Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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8 SAMARA Two years ago, unrestrained joy burst forth in all the victorious nations of the world as celebrations marked the end of six years of the most destructive war in history. Even yet, the world is struggling to raise her head above the debris. Now, at last, conditions in most parts of the world are slowly re- turning to normal. Last September as we Elmwoodians again donned our green uniforms and embarked on an- other school year, we were made aware of this trend by the more regular conditions prevailing in school life. For one thing, we found ourselves confronted with many new faces; the intermediate and junior ranks particularly are filled almost to capacity. The boarding school, too, has been crowded this year. However, all the new girls quickly fitted themselves into the Elmwood pattern and now can be called true Elmwood- ians. During the war years, our school uniforms were not always everything that could be desired. With the shortage of materials, we had to be satisfied with whatever we could procure. This year, however, almost all the girls are wearing the regu- lation brown Oxford shoes and fawn- coloured blouses with their green tunics. Although we had to wait several months for them, most girls rial have both house and school pins. We are even hoping to have school bla- zers by next September. Also, a very attractive white uniform for special school functions was intro- duced this year. This takes the place of the famous ' white and yellow x ich has been worn by many generations of Elmwood girls on countless festive occasions. This will be very useful, too, as it can be worn outside school as an after- noon dress. These improvements will, we feel, inspire more of that all- in rtant trait school spirit. If one can be proud of the uniform she wears, she can be more proud of what it stands for. Elmwood has always had a tradi- tional leaning toward Dramatic Art. Until 1945, when our talented drama- tics mistress, Miss Miriam Graham, returned to England, we presented an annual senior play. Now this practice has been changed somewhat. It is becoming a yearly custom and a very good one, too, in our opinion to present a play in co- operation with Ashbury College. Although, in most aspects we are returning to peace-time customs, one war-time tradition has been re- tained. Believing that the proceeds from our Christmas bazaars have done some good in the past, we organized ourselves and held ' tea and enter- tainment ' this year. Parents and (Continued on Page 31)

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Junior Badminton Team Senior Badminton Team