Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 5 Controlencesi Our Sincere Sympathy Goes: — To Lilias (Ahearn) Buskirk, on the death of her husband, Flying Officer Douglas Van Buskirk. To Mary (Baker) Wainwright, on the loss of her husband, Pilot Officer Alan Wainwright, killed in an air accident. To Barbara (Hampson) Alexander, whose husband Flying Officer J. Alexander, R.A.F. is reported missing. To Avril Crabtree, whose brother, Lieut. Colin Crabtree, is presumed lost at sea. To Betty Snell, whose brother, Pilot Officer Arthur Snell, has been missing since last October, after flying a bomber over the North Sea. To Nancy Doane, on the recent death of her mother, Mrs. G. J. Doane. We extend our deep sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Allan Keefer on the death of their only son, Lieut. Charles A. Keefer, an old boy of the days when Elmwood was known as ' The Pre- paratory School. Serving overseas in a warship of the Royal Navy, Lieut. Keefer was drowned when he dived over the side of his ship during operations in a high sea, to save the life of a Norwegian woman. He was posthumously awarded the Albert medal. We are very proud to feel that such an act of heroism was performed by one who was once a pupil here.

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4 SAMARA €b(toriaI FOR the third time, we returned to school in September under conditions of war. We are far from the battle fields and often the war has seemed unreal. But this year it has been brought home to us. More and more of our fathers, brothers and friends are serving in the fighting forces; everyday commodities are hard to get and some are rationed; events in the Pacific have made us realize that it can happen here. Every girl from the Sixth Form down to the First is affected by the war and wants to do something to hasten the peace. During Empire Youth Week everyone wrote an essay on their conception of the responsibilities of youth. This aroused much interest and long dis- cussions were held. What we are fighting for, and what we hope to achieve were the main topics. We are realizing more and more that the success or failure of the peace after this war is the sole responsibility of us, the Youth of the World. This year war work has taken an important place in our school life. Through our Christmas bazaar, an experiment which I hope will be repeated, we realized $525.00 for the Red Cross British Prisoners of War Fund. With a weekly contribution of at least one cent a week by each girl, we have been able to send parcels of ' ' sweets to Plymouth, Coventry, London and other bombed areas. We have sent bundles of hand-made garments and candies to Mrs. Vincent Massey. Wonderful contributions have been made to the Red Cross, Federated Charities and the Poppy Fund. We are all trying to buy as many War Savings Stamps as we can. Y e were glad to be able to continue our support of the Elmwood cot in the Nasic Hospital in Nasic, India. Both a senior and a junior St. Johns Ambulance First Aid Course have been started and are well attended. Many of our present Elmwoodians are familiar with places that others have not had the opportunity of visiting. In view of this, we have started a travel section and we hope that it will be of interest. The entries in the short story competition were excellent and we regret that, owing to space, we cou ld publish so few. We were exceedingly sorry to lose Miss Stewart last June and we welcomed Miss Spencer in her place, as English mistress. We should like to thank everyone who worked for the magazine: the m.agazine staff. Miss Spencer, Miss Edgar and the Advertizing Committee who made the publishing of Samara possible, Mr. Rowley Hooper for his great as- sistance, the mistresses and girls who so kindly typed the manuscripts for the printer, the artists who drew the many posters and last but not least, the, members of the Prefect ' s Sitting Room, expecially Anne Binks and Betty Cald- well for their help in proof reading and doing anything else they could do to help. We hope that Samara, 1942 will merit your work. We wish the best of luck to those who are leaving us and to both them and the returning we say you could not have a better Motto than that of Elmwood, Summa Summarum, Highest of the High.

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6 SAMARA FRY HOUSE NOTES TH LTHOUGH we did not win the House XJ. Shield last year, we have high hopes of doing so this year. We followed the Fry tradition by having the entire house In the play and also by winning it! We presented the play, ' Rose Latulippe by Edward Devlin at the School Bazaar. Everyone worked hard and deserved suc- cess. We would again like to thank Mrs. W. F. Devlin for so kindly lending us the costumes used in the original production. This year the House Collections were held in the hall and this proved a most satis- factory arrangement. The guality and quantity of the gifts of both seniors and juniors were very good. Mary Blackburn received commendation for the best contribution of hand made articles in the school. We would like to congratulate the fol- lowing prize-winners of last year: — a vr ! Summa Summarum Susan Kenny | Dramatic Medal Aline Dubois Dramatic Prize Josephine Frazier Photography Prize Margot Peters Improvement Medal Pj,y f Basketball Cup Badminton Cup [ Josephine Frazier, Dorothy Posture girdles . | Kennedy, Margot Peters, [ Mary Osier In spite of the tireless efforts of our Sports Captain and Vice-Captain, we lost the Senior Basketball cup. The Junior Basketball tied in the Fall and will be played over again this Spring. The Badminton tournament is being played at the present time, and the tennis season has not yet started. Good luck Fry! The teams are as follows: SENIOR BASKETBALL Centre Forward — Mary Wurtele Centre Guard — Felicity Hastings Forwards -( S T Pti ' 1 Eiizabeth Hardy JUNIOR BASKETBALL Centre Forward — Rosa Maria de Barros Centre Guard — Diana Gill Forwards Guards Elizabeth Rowlatt Ann Chisholm Margaret Hardy Betsy Allen BADMINTON First Singles — Mary Wurtele Second Singles — Joyce Haney First Doubles — ( Wurtele 1 Joyce Haney Second Doubles- felicity Hastings 1 Nadme Christie TENNIS First Singles Second Singles First Doubles Second Doubles- -Mary Wurtele -Joyce Haney Mary Wurtele Joyce Haney Elizabeth Hardy Felicity Hastings We were very sorry to say good-bye to Miss Stewart last June and we welcome Miss Spencer who has taken her place as English mistress. We would particularly like to thank her and Miss Fischl for their help with the play and the other Members of the staff for their assistance in both the play and the House Collections. We hope that both new and old girls have tried to live up to our House Motto of ' Societas Humanas, Friendship to All, and to the School Motto Summa Sum- marum, Highest of the High. To those returning we say, Keep up the good work, and to those who are leaving we wish the best of luck. HOUSE MEMBERS Head of House — Mary Osier. House Senior and Games Captain — Mary Wurtele. Monitor — Avril Crabtree. Elizabeth Hardy, Joyce Haney, Felicity Hastings, Felicia Magor, Lois Lambert, Nadine Christie, Janet Caldw ell, Diana Hill, Betty Hibbard, Margaret Hardy, Kay Ward, Peggy Huestis, Rosamaria de Barros, Betsy Allen, Mary Blackburn, Margot Peters, Natalie de Marbois, Anne Chisholm. Staff: Miss Mills, Miss Spencer, Miss Cumner, Miss Sinclair, Miss Fischl, Miss Woodward. Mary Osier.