to look. Her voice is the sound of a bubbling brook, Not a shrill harsh cry like a black crow or rook, Her skin is that of the snowdrop fair. The bright shiny sun her golden hair. Her lips are the new little buds of a rose, That have kept very still through her winter s repose. Her eyes are two violets, more blue than the skies. And on the wings of the wind she quickly flies. Her robes are spring flowers, fringed by the sky. While her hair wears a garland of clouds floating by. Her feet are the fleet, winged feet of a deer. That run through the country, both far and near. So now that you know her I must humbly pray, That when you go wildflower gathering next May, You won ' t pick too many, or you ' ll have to confess. Miss Spring will be needing another new dress. SUZETTE BOURINOT, FORM V C, NIGHTINGALE

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26 SAMARA GOVERNMENTAL. As usual the boarders employed their modified system of self-government. We had a partly-elected, partly-appointed Council under the able leadership of Kay Warner as Head Boarder with the support of Pat Spendlove as Prefect and Vieve Inglis and Pat Milliken as House Seniors. A new system was tried out at supper tables, whereby a long-suffering councillor was put in charge of each table where she valiantly attempted to maintain law and order. She succeeded very well in spite of the difficulty of controlling a boarder whose sense of humour has got the better of her. Besides this a councillor has the usual duties of chasing people to beds and baths, and of just generally maintaining order among obstre- perous boarders. Three cheers for the good old council, say we! INFIRMARY NOTES. From February until the very last day of the Easter Term, the Infirmary was steadily filled with at least one person suffering from a severe malady called chicken-pox! The sufferers of this dread disease seem to have been quite happy in spite of their confinement, as smiling faces gazing down upon the court-yard testified. The daily delight of all uncontaminated persons was shouting messages up at their more unfortunate comrades. Fun though it was, we hope we have no more troubles to keep us from our much-loved ( ?) work, and play. CULTURAL. This year Mademoiselle Juge has very kindly continued the Cercle Frangais and it has proved most interesting and instructive. She shows us all kinds of magazines, pamphlets, etc., illustrating all sorts of fascinating things about her native France. Thank you very much, Mademoiselle, for many enjoyable Thursday evenings. FIRE. Help, the Fire-bell! , and so victims leap from their beds, to gather at the fire-escapes two seconds later, with Kenwoods on their shoulders and hats on their be-curlered heads. It is what might be termed an exhausting performance. That awful fire-bell! THANK YOU. In closing we would like to say a few words to the Resident Staff, who have helped to make this a grand and successful year for the boarders. They certainly have been wonderful. Thank you, and goodbye for this year.