Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 23 THIS year in the boarding school we have had a number of newcomers, all of whom seemed to arrive at different times during the year so I shall not even attempt to give a record of who was here, when, and for how long! However, it might be recorded here that everyone seemed to take the various changes with a great adaptability which simplified many problems. Mrs. Graham, our new head mistress, and Miss Dixon lived down at the house ; Miss Gooderham, Miss Davidson and Mrs. Soulis, our matron were the new arrivals in the resi- dent staff. At this point, we wish to thank Miss Jessop, our house mistress, for so kindly arranging all the lovely outings to concerts, plays, etc. According to tradition we had a visit from Santa at our Christmas pajama party for staff and girls. Needless to say, much amuse- ment ensued during the opening of presents and the serving of refreshments afterwards. A delicious tea and rousing carols were en- joyed by the boarders on the Sunday before the Christmas holidays; our warmest thanks to Mrs. Graham for making our Christmas celebration at school so delightful. A new social entertainment was experienced by the senior boarders this year. We enjoyed several evenings at Mrs. Graham ' s house, read- ing plays with the Ashbury boys. I need hardly mention how much the eats were enjoyed, too! Again this year Ashbury dances were of great interest in the boarding school; our thanks to those who waited up for us. Square dancing has become more and more popular; thanks to Miss Jessop, we were all prepared to trip the light fantastic when the time came. Once a month, all those Boarders who had been especially good for that period of time were given a treat which usually entailed a movie on a Thursday or Friday night. Statis- tics proved that after it was discovered how much fun these treats were, many more good marks appeared in the book! On looking back over the past school year, we who will not be returning next September wish to thank all those who made our last year at Elmwood a memorable one!

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By TisH Heeney

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24 SAMARA Sports Captains, 1951-1952: School — Suzette DeWolf. Fry — Jill Edward. Nightingale — Margaret Boehm. Keller— Suzette DeWolf. Sports Day 1951 Fortunately we were provided with a nice day for the sports last year, and everything went smoothly. The cups were awarded as follows: Senior Sports Cup — Margaret Cameron. Intermediate Sports Cup — Shirley Thomas. Junior Sports Cup — Susan Hislop. Preparatory Sports Cup — Louise Hayley. Interhouse Sports Cup — Keller. Basketball This year, unlike last, we played a grand total of six games outside the school. Our first was against Nepean, whom we beat 13 to 10, in a thrilling and extremely close game. Next came our annual game against Hatfield Hall. This was played in the Queen ' s University Gymnasium. However, it was their turn to win, and win they did, 38 to 20. Aftenvards, they kindly treated us to a most welcome dinner at the hotel in Kingston. Much to our pleasure, we had a chance to play Carleton College in December, and added another win to our list, 18 to 13. Our next game was played with Buckingham High School. Although we were defeated miserably, 26 to 18, we played a good game. However, the junior team re- deemed us by winning their game easily, 56 to 6. Carleton challenged us again and got their revenge with a 15 to 8 win. Our sixth and final game this year was against the Y.W.C.A., which we enjoyed very much but lost 23 to 13. At the beginning of the year the Juniors played an evenly matched game with RockclifTe Public and obtained their first win, 19 to 12. Badminton This year we played off the house and school badminton in one tournament. Wendy Quain was the Senior Singles winner for the second year, and paired with Pat Knowlton to win the Doubles again. The Junior winners were as follows: Singles — Sally Wright. Doubles — Jane Mulholland and Sheila Mc- Cormick. Gym Due to the new indoor baskets, we played a lot of basketball during our gym periods, much to our delight. We did little apparatus