Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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18 SAMARA Oct. 28 — ' ' Spring Meeting a play at the little theatre. Remember? Nov. 4 — Basketball again, with Miss Snell leading us on. Elm wood ver- sus Hatfield at Kingston. We non-players left at home kept our finger crossed and went to the Chateau to swim and have tea. — We lost. Nov. 6 — About eight boarders went to piano recital by Eleanor Brad- ford. Nov. 10 — Our long weekend — no words can express our feelings! Nov. 13 — We returned. Who said thirteen was lucky? Nov. 16— We all went to a Church bazaar at Lauder Hall. That tea was good! Nov. 18 — All went to Capitol to see com- plete movie of Royal Tour . A salute to their Majesties! Nov. 20 — Concert with Busch and Serkin violinist and pianist. Nov. 22 — Padre Essex of Toe H. came and showed us pictures of the World ' s Fair and talked about Toe H. Nov. 27 — Art lecture about Democracy and Art: eight of us went. Nov. 29 — All went to hear Duff Cooper speak on ' Liberty . Dec. 1 — Philharmonic Symphony Orches- tra with John Barbarolli con- ducting. We all went and will never forget the glorious music. Dec. 2- — Liberty day again. Our Sa- turday out and those left in took Ann de Dampierre to see Remember and to tea after wards. Miss Estrup was es- cort and it was a memorable day. Dec. 4 — Ten of us went to a lecture on Modern English Art by Roth- enstein. Our minds are being slowly broadened! Dec. 6 — Everybody went to see The Lion Has Wings ' ' . What wonderful uniforms! Dec. 9 — Dollars and cents that don ' t make sense, — everyone went Christ- mas Shopping. Dec. 12 — Our First Aid exam. What a trying evening — but what a nice doctor! We salute Miss Woods on completing a dif- ficult job. Dec. 16 — More bustle and hurry, secrets and excitement as we go Christmas Shopping again. Dec. 17 — Cries of joy and pleasure; Christ- mas presents exchanged. Car- ols at Mrs. Buck ' s house with Mr. McTavish in attendance, and a lovely tea! 18 — Our Christmas party, House Col- lections and House Plays. Everyone s triving to do her best and everyone succeeding. 19 — HOME — Need more be said? 9 — Boarders returned, — another year again. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. 13 — Skiing lessons with Dr. Kohr. Easy does it, girls! 17 — We all went to hear and see Alec Templeton. We heard about it for a long time after — it took us days to recover! 19 — That ominous word Exams . Everyone is going around sprouting knowledge - we hope they are right. Good luck. 22 — We all went to see Tobias and the Angel with Maurice Colbourne but everyone fell in love with Toby! 24 — A few went to hear Thomas S. Mann lecture on Democracy. Hope we boarders will re- member it — ! ? 30 — All we boarders went to the Ice Follies. Lovely skating in every sense of the word. 31 — End of exams. Free Day, but don ' t misunderstand its mean- ing! It means student govern- ment, and we all work hard! 3 — Had wonderful tea of Coco Cola and Eskimo pies at home. Were they good — !

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SAMARA 17 But when we got back to school after Easter, this pastime no longer had any point, for the mumps were over. Towards the end of April Miss Neal had to return to England, and we saw her leave with a great deal of sorrow. She had been at Elmwood for nineteen years, and all the day girls as well as the boarders will miss her greatly. Before she left a reception was held for her at which the Governors of the school presented her with a silver jewel case containing a sum of money. The old girls gave her one of Miss May ' s paint- ings, and the present girls a quilted dressing- gown, in the hope that it will successfully shield her against the raw English winter. This has also been a memorable year in that it is the last one in which the boarders will hear at breakfast, Everyone is to wear a coat, AND a beret — it ' s very cold this morning. Miss Tipple, who has played such an important part in the life of every boarder at Elmwood, will not return to us next year. We shall miss her kindly in- terest in us and all our doings, and her ready sense of humour, and the way in which she found things for us when we lost them! Elmwood boarders, past and present, join in a chorus of affectionate regret at her going, and wish her every happiness in the future. We would like to thank Mrs. Buck, Miss Tipple, Miss McLean, and all the rest of the resident staff for having made this year such a wonderful one for us.. Further details of our activities during the year will be found in the Boarders ' Calendar. BOARDERS ' CALENDAR Sept. 13 — Boaders all returned to school. Happy days are here again! Sept. 16 — We all went to Wakefield with a picnic lunch. Miss Tipple and Miss Russell. What a hot day and what a lovely stream to wade in. Sept. 20 — Basketball, Elmwood versus Ot- tawa Ladies ' College. Score not to be mentioned! Sept. 23 — Treasure Hunt. — the treasure was good too. Rededication Ser- vice at St. Barnabas for Toe. H. Mrs. Edwards was with us. Sept. 30 — Saturday out, and everyone puts on her best bonnet. Oct. 7 — Kingsmere, what a high mountain to climb! Miss Neal waiting at the bottom with food, (tea) and Miss Graham climbing and cheering us on. Oct. 8 — Mr. Buck ' s moving pictures of the visit of the King and Queen. Some of us looked so sad! Oct. 9 — Thanksgiving. We were thank- ful for a holiday full of fun! Oct. 10 — English girls arrived to stay with us a while. Vera Anderson, Nancy Middleton, Aviril Miller. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 11 — Another one — Dorothy Hunter. 13 — Our lucky day. We gave a party for all Ottawa. the English girls in 14 — Boarders were taken to see Hol- lywood Cavalcade — did we enjoy it? 15 — Mrs. Buck gave a tea for the Eng- lish girls at her house. 16 — Music appreciation started with Mr. McTavish. 18 — Eight boarders went to Govern- ment House tea for English girls of Ottawa. What hap- pened to the rest? ! 19 — Concert with Igor Gorin, ba- ritone Music lovers enjoyed going — all the rest went to bed at nine. 21- — Saturday out again, free for a few hours — ! 24— Had our first St. John ' s Ambul- ance lesson with Miss Woods. Enbalming is becoming a craze — room-mates beware. 24 — Hallowe ' en party. Come one, come all, from Angels to Devils.

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SAMARA 19 Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. 5 — Some of the ' ' Arts went to an Art lecture on Cezanne. 8 — Had a Toe H meetina with Major Hepburn as our guest. 10 — We went up to MacLean ' s Mount- ain Lodge to ski all day. Everyone had a wonderful time and no accidents! 13- 14- 16 -First Home Nursing Class. Miss Woods again took on the task. -All boarders listened to Lord Tweedsmuir ' s Funeral Service. Our long week end. How happy we all are to be home again. 19 — Back again! time marches on. 22 — We boarders ail went to hear Jan Kiepura, Polish singer. We all enjoyed the concert. 24— Everyone went to MacLean ' s Mountain Lodge again. Our bus got stuck so we outdoor girls dug it out! 2 — MacLean ' s again, everyone still intact! 8 — Art Exhibition and tea for parents, unfortunately only for parents! 9 — All the boarders went to Dear Octopus at the Little Theatre producedbyour Miss Graham. We were all very proud of her. 15 — We went home to-day instead of next Wednesday. Why? MUMPS! ! April 1 — April Fools day, but no fooling for us as we all returned again. April 4 — Everybody went to the Joos Bal- let and enjoyed it very much. April 6 — Pinochio was in town, at the Capital, and it was a rainy day — so what else was there to do? Jimminy Cricket stole our hearts. April 12 — Puppet Show given at school in Aid of the Red Cross Tea Room. April 13 — Swimming and tea at the Chateau, how we love those teas! April 16 — Home Nursing Exam! Miss Woods still standing by. April 18 — Miss Neal is leaving us to go to England. We had the Farewell Presentation, and now she is gone we miss her very much. April 19 — Some of us went to Art lecture by Mr. Rowan on murals. I am afraid a few got left behind! April 20 — Saturday out. Once more free- dom has been given — ! April 26 — The Senior Play. Hearts beating and hands shaking, but every- one doing a wonderful job. Our hats off to Miss Graham who pulled us through. NICE LITTLE ELMWOOD GIRLS Nice little Elmwood girls hold open every door. Nice little Elmwood girls must never, never snore. Nice little Elmwood girls must not walk three abreast. Nice little Elmwood girls are always warmly dressed. Nice little Elmwood girls must be in bed by nine. Nice little Elmwood girls wear tams in rain or shine. Nice little Elmwood girls must never cross their legs. Nice little Elmwood girls keep very tidy pegs. Nice little Elmwood girls don ' t ever laugh out loud. Nice little Elmwood girls aren ' t known in a crowd. Nice little Elmwood girls must go to basket- ball. Nice little Elmwood girls don ' t linger in the hall. Nice little Elmwood girls go skiing on the mountain. Nice little Elmwood girls are looking for the fountain. So this all makes it plain to see, That we are all we ought to be. Or does it? — Nancy Bowman and Sarah Wallace — Keller.