Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 3 EDITORIAL TODAY in the spring of nineteen hundred and forty-eight the world is slowly changing, in a period of uncertainty, from war to peace. Whether the road is being paved to freedom and democracy or to tyranny and oppression — that has yet to be decided. During the war, the Royal Family has been a striking example of steadfastness, and has shown the real meaning of a normal and stable home-life. The people of England especially, have always looked toward His Majesty, the King, and his family as upholding the best traditions, and as their great hope for better days to come. Now, not only the people of England but of the whole Commonwealth are looking toward them for the calm and ordered life, for which they pray. Princess Elizabeth shares the high ideals of her royal parents, and has expressed them most fittingly in her broadcast message on the occasion of her twenty-first birthday, when she said: declare before you that my ivhole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service arid the service of our great Imperial family to which we all belong, but I shall not have stre?igth to carry out this resolu- tion alone unless you join in it with me, as I now invite you to do. I know that your support will be unfailingly given. God help me to make good my vow, and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it. At this time it seems so fitting that the future Queen of England, of Canada and of the entire British Commonwealth of Nations should marry the man of her own choosing. As it was during the past year that this great event took place, this issue of Samara ' ' will commemorate the wedding of Her Royal Highness Prin- cess Elizabeth to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. This marriage is of special significance to us as Canadians. We hold a privi- leged place in this Commonwealth, which is held in such close connection by the invisible ties of friendship, understanding and loyalty. This unbreakable link should influence the great powers of today to make a peaceful and constructive start toward world unity. In the past year, Elmwood has felt the benefits of the improved changing conditions after the war. Once again we are very happy to be able to present a truly senior play under the very able direction of Mrs. Patterson Murphy. Also a joint play in connection with Ashbury College has again been arranged. We were all very sorry to say good-bye to Aliss May, who has been our very gifted and understanding art mistress for a great many years. Last September we were happy and fortunate to welcome as our art instructor, the well-known painter Mr. Henri Masson.

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THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

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4 SAMARA The Thomas Ahearn Memorial Wing has proved to be, indeed, a very great asset to the school from the nursery school to the science laboratory, and to the additional class-room. We would like to take this opportunity to express again our sincere appreciation to the donors of this gift to Elmwood. This year we held our annual bazaar in aid of the ' ' Save The Children Fund . It •as a satisfaction to us all to be able to send a cheque for the proceeds of over a thousand dollars to Headquarters. We were also able to send a contribu- tion to the Canadian Appeal for Childreii , as well as to other worthy causes. We feel that we have had a very successful school year; it has been, we hope, a happy one for all. On account of the extremely heavy time table it has been impossible to have regular student council meetings every week as we would have liked. However, the meetings between the officers and form captains that have been arranged have aroused much interest and more co-operation through- out the school and have stimulated school spirit. s Thanks are gratefully extended to the Magazine Committee and especially to Miss Chappell and A4iss Aldous who have given up much of their time in helping to prepare material for ' ' Samara ' . Also we would like to express our appreciation to i 4r. Rowley S. Hooper of the Photo Gelatine Engraving Company of Toronto for again undertaking the printing of the pictures. Whether we have been at Elmwood for a short or a long time we have all come to realize the high ideals that it stands for. Whatever our aim in life, there could be no greater motto to inspire us to reach our goal than Summa Sunmmrunj ' ' ' ' — Highest of the High. In taking our place in this uncertain world of today, as Canadians, we should put the question before us — are we striving for freedom and democracy, or are we headed for tyranhy and oppression? This can be answered only by our own individual efforts. The success of democracy depends on us.