Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Bettg Charter (KImtooob 1923 - 1929 The news of Betty Carter ' s serious illness last December came as a tremendous shock to all her friends. We had never associated Betty with illness; she always seemed the embodiment of health. The picture of her buoyant figure on the tennis courts, where she played championship games; seeing her pass by the school in her neat little Chevrolet with a gay smile and a wave of her hand or erect and determined in the uniform of a major in the Canadian Women ' s Army Corps, all this was part of the Betty we knew: but Betty in the hospital and the daily bulletins growing less and less encouraging, this seemed incredible. The end came on Saturday, February 14 and we were left bewildered. Betty Carter came to Elmwood in 1923, a keen and equiring young student. She left in 1929, a Prefect and Head Girl of two years ' standing with her name on the Summa Summarum Board. She had a high scholastic record culminating in Honour Matriculation, while as a forceful member of Fry House she entered with zest into all general school activities. Always a sports enthusiast, she excelled in this regard, and in addition to her prowess exerted a valuable influence on the games field by her own high sense of sportsmanship. We recall how at school Betty often deplored the unruliness of her curly auburn hair, which we secretly admired, and we could not understand why she worried because she could do it only in one way, when that way was so obviously attractive. Then there was her ever ready smile and an innate courtesy and friendUness, symbols of her warmth of heart; while in her eyes, with their clear straight look, was mirrored the integrity of her spirit. These are the things we shall remember of her. On leaving Elmwood, Betty entered the University of Toronto from where she graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Her first post was with The Royal Commission on Financial Relations between the Federal Government and The Maritime Provinces. Later she became a Statistical Research clerk with the Bank of Canada. After the outbreak of war, Betty served with the Ottawa Detachment of the Admini- strative Section of the Red Cross. In 1941 she enlisted in the C.W.A.C., becoming one of its original officers. We were not surprised when promotion after promotion came to her. Posted to England in 1942, she later commanded the wh ole of the London area of the C.W.A.C., and finally, holding the rank of Major, she was in 1944 named to perform the duties of General Staff Officer Grade II with the Directorate of Military Training in Canada. In spite of her busy life, Betty continued to participate in sports whenever pos- sible. She was a club champion of the RockclifFe Tennis Club and a Gatineau Ski Zone Champion. Figure skating and golf also claimed her interest. In tennis circles she will be greatly missed, not only by her friends among the members of the Rock- cliffe Tennis Club, but also by Club officials and attendants who speak with warm affection of the valuable part she took in all Club activities, not least of which was the time she gave in helping and encouraging the very juniors whom she regarded in a real sense as her friends. Only last summer, when far from well, Betty Carter won the Ladies ' Singles Championship of the Rockcliffe Tennis Club. Betty Carter was the kind of pupil a school is proud to have, the kind of Old Girl of whom it is equally proud. Life was wonderful to her because of the way she lived it, and she gave richly and unsparingly of herself to make life finer for those about her. She had that true sense of values which recognized what was important and what was unimportant only possible to those possessed of great strength of cha- racter. This quality was in turn a source of strength to others, particularly to her friends. All her days she had an abiding loyalty to the ' better things ' and we are the poorer for losing her from our midst. E. B. B.

