Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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!

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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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Diana Fraser: How now, Horatio! In spite of being the laziest member of the sitting-room, which, incidentally, is quite a distinction, Bobo has done more than her share of work as Head of Fry and Head Boarder. In the Ashbury- Elmwood play, she played the romantic female lead with an assur- ance that no doubt resulted from her profitable summer at the Banff School of Fine Arts. The sitting-room this year has been kept in a continual state of riotous commotion due to her wit and occasional snake-dance to the Blue Tango . Wherever she goes we know she will always retain her love for Chinese meals, parties, lobster, and long fingernails. Next year there is a chance that Bobo may be speeding along the highway between Iroquois and Brockville, in a state of doubtful anticipation, to another happy year of commercial classes. In spite of this, we wish all the luck in the world to someone who has made our last year at Elmwood a merry and memorable one! Leslie Anne Jackson: She hath a heart as somid as a bell . 6 Upper ' s Rock of Gibraltar , Bell has silently and capably completed her second successful year as Head of Nightingale. Bell ' s conversation and her spare afternoons consist mainly of double-headers , Metkovich ' s batting average , and the Ath- letics ' standing . We find it hard to remember a time when, on turning on the radio, we have not been directed to listen for the score of some baseball game. Except for an occasional snicker and a reciting of Latin translations more flowery than Horace or Vergil themselves ever thought of. Bell sits quietly and no doubt forms questionable opinions regarding the haywire antics of her friends. She is continually disappearing on mysterious weekend trips, which, when she is questioned, usually turn out to be to her beloved Chipawa or the Seignory Club. Bell ' s plans for next year are set on a job. Whatever it may be, we know she will be successful and we will always think of her as a good friend. Wendy Quain: The blush is beautiful But sometifnes inconvenient . Windo is graduating this year with her sights set on McGill University where she will no doubt continue to play her version of Old Piano Roll Blues as she has for the last three years. Her favourite pastime (it seems) is crawling under the classroom tables frantically looking for her beloved eraser. We all rejoiced this winter when Windo was made a Prefect as we no longer have to call our teas, the Prefects and Wendy teas . For the second year, Windo is the winner of the Senior Bad- minton singles and with partner Noli, the Badminton Doubles. One of the more travelled members of 6 Upper, Windo comes in daily from Kingsmere which makes it necessary for her to Hve the majority of weekends out of a suitcase. Those of us who will not follow her path to McGill will miss her inimitable imitations and wish her the best of luck in the future.