Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 11 House Members Staff: Mrs. Davis, Miss Colquhoun, Madame Bedard, Mrs. Kilpatrick, Mrs. McAuley, Miss Boyle, Miss Schurman. House Rona Brodie, Judy Dowd, Susan Hamilton, Bonnie Jeckell, Denise Karr, Janet Macintosh, Linda Nueman, Sally Sadler, Ingrid Shaffer, Molly Sutcliffe, Sandra Sukerman, CaUie Grant, Lee Gobeil, Shirley-Anne Gobeil, Vicky Brain, Margo Freiman, Sue Clarke, Elizabeth Richardson, Sally Trueman, Gail Dochstader, Wendy Dochstader, Linda Red- path, Bonnie Wood, Sarah Jennings, Elizabeth Groos. Pre-House Heather Hayley, Lesley Kennedy, Darragh Richardson, Susie Southam, Wendy Cromar, Georgie Gale, Marjorie Feller, Margot Toller, Brenda Saunders, Lindsay Dickson, Caroline Nicholson, Margo Grant, Judy Kennedy, Jane Massey, Linda Sprigings, Lynn Williamson. Head of House: House Senior: Frances Wood. School Sports Captain: Prefect: Joan May- nard. House Senior: Ton-Ton Darricades, Monitors: Esther Prudham, Sue Hislop, Barbara Kennedy. Senior Basketball Team Forwards: Callie Grant, Molly Sutcliffe, Frances Wood, Esther Prudham. Guards: Sue Hislop, Joan Maynard, Barbara Kennedy, Margo Freiman. Junior Basketball Team Forwards: Sally Sadler, Lee Gobeil, Linda Nueman. Guards: Bonnie Wood, Linda Redpath, Wendy Dochstader. The Hallowe ' en Party The annual Hallowe ' en Party at Elmwood began with a fanciful procession marching around the Gym in an assortment of colourful, comic, and clever costumes. When this march had ended, 5 A presented a skit called The Night Before Exams . This was followed by the staff ' s version of Ed. Sullivan ' s Toast of the Town in which we saw Mrs. Graham as television ' s host presenting a group of teachers in tunics, ballet costumes, and other unusual attire. The last feature of the entertainment was a farce titled The Highwayman by the 6 Matric girls. These presentations were enjoyed by all, and after a second procession, prizes were presented by Mr. Toller for the best costumes. Then refreshments were served. IfUi and Cfuz U Intermediate and Junior Group One of the most popular places in Elm- wood is the Art Room, where the junior and intermediate Forms work enthusiastically at a variety of projects. Along with our usual arts and crafts this year. Miss Maxwell has introduced the making of lamp shades. We have liked trying our own designs. Leather work has again been popular and we have made such useful items as wallets, belts, and key cases which we have tooled. Other crafts have included stuffed animals in felt, gimp bracelets, embroidered aprons, bridge cloths and nylon woven pot holders. For the first time we have tried tile work, producing trays and coasters painted gaily with oils. Among the younger girls, puppetry, needle-point and tableaux have been very popular. In art we have done seasonal paintings in water colours. Many girls also enjoyed paint- ing a backdrop for the opera. We have even tried our luck at clay modelling. Altogether, Miss Maxwell has helped us have a very enjoyable year in Art and Crafts. Special Art Class Our weekly art classes were continued this year under the patient guidance of Mr. Hyndman. Some of us have been taking Art as

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10 SAMARA Keller Jlo44,le filotel KELLER received a great many new girls in the fall and a number throughout the year. This year we returned to our old custom of having staff members in houses. We have initiated a new thing at Elmwood by having Pre-Houses. Keller had a wonderful junior partner in Pre-Keller , which consisted of a number of the younger girls. On January 28 Keller gave a party for Pre-Keller. This was an opportunity for everyone to get to know each other better. Our entry in the annual inter-house drama competition was a comedy called The Man with a Bowler Hat . We tied for second place with Nightingale, and Joan Fagan received an award for outstanding acting. Unfortunately we only came third in the House Collections which were given to the Canadian Save the Children Fund. Keller tied with Fry for first place in soccer and we came first in the junior bad- minton tournament. We placed second in junior and senior basketball and senior bad- minton. We would like to thank both Keller and Pre-Keller for working hard and upholding our motto Fair Play during the year. Heads of House: Prefects: Sheila McCormick, Joan Campbell. Prefect: Joan Fagan. House Senior: Mary Fisher-Rowe. Adonitors: Joan Horovitz, Sally Simpson, Jane Yates. Sports Captain: Lynn Castonguay. Staff: Mrs. Chater, Mme. Krupka, Miss Mac- Callum, Mr. MacTavish, Mrs. Meiklejohn. Pre-Keller Joan Berry, Susanne Book, Gill Castonguay, Sandra Comstock, Catherine Falstrup, Johanne Forbes, June Fraser, Susan Fraser, Anne Gil- bert, Deborah Gill, Helen Heighington, Heather Hyndman, Alex Malamaki, Judith Reid, Roxy Ritchie. House Members Lilias Ahearn, Audrey Ashbourne, Camiile Beaudry, Nicky