Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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24 SAMARA LECTURE NOTES DURING the past school year it has once more been our good fortune to hear several excellent lectures. We are extremely grateful to all those who so kindly gave up their time to come and speak to us. In October, Doctor Pleasance Carr told us about the work of the Nasik Hospital in India. She gave a very interesting outline of life in India, and a more detailed account of the really splendid work being done there by the hospital. On October I2th, Mr. Rollins gave the pupils of Elmwood and Ashbury a joint lecture on Canadian Wild Birds. As well as giving us an excellent description of the habits and appearance of the birds, Mr. Rollins also told us many interesting and entertaining experiences of his life as an ornithologist. Mrs. Newcombe very kindly spared some of her time on October 20th in order to make an appeal to us on behalf of the Ottawa Community Chests. At the end of October, we were privileged to hear a lecture from Miss H. C. Deneke of Oxford, who described very vividly that lovely old town, illustrating her talk with some interesting pictures. On Armistice Day, we had our usual delightful visit from our friend Major McKeand who talked to us about Poppy Day and his latest trip to the land of the Eskimo. We look forward with great pleasure to this yearly event and Major McKeand never fails to keep us entertained. On November I5th, Miss Iris Sayle gave us a thrilling and inspiring description of the work being done throughout Western Canada by the Sunday School Mission. Miss Sayle illustrated her talk with excellent lantern slides of the travelling Mission and the out-of-the-way places which it visits. Mr. Jacques of the Bell Telephone Company came on January I3th, to show us some very interesting movies. He included in his programme a travelogue, a film depicting the construction and operation of the tele- phone, and a fascinating one of Grey Owl and his beavers. The afternoon proved to be both entertaining and instructive. If the Westward Ho! trip, through Western Canada and Alaska, proves as attractive as Mrs. Girvan ' s description, in her talk just after the Easter holidays, then those of us able to join the tour this summer are indeed to be envied. WHAT DOES MORAL RE-ARMAMENT MEAN TO SCHOOL GIRLS? BEFORE one can attempt to answer this question it is necessary to know exactly what moral re-armament means. It means not only physical courage but moral courage, fair play, and a sense of sports- manship. It means a driving out of all fear. If we want peace, we need a new unity and a new strength. One should give instead of take, not only in little things, but in large ones. There is a great object in Moral Re- Armament, namely that we should all strive earnestly to help international understanding. We who live under Democracy count our- selves lucky to have freedom in speech and thought. But if discipline is rejected as contrary to freedom, that essential propor- tion must be lost. There is danger in praising Democracy and refusing to pay the full price. But what does all this mean to school girls? If in our games we can practise fair play, we will play fair in things other than games. If we have a sense of sports- manship in school, we will have it throughout our lives. If we are fair in our actions and speech to others in school, out of school we will be the same. If we drive out fear of others ' opinion, we will have no fear of what people say later on. What helps more in an understanding of peoples than fair play and sportsmanship? We learn and practise these excellent qualities first in school. Pat O ' Donnell— VI Upper

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SAMARA 23 April 22 — Saturday. Mrs. Kenny treated us to the movie ' Wuthering Heights, and to tea at the Chateau afterwards. April 24 — A few of the boarders Hstened to the La Salle Symphony Orchestra with Reginald Stewart as soloist. April 29 — Saturday. We went swimming at the Chateau. May 6 — Saturday — out. May 12 — The dancing recital. May 16 — The Old Girls put on a play for the boarders and showed some movie pictures, after which refreshments were generously provided by Mrs. Harry Southam. May 18 — Royal Minto Follies. May 19 to — Days of Royal Visit — see under May 21 special heading. May 24 — Empire Day. Boarders were allowed whole day out. May 27 — Saturday — out. June 7 — Sports Day. June 8 — School Closing. Vc LINEUP Name Pet Expression Pastime Ambition Probable Future Occupation Sarah Wallace Oh say listen Talking To be a great actress Watching son in school play Priscilla Aylen Oh, please tell me Milk Bar To be a dress designer Knitting for Old Girls ' collection Betty Caldwell Goodnight Catching up History ? To be a doctor Nursing sick dog Anne Powell My, it was funny Studying To get 100% in everything She probably will Diana Warner U ' know Waiting for holidays To be a famous author Writing out menu for cook Mary Osier Lands Saying Stand Please ' To plan Dictator ' s fate Dictators planning her fate Joan Creighton Don ' t be silly Imitating a gorilla To own kennels She ' s out in the doghouse now Mary Wurtele Oh Dear, please be quiet Looking out of window To skate beautifully Doing spirals on waxed floor Clair Perley -Robertson I was so embarrassed Laughing To dance on the stage Dancing — at a College Prom Diana Wilson Really! Worrying To paint lovely portraits Painting the nursery Lois Lambert Goodness Trotting home To ride in grand motor car Using thumb Vivienne King Alligators Telephoning To get fat 400 pounds Pamela Booth Woo woo Going south To cruise in own yacht Rowing up the Ottawa River By V. KING and P. BOOTH

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SAMARA 25 DRAM AT I CS THE Senior Dramatic class presented its annual performance on Friday evening April 7th. This year we performed Viceroy Sarah by Norman Ginsbury. There was some trouble in obtaining the rights to produce this play and we were very glad when Miss Eason succeeded in doing so. We were all much pleased with the choice of this play, as, without being a classic, it was within our capabilities and afforded ample scope for characterization. We thoroughly enjoyed acting in it and are most grateful to Miss Eason for her excellent direction. On Miss Eason ' s behalf as well as our own we want to thank Rosemary Youle very much for her invaluable assistance with the costumes. It was greatly appreciated. We recall with very much pleasure the dance which, this year, took the place of the usual Senior Christmas party. The Junior School greatly enjoyed their party. At the entertainment which followed, each of the houses presented a short one-act play. For the third year in succession Fry triumphed with Thirty Minutes in a Street by Beatrice Mayor. Nightingale presented Tickless Time by Susan Glaspell and Keller, The Little Man by John Galsworthy. There are still some presentations to be made. The Senior-Intermediates are busy preparing The Taming of the Shrew and scenes from Vicky and The Young Princess , while the Intermediates are working on Quality Street and Twelfth Night . The Third Form gave us a delightful performance at Christmas when they presented The Three Kings and will soon give another which will include The Sleeping Beauty and Persephone . Once again we want to thank Mr. Kendall MacNeil for attending our plays and for giving us a serious criticism of them. We also thank the Citizen for allowing us to reprint his review which follows: HIGH STANDARD SET IN OTHER YEARS IS FULLY MAINTAINED IN DRAMATIC PRODUCTION BY ELMWOOD STUDENTS It might be just as well to begin this comment on the annual dramatic production of the senior art class of Elm wood School, Rockcliffe, with a confession and admit we should have felt a great deal more competent to deal with Norman Ginsbury ' s historical play Viceroy Sarah , had we read Winston Churchill ' s biography, large though it is, of his illustrious forebear John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. It is an omission that the presentation of last evening urges us to correct at the earliest opportunity for we are ashamed to acknowledge that our knowledge of the history of the reign of Queen Anne is horribly rusty.