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10 SAMARA House Members Staff: Miss Adams, Miss Gooderham, Miss MacCallum, Mme. Krupka, Mrs. Mieklejohn. Girls Jennifer WooUcombe— Head of House, House Senior Shelagh Macoun— Prefect Meg Reynolds— House Sports Captain Jane Mulholland, Salma Ikramullah, Joan Fagan— monitors Marlene Amber, Joan Campbell, Mary Fisher-Rowe, Sheila McCormick, Audrey Ashbourne, Lynne Gordon, Carolyn Bruce, Sonia Tarantour, Barbara Webster, Myrna Badham, Judy Kleinhans, Rosemary Findlay Senior Basketball Forwards: Jennifer WooUcombe, Sheila McCormick, Joan Fagan, Sonia Tarantour. Guards: Jane Mulholland, Meg Reynolds, Joan Campbell Junior Basketball Forwards: Rosemary Findlay, Caroyln Bruce, Sonia Tarantour, Barbara Webster Guards: Myrna Badham, Mary Fisher-Rowe, Judy Kleinhans Senior Badminton Jane Mulholland, Sheila McCormick Junior Badminton Sonia Tarantour, Carolyn Bruce IN September of this year one member of the staff and five students were added to the enrolment of Nightingale House: Miss Kaye, a member of the staff, and Esther Prudham, Nadira Masood, Susannah Clarke, Elizabeth Richardson and Linda Carnell from the school have all made great contributions to the spirit of the House, During the fall term we were awarded first place in the House Collections. We also came first in The Royal Touch in which our mem- bers gave most gratifying performances. In the winter term, our juniors captured the Junior Basketball award — thanks to the capable management of Joan Maynard, the Sports Captain. Our House was also repre- sented in the finals of the Senior Badminton doubles. As Head of the House, I should like to ex- press my thanks to all the girls who have helped to uphold the tradition of Nightingale House. House Members Head of House — Prefect: Margaret Boehm Head Girl: Sandra McKee Prefect: Catherine Prudham House Senior: Jo- Anne Davis House Senior: Josephine Stone Monitor: Annika Book Sports Captain: Joan Maynard Staff Members Miss Shand, Mrs. Kilpatrick, Mrs. McAulay, Miss Robinson House Bobby Bradshaw, Vicky Brain, Linda Carnell, Susannah Clarke, Judy Ewing, Margo Freiman, Sue Hislop, Nadira Masood, Esther Prudham, Elizabeth Richardson, Virginia Shurly, Frances Wood. Senior Basketball Forwards: Margaret Boehm, Jo-Anne Davis, Catherine Prudham, Virginia Shurly Guards: Annika Book, Joan Maynard, Josephine Stone, Frances Wood. Junior Basketball Forwards: Elizabeth Richardson, Marianne Merry, Susannah Clarke Guards: Margo Freiman, Judy Ewing, Vicky Brain, Sue Hislop

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12 SAMARA 6 Matric Here is something on the rest of 6 Adatric: Salma Ikramullah is an excessively energetic form captain and competent monitor who never allows untidy books or arguments to escape her notice. Lorna Travaglini — a musician and also a monitor — has studied this year the biographies of many interesting people such as Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and last, but not least, Minnes the Menace. Annika Book — another efficient monitor, is the lucky possessor of a subtle sense of hu- mour which is very helpful in enduring the high spirits of her less reserved comrades who much regret her probable return to Sweden this summer. Margie Dickson — has the enviable charac- teristic of ignoring any distraction from her work. She is comparatively unknown in the school but her apparent quietness is probably deceptive. Jane Mulholland — seldom seen without Josephine. One of the more brilliant members of our illustrious form, Jane is doing very well in spite of the fact that she skipped 5A. She can usually be found carrying on an impossible argument with someone who is foolish enough to become involved. Miss Leonard — the 6 Matric Form mistress — has violent aversions to people on desks and the use of poetry for punishments. We are sorry that she is leaving next year, but we feel that her extensive knowledge should not be confined to one place. 5 A Come into our classroom — if you dare! We ' re the notorious 5 A who occupy the spacious and beautiful new wing. We must boast of being the largest class in the school, with our fifteen members and if you believe that variety is the spice of life , you have arrived at the right room. Meg Reynolds is our form captain who seems to spend most of her time stuffing loose papers in her bulging binder and politely (?) asking the class to sit down between classes, stand up for classes and tidy up after classes. Janet Chapman sits behind her with a jar full of pencils and a carton of books; for some peculiar reason she tries to study. This is rather impossible due to the fact that Janet Hanson and Joan Maynard have established themselves behind her with the latest jokes. But these two are readily excused because without our two comedians, 5A would lose all life. Virginia Shurly, the class mathemati- cian is tutoring Bobby Bradshaw and Nancy Perry in some unconquerable algebra and, al- though they begin to understand, Bobby still insists on knowing why it works that way. Our industrious Sheila McCormick is curled up in the front seat working on one of her numerous school projects; we are still trying to see how she participates in all extra-curric- ular activities and at the same time gets her homework done. It is a peculiar day when Joan Fagan has not a new novel to plunge into. And it ' s still more amazing how many chap- ters she can cover in a day — when she has not one spare. Nadira Masood, who comes from Pakistan, can floor anyone with tongue twisters in her native language and Lambie Steven helps us with many English derivatives from Greek. Our Latin enthusiast is Olga Kingsmill and, if there ' s a spare moment, Olga will be seen peering at the latest Latin vocabu- lary along with Fish or should we say Mary Fisher-Rowe. Marlene Anber is our industri- ous member when it comes to homework and organizing the school library in such an effici- ent manner. And this is a familiar scene every morning: It is our form mistress Madame Krupka ascending the stairs, followed by Joan Campbell who regularly brings Madame ' s books for her. We would all like to thank Madame for the patience and kindness with which she guided 5A throughout the year.