Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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6 SAMARA EDITORIAL THIS year we came back to school in September under very different circum- stances from those which had greeted our fellows for a generation, for our country was engaged in a war. So far we have been very lucky at Elmwood, for we have not been de- prived of any of our usual activities. But if and when the time comes to give up some of our comforts and luxuries, we will do our bit gladly. Miss Neal, after nineteen years of teaching at Elmwood, left us early in April. We were very sorry to see her go and we join with all her many old girls in wishing her the best of luck! We are also saying good-bye in June to Miss Tipple who has been with us eighteen years. We will miss her very much and we wish her every happiness in the future. This year we welcomed Miss Edgar, Miss Firth, Miss Graham, Miss Hamilton, Miss Russell, Miss Snell, and Miss Stewart, and we hope that they have enjoyed their first year with us. We thank Mrs. Buck and all the mistresses for having made this such a happy year for us. We hope that they have liked it as much as we have. Some of our senior girls attended First Aid and Home Nursing classes this winter and passed their exams with flying colours. The school has been called upon during the year to support many worthy causes, and we are pleased to say that every appeal has been most generously answered. We are especially proud of having collected enough to keep up our Nasic Cot in India, a fund which was inaugurated by Dr. Bostock, a sister of Ruth Bostock, an old Elmwoodian. We should like to thank everyone who has worked so hard to produce this Samara : the Committee; the advertising staff whose tireless and persistent efforts under Miss Estrup ' s guidance, are rewarded by the number of advertisements appearing in this issue; Miss Firth for her many suggestions and help concerning this magazine; all the contributors for the quantity and quality of their work; Muriel Inkster and the other girls who so kindly did posters for us. We are very grateful to them and hope that this magazine will be a reward for all their efforts. We hope that we have left for those re- turning next year, a torch which is still burning as brightly as when it was handed down to us. We who are leaving hand it to them and it is for them to keep it well trimmed to pass on again when the time comes. We shall say good-bye to Elmwood this June with not a little sadness. We know only too well the opportunities we have passed by, but we have many happy me- mories of our days here. And the lessons and ideals which we have acquired through- out the days we have spent at Elmwood will be a constant reminder of former times. We are starting out on our journey along the road of life with our school motto high in our hearts, May all Elmwoodians past, present or future live up to this our highest ideal: Summa Summarum Highest of the high! This year we have been called upon for many collections and the response has in every case been most generous. Besides our usual Community Chests and Poppy Day collections last fall, we had a collection for the Red Cross during its drive for funds to carry on its new wartime ac- tivities in addition to its usual peace time service. Our House Collections in December kept up their usual high standard and we sent donations of food, clothing and toys to the following: Christ Church Cathedral Parish, St. George ' s Parish, All Saints ' Parish and the Ottawa Day Nursery. Early in December we received a request from the teacher of the school in Clute, Northern Ontario for books and clothing. She said that many of her pupils had not sufficient clothing, and were therefore unable to attend school. We were very pleased to be able to send, from Our House Collections, clothing of all sizes, as well as some books. Throughout the year many magazines have been sent to the Royal Canadian Air Force station at Rockcliffe and several subscriptions are going to be sent in the near future.

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SAMARA 5 his Wednesday Scripture lessons to the Seniors and the preparing of girls for con- firmation, besides countless other ways, we had the benefit of his kindly guidance and wise counsel. This year we are saying good-bye, with sadness in our hearts, to two real builders of Elmwood, Miss Neal and Miss Tipple, the former after nineteen years, the latter eighteen years. They have given generously, good measure pressed down and running over, and it is difficult indeed to think of Elmwood without these two familiar figures who have become so much part of our life. Although Miss Neal ' s work was chiefly with the pre- paratory forms, she interested herself in every activity of the older girls, many of whom were just her own little people grown up. With a real affection for everyone in the School, it was to the boarders that Miss Tipple chiefly gave her heart and their constant remembrance of her at Christmas and other anniversaries, and their delight in seeking her out on every occasion that they visit the School as Old Girls, is suf- ficient proof of the place she holds in their hearts. Both have travelled with us through the years, winning for themselves our deep and abiding affection, and leaving behind them a great example of unselfish and de- voted service. There is much more regarding the story of our School which I should like to tell you, but I must not reminisce too freely. Mrs. Philpot now