Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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Diana Warner: He who proposes to he an author must first be a student. Warner, our representative from South of the Border, joined our ranks at the beginning of the second term. Generally she can be found in the art room studying the Arts instead of swotting for her metric — the lucky creature! Our nightly studies are accompanied by Warner ' s discords as she puts in her hour (?) of practising. Twice a week she may be seen rushing down Buena Vista to catch the 3.45 street car so she will not keep Mr. Puddicombe waiting for her music lesson. The continual noise issuing from the sitting room is the result of the constant arguments with Sue on to diet or not to diet. Judging from her frequent seconds we gather she supports the negative. Her pet weakness is bed, her hero Laurence Olivier, and her ambition to write a sequel to Gone With the Wind. We wish you luck! Next year she plans to go to Columbia where she will continue her studies in music and history. Winifred Cross: is not enough to be industrious. What are you industrious about? Winnie hails from Montreal, in which city she is in her element, and is Head of Keller. She spends part of her time working in a daze and part in collecting or distributing pound. Anything may happen anywhere and anyhow, but nothing worries her. German is her forte. Reason — she visited there for two and a half weeks! She has recently taken fencing and soon she will probably be a champion. Her greatest asset is her ability to get along with everyone. Next year will find her at McGill or somewhere in Montreal. Ogden Blackburn: God gives every man a voice, but few a song. Ogden lives about four miles out of Ottawa, next to the Royal Ottawa Golf Club, which is about the only way of locating her. Her main ambition is to learn how to sing God Save the King in tune. She also hopes to take her Senior Matric next year and is looking forward with a certain amount of fear and trembling to the Latin. Ogden is invariably good natured and it is very seldom that you surprise her without a smile on her face. Her pet occupation is tearing her hair out in exams. We wish her all the best in the coming year.