Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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10 SAMARA We should like to congratulate last year ' s prize winners: Jane Smith — Summa Summarum. Susan Edwards — Photographic Prize. Nancy Doane — Art Prize. Beatrice Black — French Prize. Claire Perley-Robertson — Music Improve- ment Medal. Winifred Cross — Modern Languages Prize. Joan Creighton — Middle School Proficien- cy Prize. Gaye Douglas — HouseAward. Joan Creighton — Special Dramatics Prize. Ann Powell — Intermediate Tennis Cup. Susan Edwards — Senior Tennis Doubles Cup. Nancy Bowman ] Ann Votlu Posture Girdles. Ann Davies J Jane Smith — Dramatics Medal. Although we have been very unfortunate in Basketball and Badminton, we hope to redeem ourselves in Tennis in the spring under the guidance of Gaye Douglas, our Sports Captain and Nancy Bowman the Vice- Captain. The teams are as follows: BADMINTON First Singles — G. Douglas Second Singles — V. King First Doubles — G. Douglas and V. King Second Doubles — A. Davies and B. Black TENNIS First Singles — A. Powell Second Singles — G. Douglas First Doubles — A. Powell and G. Douglas Second Doubles — B. Watson and B. Black BASKETBALL Shots — A. Croil, J. Gilmour Centres — G. Douglas, A. Powell Guards — W. Cross, B. Black Subs. — A. Davies and M. MacCrimmon We should like to welcome the new girls to our house and we hope that they will live up to its ideals. To those who are leaving we wish the best of luck for the future. The members of Keller are: Beatrice Black — Head of House. Gaye Douglas — House Senior. Nancy Bowman, Jean Buckman, Joan Creighton, Winifred Cross, Ann Croil, Ann Davies, Janet Edwards, Jessie Gilmour, Joan Goodeve, Vivienne King, Marguerite Ken- ney, Mary McCrimmon, Rosemary McKeen, Ann Murray, Ann Powell, Penelope Sher- wood, Charlotte Toland, Jane Viets, Sarah Wallace, Barbara Watson. Staff: Miss Adams, Miss Graham, Made- moiselle Juge, Miss Edgar. ON SCHOOL SPIRIT IT is the one thing that above all else every school must have to unify it, but what specifically is school spirit? What must our ideals be if we are to have school spirit? Fundamentally, it is loyalty to one ' s school. Loyalty entails a great many different obligations, among which the most essential is a co-operative sense. Briefly this means a willingness to see other points of view, and to act accordingly. If a school lacks co- operation among the pupils or staff, the basis, the very rock on which the school is built, is threatened. School spirit means a readiness to live up to the ideals and rules of the school; that a pupil is sincerely devoted to her school. This can be manifested in every department of school life, whether it pertains to work or sports or duties. In sports, school spirit amounts to fairness, honesty and keen playing — that is, playing for the team and the school and for the enjoyment of the game. In work it amounts to an interest in lessons, completed homework, and a fresh mind. In both work and play, it amounts to an eager- ness to learn. It must include, (perhaps above all,) punctual performance of assign- ed duties, good attendance and punctuality. But even with this to our credit, we have not complete school spirit. We must make ourselves felt in the hundred-and-one small, considerate ways, the opportunity for which

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SAMARA 9 Jeanne Bryson, Mary Blackburn, Nadine Christie, Diana Gill, Lois Lambert, Betty Morphy, Natalie de Marbois, Damaris Owen, Mary Osier, Nancy Shaw, Jean Stewart, Joan Thomson, Mary Wurtele, Margery Woodward. StaH: — Miss Firth, Miss Mills, Miss Rus- sel. Miss Stewart. M. Edwards. NIGHTINGALE HOUSE 1939-40 IT is with deep regret that Nightingale must say goodbye ' this year to Miss Neal. It is not an exaggeration to say that, in every sense, she lived up highly to our House Motto: Non Nobis Solum, Not for Ourselves Alone. We sincerely wish her happiness in the future. In welcoming new members to Night- ingale, and in taking leave of old ones, may we express the hope that they will carry on the fine tradition of our House patroness, Florence Nightingale. This year, our badminton team had the good luck to be as successful as last year, winning the cup without losing a match, but in the Inter-House basketball and the activities at Christmas, we were not so fortu- nate. BADMINTON TEAM First Singles — Margaret Gerard Second Singles —Muriel Inkster First Doubles - pf — 1 M. Inkster Second Doubles -| M Paterson — 1 J. bomervilie BASKETBALL TEAM Shots Centre forward Centre guard Guards Margaret Gerard Beryl Cadogan — Mary Paterson — Muriel Inkster — f J. Somerville O. Blackburn As yet, our Tennis team has not been chosen. On Sports Day