Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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4 SAMARA Dear Elmwoodians, Past and Present: It is a great pleasure to me to have the opportunity to put down in black and white my gratitude for all the help I have had during my first year at Elmwood. I have particularly enjoyed meeting Old Girls, both in Montreal and Ottawa. We are compiling as full a list as possible of Old Girls and their activities, and hope in the next SAMARA to have a chronicle of your vital statistics. The present girls have made me feel very much at home here; by the example of their behaviour I have learned a great deal of what Elmwood stands for. It is important that we all remember that any community, and particu- larly a school, is made up of individuals, and that each individual is a vital part of the structure of the school; if one of us makes a mistake, the whole suffers. This is why I feel added pleasure in looking back at the past year; it has been such a happy one that I feel that everyone must have been doing her best. For the future I ask that we may work together so that tradition and progress may walk hand in hand. Yours sincerely.

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SAMARA 3 FR US, the senior class, our final and most profitable year has come to an end. Through this editorial, we are able to express our warm and sincere gratitude to the many people whom we have met along the way of our school life for their invaluable aid in the framing of our characters and the furthering of our plans for the future. We feel, as, surely, those who have gone before us have felt, that in consequence of the training received at Elmwood, we shall be able to face the complex problems of our daily life in this Atomic Age with a self-confidence denied to many by educational barriers. During our eventful and unforgettable years here, we have witnessed the retirement of a beloved headmistress, Mrs. Buck. Though she is no longer one of the guiding factors of our daily life, she will always have a prominent place in the history of the school. Fortunately, her successor is one who, with her experience and understanding, is succeeding in earning the trust and admiration of all her students. We wish her all the luck that Dame Fortune can provide to make her career at Elmwood a successful and happy one. In the place of greatest honour in our magazine this year, we have placed our young queen whose natural graciousness and personal charm we saw for ourselves last autumn when she visited Ottawa. We are aware that she is depending on all the young people of the Commonwealth to help her. No matter what path our feet will tread in future life, we shall always remember and feel deeply indebted to Elmwood. To those who come after us, we can pass on the advice which we have found invaluable: Fulfill the spirit of the school motto; aim high! Leslie Anne Jackson, Managing Editor Diana Eraser, Assistant Editor Wendy Quain, Literary Editor Committee Diane Boyd Patsy Knowlton Suzette DeWolf Margaret Boehm Janet Law son The editors of Samara wish to thank all those who have in any way helped us to publish the 1952 issue.

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cMecui Qi l and Pn e ect Patricia Knowlton: why should life all labour be? Patsy, better known to most of us as Noli , is our capable Head Girl. She is most likely to be found rummaging through the school, picking up lost articles for pound: anything from baseball mitts to green bloomers. Besides distinguishing herself by her musical ability, which ranges from playing the hymns in the morning to entertaining 6 Upper with a rowdy version of their theme song. Oh, Von Beautiful Doll, she has also teamed with Windo to win the Senior Badminton doubles for the second year. Noli also boasts of being one of the original members of the school choir. Thanks to Pat ' s frequent visits to Murray ' s, the prefects ' sitting room has acquired quite an art collection to sport along with their favourite, Lena the Hyena. Next year Noli will be seen bounding down the corridors of the Civic Hospital, gripping hypodermic needles and disinfectant soap as she goes about her daily duties at 6 a.m. Well, good-night and lots of good luck, Noli! Diau(( Boyd: love work, but in sports thafs doubly true . Di has gained great recognition in this year ' s Lit. classes for her most original portrayal of Shakespeare ' s Jidiet. During a Geometry study, we may hear this honourable prefect ejaculating her usual vehement Oh Gosh!! when the problem in question refuses to be solved. As head of Kelle r, Di has been doing a competent job: she directed the Keller House play to success in the annual presenta- tions and acquired further dramatic laurels as a rich man ' s dowdy daughter in the Ashbury-Elmwood play. Di is an avid football fan; during the season she may be seen on a Saturday afternoon standing in the bleachers, cheering madly for another Karpuk play. Besides being a loyal supporter of the Maritimes, she is continually having to defend her Scottish ancestors which we say are all cattle thieves! We wonder if Di will be wearing her traditionally squeaky shoes in the halls of McGill next year. But, squeaky or otherwise, we wish her the best of luck in the future! Suzette DeWolf: ' ' Heaven such grace did lend her That she might admired be . Shoo , our able sports captain and Prefect is most noted for her femininity, her fir st in Senior Geometry last year, and her wild enthusiasm to spend every spare minute of her time on the tennis courts. Often stranded with only creampuffs and chocolate eclairs at the Prefects ' teas, we wonder what we would do without Shoo ' s egg sandwiches, and we have bestowed upon her the dubious honour of keeping us supplied on these occasions. She has had the lasting distinction of being the first to buy the latest hit records, which unfortunately has cost the DeWolfs the privacy of their living room at varied and numerous periods during the week. Captain of the School Basketball Team, Shoo is one of our steadi- est and most dependable forwards. In the Ashbury-Elmwood play, she portrayed the part of the maid with the required amount of condescension. Sue ' s infectious giggle and enviable hairdo will be sadly missed at Elmwood next year, as she is headed for McGill. We are all convinced her future will be a Rosy one. Best of luck. Shoo!