Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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)

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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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House Seniors 1945 - 1946 BARBARA CHRISTMAS I must go dbwn to the seas again Barbara ' s favourite topic of conversation is Chester, Nova Scotia -versus the world. Her specialties are Karson ' s strawberry ice-cream- sodas and sailing --at Chester. Her great ability was running the fiction library smooth- ly, and her proudest moment came at the end of the year when she reported a prof it- of $12.23. Whenever strains of Clair de Lune ascended from the music room, we were assured that Barb was doing her regular ' two-hour stretch. She was regarded by her success in the senior music ekaoL Best of luck, for the future, Barb. STEPHANIE HALE ' Like a nymph wi th dishevelled hair. ' Steph, our efficient head of Nightingale House, managed to take lessons with three dif- ferent forrns. Consequently we would sometimes see her wandering in and out of VA, Six matric and Six Upper, wondering what class she was supposed to be having and with whora. Her weak- nesses are the art -room cup board during exams and coffee out of hot water bottles. She never failed to fill us with admiration for her amaz- ing new hair- o ' s and could, if she tried, ap- pear with seven different ones in as many days. Wiien asked about her future plans, Steph re- plies, I am going out into the world. ilave fun, Ste|: i. M ARGOT PETERS I Love Life Margot was the busy head of Fry this year; incidentally Fry was the house that won the house shield. Nice work, Fry! Ohe of Margot ' s better-known accomplishments is the art of arguing. She had a fondness tor h Ated class- room discussion and at other times the rest of us are often disturbed by lively arguments between Marg and Barb over the virtues of their respective suimer habitations, Portland,Qitario and Chester, Nova Scotia. Though Margot some- times hesitates between the rival attractions of Englaxi and Canada, we hope she will return to Elmwood for Senior Matriculation.