last June, Nightingale came off well, winning the Inter-House Relay Race, and the House Sports Cup, We owe hearty applause to the follow- ing, the prize winners of last year: Anne Bethune — Special Proficiency. Ogden Blackburn — Modern Languages. Margaret Gerard-JSenior Sports Cup. [Public bpeakmg. Ruth Osier — Junior High Endeavour. Mary Paterson Intermediate Sports Cup. Proficiency Medal. Cynthia Sims — Writing Improvement. Norma Wilson — Mathematics Prize. HOUSE MEMBERS Mary Paterson — Head of House, Prefect, Vice Sports Captain. Margaret Gerard — House Senior, House Sports Captain. Patricia Archdale, Priscilla Aylen, Ogden Blackburn, Pamela Booth, Margaret Bronson, Beryl Cadogan, Betty Caldwell, Dorothy Davis, Elizabeth Edwards, Joan Gillies, Muriel Inkster, Margaret MacLaren, Ruth Osier, Paula Peters, Cynthia Sims, Joan Somerville, Barbara Soper, Diana Warner, Diana Wilson, Norma Wilson. Staff: Miss Estrup, Miss Hamilton, Miss May, Miss MacLean, Miss Neal. We were very glad to have Joan Gillies back for the last six weeks of term, after such a long absence. ' Bon voyage ' to Beryl Cadogan, who ex- pects to sail in June for Merry England — and home. June is at hand, and we are determined to make a great effort to win the Sports Cup and the House Shield. Good luck. Nightingale! Mary Paterson. KELLER HOUSE NOTES LAST year Keller was fortunate in win- ning the House Shield and so far this year we are again leading in stars. At Christmas we maintained our high standard by winning the House Collections award and by coming second in the House Plays. So keep it up, Keller!

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SAMARA 11 arises every day. We must be good-humor- ed, and not let difficulties annoy us, or stand in our way. Among Juniors, school spirit should be doubly emphasized, for they are the officers of the future. It is only real devotion to the school that makes a good officer and the younger children, with their school careers before them, should realize that. Finally — the pupil who has school spirit and who works always in the school ' s best interests, and with its ideals in mind, will not be the loser by it. Whatever life she enters after school — college, job or home — she carries with her the invaluable ideals of her youth — loyalty to her friends and her in- terests, and f airplay in all her dealings. Those ideals form her entrance fee to life. To you. . . . we throw the torch; Be yours to hold it high. Mary Paterson, Nightingale. TWILIGHT As we look along the country road At the hour before the night, We see the horse ' s heavy load But know his heart is light; The end of the day has come for him And his steps are trudging home, H e ' ll he glad to lay his weary limbs In the stall that is his own. And farther along, a climbing trail Leads up to the distant hill. And in the sky the pink clouds sail As they look on the turning mill. It lies in the valley far below With a clear stream running by. And over the dam the waters flow While the engines let out their cry. And now the birds chirp lullabies To their young ones in the nest. Their beaks stop opening with hungry cries, They ' ve settled down to rest. And now the sun behind the peak Has lighted the sky bright gold. And the Frogs come out of their muddy creek To chime their story old. — Sarah E. G. Wallace, Keller House. ENGLAND With apologies to Robert Browning Oh, to be in England, Now that April ' s there; And yet I doubt that England. Will be as it was last year. For someone in Europe has shattered the quiet. And forced us to rise up, to fight, and to riot; Instead of the farmhouse, the horse, and the plough, There are guns and black-outs in England — now. But there ' ll always be an England, Though wars may come and go; No one can change that England, The country that I know. The Spring can ' t be put off by bombs and by guns. And flowers will blossom in spite of the Huns, So while Hitler is marching and making a row. Summer is coming in England — now. — Marjorie Woodward, Fry House. YOUTH ' S REPLY The call has gone forth through our land For men who are brave and are strong. To flght with all might, For the truth and the right For the country to which they belong. From Canada ' s prairies and wilds. From her mountains, her vales and her hills, Youth answers the need. That the whole world be freed From the threat of dictator ' s ills. — Mary K. Osler, Fry. THE GOURMAND For breakfast he had Austria on toast. For lunch he had Sudetenland with cheese, Bohemia and Moravia for afternoon tea. And Memel for supper, cooked with peas. Poland was on appetizing dish, Served with Danzig and Russian caviar, Denmark proved as tasty as could be But Norway, most indigestible by far I —Mary Osler, Fry.