Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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20 SAMARA FIRST we want to thank Miss May for all the happy hours we have spent in the art room. We are certainly fortunate in having her to teach us and help us with our paintings. This year the exhibition usually held at Christmas was not held until before Easter. Mr. E. W. Harold, in his criticism which appeared in the Citizen, said at your first glance you were conscious of its elemental colour and bold freedom of line — I believe Mr. Buck took some photographs of this bold freedom of line. The most striking thing of all, Mr. Harold said, were the murals. These consisted of murals of ships of older days, farm life and costumes. The III Form painted the mural on ships and the preparatory did one of figures on cotton wool snow. Nearly every- body in the art class had her dab in these murals. They were great fun to do and we hope to paint another for the exhibition in June. We want to thank Mr. Harold very much for coming to our exhibition and we ap- preciate his criticism. The subjects of the art class have been interesting and varied; land-scapes, animal studies, fashions, still-life and sea-scapes. We are all looking toward to going sketching in the Spring. Some of the art students are to be thanked for making posters for the Red Cross and in aid of the Refugees. Some who are not in the art class are to be thanked too. Paula Peters executed a poster, Travel By C.N.R. which is now in the C.N.R. ticket office on Sparks Street. Good work, Paula! Those in the arts form have made visits to the National Art Gallery, either to further them in their study of History of Art or to help them appreciate good art. Nancy Doane, last year ' s Art Prize win- ner, we believe, has been dividing her time between Miss May ' s art studio and the museum where she assists Miss May with her Saturday morning art classes. We also heard lately that she had been to Toronto to study art. In the Interior Decorating classes we learned about colour and colour schemes. Then we studied the evolution of furniture in England, how to plan a house and also how to design chinzes. It was all very interesting and pleasant. Miss Russel has very kindly given instruc- tion in handicrafts. The boarders were taught to make belts, baskets, woollen scarves and bed jackets. The III Form made a very life-like water-wheel under her guidance. We all feel that this has been a very progressive and productive year in the way of art. THE SEA The sea is a creature of quick-moving grace. With a laughing bright heart and chill em- brace. A creature of stillness and seething rage. Whose call rings out, wild, from age unto age. She spreads gleaming pathways for boats, men ' s dreams, And upsets in a moment their carefully laid schemes. She ' s gracious and smiling, heartless, possessed. Her beauty is that of a woman much blest. So men love her, curse her, — and somewhere their graves Are hid ' neath the music of gay lilting waves. — WiNiFRED Cross, Keller.