Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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SAMARA 13 Carleton and members of their Faculty and Students ' Council. Speeches were made by Dr. McOdrum, Mrs. Graham and Mr. Perry. Sheila McCormick, on behalf of the girls, thanked everyone who had made the visit possible. It proved to be a most exciting and interesting experience, especially for the girls who plan to attend college. Dances Step ladder, nails, hammer! Help, this ladder wobbles! These are just a few of the comments that anyone who liked to live dangerously would hear if she were to walk through the Elmwood gym on Friday the eighteenth of February. It was not a lesson in carpentry, as one might think; in fact its importance would be infinitely greater than any lesson, as it was the preparation for our yearly Formal. For weeks now the decorating committee, despite strong opposition in the form of basketball games and homework, had been working at silver stars and life-sized card- board people. Our thanks here go to Elizabeth MacKenzie who, with about two days notice, gave up her free time to make these figures. Her work was much appreciated by all, especially the committee. Early that Friday morning an enormous wall of paper was seen coming through the stone corridor with four feet and a bit of skirt supporting it. Upon further exploration and analysis we discovered the feet belonged to Sheila McCormick and Susan Belcourt. Susan had been successful in bringing to school Mr. Hyndman ' s back-drop from the May- court Ball. Completely covering one wall we decided that it looked very effective and that it would also make an excellent topic of con- versation. The curtains had been pulled on the win- dows not covered by the back-drop and it was on these that we nailed the cardboard people. Exhausted boarders spent the afternoon blowing up balloons. We grouped these in suitable corners of the gym. From the corners red and white streamers stretched to a huge bunch of balloons on the ceiling. It was just co-incidence that we chose red and white as we discovered later that these are the colours of Royal Military College, and although it has an attraction for a couple of our scholars, we did not mean to support it at our annual dance. Later, as we studied the final results, we patted ourselves on the back and decided that the streamers, balloons, backdrop, silver moon and stars all looked very nice. The Square Dance An atmosphere of anticipation prevailed in the 5B classroom when our head girl, Sally Wright, told us about the square dance which we were to give for the younger girls on Friday, March 21. All went well until a few days later one of the more practical types asked where we were to get the necessary boys. No one had any suggestions, so the square dance was about to be called off, when the boys from Rockcliffe Public School were mentioned. The square dance was held in the Rock- cliffe Public School gymnasium and Bob Maudsley from Lisgar was caller. The 5 B hostesses were relieved to find that their food supply was adequate. The dance ended at eleven-thirty when we all went home, sorry to leave the dance but happy to get off our shoes. House Dances This year Elmwood ' s social calendar featured two house dances, one early in the fall term and the other this spring. The more formal of these informal dances was held in October and was a great success because of the enthusiasm and untiring efforts of our head girl, Sally Wright. Our second house dance was held the last of April before the serious work of preparing for final examinations. Shelia McCormick, our head boarder, was in charge of this dance and created a unique effect in using movies as the theme of her decorations. The Golden Rule Club The last period on Monday afternoon is always special for the girls from Transition to Form 4 B. It is then we have our Golden Rule Club meeting. This year we have