Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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LEAVING GIRLS Back Row: — Mary Buckley, Betty Massey, Middle Row: — Jill Norton, Winifred Cross, Marguerite Kenny, Josephine Frazier, Susan Kenny, Dorothy Davis, Barbara Watson Front Row: — Margar et Gerard, Joan Thomson, Ann Davies, Damaris Owen, Dorothy Kennedy. MAGAZINE STAFF Back Row: — Nancy Bowman, Jill Norton, Mary Buckley, Betty Massey, Damaris Owen, Nancy Kennedy, Joan Creighton, Marguerite Kenney, Norma Wilson. Next Row: — Dorothy Kennedy, Joan Gillies, Mary Osier. Next Row: — Avril Crabtree, Margaret Gerard, Elizabeth Hardy, Moira McMaster, Elizabeth Paish, Jacqueline Workman, Ann Davies Front Row: — Winifred Cross, Josephine Frazier, Barbara Watson, Susan Kenny.

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Eskimo Madonna and Child by Mary Buckley

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SAMARA 15 T the end of last year, Marguerite Kenney Jn won the music prize for 1939 and 1940. This medal was for the greatest improve- ment. This year has obviously been a very successful one for Elmwood in the line of musical activities. Most of the girls have shown a great interest in their work and have been keenly co-operative in their classes. Extra singing has been introduced into the Friday morning prayers. A small group of girls make up a part singing choir and Mr. McTavish is very kindly directing them. Weekly Music Appreciation classes have also been organized by Mr. McTavish. During these, records of Symphonies and Concertos and different musical forms were played and then they were individually studied. The boarders have been very fortunate in hearing the Tremblay Concerts presented at the Glebe Collegiate and Capitol Theatre. At the beginning of the year Marion An- derson came to Ottawa to sing and some of the boarders were able to hear her per- formance. Unfortunately the concert of Rudolf Serkin was cancelled, but it was arranged so that the girls were able to go to the Washington Symphony Orchestra directed by Hans Kindler. Next we heard John Goss who gave his services to the Polish relief. ilfter Christmas some of the girls had the opportunity of hearing John Charles Thomas and later Josef Hoffmann. We also heard Doris Daly, an ex-pupil of Mr. H. Puddicombe, who gave a piano recital at the Chateau Laurier Hotel later in the term. Captain T. Goff, aide-de-camp to His Excellency the Governor General, gave us an excellent recital on one of the Clavichords he had made. He played several pieces and explained the history of his instruments. This year we feel that a delightful selection of artists has been able to be heard by the Elmwood girls and it has greatly helped to round out our musical education. ARE YOU A GOOD SPORT? RE you a good sport? By this I do not iT mean, do you excel in tennis, basket- ball or golf, for many people who are good at sports are not good sports. To come under the classification of a ' good sport , you must think and act fairly and do every- thing in an honourable manner. Do not think about yourself all the time but have some consideration for the other person. A good sport works well with other people. He knows that he cannot play football or basketball all alone, he must be a part of a team each one of which has his job to do towards making a perfect whole. A good sport takes disappointments and hardships well. He is cheerful in all circumstances and exerts his influence. Being a good sport does not apply only to games, but all through our lives. We will have to face many disappointments — so remember — it ' s easy to be cheerful and happy when things are going to suit you and life is treating you well — but the test of a good sport is when he has first been bitterly disappointed or lost a game — that is the time to show what you are made of and start to smile! Margaret Gerard, Nightingale.