Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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DAPHNE WURTELE Better late than never Daphne is the fcholattic pride and ioy of Six Matric, and hat realized one of her ambitions by getting firsts in all her junior matric subjects. She showed one of her talents by winning a prize in a nation-wide atomic energy essay contest. Congratulations Daph! Her weakness are aspiring young doctors and tomatoes. Summer finds her down on the farm picking up same - tomatoes, we mean. A usual early morning sight is that of Daph tearing up Buena Vista with coat, flapping, one minute - not before - but after the bell. Next year you ' ll be a senior and you ' ll have to reform Daph! MONITORS I9U6-I9U7 Top Row - Margaret MacLaren. Sasclvi !avor, Ann Edwards, Lcuise Williamson. Front Row - Deirdre Col lens. Elizabeth Paterson, and Pteggy fidwards.