Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 27 On returning in September we found little change in the personnel of the boarding house, our only additions being the twins from Haiti and Sally Wright. Among the resident staff we found a con- siderable change: Mrs. Graham who joined us from B.S.S., fitted in as assistant head- mistress and has proved to be an unfailing friend to us all; Miss Leonard our English teacher; Miss Jessop our gym instructress who has given up much of her free time to take boarders skiing, and Miss Flemington in charge of the Kindergarten who has very kindly spent her Wednesday evening taking handicrafts with the seniors and intermediates. We were also happy to welcome shortly after Christmas Mrs. Kilpatrick, our secretary. We were again graced with the presence of Santa at our Christmas pyjama party. Staff and girls alike joined in the fun of untangling themselves from a Spider Web ; needless to say all seemed to enjoy their reward— a box of peppermints. We then all gathered around the tree where each received a little gift. Our thanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Buck for the lively afternoon we spent in the music room, singing carols at which the usual tradi- tion of Mr. Buck ' s singing Good King Wenceslaus was upheld. After a very enjoy- able hour ' s singing, we consumed a lovely tea in which all delighted. Through the kindness of Mrs. Crawley, a Saturday was spent skiing at Meach Lake after which Mrs. Crawley very kindly invited us to supper. Aside from this, skiing was limited to the park. Skating suffered this winter due to frequent thaws; however, this was made up for by taking us all out to Buckingham for skating one Saturday after- noon. Square dancing this year took place the odd Friday evening. We seemed to manage quite well under the able guidance of Miss Jessop. Other pleasant Friday evenings were passed by being shown movies and exerting our energy on the horse and rings. Under Miss Dixon ' s management concerts were popular this year, especially the Sadler ' s Wells Ballet for which through much trouble we were able to procure twelve tickets. The biggest to the smallest enjoyed seeing the Minto Follies , starring Barbara Ann Scott, while even some of our own Elmwoodians were to be seen skating. Again this year Ashbury dances were of keen interest; there never seemed to be the problem of finding three to go. Our hearty thanks to those who waited up for us. Looking back over this year we, the seniors, feel that much has been accomplished regard- ing goodwill and co-operation of all the staff and girls. And it is with very reluctant hearts that we leave Elmwood in June.

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28 SAMARA Sports Captains 1950-51 School— Diane Boyd Fry— Judy Maclaren Nightingale— Margaret Boehm Keller— Diane Boyd RETURNING to school after the summer, we were very sorry to learn of the de- parture of Miss Overall, who had been our gym mistress for the last year, but we were very pleased to welcome Miss Jessop in her place. Basketball The sports highlight again this year was our basketball game against Hatfield Hall. Our thanks are due to Senator Wilson and Mr. Thomas who very kindly lent us a car and station wagon for the trip. We played this year at Kingston in the gymnasium of Queen ' s University. It was a very exciting game, as the two teams were very evenly matched. Even when the final whistle blew, we were uncertain who had won, and we were over- joyed when we found we had, by the narrow margin of 19-15. After the game we took the Hatfield team, as our guests, to lunch at the hotel. The Elmwood team was as follows: Forwards Guards N. Baird-3 pts. D. Eraser M. Boehm L. Jackson „ J , P- Knowlton D. Boyd-6 pts. s S. DeWolf— 10 pts. w Quain J. Maclaren S. Thomas Another exciting basketball game was the one played against the Old Girls on March 5 in the Ashbury Gym. It also was a very close game and our team was just able to eke out a one point win, the final score being 11-10; although the team was out of practice, they played in good form, as did the Old Girls. The points were gained as follows: N. Baird-5 S. DeWolf-4 J. Maclaren— 2 On October 18 at Elmwood, the Day girls defeated the Boarders by a score of 40-10. The inter-house matches were played as usual in the fall. Keller was the winner of both senior and intermediate tournaments.