Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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S A A [ A R A 23 Ballet The two visits of the Sadler ' s Wells have inspired many budding Elmwood Fonteyns. Maybe the fame is not there, but the en- thusiasm leaves little to be desired. Under the long distance direction of Mrs. Dailley (from Kingston) and the teaching of Erna Pilupe the classes are progressing. Leaders in this movement are Janet Lawson, Sheila McCor- mick and Catherine Hees. At the bazaar an excerpt from Les Sylphides was performed. In May, the annual per- formance was given, which was colourful and featured several promising soloists. The Hallowe ' en Party The most evil of nights was celebrated at Elmwood on a Friday night instead of a Tues- day so as to enable the ghosts and witches to stay out later to terrify the world, and sleep in the next morning. The Grand March was led by an ex- tremely ferocious dragon, whose feet mys- teriously resembled those of the staff, who were singing his praises from inside his stomach. Miss Typical Elmwoodian Jessop very bravely donned the royal Elmwood robes and recited a humourous but pointed poem. At the witching hour of eight o ' clock, two fugitives from Mrs. Graham ' s anatomy class, disguised as ghosts, passed bits of John Smith ' s body to a ring of people, seated in black darkness. After this gruelling display, we all switched to a lighter vein by playing musical bumps to the piano playing of Pat Knowlton. About eight-thirty everyone doffed her costume to eat hearti ly while some paid visits to a mysterious fortune-teller whose identity was known to few. Next on the list was a radio skit, complete with Twenty Ques- tions , by VA, and a sing-song by VI Upper and VI Matric, while Di Eraser and Norma Baird tap-danced. The evening ended with the presentation of prizes by Mrs. Buck, to the winners, among whom the most noted were Jennifer Woollcombe as Anne Boleyn; Diane Boyd, Leslie Jackson, Wendy Gilchrist and Suzette DeWolf as the four seasons; and Susanna Clarke as a ballerina. House Collections Three beautiful arrays of house collections brightened up three classrooms this year instead of one, as the year before. Everyone agreed with the judges Mrs. Frances Gill and Mrs. Buck, when Keller was picked as the winner, not only for its large collection of articles, old clothes and books, but also for the ingenious arrangement as the Caledonian Marketplace, with cardboard wheels to make the tables look like carts. Nightingale was judged second with a very artistically arranged collection. A close third was Fry, which displayed a great number of handi- crafts. The collections were later packed and sent to various charities. We were much pleased to hear a short time ago that the boxes sent to Miss Chappel in Japan had arrived safely. The Bazaar As I sat at the entrance, there was suddenly a host of people crowding in through the door, and I could hear them drop their money in the big, round, silver bowl on the entrance table. Then one lady came close enough for me to get on to the feather of her hat and I went merrily with her to the hall to see the plays and ballet which took place before the Bazaar. When she came back into the entrance hall, I got off and crawled along a little farther and found to my surprise the most gorgeous turkey, blanket, apples, ham, doll and a smart overnight bag, which I sup- posed were to be raffled. Then a rude little boy came and flicked me off the table just before I was going to have a bite at the turkey. Then to my amazement I heard a lady say Who painted this beautiful turkey? so then I knew it wasn ' t really real. As I crawled disappointedly away to the other side, I passed by a small room where a group of people had collected to buy books and stamps, but I didn ' t bother, but went to see the White Elephant table where there were

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Cast of Senior Play, Victoria Regina

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24 SAMARA many things displayed for purchase. I thought to myself, I had better scurry if I wanted to see the rest as more and more people were coming in and I was sure they wouldn ' t look for an ant, so I finally got up on the wall and made my way down a long corridor to the assembly hall. There ' s where the noise was coming from, because there were lots of small children playing games and racing around and I was very nearly stepped on as I made an approach to cross to the ice cream and candy table. Just as I was crawling onto a cup of ice cream and resting there comfortably I was aware of being carried right back through all the crowd and landed on a table of lovely soft pink, white and blue knitted articles. Again there was a lot of noise, this time coming from the tea room which I managed to see on my way in; it was across the hall. How- ever, I just crawled off my perch and nestled into a small bonnet to sleep. As I woke up the next morning to find myself and the bonnet in a cardboard box, I overheard an excited voice saying, We have made nearly $900 to send to the Save the Children Fund! Frances Schulman, VA Nightingale Dance After weeks of detailed discussions and en- thusiastic planning, the long awaited day at last arrived, February 2, the Elmwood Formal. The afternoon was spent in frantically decorating the bare gym which, after much tangling of streamers, thumb-tack casualties, and lack of Scotch tape, was transformed into a Valentine Paradise. The assistance of Mrs. D. MacTavish and Mrs. F. Gill was gratefully received by worried but excited officers who had wondered soulfuUy how they were going to manage by themselves. At nine o ' clock the boarding-house had quieted down and first arrivals were peeked at from behind the bannisters by pyjama- clad juniors. Mrs. Graham, Miss Shand, Judy Maclaren and her escort received the guests, who, from there, entered the dimly-lighted, beautifully decorated gym and danced to the strains of Frank Marchington ' s orchestra. During the evening, much to everyone ' s delight, excellent refreshments were served. All too short an evening was brought to a close at 1 o ' clock by the National Anthem, while once fresh corsages hung withered and limp, once shining eyes were dimmed, and a tired but happy crowd left the school to talk about the evening for days to come. MUSIC NOTES We wish to express our gratitude to the various students who have played the morn- ing hymns this year. Catherine Hees has been our most frequent player. A choir was organized this year under the capable direction of our music master, Mr. McTavish. It has added colour and interest to our morning devotional period, and once a week the choir renders very beautiful selec- tions, the soloist being Margaret Cameron. Mr. McTavish also has a large number of piano pupils, and these, from time to time, play noon-hour recitals; who knows but among us there may be another Rubenstein!