Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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8 SAMARA Last year Nightingale was fortunate in winning the Tennis Shield. We were very successful last Sports Day: — Barbara Soper — Junior Sports Cup. Paula Peters — Intermediate Sports Cup. We also won the relay and obstacle races. Our teams are as follows: — BADMINTON TEAM First Singles — M. Gerard Second Singles — H. Christie First Doubles — J - f. IH. Christie S. Smith lE. Bourinot Second Doubles- BASKETBALL TEAM Shots Centre Shot Guards Centre Guard fPaula Peters Shirley Smith — M. Gerard fOgden Blackburn Norma Wilson — Helen Christie Congratulations to the following list of prize winners. Proficiency Bar — Mary Paterson French — Mary Paterson Improvement Medal — Paula Peters Good Progress (Junior School) — Margaret MacLaren Art — Diana Warner Special Dramatic Prize — Diana Warner Speech Improvement — Ruth Osier Writing— Betty Caldwell Senior Tennis Singles — Beryl Cadogan Intermediate Doubles— J? Somerville (Damaris Owen Badminton Cup — Margaret Gerard Posture Girdles— (P ispili? f ' Y [Paula Peters HOUSE MEMBERS Staff: Miss May, Miss Hamilton, Miss Sinden, Miss Barton, Mrs. Elliott. Margaret Gerard — Head of House, Prefect, Sports Captain. Diana Warner — Prefect. Ogden Blackburn — House Senior. Norma Wilson — Vice Sports Captain. Patricia Archdale, Priscilla Aylen, Esme Bourinot, Margaret Bronson, Betty Cald- well, Helen Christie, Lois Davidson, Dorothy Davis, Elizabeth Edwards, Joan Gillies, Ann Goodenough, Bridget Hastings, Margaret MacLaren, Nita Nichols, Jill Norton, Ruth Osier, Elizabeth Paish, Ann Patteson, Joan Paterson, Paula Peters, Shirley Smith, Bar- bara Soper. To all the members of Nightingale — thanks for your co-operation and support during the past year. Never forget our House Motto — Non Nobis Solum, — Not for Ourselves Alone and the high ideals Florence Night- ingale left us. I wish you the best of luck. Margaret Gerard. SPRING! FAINT breeze rustled the leaves on the ±1 lofty trees under which I was sitting. It was one of those late April days when almost everything stands still to listen to the approach of Spring. I could see grass spring- ing up in the wood, where a few weeks before cold white snow had embraced everything in her clinging arms. Birds gaily sang over head — happily I watched them flying from tree to tree. Surely there was nothing on this earth that could spoil so beautiful a Spring Day. How beautiful would England also be at this time. The buds would soon be breaking forth into flowers — and as here the birds would be happily singing as they built their little nests. This year though, the approach of Spring would not be as other years. The tragic figure of War seems to have wrapped almost all Europe in her shadowy grey cloak of enmity, strife, hatred and death. Some day, though, England and her Empire will rise more splendid out of all this terror and turmoil. Although every night German bombers roar and rage over this small island, the Royal Air Force aided by units from all parts of the Empire strike back. Now many homes may lie wrecked, many buildings may be ruined — but some day they will be reconstructed more graceful and more beautiful than ever they have been before. In spite of all this terror, the English re- main undaunted, and although many of their homes have been bombed, they too notice the coming of Spring and long for the time when war ceases, and everyone will be able to go to England and share with her people the blessing of peace. Avril W. Crabtree, Fry.

