Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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A STUDY by Martha Bate

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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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AUTUMN by Sarah Grant