Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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14 SAMARA Judy McCulIoch — Nothing succeeds like suc- cess. Sofia Setton — Man has his will — but woman has her way. Persis Brunet — Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves. Shirley Smith — Laugh and the world laughs with you. Sallie McCarter — What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. Chris Nothnagel — Much study is a weariness of the flesh. Judy Nesbitt — Make use of time, let not ad- vantage slip. Gail Baird — For there was never yet fair woman, but she made mouths in a glass. Alannah Busk — My heart is ever at your service. Sheila Hughes — Man is a social animal. Wendy Weston — Temperate in all things. Sascha Mavor — O call back yesterday, bid time return. Form V A Do not expect our form notes to be very exciting — 5A did not expect to be 5A, and we did not have time to prepare an exciting year for you to read about. Quite innocently we came to school in Sep- tember planning to be 5B, but Fate decreed otherwise; to our infinite surprise we were promoted to 5A. So if you notice us acting a bit oddly, and our exalted teachers find us a bit fuzzy, have pity on the Afflicted of Al- lah; the vortex of work has us quite dazed. We have managed to produce the odd bits of excitement, however. The first was the Form Play, ' ' Mortgage Manof a tragic drama about a little family faced with expul- sion from the old homestead. The roles were taken by Norma Baird as the Heroine, Wen- dy Quain as the Hero, Leslie Jackson as the ' illain, Diane Boyd — Aged Aunt, Judy Har- greaves— Detective, Mary Burns— Uncle. The lights were managed by Marion McKenzic, and the play written by Mary Burns. The next happening of interest was our Social Event of the Season — the form tea. It almost didn ' t take place because of a slight difficulty with the sandwiches— there weren ' t any — but we were saved by the gallant Les- lie Jackson who disappeared into the horizon at lunch time and came back in the afternoon with unlimited supplies. It must have been Magic . . . However, the Tea was a great success. The Guests of Honour were Miss Dixon, Miss Adams, Miss Smith, and Miss Neal, who poured tea. The latest excitement has been the discov- ery of a wonderful movie house in ' UU called de Bijou, which is our favourite ' angout. Per- haps you ' ave ' eard us talk aboud it — it ' s wan fine place, dat! ' Bye now see you dere sometime, eh? Form V B For a long time V B had the distinction of having only three members and we could boast of being the cosiest form in the school. Even though increased to four we are still pretty compact. We share some things with V A, but are not to be confused with them. We held a joint form tea early this year, and we share their passion for de Bijou. These are our members — Norma Baird, our form captain. She is indeed a social b(a)ird! Norma ' s happiest mom ent of the school day comes at lunch time — but that also goes for at least three-quarters of V B. She has found that not a gentle answer, but also a sweet and appealing face, turneth away wrath. Pat Knowlton is our vice-captain. She is good at sports, and is the Intermediate Bad- minton Champion. At the moment, Pat ' s greatest interest is in letter writing. Judy Maclaren is the skater of the form. She recently carried off honours by winning the Devonshire Cup. If you should happen to see a blue streak with a brown coat on racing for the streetcar, you ' ll know it ' s Judy head- ed for the Minto again. And if she should have a book under her arm it ' s because of Aliss Smith ' s campaign to try to make our Judy more literary.

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SAMARA 13 VI Upper Summa Summarum ; with these words the magic carpet floated gently upwards into the air. It was a beautiful day and as we floated peacefully over the Atlantic, a tiny speck became visible on the horizon. At a closer range we discovered it to be a small yacht, and the strains of A Life on the Ocean Wave reached our ears. We then saw a figure dressed in patched blue jeans and a beige shirt striding across the tiny deck with mop over shoulder and pail in hand. Who should it be but Dee Collens. After a few cheerful greetings, we turned towards the English coast. It was the day of the Grand National and the horses were at the starting gate. In the spectators ' stand Ann Edwards was nervous- ly pacing up and down. Then they were off — it ' s a fight from the start. Now they are coming down the home stretch, neck and neck; it looks like a tie. Suddenly a horse shoots forward over the finish line. Who should it be but Macduff, Good work Ed; after twenty years of trying you finally made it. Now off to Paris. Suddenly beneath us we see a large crowd frantically buying books. Approaching we see a figure standing on a platform, obviously the author. To our sur- prise we find it is Barbara Gibson. Barb has just written Better Cake Recipes in five different languages! Congratulations, Barb! Turning back, we float to New York, where the neon signs are flashing the hit show of the year — ' ' ' ' The Merry -go-roimd . The composer, director, leading lady, critic and audience is our own Lucinda Crozier. Later at Colombia University we find Dor- othy Gates H.P.S. (head Professor of Span- ish). It is said that the Spanish classes are the largest on record, and everyone (except the other blondes) receives top honours! It is quite late and so our carpet floats northward over Western University; we no- tice all lights are out except for a dwindling candle. Here, buried among books, we find Betty Gibbs trying to find an immediate re- mover of silver nitrate. Finally, passing over a small farm buried in a forest, we see Marjorie Cottingham hap- pily milking a cow. At least she has found the profession at which she is the happiest. So we leave a happy, if not prosperous group, and return home. VI Matric. VI Matric is one of Elmwood ' s largest forms this year. Our popular form mistress, Miss Dixon, though busy with other school duties, always finds time to pull us out of scrapes! At the Hallowe ' en party in October, we combined with VI Upper and put on a Minstrel Show. This was great fun, and en- joyed by all present. The characters of each of us are, I think, best summed up by the following quotations: Betsy Alexander — Every why hath a where- • fore. I Mary Code — We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give. Andrea Hadley — Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet. Jackie Nothnagel — Good humour makes all things tolerable.

