Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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20 SAMARA THIS year the Old Girls thought it would be a good idea if every Tuesday evening they could come to knit, sew or chat with the boarders. This plan was enthus- iastically adopted. Every Tuesday about ten or more Old Girls arrived with various garments they were making for the Christmas collections [for if they did not sew they would have none of that delicious lemonade and those scrumptious biscuits — the main reason for our meeting!] We have been extremely fortunate again this year in having so many excellent concerts. A number of boarders are members of the Minto. We were again taken to the Minto Follies and sat in raptures during the per- formance of Megan Taylor and Hazel Franklin, but it was Frack who made our hearts skip a beat. We wish to thank Mrs. Alexander and Juliet, who very kindly invited us to the May Carnival, which was enjoyed tremendously. Ottawa has been blessed with a large amount of snow this winter, so that the boarders had a great deal of skiing in the park, and once or twice at MacLean ' s Mountain Lodge. Skating was a very popular sport. Most of the boarders and even some of the mistresses donned an old sweater and skirt, and a pair of skates and gaily glided over the ice while numerous spectators peered out from the classroom windows. At the beginning of the year those working after study might hear a peculiar sound in the next room, and on investigating, they would find it to be caused by one of those things called bo-bos. Now the fad is hop-scotch. Among our other amusements are tennis, badminton, basketball, riding, jacks and dancing to the radio. We would all like to thank Mrs. Kenny and Sue for taking us to that marvellous movie, Wuthering Heights, and to tea after, at the Chateau. We also thank all those boarders who gave us birthday teas — and how we long for them! One Saturday morning four boarders sallied out with the laudable intention of shovelling the rink, but, finding that a little difficult, they started to roll snowballs. A few other boarders gazed in amazement at such undignified procedure, but soon fol- lowed suit. After some argument as to what they should do with the snowballs, they started out to model the Sphinx and ended with a beautifully-sculptured Marie Antoinette. On May the 8th, the fire bell rang out at ten o ' clock at night and we all thoroughly enjoyed trooping down the fire-escape.

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SAMARA 19 SCHOOL CALENDAR TERM I September 15th. — School opened. September 16th. — Farewell Presentation to Dean and Mrs. Salmon. October 6th. — Basketball match against the Old Girls. October 12th — Mr. Rollins talked about Canadian Wild Birds. October 20th. — Mrs. Newcombe spoke on work done by Confederated Charities, October 27th. — Basketball match against the Old Girls. October 28th. — Hallowe ' en Party. October 31st. — Miss Deneke spoke about Oxford University. November 10th- 13th. — Long Week-end. November 15th. — Miss Sayle told about the work of the Sunday School Mission. November 18th. — Major McKeand spoke on the meaning of Poppy Day. December 10th.- — School Dance. December 19th. — School Christmas Party. December 20th. -January 10th. — Christmas Holidays. TERM II February 24th. -27th. — Long Week-end. March 31st. — Senior Play. April 5th.- 17th. — Easter Holidays. May 12th. — Nightingale House Day. May 18th. — Keller House Day. May 18th. — Match against the Old Girls. May 19th. — Holiday in honour of Their Majesties ' Arrival. May 22. — Fry House Day. June 8th. — Closing. WIND IN love to hear the moaning whine Of the stormy wind upon the pine And listen in the still of night As it dashes by with all its might. The thing that seems so nice to me, Is the lacy snowfiakes upon this tree. And the wind shakes as it passes by, The snow from the stately tree-top high. THE PINE think the night is at its best When all is quiet, and all is rest Then the moon comes up and the stars shine bright. Upon this cold and frosty night. Alone out there, alone she stands. Her branches sway like giant fans. But the wind still keeps upon its way Beyond the night far into day. — Sarah E. G. Wallace Keller House

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7 A.M. Drawings by J. Smith