Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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28 SAMARA Jacqueline {Workman) Hyland has also brought credit to Elmwood dramatic training by her outstanding performance in several of the Canadian Repertory The- atre plays. Though not a member of the regular company, she joins them occasion- ally to play a leading part. Ami Cameron has also been with the Canadian Repertory Theatre all winter. Here she has proved herself an excellent actress and given many of us a we knew her when— feeling. We were duly proud to read in a recent programme write-up of her: Her first interest in drama was developed here in Ottawa at Elmwood School. Abroad Diana Gill is studying at the Sorbonne. Claire Perley-Robertson and Ann Powell are going over to Europe together this spring. Ogden Blackburn is going on an extended tour with her mother. 3n iWemoriam ELIZABETH BURROUGHS SIFTON Betty Sifton ' s untimley death came as a great shock to us all. At assembly the morning after the news had been received, the staff and present girls stood for a brief period in silent tribute to her memory. Mrs. Buck spoke of Betty Sifton ' s great contribution to Elmwood. An exceptional student and an outstanding Head Girl, her qualities of leadership were an influence for good throughout the school. She will be remembered too as having composed the words of the school song. After specializing in languages at the University of Toronto, she travelled widely in Europe and North America. During recent years she lived in New York where she was, for some time, editorial writer for the New York Post. At the time of her death she was engaged in writing a book on political theory. Proud of being an Elmwoodian, Betty never lost touch with her old school and only last Christmas Mrs. Buck received her usual message of greeting. Courageous and vital always, the memory of her intrepid spirit will live on in the hearts of all who knew her.

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SAMARA 27 OU Qi W Mated. Engaged Paula Peters to Howard Coxon Barbara Soper to James McGowan Married Norma Wilson to James Davis Joan Paterson to Ayton Keyes Jayne Viets (Old Girl) to George Perley- Robertson (Old Boy) Elizabeth Newcombe to Earl Mayo Diana Wilson to John Newton— living in Sher- brooke, Quebec Lois Davidson to Albert (Bert) Lawrence Susan Edwards to Eric Cochrane— living in Halifax, N.S. Peter Viets (Old Boy) to Elizabeth Johnson Joyce Haney to John Good Elizabeth Gilchrist to Christopher Simmons- living in London, England Frances Bell to Millar Mason Births Gaye (Douglas) Packard— a daughter— lives in Pointe Claire, Quebec Liz (Kenny) Thornton— a daughter— lives in England Winifred (Cross) Ogle— a son— living in Malta Norma (Wilson) Da vies— a daughter— living in England Beatrice (Black) Lambe— a daughter Ethel (Southam) Toller— a son Janet (Caldwell) Masters— a daughter Jeanne (Bryson) Hutchison— a son Nancy (Paterson) McFarlane— a daughter Mackie (Edwards) Hertz— a daughter Moved Alison (Cochrane) Connelly to Winnipeg Gill (German) Frewer from Victoria to Hali- fax with her husband and two sons. Her husband is captain of the MicMac . Mary (Hanson) Price to Vancouver Joan (Somerville) Cross to England Nancy (Haultain) Nation to Chilliwack Diana Warner and her husband are living in England Nancy McFarlane to Hawkesbury. General News Patsy Drake and Diana Laird are working in Montreal. Margaret Ann McKee is working in the Do- minion Observatory. Anne Davies is working for The Children ' s Aid in Ottawa. Anne Powell is a lab. technician at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Elizabeth Paterson is at Queen ' s. Martha Bate is in her last year at Bennett Junior College. Jean Elliot is at Mount Vernon. Ann Edwards is at Carleton. Angela Christensen, Daphne Wurtele, Phillipa McLaren and Margaret McLaren are at McGill University. Carol MacLaren is at Skidmore. Mary Wurtele is at McGill School for Nurses on a V.O.N, scholarship. Wendy Hughson, Margaret Bronson and Bar- bara Gibson are at the University of Toronto. Judy McCuUock is at Bryn A4awr. Betty Carter Beat the Champs and won a set of the Books of Knowledge . Mabel (Dunlop) Hees, Janet (Southam) Mc- Tavish, Ethel (Southam) Toller, Cairine Wilson and Betty (Fauquier) Gill are new Governors of Elmwood. Jidia (MacBrian) Murphy is doing an excellent job as co-director and producer of the Junior Theatre, the newest of her many successes in the dramatic field.

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SAMARA 29 ke Slmiuood Ball SOME sage has wisely said Everything comes to him who waits , and this truth has aptly been proved this year, when Elmwood held its first formal dance in ten years. When we re-assembled for another school year in September, the chief plank in the platform of the new officers was An Elm- wood formal . Needless to say, the school body was in unanimous approval, and with such a strong surge of popularity, what could go astray? Months before the great event committees were formed and as the days flew by, the decorating committee began to tear its hair. Then came another more world-shaking ques- tion: I say old thing, have you got a partner? Corridors resounded with the perennial cry, and one disconsolate lass was known to set a new record by ' phoning ten unattached boys in one evening. At last this crisis too was set- tled by the calm, unhysterical officers who re- fused to let this small problem shake them, and rose majestically to meet the occasion, pro- ducing men out of hats, as it were. Finally came D-day: classes were got through by the studious who deigned to at- tend, and somehow 6.00 p.m. arrived. In the boarding school rigid bath schedules were posted by grim-faced monitors, which were carried out (the schedules that is) with hardly any mishaps. Seniors waded through fields of small Juniors who demanded the dubious hon- our of helping(?). In spite of this aid, all the girls were dressed by 9.00, and floated down- stairs with palpitating hearts. The escorts waited below in the hall, and after moving through the receiving line, walked slowly into the ballroom! What a transformation! Horses, ropes and rings were pushed aside, and the hall was instead adorned with trees, tinsel and imitation snow. Girls smiled condescendingly as their escorts stopped at the door, open- mouthed with amazement. Such a spectacle had not been seen before within the portals of Elmwood. As the evening passed, to the haunting strains of Al Costi ' s orchestra, many escorts were heard to murmur that Elmwood had in- deed surpassed itself. Then, all too quickly came 1.00, and as the King was sounded, to the graduating class came the realization that the long-awaited event had finally taken place and all was over! Before With nervous trepidation And anxious preparation And romantic inclination And our ball gowns neatly hooped— After With corsages hanging limply And our poor feet killing— simply, Our sweet faces smeared and pimply. We look absolutely — pooped!