Beaudry, Susan Belcourt, Wendy Blackburn, Carolyn Bruce, Susan Campbell, Sandra Drew, Frances Drury, Mary Findlay, Rosemary Findlay, Donalee Forbes, Eleanor Garson, Louise Hayley, Brenda Hiil, Efi Malamaki, Jane Murphy, Deirdre Richard- son, Andrea Rowley, Kit Sampson. Senior Basketball Team Forwards: Sheila McCormick, Joan Yates, Joan Horovitz. Guards: Sally Simpson, Andrea Rowley, Joan Campbell, Carolyn Bruce. Junior Basketball Team Forwards: Lynn Castonguay, Rosemary Find- lay, Brenda Hill, Sue Belcourt. Guards: Susan Campbell, Mary Gratias, Lilias Ahearn. THE enrolment of Nightingale House in September exceeded that of any other year, and we had the pleasure of wel- coming several new teachers as well as many new girls to our ranks. During the year Night- ingale excelled itself in excellent house and team spirit. Our play The Dear Departed , and our house collections both took a second, as we were not quite good enough to beat Fry although the girls tried hard. Nightingale showed a flair for sports during all three terms and with Sue Hislop as our able sports captain, we won both Junior and Senior Baskeball, also the volleyball. Joan Maynard once again topped the senior badminton.

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12 SAMARA a Matric subject which proved most successful. Not only has it been useful for former Chemistry students who could not distinguish between H O and HoSO , but Mr. Hyndman has been frequently heard to say, You will not pass your A4atric unless you produce a masterpiece today. The result was that we did our utmost to produce a masterpiece. Each week Mr. Hyndman came with some new and different model or technique, the result being a most interesting and beneficial year of Art. Matriculation Art As an addition to Mr. Hyndman ' s art classes. Miss Maxwell has also contributed her time and patience to teaching clay work to those interested in taking Art as a Matricula- tion subject. In this class we have moulded such objects as figurines, heads, book-ends, ash-trays, and plates, which have really turned out quite well. Decorating our articles with overglaze paint we have also found to be most fascinating. The Debating Club The Debating Club was a new hobby of the girls this year. It was run entirely by the girls with teachers present as our guests. President of this club was Barbara Kennedy, to whom its success is due. Ton-Ton Darri- cades was the able Vice-President while Mickey Manion acted as Public Relations Officer. Our efficient Secretary was Joan Horovitz who was kept busy writing invita- tions. The Club ' s main aim was to learn more about different countries, sciences, people and general knowledge of current events. Conse- quently, it was decided that to have guest speakers would be the best way to gain familiarity with new topics. Such distinguished people as Mrs. Baig, Mr. van der Vossen, and Mrs. Liu told us about the far-off countries of Pakistan, Holland, and Nationalist China. Mrs. Buck gave an interesting summary of Modern History, and Dr. Chater explained the Evolution of the Egg . We broadened our outlook when we heard discussion of the Psychology of Religion, the Colombo Plan, and the Navy by Dr. Sidlauskas, Mr. Manion, and Commodore Wright respectively. After these interesting speakers we had dis- cussions of our own with members of the staff, proving that we had benefited by our venture of organizing a debating club. Elmwood Newspaper This year for the first time, Elmwood put out a newspaper called The Elmwood Echoes , a most suitable title because we found it impossible to put out but two papers, owing to lack of proper equipment for printing. Under the expert eye of Miss Schurman, the girls on the newspaper staff put a great deal of work into this project and no doubt learned many things about a newspaper. The newspaper staff this year was as follows: Editor: Frances Wood Associate Editor: Sheila McCormick News Editor: Margo Freiman Sports Editor and Cartoonist: Gillian Neville Finance Editor: Susan Brain Circulation Manager: Susan Belcourt Assistant: Joan Horovitz Printer: Carolyn Bruce Reporters: Franny Drury, Sarah Jennings Carleton College The day was cold and windy, but spirits were high as a bus load of about twenty girls from Six Matric and Six Upper set out for Carleton College. It was Elmwood ' s and Ash- bury ' s turn to visit the college as part of a plan to introduce high school students to college life. Dr. McLeish, the Registrar at Carleton, had come to the school the week before to arrange with the girls the classes they would visit and the things they would see during the day. Once at the college, each girl attended two one-hour classes, ranging from Calculus to Journalism. The third hour was spent visiting Carleton ' s new modern library, the Students ' Union, and the cafeteria for coffee. At twelve o ' clock the guests were treated to a luncheon attended by the President of