Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Jennifer Woollcombe: Each deed thou has done, dies, revives and goes to work in the world . Jenny, head girl, efficient head girl, in fact, extremely efficient head gill, is probably spending her last year of a long decade at Elmwood. This year she has done remarkable work in many fields and has even succeeded in getting the whole school interested in organizing social events— a task hitherto unaccomplished by even the most enterprising of us. Jen works like a fiend at her schoolwork, but still finds time to be a substantial forward on the basketball team and has at least one finger in every sphere of activity. So, as we bid one of our next to permanent fixtures goodbye, we would like to wish her the best of luck, wherever she may be in the future. (We still don ' t know). Janet Chapman: There was a sound of revelry by night . Janet has been singing a great deal this year. As a member of the Ottawa Choral Union she sang in the Messiah and Mozart ' s Requiem Mass . But this is not all— Janet is also the morning half of the head boarder, a prefect, head of Fry house, on the basketball team and a good actress. This is a great weight for anyone to carry, but she does with remarkable ease. Practice makes perfect, I suppose. Janet is completing her Junior Matric this year. Her future is uncertain as yet but Janet who is independent and quite capable will have no trouble. Best of luck, Jan. Marianna Lovink; ' ' The days that Tnake unhappy make us wise . Marianne, commonly known as Schminkie is one of the hard-working Six Uppers this year. She is a prefect and does a marvellous job, as well as being honorary head of Fry. She skied all winter and loves all kinds of sports. Marianne is terribly energetic and equally industrious, especially in history class. A necessary part of the basketball team, she played both guard and forward. Another activity was plays, in which she had several good parts which she acted very well despite her heavy school schedule. Marianne is hovering between McGill and Western although Mrs. Graham strongly suggests Queens. We wish her the best of luck. Josephine Stone: She holds her little thoughts in sight Though gay they run and leap She is so circumspect and right She has her soul to keep . Jo is head of Nightingale and also a prefect. She carries out the many duties connected with these offices as well as working hard on her Senior Matric. Unfortunately she managed to hurt her knee skiing which curtailed her sports slightly but forced her to develop a very distinctive limp. Jo is saintly in and out of class to all outward appearances. The only thing which betrays her Spanish temperament and temper ( experts say she has one) is her vocabulary. This vocabulary is very original, half Spanish and has everything but technicolor which may be all for the best. Part of the Old Guard , Jo is leaving next year for Smith College or its equivalent in the States.

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SAMARA 3s THIS magazine goes to print, we are nearing the end of another successful and enjoyable year at Elmwood; we hope we have hved up to her high ideals, embodied in our House Mottoes, Service, Fellowship and Fair Play . We shall have many happy memories of this year to recall, and the lessons and ideals which we have acquired throughout the days we have spent at Elmwood will be a constant reminder of former times. We should like to thank the members of the Magazine Committee for their generous work and the support they have given and also our many faithful friends who have so kindly advertised in this magazine. We appreciate the interest they have shown in us for so many years. This year we welcomed Mrs. Davis, Miss Dubrule, Miss Miller, Miss Colquhoun and Mr. Brain who gave up his valuable spare time at Ashbury to teach the senior forms Latin. We hope that they have enjoyed their first year with us. We thank Mrs. Graham and all the teachers for having made this such a happy year for us. We hope that they have liked it as much as we have. Dean Clark, after many years of teaching us Scripture, acting as Chairman at our closing and taking Assembly on his mornings at Elmwood, left us in December. We were very sorry to see him go and join with all his many old girls in wishing him every happiness in the future. Although the graduating class of this year is only a tiny section of those throughout the world, we go out from the school with the firm hope that we shall help to achieve for our children the security which is now lacking in this troubled age of ours, and we pray that it may be achieved. We start out on our journey along the road of life with our school motto high in our hearts. May all Elmwoodians past, present or future live up to this our highest ideal: Summa Summarum Highest of the High . Janet Chapman, Managing Editor Bobbie Bradshaw, Literary Editor Sheila McCormick, Asst. Literary Editor TisH Heeney, Art Editor Advertising Meg Reynolds Margaret Traill Joan Campbell Joan Maynard Judy Evving Lambie Stevens Beverley Brown Micky Manion Nancy Perry Miss Underwood, Miss MacCallum, Sta Advisers

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Jiou Senior and Af(uuian4. Jane MulhoIIand: No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness . ' Janeo ' — pronounced ' Jano ' — is one of the most persuasive of people. She also has an amazing gift for extracting herself from unpleasant situations and for using superlatives. A member of Six Upper, head of Keller and an illustrious house senior, she has an affinity for Tish Heeney, Josephine Stone and pigs although she does not intend to go in for farming. She is extremely bright in school— through no fault of her own. Her outside interests are wide and varied, so much so that I can ' t recall any at the moment. After a long struggle Jane has finally achieved responsible government. Jane is going to McGill next year and as we repair the dints in our armour, all concerned wish her the best of luck. Bobby Bradshaw: have oft regretted my speech Never my silence . The above denotes a certain impetuosity which Bobby does not entirely lack. One of the wiser types, however, Bobby is highly respected for her all-encompassing rule as half -head boarder. (No offence meant by the hyphen). She is also a house senior and the literary editor for the magazine. In this noisy troubled world, Bobby accomplishes things silently and effectively, a type of man behind the man behind the scenes. This summer Bobby is going to England where she intends to go to college. She deserves the best of everything and we shall always remember her as a good friend. Meg Reynolds: %et a S7nile be your umbrella . Meg is a Brockville import, a house senior, a hard worker, the advertising head for the magazine and a good friend. She follows faithfully her father ' s precept of doing a little review every day and wants to be a social worker. Although Meg is very cheerful, she has several aversions, waste, taxis and pointless occupations. Her social life has flourished this year side by side with every other activity imaginable. She and Janet have two private jokes which none of us quit understand— one about fisheries and another about car salesmen? On entering Meg ' s bedroom one sees souvenirs from almost everything she has done this year. Meg finds them better than a diary. This summer will find Meg back at Merr ' wood, the Crippled Children ' s Camp where she does wonderful work.