Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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SAMARA 27 BOARDERS ' CALENDAR TERM I September 15th. — We were welcomed by Mrs. Buck and Miss Tipple. There are approximately twenty-nine of us this year. September 18th. — Saturday — and we went on a trip to Kingsmere for tea. September 25th. — Saturday — to the Rockhurst Tea Gardens, where we ate too many apples, with some disastrous results!! October 11th. — Thanksgiving Monday. We went out with parents and friends. Some went to Kingsmere for lunch. October 16th. — To Chateau for swim and tea. October 23rd. — We went swimming at the Chateau again and had tea afterwards at the Cafeteria. October 27th. — All of us went to see Titania ' s Palace. October 28th. — First Tremblay Series — Joos Ballet — which we were all very enthusiastic about. October 29th. — Long week-end began. We came back on Monday, November 1st. November 5th. — Hallowe ' en Party — as successful as ever. November 6th. — We were taken to the Capitol to see Salute to Valour, a movie of the Vimy Memorial Service. November 9th. — Some of the seniors went with Mr. and Mrs. Buck to the Annual Dinner of the League of Nations Society at the Chateau Laurier; and the rest of us listened to the speeches over the radio. November 13th. — We went to Ashbury for a lecture on British Columbia Explorations, and came back fired with the desire to tour the West ourselves. November 18th. — We were taken to the Shackleton lecture at the Glebe. November 20th. — We drove to Kingston for a basketball match against Hatfield Hall. (We might add that the victory was not for us.) November 22nd. — Some of the music pupils went to hear Margaret Abra, a talented pupil of Mr. Puddicombe ' s, at the Chateau. November 26th. — The boarders in the Senior Dramatic Class went to the Little Theatre to see Mary of Scotland, in which Miss Eason took the part of Queen Elizabeth. December 4th. — Some of us went to the Glebe to hear the National Symphony Orchestra.