Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 13 V B I am Judy Ewing, reporter for the Detroit News, commenting on the doings of our good neighbours to the North. It is a hot Spring day in Ottawa as I sit here in Parliament. They have certainly made pro- gress in the last quarter of a century in having so many women in the government. I am watching Prime Minister Beverly Brown argu- ing the subject of the school system with the leader of the opposition, the Hon. Susan Brain. Miss Brown is arguing that the Latin being taught in the high schools of to-day is far too hard. She declares it is even harder than when she was in school and, to her, that was plenty hard enough, for we find after reading some of Miss Brown ' s grade ten translations, Rome fiddled while Nero burned! Miss Brain, the opposition leader and also the famous designer of that all-purpose suit with the hot and cold running water, who is a direct descendant of a Latin teacher, pro- claims this is all stuff and nonsense. Miss Margo Freiman, the noted orator whose heated debates have changed many a Conservative to a Liberal, now has the floor (and probably will have for a few hours to come) and is backing the Prime Minister. As I look around me I notice the well known Pakistan diplomat and noted artist. Miss Naz IkramuUah, listening attentively to the windy rebuttal of Miss Freiman. As I came in I happened to see the former Miss Fran. Wood, now married to the Com- missioner of the R.C.M.P. and residing in Maple Creek, Sask., inspecting the Mounties on Parliament Hill with her husband. My former classmates have certainly come a long way in the past twenty years. Enough for the noted people present and back to the debate. Miss Mickey Manion, a Quebec Member, has the floor and in her best Parisien-English is adding her opinion. Miss Manion has been known to change her party every election due to her time spent in Paris. Susan Richardson, the wealthiest girl page- boy in the House because of her dabblings in the Toronto Stock Exchange, is being called by Miss Audrey Ashbourne who has suc- ceeded her father as a member for Labrador. Miss Sally Wright, colunmnist for an Otta- wa paper, is sneaking in late, tennis racquet in hand, just in time for a little news for her column Parliament at a Glance, which is about all she takes after spending most of her time on the tennis courts. The debate for to-day has ended and Mrs. Bruce, Speaker of the House, looking slightly bored, adjourns the Session for the day. V C As you enter our distinctive circus you will be introduced to the various performers, so prepare yourself! I ' ll begin with the ringmaster, F. Maxwell, who came to manage us just last season; she has done a wonderful job and a difficult one. Then we meet Andy Rowley, chief lion trainer, who during the season has put her head in eleven different Hons ' mouths! A voice ringing through the air tells us barker Sue Hislop is vocalizing. A New Zea- lander, she was given the job because of her excellent vocal and persuasive abilities. The next to greet us is Bet Davis, clown, who is never without some amazingly apt remark and always keeps the rehearsals going. As a sideline, she is the assistant lion trainer, and hurtling through the air we see Lynne Gordon, trapeze artist, who at the beginning of the season swung all the way from Jamaica to be with us. Because of her vocation she always gets around! The strain of a waltz proclaims the arrival of Cis Dunn, bare back dancer and news agent. If you ' re behind in any news, world, local or sporting, just let her know and she ' ll bring you up to date iri a second. Outside another tent a brilliant poster tells of Siamese Twins, only ones of their kind . The last is certainly true; there have never been two more inseparable people (we hope!) than Barb Webster and Myrna Badham, who are always seen together and confused.

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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.

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14 SAMARA As the sound of Home, home on the range greets our new battered eardrums, Esther Prudham (of the Roaring Rodeo Act) saunters up and greets us with Howdy, Pardnuh . She hails from Edmonton and arrived just after Christmas for her novelty act. An eerie noise (silence! ) assails us and we see Marianne Merry training her arctic seals. After diligent application, Mel has coaxed the animals into playing Sweet Adeline with accompanying sounds (flapping flippers). As a black tent burns our eyeballs, we meet Sonia Tarantour, palmist, magician, and dreamer. No-one has yet discovered where Sonia travels at rehearsals, but it must be far away because it takes a long time to call her back. She is also our artist and paints all our lively posters that you see. The last of our weirdly assorted troupe is Carolyn Bruce; although she came to us but recently, Carolyn has been promoted to chief elephant waterer ... oh well, they say Barnum and Bailey were elephant tenders, so, who can tell? Now you have been introduced to all our troupe so I hope it has satisfied your curiosity for another year, or at least until the next magazine report is due. Editor ' s Note: The above is the work of Vicky Brain, the clever public relations ex- pert for the V C Circus. Upper 4B and 4A As you walk down the hall towards Upper 4B and 4A Classroom, you can hear a blood- curdling scream and you wonder why. Susannah Clarke comes stamping out of the classroom in disgust, Somebody stole my book! Susie is always at Cunningham ' s Stables —not only for the horses! Judy Kleinhans: People who live in Rockcliff e often see Judy whizzing by on her new racer, but in June she will be leaving for the United States. Last term Judy won the Humane Society Essay Contest. She has been a good classmate for us and we will miss her. Sandra Graham is the next on the list. Sandy has been very lucky to go on a Caribbean Cruise and to come back with a beautiful tan. She is making an attempt to be a golf star. Rosemary Findlay is our class hypochondriac. Either she has a sore arm or her neck is out of joint. Rosy has an awful temper, so beware! She is our class librarian and makes a good job of it. Tina Tarantour is our starving boarder. There must be a hole somewhere because we can never fill her up. She is our class jokester, too. Busy Richard- son, Busy by name and Busy by nature is from Toronto. She is very good at art and is our noisiest boarder. Linda Carnall is our mechan- ical brain. Just before French you will always find her rhyming off her homework to the lazy ones. What would we do without Linda? Frances Cabeldu, our Form Captain for the year, is both industrious and efficient. We all agree she is an all-round girl. We now come to Upper 4B, and the first person I shall introduce is Jana Stepan. Jana is very quiet in class and does her work well. A few years ago Jana came over to Canada from Czechoslovakia and speaks English very well. Behind Jana sits the one and only Lilias Ahearn. Lilias always seems to have her home- work somewhere in the book . Lilias may be in Math, class, but her mind and her hands are set on drawing pictures of her comic characters. Lynne Castonguay is our class baseball star. She also is our Form vice-captain and does a very good job. Every Thursday Lynne finds her books every- where except in the desk. Guess who was there? Bonnie Wood still pines for the ranch. She goes out there every summer. She is very good at school sports, Lauretta Landymore is our very lucky classmate who is going to the Coronation. She is one of the brains of the class. Jean Garvock is very interested in col- lecting the Royal family books and she often brings them to school to show the girls. Janet Cooper is one of the lucky girls who entered an essay contest which was sent to London. She has a great imagination for writing essays. Last, but not least, I should like to introduce Miss Gooderham who has been our patient and capable form Mistress. We all appreciate how much she has done for us.