Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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A FTER seeing so many good and pleasing contributions which have been sent in for Samara, I am wondering if there is really going to be room for this message from me, for which you have very kindly asked. It is gratifying to know that this year Samara returns to its old form in print and style. None of us were very happy, I think, about last year ' s neces- sary experiment. As I write these words the end of the school year is in sight and my thoughts go back— ends always make one think of beginnings — over all the weeks and months we have worked and played together since September. I hope that it has been a happy year for all of you. I would like to say a special thank you for the many ways in which you have made it a happy one for me. I thank you for the cheery morning greetings when you smile at me with your eyes. I thank you for work well done; for all the services you have cheerfully rendered; for the help given by the elder to the younger ; for good sportsmanship, not only on the games field, but also when a much hoped for privilege had to be denied, because it was outside the regulations; for the times when criticism has been hard to take but you have taken it, and turned failure into success. The worth of a school is measured not by its numbers but by the spirit which animates each and every one of us who have the privilege of being part of it. • My love and affectionate greetings to you all!

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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.

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MAGAZINE STAFF Editor Assistant Editors Photography Art Notes Sports Notes Dramatics Notes Music Notes Cadet Notes ' oc H Notes . Closing Bazaar Old Girls ' Notes Boarders ' Notes Advertisi ng Committee iMagazine Advisers Angela Christensen J Wendy Hughson 1 Carol Maclaren Deirdre Collens Martha Bate Elizabeth Paterson Jane Graham . Shirley Mann . Judy McCuUoch . Deirdre Collens Halcyon Barcant Joan Marble Elizabeth Paterson . Pamela Fulford Ann Edwards Betsy Alexandor Martha Bate Barbara Campbell Peggy Edwards Dorothy Gates Sheila Hughes Joan Marble Elizabeth Paterson j Miss Chappell I Miss Aldous