Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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30 S A M A R A a bus was hired to take us. Quite often we gave the bus driver a concert coming back. Buses somehow always inspire singing. This year the bus to take us skiing came for us at the school. We went up to Kingsmere almost every In Saturday in the winter term. Miss Wiltshire found that by going in the morning we avoided the crowd and (not that we haven ' t enough pocket money or any- thing) it only costs us fifty cents for a ski tow ticket until two-thirty. Just before Easter when the snow was melting we were taken to Wakefield for our last skiing. Birthday Teas came practically once a week this year. And not one of us got tired of ham- burgers, weiners, chocolate milk, birthday cake, and that yummy chocolate sauce; we even had a try at Cheeseburgers . After Birthday Teas we all scramble to get a birth- day candle, and we sleep on it faithfully in hopes that our dreams will come true— about next year. LAST June, we learned to our great regret J that Aliss May was leaving us after many successful years with the ambitious young artists of Elmwood. We were, however, fortu- nate to have, as her successor, Mr. Henri Masson who has made the year both interest- ing and beneficial. We have had a wide variety of training sub- jects, such as sketching out of doors, drawing from still-life and from models, and imagina- tive compositions. Some very surprising work has been done showing originality and unique fancies. Mr. Alasson has tried all year (with success) to get the girls from Trinidad to re- frain from painting palm trees. One afternoon early in the fall, reporters from the Montreal Standard appeared and took some shots of us working out of doors with Mr. Masson. A very attractive page of photo- graphs in the Sunday Supplement was the result. The Juniors under A4rs. Amtmann have con- centrated on filling the page in an interesting way and on using clear, bright colours. We congratulate Judy Kellock on her work and on her promotion to the Senior Art Class. Several girls have come up to the studio to pose for us during the winter and we wish to thank them for forfeiting their free periods and for being so uncomfortable without grumbling. We also thank you, especially, Mr. Masson, for spending so much of your time in helping us and for being so very patient.

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SAMARA 29 WHEN WE all arrived back last Septem- ber we were looking forward to a very good year. There were five new resident mistresses, Miss Aldous, Miss Castas, Miss Richardson and Miss Hudson, the nurse. Miss Wiltshire, whom we had met last year, took over the full time post of house-mistress this year. She has been very kind to riding and skating enthusiasts. So we settled down to enjoy our serene lives as Elmwood Boarders (crash). Did I say peaceful? Well, with the exception of the lounge when there is anyone in it, and the senior class room between five and six, the school is serene. Some of the officers got their heads together in early November and decided that the senior boarders should see more of the day girls. The result was an attempt at square dancing. We invited some Ashbury boys, and Peggy and Wendy brought the records. The first time, we had only two squares of four couples each, but in our second session in February we had three squares. The first time all the girls wore sweaters and got very hot; the second time all the boys wore slippery shoes. They found out just how slippery our hall floor can be! But everyone had so much fun that we are looking forward to another before the year is out. Poor Miss Hudson and Miss Beckwith! Nine Chickens ! Just imagine, nine people got chicken-pox, and all just before Christmas. Some of the earlier cases got home at the start of the holidays, but the Trinidadians and Andrea Hadley were in the Chicken coop until after Christmas. Christmas is a wonderful time for us boar- ders. The last Sunday before the holidays we have a big turkey dinner (big that is! Have a fourth helping! ) Then we go down to Mrs. Buck ' s house to sing Christmas Carols. This year we made a record of Good King Wen- ceslas with Mr. Buck singing The King . Miss Richardson used to play the piano in the music room during second study. At least that ' s how it started. Everyone loves to listen; everyone loves to sing. This turned into an eager group of juniors and intermediates, who now gather for a sing-song after study almost every night. Thank you. Miss Richardson. We have gone to many concerts this year. The Tremblay concerts have been popular. Some of the others were so popular indeed that

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A STUDY by Martha Bate