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SAMARA 15 Diana Fraser is the wild one of the form — she comes from Iroquois! She is also the joker — the clown! But she is foremost to defend sturdily the rights and liberties of the form. Finally, Eioisa Madrazo is our latest addi- tion. She comes from Guatemala but is mak- nig remarkable progress in learning English. We also enjoy talking Spanish (?) to her. Form V C The nine-o ' clock bell rings, and those who have been fortunate enough to catch an early streetcar are lounging comfortably at their desks. As the second bell is heard, the class is completed by the appearance of Felicity Giles and Mary Frances Matthewman, our vice- captain in the first term. The first class begins. Margy Boehm, our form captain in the first term, is asked a ques- tion. Unfortunately Margy is hidden behind a pile of books and by the time she rises to the occasion, Janet Lawson has answered it. The day wouldn ' t be complete without some mention of Toronto by her two loyal sup- porters, Cathy Hees and Frannie Schulman. In composition class Gretchen Weston is a favourite with stories about those beloved summer holidays. At noon, we usually hear Rhon Curtis, our form captain, at the piano trying out a new tune. Last, but far from least, there is the ever-present problem of finding a nick-name for either Sheila Cabeldu or Shelagh Macoun, our vice-captain. It seems that whenever a mistress asks one of them a question the other immediately pops up with the answer. With the addition of these last two, V C is complete, and is under the careful guidance of Miss Philbrick, our form mistress. In closing, we should like to mention our very successful form tea which we had on February the eighteenth. Our guests were Miss Philbrick, who poured tea. Miss Smith, Miss Wiltshire, Mrs. Armour and Miss Dixon. Mrs. Buck, Miss Adams and Mademoiselle were unable to come. Form IV A A is for Allie who ' s starting this rhyme; E is for ' Liz ' beth who ' s never on time. is for Jenny, the brain of the form; ' s also for Jo, a horsewoman born. L is for Lynne, who is good at her drill; O is for Olga who comes from Brazil. 5 is for Sandra and Sylvia too — Sandra ' s vice-captain and Sylvia ' s new. T is for Tina, our little Dutch lass; This is IV A, and we ' re proud of our class. Upper IV B The mistresses popped their heads out of various doors as IV B trotted down the hall with Sarita Setton in the lead. Sarita is our present Form Captain, and very efficient. She came from South America two years ago and is devoted to the piano and music. Jane Colville and Shirley Thomas sailed past everyone in a happy discussion about their loved horses. They both are very sporty and extremely good riders. Joan Fagan and Wendy Gilchrist, both having tried preliminary skating tests, were excitedly relating their adventures. Joan, we gathered, had passed hers, and Wendy would try again in two weeks. Both are enthusiastic about skating and take lessons at the Minto Skating Club. Lambie Steven and Virginia Shurly strolled into the classroom talking about hockey and football, in which Lambie delights. As they sat down, Virginia announced she could do a back dive and so their talk changed to Vir- ginia ' s favourite subject, swimming. Patricia Heeney ( Tish ), Sylvia Ricci and Sheila McCormick brought up the rear, chat- ting about Tish ' s violin. She had it with her, and we gathered around to see. Tish loves music, and Sylvia from Guatemala, and Sheila, love dancing to it. The bell sounded and our normally talka- tive form settled down to work as the door closed on the mistress ' s Good morning, girls.