Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 23 SALLiE McCarter, our head girl, set a pre- cedent this year by opening the school year as the only Senior boarder. But her fears were greatly calmed by the capable assistance of Gail Baird. who arrived on the horizon one week later, and when Christian Nothnagel arrived from Trinidad in October, the three seniors were strongly united for the new school year. We were glad to welcome, as resident mis- tresses, Miss Overall, our new games ' mistress (who is also a ski enthusiast). Miss Tyrell, our kindly house mistress. Miss Hudson, our effi- cient matron, and Miss Noad, secretary. Later in the year Miss Shand, former head mistress of St. Hilda ' s, Calgary, offered to be our assistant head mistress and she quickly became a favourite with us all. We shall not soon forget the green manners books, with the yellow daffodil on the cover— Elmwood colours. We are indebted to Miss Overall and Miss Smith for the Friday evening movies in the hall. They certainly helped to while away many weary hours in an interesting and edu- cational fashion. This year as the editors drew up the board- ers ' calendar (with the help of Sallie ' s diary), we were surprised to notice that our school year had been pleasantly full of events which w e had not realized at the time. Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus were present at our Annual Christmas pyjama party, and we all wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Buck for the lovely Christmas tea at which we all heartily sang carols. Due to the lack of snow, there were no skiing pilgrimages to Wakefield, but we did go a few times to the park. This year ' s Tremblay Concerts were much enjoyed by our music lovers, and we also at- tended the Junior Theatre and the ballet. The Ashbury dances, too, provided a bright spot in our hves, and we wish to thank the mistresses who escorted and waited up for those invited. Through the kindness and ingenuity of the Juniors, we were twice entertained by plays

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ELMWOOD PLAY, 1949— Pride and Prejudice

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24 SAMARA which they wrote and directed themselves. Aluch talent was noted, and we hope they keep up their fine work. We also enjoyed a good dancing display organized and presented by the three ballet enthusiasts. On Nov. 10 and Mar. 17 both boarders and day girls were pleasantly entertained in the evening by the Old Girls who showed movies, and later we all enjoyed refreshments; many thanks to the Old Girls for their thoughtful- ness. For several of us this is our last year as Elm- wood boarders, and as we look back over the years of studies and fast friendships, we hope that we have done our bit to uphold the Elm- wood tradition of Summa Summarum— High- est of the High . THIS has been a very enjoyable year for the art students. We are lucky enough to have Mr. Masson back with us, and, under him, our very talkative art class has been coming along superbly. This term we moved to a new address, the VI Matric-VA classroom and we have happily set up house there. That floor seems to have a supernatural attraction for paint! We went down to the Art Gallery to see how we ought to paint and really en- joyed ourselves learning. So far this year, Mr. Masson ' s requests for pictures of rainy streets have not met with the usual opposition. Now we are looking forward very much to sketch- ing when balmier breezes start blowing. Catherine Hees