lives in a guiet little village in Oxfordshire where she continues to follow with loving interest our doings here. She is always delighted to see Elmwoodians who are visiting England, and to receive the yearly letters of the winners of the Philpot Token. And so in 1940 we look back over a guarter of a century, and we see in re- trospect the Elmwood pageant, girls in green tunics filing into the Hall for morning prayers, flying as if on winged feet to tennis courts and playing-fields, cheering themselves hoarse for Keller, Fry, and Nightingale, assembling for Speech Day in white and yellow, with some assumption of the dignity that the Day demands, the keen, eager faces and smiling eyes growing a little more serious year by year as the purpose of School as a pre- paration for life unfolds itself. At the end of twenty-five years we find Elmwoodians in every part of the globe, carrying with them we hope and believe, like the winged fruit of the elm tree, samara, something of the lessons we have tried to teach during their school days, the spirit of service, the beauty of usefulness, a readiness to meet what- ever testing times may come with a serene courage, going forth with fellowship and kindliness and a true sense of fair play, so that wherever they may be they will work for the common good. And it is thus I would have you ' salute the past with reverence, as you march beyond it to the future. Your affectionate friend and headmistress. June, 1940 1915 Founding of the School by Mrs. Hamlet S. Philpot, with four pupils. 1917 The famous barn converted into an Assembly Hall and three classrooms. 1919 Property acguired by Mrs. Harry Southam and Mrs. Edward Fauguier. 1920 Resignation of Mrs. Philpot. Mrs. Clement H. Buck appointed Headmistress. Flagstaff erected as war memorial. Eguipment presented by the Hon. Thomas Ahearn. 1923 New Assembly Hall through the gen- erosity of the Hon. Cairine Wilson and the original sponsors. The building was opened by Lady Byng. 1925 Old house entirely demolished and present building erected. Boarding school opened with five resident pupils. 1926 Accommodation extended to provide for twenty-four boarders. 1929 Assembly Hall still further enlarged and improved, with additional class- rooms. It was openedby His Excellency Viscount Willingdon. 1932 Residence built for the Headmistress.

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SAMARA 7 Our Nasic Cot collection, which is used to keep a cot in a Hospital for Sick Ch ildren in India, topped any previous record. We are very glad to be able to continue this, because the fund was inaugurated by an Elmwood old girl some time ago. We are at present collecting for the Refugees and we are sure that this appeal will be as generously answered as the pre- vious appeals have been. MATRICULATION RESULTS Abbreviations: 1st = 1st class honours; 2nd = 2nd class honours; 3rd = 3rd class honours; C = credit; R = recommendation. UPPER SCHOOL RESULTS Anne Bethune: English Composition, R; English Literature R; Latin Authors R; Latin Composition R; German Authors R; German Composition R; Modern History R. Frances Foster — Physics R; Chemistry R; English Composition C; English Liter- ature C. Muriel Inkster — English Composition R; Patricia O ' Donnell — English Literature R; Latin Authors R; Latin Composition R; French Authors R; French Composition R; English Composition C. Anne Shaw— English Composition R; En- glish Literature R; French Authors R; Modern History C; French Composition C. Jane Smith — English Composition R; English Literature R; French Authors R; French Composition R; Modern History R. MIDDLE SCHOOL RESULTS Frances Bell — Ancient History R; Algebra R; Chemistry R; French Authors R; Composition R; English Composition C; English Literature 2nd. Nancy Baker — Geometry R; Chemistry R; Latin Composition R; English Com- position C; Canadian History C; Latin Authors C; French Authors C; French Composition 3rd. Beatrice Black — English Composition R; Eng- lish Literature R; Ancient History R; French Authors R; French Composition R; Algebra 2nd; Physic C. Joan Daniels — English Composition 2nd; Can- adian History C; Latin Authors C. Gaye Douglas — English Composition C; Eng- lish Literature C; Algebra C; Geometry C; French Composition C. Mackie Edwards — Canadian History R; Geo- metry R; Latin Authors R; Latin Com- position R; Physics R; Chemistry R. Susan Edwards — -Ancient History C; Algebra 2nd. Margaret Gerard — English Literature R; An- cient History R; French Authors R; English Composition C; Algebra 3rd; Geometry C; French Composition 2nd. Gillian German — Canadian History R; Geo- metry R; Chemistry R; French Authors R; Latin Authors C; Latin Composition 3rd; French Composition 3rd. Muriel Inkster — Canadian History C, Geo- metry C. Susan Kenny — English Composition R; En- glish Literature R; Ancient History R; Algebra R; Physics R; French Authors R; French Composition R; Geometry R. Norah Lewis — French Authors R; Algebra 1st.; French Composition 3rd. Patricia O ' Donnell — Geometry R; German Composition R. Mary Paterson — Canadian History R; Geo- metry R; Latin Authors R; Latin Com- position R; German Authors R; German Composition R. Cynthia Sims — Geometry R; Physics R; Can- adian History 3; Chemistry C. Ann Shaw — Latin Composition C. Jane Smith — German Composition R; Algebra C. Joan Somerville — English Composition R; English Literature C; French Com- position C. Joan Thomson — Algebra C. Gloria Vaughan — Latin Composition R; Can- adian History C; Physics C. Chemistry