Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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House Seniors 1946 - 1947 ANGELA CHRISTENSEN E en though vanquished, she could argue still, ' ' Angus is the life and love of •Vim, Vigor and Vitality . Hsr shining face cheers tne poor Juniors every morning as she straightens their ties and tunics and informs the Seniors of their half-hour detentions. Her sports, second to her studies amaze us all in their perfection. We hope the streets of Ottawa will survive Angus driving, as she has just learnt the art of not starting like a kangaroo. Anyway, - Pedestrians, beware! She is one of the two oil painters in the sdiool and is doing extremely well and is showing her talent. Although Angus has been with us seven years, we hope that she will accompany us throi h the struggles of one more year - Senior Matric. WENDY HUGHSON Where glad innocence reigns ' Beefer is our exceedingly busy head of Nightingale and is certainly doing a wonderful job of It. She shines from zooming down Camp Fortune s hills (lucky hills!), to her power- ful shots in tennis and badminton. During the course of the day you will, no doubt, notice Moe ' or aiother of her pet drawings vidierever you go. Beefer is definitely showing her skill as an artist, as well as a cartoonist. An other characteristic of Wendy is Frankie and by that we don ' t -mean Sinatra, but her car which is a Franklin ' 27. Myhow, we all hope V endy will be back again next year. MARY PATTESON Variety is the spice of life ' Life hasn t been the same for Elmwood since Mary left us at Easter, when she sailed for England. There we hoptf she will take up her duties in her new school as well as she did i here. She amazed us all with her talent for Dramatics and we re sure that Fry will miss 1 her greatly next year. We wonder if Mary is carrying on her foreign policy with as much success as in Ottawa. Her enthusiasm, for history books certainly floored us. Viihether i she fulfills her desire to be a dress- designer or to be an actress or even to model hats in Paris, we all wish her the best of luck and hope to see her socn again.

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Prefects 1946 1947 BARBARA CHRISTMAS ' V ' hy take life seriously? You ' ll never get out of it alive, ' V e were not sure whether to expect Xnas back at Elmwood this year or not, but liappily, she rejoined our ranks as Head Girl, and she has proved to be a most efficient one. As usual slie will return to Qiester this sunmer -- and coffee-making though we understand she is more proficient at Ix iling water. One of her minor achievements is %he art of sneezing. We are reminded of this frequently as we hear her sneezing anywhere from three to six times in rapid succession. Congratulations, Xnas ! In the middle of the year we were astonished to see her appearance greatly changed by a fringe of hair knov n as bangs. Very becoming, too we might add, though we suspect she copied HilXIE, the natron ' s dog. lier fate for next year is unsettlcvi, but we wish her health and happiness what ever she does. M ARGOT PETER S I love work it fascinates me, T could sit and look at it for hours hours Marg is once more our able head of Fry lixjse and has now Ijecome one of the exalted members of the ' Perfect s sitting-room. She is more proficient in her favourite task of preparing prefect ' s tea each Friday afternoon. 7 e wish she were as proficient at washing dislies. We are glad to say that that puzzled expression has left her face; she has discovered the loca- tion, of Manchukuo, Rather a long way from Ethiopa, eh Marg? She has far out-distanced us all in one respect -- that of setting up house- keeping. We hope her father survives her ex- periments. Next fall will see Marg leaving the shores of Canada on her way to England. Best of luck, larg. DAPHNE WURTELE • Lau i and the world laughs wi th you ' Dap ' , our little ray of sunshine, is not only our esteemed head of Keller, but also Vice -Sports -Captain of the school. Every after- noon we can find her in the senior class-room, supervising detent ions, quieting the unruly ones with an iron hand. As ' Uaph ' discovered siz- able chunks of her monthly allowance being withheld every time she was late for school, we proudly report a perfect attendance record for the past few months. Keep it up, Daph! This year she is the sole mathematician in VI Upper -- her classmates finding competition against her too keen. Next year will find our Daph brightening the halls of McGill, from where she hopes to graduate in four years with a Bachelor of Science degree. Lots of ludc, — Dopey. • •

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Prefects 1945 - 1946 JANET CALDWELL There is a garden in her face where roses andvihite lilies grow ' ' , R,Alison, Jan, our capable and active head girl is renowned for her johnny hat, hairbands, coloured pyjamas, curling her hair in socks, big blue eyes, and an angelic countenance which is at times deceiving. Saturday at noon finds her in the Koney Dew with Pip enjoying a ritz, raisin pie with ice cream and black coffee. Her hidden talent is mimicry v hich blossoms forth within the sacred portals of the sitting room; she is also a master of subtlety and diplomacy. Two of her- contributions to the sitting room are DCG ' and a picture of the sea, at which she spends a period each day gazing with awe and admiration. Although Jan possesses an envi- able personality she can never resist an argu- tn©Rt just for the sake of arguing. When not (Cbntinued on P ge 31 PHILIPPA McLAREN I ' m No Angel - Thackeray, Vanity Fair, PHTT.TPPA DC McL REN better known as PIP -- and what we would have done without her is hard to say, not only because she was the means of Prefects ' teas , but she was our only source of news frcxn the outside world. What news! She is noted for varied and profuse nicknames orange bloomers, school -bag, bangs, and a plaid hat. She likes music, salt water, the smell of a cellar and red shoes; dislikes hens, and I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair ' ' . Pip, constantly puzzled by school stockings lack of durability is forced to bear a needle and thread to school, and every day between classes finds her frantically mending stockings in an effort to remain respectable. Although she portrayed several characters in the school (Gbntinued on Page 31) SUZANNE MESS The secret of life is in art , Oscar Wilde Messy is a busy prefect v iose duties run from inspecting the juniors every morning to making out the church list on Sundays. She is the proud possessor of a waspish waist and an acro- batic eye-brow which expresses her opinion with greater clarity and force than mere words. We associate her with two expressions Don ' t be silly ' and ' That ' s not the point ' both of which are supposed to squash us but don ' t ? Sue is well informed on a variety of si±)jects includ- ing the ballet and James Mason career. Sie has little time to enjoy our Prefect teas as she rushes in late from dancing classes to give us a demonstration of her newly learned steps and then dashes, in turn, to a music lesson. Me ssy s clever fingers have made many beautiful dolls (Oontinued on Page 31)