Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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18 SAMARA back to England. She says she will write to us all. Lauretta Landymore is another English girl. She came new this year. Diana Lawson and Christina Wijkman are day girls too. Diana laughs at everything. Christina has two sisters in school. Jean Garvock also has two sisters in school. Jean is very good at arithmetic. Sally Douglas, Jana Stepan and Lillias Ahearn are the boarders in our form. Jana is a Czech girl and has learned English very quickly. Lilias is very good at Art, and Sally loves arithmetic. This year we made some puppets with Miss Greaves and gave a puppet show. In March our form acted Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Sports Captains 1949-50 School— Diane Boyd Fry— Rhonna Curtis Keller— Diane Boyd Nightingale— Judy Nesbitt WHEN we returned to school in Septem- ber we were very sorry to find that Miss Philbrick, our gym mistress for the past three years, had returned to England. We were very pleased however to welcome Miss Overall in her place. Basketball The sports highlight this year again was the basketball game against Hatfield Hall. We played at Kingston in the gymnasium of the Royal Military College; and although we were defeated 23-6, we enjoyed the game immensely and learned a great deal. After the game, the two teams were kindly invited by the Com- mandant to lunch in the College. Before leaving we were shown round the College by the cadets. On the way home, we stopped at Brockville, where a sumptuous tea was very generously provided for us bv Airs. Mac- Laren. The inter-house matches were played as usual in the Fall. Keller won the senior tourn- ament, and Nightingale the intermediate. Later on in the Spring, we are hoping to have a game against the Old Girls. Last year the game was ended by rain at a 12-all draw. Sports Day Sports Day, 1949, was held on June 6th. It was a lovely day— especially for Fry, who won

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SAMARA 17 Thomas is equally industriously drawing horses on the back of her text books. Virginia Shurly, trying the splits, always gives up at the crucial moment when she sees Joan Fagan doing the windows for four weeks. Lambie Stevens is trying in vain to convince Sarita (who is standing on the teacher ' s chair viewing all of something) that she has been doing the windows for four weeks. Sheila McCorniick is mumbling some ballet to her- self while her feet follow out instructions. We are trying to beat our own record for having the most form teas this year. So far we have had four and we hope to have six if possible. Our form and VC were in the main Christ- mas play this year, Make-Believe , by A. A. Milne, which was a great success, thanks to the able direction of Miss Hull, our Dramatics teacher. Upper IVB Our form has had a good year! Form teas, plays and fun galore! There is a bit of discord though, when Susie Brain starts drawing on the blackboard with her delicate art hand , as Shirley Anne McKay, form chatterbox, calls it. The pictures are mostly beautiful girls in silks and satins, and when Beverley Brown tries to stop her it isn ' t much use. Oh, Susan! pleads Bev. frantically. She is our new super form captain, who is— ahem! —learning to skate, and making a good job of it. Maggie Gill and Marianne Merry are the only boarders in our form, the latter being a new addition. Maggie is crazy about dogs, and spends most of her spare time poring over Dog World with Judy Kellock (would-be French expert) and drawing boxers. Betsy Jane Davis, Lazy Jane as dubbed by Miss Overall, is our form ' s source of candy and laughs. Shirley Anne McKay and Callie Grant, the inseparables, are the horse-lovers, along with Betsy, and they, with our long- suffering form mistress. Miss Richardson, com- plete Upper IVB. Lower 4B and 4C Will you, just for a moment, step inside the classroom of Lower 4B and 4C? First, may I introduce our charming form mistress, Miss MacLean. To us she is more than a mistress, really an elder sister and is just tops. Now let me introduce each pupil in turn. First comes Lee McKay whose mind seems much distracted from the arithmetic problems she loves so well. The picture going through her mind is probably that of horses. Next is Sandra Drew who is the artist of our form and is also very musical. Right behind Sandra is quiet Michal Crawley. After Michal we come to meet Sandra Graham and then in the second row we find our English girl, Eila Stirling-Hamilton. Eila is one of the best sports you could ever wish to meet. Behind Eila is Ex-vice Form Captain, Andrea Rowley. Next you must meet our form chatterbox, Susannah Clarke. After Susannah is our one and only Rosemary Findlay who is one of our galaxy of stars in the Minto Follies. Now to the third and last row where we meet clever Susie Johnstone who has just skipped from grade four to grade six. And now is our ballet star Karla Krug, who has recently re- ceived toe-shoes. Next is Vicky Brain who is all her name conveys. Last but not least comes our mathematical wizard Cicely Dunn. If there is anyone in our form who ever under- stands Einstein ' s latest theory it will be Cicely, P.S.— The efficient and business-like Form Captain, Julie Gibson, who wrote this, has modestly refrained from mentioning herself! (Mag. Eds.) II and III There are thirteen in our form. Lynn Cas- tanguay is our form captain, and Judy Mansur the vice-captain. Louise Hayley was the dwarf Dopey, in our play, and acted very well. Nancy Glass lives near the school and walks here every day with Wendy Blackburn. Wendy is very good at gym. Susan Green- wood is an English girl and is leaving to go

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SAMARA J9 the Inter-House Sports Cup. The other win- ners were as follows: Senior Sports Cup— Judy A4cCulloch Intermediate Sports Cup— Janet Lawson Junior Sports Cup— Sarita Setton Preparatory Sports Cup— Lee McKay and Eila Stirling-Hamilton. Inter-house Relay— Fry Badminton Everyone this year seems as much interested in badminton as ever. The school tournaments have been completed with the results- Keller-? Fry-5 Nightingale— 3 The senior singles champion is Marion Mac- kenzie, and the doubles, Pat Knowlton and Wendy Quain. The intermediate singles was won by Alison Mackenzie, and the doubles by Janet Lawson and Nancy McAvity. Gym and Indoor Games Our gym has progressed well this year under Miss Overall ' s good teaching. We have the bars this year also, in addition to our other apparatus. We have learned many exciting new indoor games, such as Swedish Dodge- ball and Continuous Cricket, which are fav- ourites. Skiing and Skating Although at the beginning of the winter there was little snow, in February and early March both day girls and boarders went ski- ing in the park as often as possible. Skating was popular all through the winter, especially with the juniors. Diane Boyd, Sports Captain DRAMATICS this year have been under the very able direction of Miss Hull. While all the Intermediates have taken part in various plays, the Matriculation students, due to their heavy curriculum and much to their disappointment, have been unable to partici- pate. On the morning of December 15, parents were welcomed to the annual Christmas pre- sentation by the Intermediate and Junior school. First on the programme was an ori- ginal play by Form I. The children, having read the story of Kiko, enjoyed it so much that they asked to be allowed to present it on