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SAMARA 7 to take this opportunity of thanking Miss Stewart, in particular, for her help with the Christmas play and also the rest of the staff for theirs ' witii both the play and the col- lections. It is very much appreciated. We wish best luck and success to those who are leaving and to those returning — keep up the good work! HOUSE MEMBERS Susan Kenny — Head of House, Head Girl. Betsy Allen, Mary Blackburn, Jeanne Bryson, Janet Caldwell, Nadine Christie, Jane Clap- pison, Avril Crabtree, Natalie De Marbois, Aline Du Bois, Josephine Frazier, Diana Gill, Anne Goodeve, Elizabeth Hardy, Margaret Hardy, Felicity Hastings, Dorothy Kennedy, Lois Lambert, Betty Massey, Damaris Owen, Mary Osier, Margot Peters, Elizabeth Row- latt, Sally Sewell, Diana Starrett, Joan Thom- son, Moyra McMaster, Mary Wurtele. Staff: Miss Mills, Miss Stewart, Miss Cumner, Miss Luxton and Miss Sinclair. Susan Kenny. KELLER HOUSE NOTES LAST year Keller was fortunate in win- ning the House Shield. So far this year we are leading in stars and we hope to be victorious once again. At Christmas time we won both the House Plays and the House Collections. Keep it up, Keller. We are pleased to welcome the new- comers to our House this year, hoping they will carry on the tradition of Keller House and liv e up to its ideals. To those who are leaving we wish the best of luck in the future. We should like to congratulate last year ' s prize winners. Junior High Endeavour — Jane Viets. Proficiency Medal — Barbara Watson. Special Proficiency — Ann Powell. Improvement Medal — Gaye Douglas. Music Improvement — Marguerite Kenney. Special Dramatic Prize — Mary McCrimmon. Public Speaking Medal — Gaye Douglas. Intermediate Tennis Singles — Ann Powell. Posture Girdle — Jane Viets. We have been very unfortunate in Bad- minton this year; However, we hope to be more successful in Tennis and Basketball in the spring. The House teams are as follows: BADMINTON First Singles —Ann Powell Second Singles — Mary Buckley First Doubles — f P , Second Doubles- Ann Powell Nancy Kennedy Barbara Watson TENNIS Teams not chosen yet. Shots BASKETBALL fB. Watson [J. Gilmour Centre Forwards — A. Croil, A. Powell Centre Guards — J. Creighton, A. Binks Guards -j ' Buckley, A Davies N. Bowman, W. Cross • The members of Keller this year are: — Winifred Cross — Head of House. Barbara Watson — Prefect Ann Davies — Monitor. Nancy Kennedy — Monitor. Ann Binks, Marise Bishop, Nancy Bowman, Mary Buckley, Anne Chi dwell, Joan Creigh- ton, Ann Croil, Mary Cuthbertson, Patsy Drake, Janet Edwards, Barbara Firth, Eli- zabeth Gilchrist, Jessie Gilmour, Marguerite Kenney, Susan Liesching, Ann Murray, Felicity Peacock, Ann Powell, Penelope Sherwood, Jane Viets, Sarah Wallace, Jac- gueline Workman. Staff: Miss Graham, Mademoiselle Juge, Miss Edgar, Miss Adams, Mr. MacTavish. NIGHTINGALE HOUSE NOTES SO far this year Nightingale has done very well in all activities. We placed second in the House plays, third in the House Col- lections and second in the Badminton tournament. We have three new members added to our staff — Miss Sinden, Miss Barton and Miss Tobey. After Christmas Elaine Goodeve left us and we were very sorry to see Miss Tobey go early in March. We heartily welcome her successor, Mrs. Elliott.

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prefect i otesi Susan Kenny: Eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow we diet. This year as Head Girl and Head of Fry, Susie has successfully completed her seventh year at Elmwood. She hopes to finish her senior matric and is then on her way to McGill. Despite her frequent mental eruptions over her three maths when books may be seen flying across the classroom, she may be found peacefully tearing her hair out over her two Latins. At last Sue ' s lifelong ambition has been fulfilled — she has a plaid suit! This summer the members of the ham. golf club will be taking shelter behind trees while Susie roars down the fairway of the nine-hole course with her new clubs, having reduced her score from 200 to 100. Her hobby is collecting permants, which explains why the walls of her bedroom resemble those of a tourist bureau. Her pet hate is scansion in any shape or form. Even though she strives valiantly every week to sing second with Warner in the school choir, we fear she will never be a singer, but there are other fields in which we know she will attain success. We ' re with you, Susie! Margaret Gerard: Laugh when I laugh; I seek no other fame. Gerdie surprised us all by landing back at school last September with glasses. However, this does not interfere with her ability at sports and this year she is our able Sports Captain besides being the Head of Nightingale. Her absence at morning prayers is audibly noticeable as the other prefects find it difficult to keep in tune without her toneful (?) soprano to drown their vague murmurings. Her famed reputation has been maintained by her daily jokes. When she runs out of these she translates them into French, complete with gestures and facial ex- pressions. Each day we hear I am going to get my license soon. The soon has not yet come but when you walk down the street and see all the telephone posts broken, you will know why. Gerdie is planning to take Lil ' s Home Lover ' s Course next year and she says that any other applications must be made soon as they only have one kitchen in their house. Any time you want a meal drop in at 49 Mac. (if you are the dare-devil type). Barbara Watson: Wisdom Cometh not to every man by chance. Continuing her record of winning the proficiency medal. Bubbles is this year sailing through her complete senior matric with flying colours (she hopes). A second edition of the absent minded professor, we can expect her back at school every night at 6.00 to get the book she forgot. Her favourite expression is you know . The trouble is we usually don ' t. Poor Bubbles can ' t take part in our scrumptious teas on Friday afternoon because she is on a diet, but when we have ice cream — it ' s a different question. Her pet weaknesses are Fifi, her bicycle, and Nickie, her dog, who disappeared for three months, but lo! she arrived at school one morning with the joyous tidings — Nickie ' s back. As a result she no longer needs an alarm clock, which by the way she absolutely detests. The main problem of the year has been McGill or Toronto. Whether Sue ' s constant persuasion will finally land her at McGiU or not remains to be seen.