Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 11 PORT SPORTS NOTES As USUAL we have had a busy year with sports, which we have carried on in addition to the activities of the St. John Ambulance Cadets and the Defence Courses. I should like to thank Miss Snell for all she has done for us. She has always managed to squeeze in our tournaments in spite of all the other activities and has encouraged us in everything we have done. In the Autumn we attempted to win again the Interscholastic Tennis Shield but we did not succeed in doing so. We lost the Shield to the Lisgar Collegiate team which was finally defeated by the Glebe Collegiate team. The School Inter-House Tennis Shield was won last June by Keller and we are looking forward to exciting tournaments this June. We have had only one basketball game with the old girls this year, which we won. We enjoyed the game very much and are planning another this term. The house basket- ball honours went to Nightingale this year after some very exciting games. There has been a great deal of interest in badminton this year in both the senior and junior school and there are some very pro- mising new players. The badminton cup was won by Keller. Due to the lack of time and the scarcity of snow the boarders did not get many ski out- ings this year but the juniors used the rink to full advantage. The school teams are as follows: TENNIS Janet Edwards, Philippa McLaren, Gretchen Mathers, Paula Peters. BASKETBALL Janet Edwards, Paula Peters, Betsy Allen, Philippa McLaren, Gretchen Mathers, Ann Chisnell, Margot Peters, Margaret Hardy.

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SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM KINDERGARTEN

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12 SAMARA DRAMATIC NOTES ON THE evening of Wednesday, March 29th, the Senior Dramatic Class pre- sented James Bridie ' s play, Tobias and the Angel . The audience was most responsive, and the play was a great success. There was a silver collection, and we were able to give one hundred and fifty dollars to the Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund. The play was very different from those done in previous years, as it was a comedy. We should like to thank Miss Graham for making our work on the play so enjoyable. The three house plays, done at Christmas time, were extremely good. Nightingale put on Guest House— Very Exclusive , and this was the m inning play; it was particularly well acted. Keller ' s play came second with the first act of Daddy Long Legs . Fry ' s play ranked third with Why the Chimes Rang . Nightingale ' s play was put on at the Bazaar a few days later. On the afternoon of April 21st, Forms V A and V B presented part of Twelfth Night and the Juniors acted The Sleeping Beauty. On the same afternoon an entertainment of Junior and Intermediate dancing was given. We should like to express our appreciation to The Citizen for allowing us to print the following account of the Senior Play. Elmwood School Students Score Success In Drama The senior dramatic art class of Elmwood School last evening presented James Bridie ' s comedy, Tobias and the Angel , before a highly appreciative audience in the school auditorium. Proceeds of the play will go to the Red Cross Prisoner of War Fund. Those conversant with the apocryphal books of the Old Testament will be familiar with the ancient story of Tobit with which the author of the play has taken a few liberties so it is perhaps not necessary to repeat it here. Looking back over the productions of the classes of other years, it made quite a contrast but like the majority of those presentations it was admirably done, especially when one con- siders what an all-girl cast has to surmount in difficulties. First let it be said that diction and clarity of speech were uniformly excellent. Apprecia- tion of the possibilities of the lines and sense of the dramatic also were good and when all this has been said it is sufficient evidence that