Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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IS SAMARA Soccer Soccer was played again this year and at last we are scoring goals. The matches were started in the autumn but they are not yet completed. So far the results are: Nightingale 3 vs. A4cKeller 2; Nightingale 2 vs. Fry 2; Fry 4 vs. Nightingale 0; Keller vs. Fry (yet to be played). Volley Ball The volley ball matches were played early in the rainy fall term. Nightingale won both the Junior and Senior matches; Keller came second and Fry third. Skiing and Skating The rink was made much larger this year and was situated behind Mrs. Graham ' s house. The Juniors enjoyed themselves and they learnt a bit about wielding a hockey stick as well. They played two hockey matches against R.P.P.S. but were beaten. Next year we hope they will do better. The skating party was held on Friday, Januray 14th and many races were run off with everyone, including some seniors, having a good time. Skiing conditions were excellent this year and many of our enthusiastic skiers spent entire weekends skiing in the Gatineau. The yearly trip to Mont Tremblant was in the last week of January. As usual, everyone had a marvellous time and learnt a lot of skiing tech- nique. We would all like to thank you, Mrs. Ryan, Captain and Mrs. Bruce and Miss Dubrule, for enabling us to go. Swimming This year the girls have gone swimming at the Chateau Laurier. The Intermediates have been taken down on Tuesday and the Juniors and Seniors on Wednesday. Soft-Ball The inaugural game was won by the Nightingale stalwarts by a score of 30-9 against Fry House team. Badminton Last year the badminton finals were still being played in the last week of school. This year we have managed to play off all the finals. The winners are: — Senior Singles— Joan Maynard (N) Senior Doubles— Sheila McCormick (K) Lynne Castonguay (K) Intermediate Singles— Lynne Castonguay (K) Intermediate Doubles— Pat Elvidge (F) Beth Hay (F) Tennis This year we were represented in the Interscholastic Tennis Tournament once again. We were not so lucky this year, as we were forced to relinquish the shield to Lisgar. Lisgar defeated us 4-2. The school tournament will be played later on this term. School Team 1st Singles— Sally Wright 2nd Singles— Joan Maynard 3rd Singles— Diana Radcliff 1st Doubles— Joan Maynard, Sally Wright 2nd Doubles— B. -J. Davis, Sue Hislop

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SAMARA 17 Sports Day 1954 On June 10th, 1954, amid sunshine and mos- quitoes. Sports Day was held. A large num- ber of parents and friends were present. Every- thing ran smoothly thanks to the organization of Miss Dubrule. Fry won the Inter House Sports Cup. Other winners were: Senior Sports Cup— Gill Neville Intermediate Sports Cup— Carolyn Bruce Junior Sports Cup— Judy Toller Preparatory Sports Cup— Rita Browning School Sports Captain For the first year in Elmwood ' s history we have had a school Sports Captain whose duty it is to take over the managing of house games from the Head Girl. Joan Maynard has been a marvellous Sports Captain and has succeeded in getting the tournaments played off. With her boundless and endless energy she has inspired all of us. Basketball In the house basketball. Nightingale won both the Junior and Senior matches, Keller followed and Fry drew up at the rear. We played several interschool basket- ball games and unfortunately our winning luck was not with us. We did beat Lisgar 28-21 after an overtime period. Carleton Col- lege defeated us 40-19, Glebe defeated us 24-19. We were fortunate this year to practise and play most of our games in the spacious Rockcliffe Park Public School gym. The Junior basketball team played two matches against Hull High School. We lost the first 19-18, but in the return match Elm- wood came back to win 30-24. A team was chosen representing 4 A and 4 B to play against R.P.P.S., but the juniors were beaten both times by their rivals across the street. The scores were 43-10; 28-14 for R.P.P.S. School Basketball Team Forwards Sally Wright Frances Wood Sheila McCormick Molly Sutcliffe Callie Grant Joan Yates B.-J. Davis Guards Joan Maynard Joan Campbell Libby Bogue Sue Hislop Barbara Kennedy Esther Prudham Andrea Rowley Sally Simpson

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SAMARA 19 not iol4 This year upon arrival we were greeted at the door by Sheila McCormick, our head boarder, and Mrs. Snellgrove, our former house mistress. We were very sorry to have Mrs. Snellgrove leave us just before Christmas, but soon after the holidays, Miss Buckmaster came over from England to take her place. She has done this very capably. We would like to take this opportunity to thank both Mrs. Snellgrove and Miss Buckmaster for making it a wonderful year. We had with us many new Intermediate boarders as well as Juniors and Seniors. They didn ' t remain novices very long. It seems, looking back upon the year, that Sheila (being a master at school tricks herself) found out what was brewing before we even had our plans settled. So, between her and the boarding mistresses we were kept well in line, although some crazy stunts managed to escape their watchful eyes. School activities this year included a picnic to Lac Philippe on the first Saturday of the year. On Hallowe ' en our party was a great success, and all dressed up the day girls join- ed us for supper. After the Christmas turkey dinner we had our Carol Service at Mrs. Graham ' s, and on the last night before the holidays we had our pyjama party, punc- tuated by a visit from jolly old St. Nick and Rudolf. After Christmas we spent a grand week-end at Mont Tremblant skiing to our hearts ' content. Throughout the year we enjoyed many Philharmonic concerts, C.R.T. plays and even a trip to see the Harlem Globe Trotters. The new boarding mistresses with us this year were Miss Boyle, Miss Schurman, Mrs. Cameron. The familiar ones from last year were Miss Dubrule, Miss Colquhoun (the nurse), Mrs. Kilpatrick, Miss Maxwell and Miss MacCallum.