Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 7 splendid work as Second Officer. Miss Hamilton went overseas with a contingent of nursery school teachers to assist with the training of nursery school workers, in England. Miss Cumner is now teaching in Montreal. Miss Spencer is with the National Film Board here in Ottawa and occasionally pays us a visit. Mrs. Elliott is with the War-time Prices Board in Montreal. Margery Wood- ward, a pupil and later assistant secretary here, entered the Montreal General as a nurse-in-training. We were very glad to welcome several new mistresses: Miss Chappell, Mrs. Fortune (better known as Maureen Macoun) Mrs. Chip- man, Miss Zysset, Miss Campbell and Miss Morrison. Miss Tipple was warmly welcomed back in September after two years away from us. Very grateful thanks are extended to the members of the magazine committee and the staff for their untiring efforts which enabled us to have a magazine. This year it was not possible to put out as large a magazine as in normal times, owing to expense and shortage of materials. A record of the school year is, we feel, essential. We are sorry, however, that more literary contributions could not be included. For some of us the time has come to say good-bye to our school-days. We go with many regrets, but also with many happy memories. Those who leave Elmwood this year will go forth with a more definite and stronger purpose than we perhaps would have had in peace time. We must not forget that the success of a democracy depends on each one of us. Are we not, indeed, for- tunate to be able to go to school where we can learn what is worth learning and be fitted for the hard tasks which lie before us after the war is over? We must create a world worth living in for ourselves and our children, and also for the unfortunate people in Europe and Asia who have had so little happiness in recent years. At school we develop character; we learn to give and take, work and play, and to see the other person ' s point of view. Others are fight- ing and dying for this new world; we must, in our small way do our part, by making use of our privileges to the fullest extent. Conbolentes; We wish to offer our sincerest sympathy to Katherine and Muriel Inkste r, on the loss of their father Lt. -Colonel F. B. Inkster. It was with great regret that we learned of Mr. McTavish ' s sad bereavement in the death of both his father and his mother.

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6 SAMARA Ctritorial IN September 1942, the beginning of a fourth year of war, we returned to school filled with sober reflections on the seriousness of the war, determined to exert every effort for the cause of victory. Now, at the end of a very full and productive school year, we may look with a certain amount of pride on what we have accomplished in the way of war work, as well as having main- tained a high standard in school activities. It has been a busy year. Before Christmas, Elmwood and Ashbury were asked to take part in a demonstration radio broadcast for the teachers of the Ottawa schools, to open a series of broadcasts in oral and visual education. We were very proud to have been asked to take part in the demonstration broad- cast, and we learned a great deal which will be helpful in dramatic work. Immediately afterwards, inspired by our success last year, we again held a very successful bazaar, from which we realized $670.00 to be used to buy Survivor ' s Bundles for the Women ' s Naval Auxiliary. The result of the weekly sale of war-saving stamps has been gratifying, and the response to both local and war charities, especially the Red Cross, has been generous this year. There have been excellent results, in the last few months particularly, to the girls ' salvage drive which supplements that of the school. We have continued to send candy to bombed-out areas in Britain from the proceeds of the Sweets Fund to which every one has contributed at least one cent a week. Grateful letters have been received from Mrs. Vincent Massey, from the recipients of our parcels and even from Lord Woolton! We hope that next year it will still be possible to send these parcels. Since Christmas, war-work meetings have been held once a week. These have been well attended, especially by juniors and intermediates. Sewing, knitting, and salvaging of leather for seamen ' s jackets have been some of the activities of this group. Classes in defence have been added to the regular curriculum and aircraft identification, home defence, first aid and home nursing have been studied in different forms. Air raid drill has become as much a part of our life as fire drill. The cloak-rooms serve as our air raid shelter. We were sorry to say good-bye to several mistresses last year. Miss Mills, our senior mistress for many years, left to join the Wrens, where she is doing

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8 SAMARA FRY HOUSE NOTES IN September, Fry had her ranks reinforced by both senior and junior girls. She welcomes these members who became en- thusiastic and valuable Fryites very soon after they joined the house and who have proved themselves worthy to succeed those whom we lost last year. We were exceedingly pleased at Christmas time to hear that we had won both the play and the house collections. We followed the Fry tradition by including everybody in our play, A Christmas Carol by Dickens. We have not been so fortunate in respect to stars for we were behind both Keller and Nightingale after Christmas. Lette McGreer, our Games Captain, and Ann MacKinnon, our vice-captain, have suc- cessfully piloted Fry ' s senior and junior Volley Ball and senior Basket-ball teams to victory. The deciding junior Basket-ball match has not yet been played. We were not so fortunate in the badminton tournament, as Keller beat us. The tennis has not yet been played. Good luck, Fry! Last year, we were exceedingly sorry to lose Miss Mills who had been with us for many years. Fry wishes her every success in her new life. We were also sorry to say good-bye to Miss Spencer and Miss Fischl. We welcome Miss Chappell, Mrs. Chipman and Miss Zysset into our house and we take this opportunity to thank them for their help with the play and house collections. Fry congratulates last year ' s prize winners: f Ann Goodeve Special Proficiency J ' ;;?? ' ' j Betsy Allen [ Mary Wurtele Improvement Medal Felicity Hastings Dramatic Imp. Medal Avril Crabtree Writing Medal Peggy Heustis Tennis Senior Doubles Joyce Haney The teams are as follows: BADMINTON TEAM First Singles Second Singles Third Singles First Doubles Second Doubles — — Ann MacKinnon — Mary Wurtele — Gretchen Mathers Ann McKinnon Mary Wurtele Gretchen Mathers Margot Peters SENIOR BASKET-BALL TEAM Centre Forward Centre Guard Forwards Guards -Mary Wurtele -Betsy Allen Lette McGreer Anne Chisholm Ann MacKinnon Mary Osier JUNIOR BASKET-BALL TEAM Centre Guard Forwards Centre Guard Guards — Gretchen Mathers Carol Maclaren Elizabeth Rowlatt — Mary Patterson Natalie de Marbois Margot Peters SENIOR VOLLEY-BALL TEAM Lette McGreer Ann MacKinnon Mary Wurtele Janet Caldwell Margaret Hardy Betsy Allen Kay Ward Anne Chisholm JUNIOR VOLLEY-BALL TEAM Gretchen Mathers Margot Peters Mary Patteson Elizabeth Rowlatt Natalie de Marbois Nancy Zimmerman Diane Holmes HOUSE MEMBERS Head Girl —Mary Osier Head of House Monitors — Mary Wurtele Janet Caldwell Lette McGreer Kay Ward, Ann MacKinnon, Betsy Allen, Margaret Hardy, Anne Chicholm, Mary Blackburn, Gretchen Mathers, Margot Peters, Elizabeth Rowlatt, Mary Patteson, Natalie de Marbois, Diane Holmes, Carol Maclaren, Nancy Zimmerman. Staff: Miss Chappell, Mrs. Chipman, Miss Sinclair, Miss Zysset.