Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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1 Peggy Edwards: Better late than never, and better dead than late. Mumbles , one of our glamorous debs, maunders her way through our life, but VI Upper is indebted to her for pulling us through French classes with well-timed oui ' s , the hidden meaning of which only she and Mademoiselle share. I guess we will all be ardent fans watching Peggy ' s tennis this summer, — she has a charge account at the Rockcliffe Tennis Club now. We don ' t see too much of Aiumbles in classes, as she shuns our profound science and maths classes to excel at music, with which she enthralls us. Alake ready the crimson carpet, Carleton, — Mumbles is heading for you next year. Carol Maclaren ; You must wake and call me early, Call me early, mother mine. The school-bell r ' mgs at ten to nine. ' Carol, the most phlegmatic member of VI Upper, is not too keen about school work, but never fails her exams. Her am- bition in life is to find the keys to the car, but maybe it ' s just as well she can ' t find them as we heard of her appearance in court a while back. Carol always leaves her mascots in our books; Bugs or Destry have a warm place in her heart. She has an uncanny memory for movie scripts but we wonder if James Stewart lias anything to do with it. Next year, Carol is hoping to go to university in the United States. Wo. hope our good neighbours realize they are getting a girl with a potential wealth of knowledge. Good luck, Carol! Elizaheth Palerson: sports she excels, in beauty as tvell; An all-round pal, ive think she ' s swell. Libby is our Sports Captain again this year. On Tuesdays and T hursdays wc can find her tearing around getting girls assembled for games. She carries the responsibility of this task extremely weW. The star of the gym class, Libby also skis, plays tennis, and is, in our opinion, a crack swimmer and diver — her ambition being to do three somersaults in the air. It is easy to see why she won the bar to her physical training medal last year. Her likes are: saiUng, Florida, Queen ' s University, Scotland, Nellie Letcher and Gregory Peck. Her good nature is never lacking, even on the dullest of days. She is, indeed, everj ' body ' s friend. Libby hopes to follow in her sister ' s foot- steps at Queens ' next year. After the astounding number of eleven years at Elmwood, her sunny smile and cheerful nature will be sorciv missed. It is our loss, but it is Queens ' gain.

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Angela Chrislensen: She is little, but she is wise. She is a terror for her size. Angus and Gus are but two of the nicknames attached to our long-suffering Head Girl. She has been with us for eight years and since this year is the last, she is making the most of it in everj ' way. One of the three members of the sitting-room, Angus has an admirable knack of always reaching the comf ' iest chair first, where her hand immediately reaches for the radio and her eyes rise to Philip our pride and joy. Although she is a very social bird (the May Court Ball is one e idence of this) she has done a wonderful job in keeping the school in order and at the same time happy, besides getting good marks in all her subjects. So, beware, McGill! Angus is headed your way. Good luck, Angela! Wendy Hughson: Bom with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world is mad. — Sabatirii Beef is back again with us this year as our senior prefect as well as head of Nightingale. Every Friday afternoon Beef is found dashing downtown in Frankie (that ' s her car) to procure something hastily that has been forgotten for pre- fects ' tea. Her weaknesses at present are brown bloomers and cookies. Beef has discovered that playing badminton and skiing all week-end don ' t exactly agree with the same muscles, and on Monday mornings during the winter continuous groan- ing was heard coming out of the sitting room. Beef has taken a full senior matric course this year, her only complaint in this connection being that when she has her only spare during the week, she can ' t get into the sitting room as it is occupied. Next year finds Wendy at Carleton College (she hopes!). Whether you are there or not, Wendy, we wish you the best of luck in the future. Deirdre CoUens: The past unsighed for, and the future sure. Dee is our only VI M member in the sitting room this year, as she sprang from the ranks of monitor to the position of Prefect and Head Boarder. You ' ll find her anywhere from behind a mountain of pictures, sorting them for the magazine; straightening the juniors ties in the morning; making out weekly pocket-money lists; to deafening people with the dinner bell. Dee is also a very accomplished actress; and this year you are apt to meet her in a passage, striding along, practising the part of Noah in the senior play. She leaves the rest of us gasping after exams as she has a wonderful knack of getting good marks with httle effort (apparently). This summer we wave good-bye to Dee on a missionary ship bound for Nigeria. We all wish her the very best of luck and hope she will be back with us next year, though we wonder if, by that time, her theme song won ' t be, Bongo, bongo, bongo .

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Ann Edwards: have often regretted my speech, never my silence. Ann is the youngest House Senior, and the only one in VI (M. She is a great favourite of everyone and the enthusiasm which she shows toward her school work as well as her sport- ing activities make her a great asset to Fry. Ed ' s pet aversion are advertising difficulties, in spite of which she has done a marvellous job as head of the magazine advertising committee. She is an ardent Scotch patriot as shown in the name of her beloved horse, iMacDuff . Ann has a one-track mind when it comes to discussing summer cottages, and her main ambition in life is to win the saihng races at Portland-on-the-Rideau. As well as riding and sailing, Ann enjoys swimming, tennis, music, and art, along with an occasional mixing in the lab. Ed ' s fututrc plans aren ' t settled at the moment, but we all hope she will return to Elniwood. Whatever she does is sure to turn out well (as always) so we have no worries as to her success in the future. AIONITORS 1947-1948 M. Bate J. iMarble A. MacDonald J. Nesbitt M. Code P. Fulford H. Barcant