Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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10 SAMARA Guards: Carolyn Bruce, Andrea Rowley, Dale Stevens, Sally Boyd. House Memliers Lilias Ahearn, Christine Ashbourne, iVlargaret Ann Barr, Susan Belcourt, Joan Berry, Wendy Blackburn, Susan Campbell, Lynne Castonguay, Jean Cundill, Frances Drury, Mary Findlay, Rosemary Findlay, Donalee Forbes, Eleanor Garson, Mary Gratias, Janet Ann Hair, Louise Hayley, Heather Hyndman, Jane Johnson, Efi Malamaki, Martha Rogers, Jane Rowley, Kit Sampson, Nancy Scott, Susan Southam, Jana Stepan, Dale Stevens, Mardi Thompson, Merida Woodburn. NIGHTINGALE lost many of its old girls this year, but in welcoming large numbers of new girls, we have more than ade- quately filled the gaps. In the late fall Elizabeth van Schelle joined the House in time to help splendidly with House Collections, and at Christmas time Beverly Mitchell Mas moved up from pre-House ranks on a surprise pro- motion. The girls put a great amount of effort into our house play Miracle at Blaise which came second, but we didn ' t quite come up to Fry. The House Collections were also won by Fry this year, despite the tremendous House spirit that prevailed towards the deadline. We did win the Soccer this year under the super- vision of our Sports Captain, Esther Prudham, but fell back to second place for the Inter- House Basketball. This year for the first time only one House team was organized and the Intermediates, Linda Nueman, Bonnie Wood, Sally Sadler and Linda Redpath played a tre- mendous game of Basketball. Head of House: House Senior: Sally True- man. Head Girl: Fran Wood. Co-Head Boarders: Prefect: Tonton Darricades. House Senior: Barbara Kennedy. School Sports Captain: iAdolly Sutcliffe. House Sports Captain: Prefect: Esther Prudham. Monitors: Mimi Cave, Gail Dochstader. Basketball Team: Forwards: Fran Wood, A4olly Sutcliffe, Esther Prudham, Sally Sadler, Linda Redpath. Guards: Barb Kennedy, Bonnie Wood, Linda Nueman, Sally Trueman. House Members Vicky Brain, Elizabeth Bratton, Julie Carroll, Susan Cleary, Susannah Clark, Wendy Doch- stader, Judy Dowd, Sheena Ewing, Joan Francis, Lesley Gait, Lee Gobeil, Heather Hayley, Sue Hamilton, Sarah Jennings, Diana Lawson, Beverly Mitchell, Sandra Moffat, Linda Nueman, Linda Redpath, Sally Sadler, Katie Schell, Judy Toller, Elizabeth van Schelle, Mary Watt, Judy Wilson, Bonnie Wood, Ruth Wansbrough. Junior Hallowe ' en Party Friday, October 28th, we had a Hallowe ' en party at Elmwood. In the Gym hung lots of apples from strings. A girl played music and when it stopped everyone tried to bite an apple without using hands. The first person to take a bite won. After that we had costume judging. There were all kinds of costumes. Some were bunnies, old ladies, gypsies, cats, devils, kings and queens. Prizes were given for the prettiest costumes, the most original, and the funniest. Then came the food. We had sandwiches, lemonade or chocolate milk, cookies and ice

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S A M A R A 0 THIS year Fry has added twelve new mem- bers to her Hst. Thev have all shown their wondei ful House spirit so quickly acquired. In November Fry was very fortunate to win the House plays with The Happy Jour- ney to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder. The cast of the play is to be con- gratulated. We were also very happy to win the House Collections in December. I must say that all three Houses were very close in these competitions. Although we tried very hard, especially our Sports Captain, Frances Cabeldu, we lost out in the sports field. We do hope, however, to do much better in the Badminton tourna- ment and on sports day. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the girls for their good work and good spirit. I hope they will always remember their house motto Friendship to all. Head of House: House Senior: Mickey Man- ion. Prefect: Susan Brain. Monitors: Betsy-Jane Davis, Diana RadclifF, Helena von Numers, Jane McDowell, Sandra Graham, Audrey Fell, Libby Bogue. Sports Captain: Frances Cabeldu. Basketball Team: Forwards: Betsy-Jane Davis, Sandra Graham, Ruth Petrie, Diane Manion. Guards: Diana RadclifT, Heather Petrie, Eliza- beth Bogue, Susan Petrie. House Members Elizabeth Bogue, Susan Brain, Frances Cabel- du, Pamela Cawdron, Linda Chauvin, Betsy- Jane Davis, Penny Devlin, Audrey Fell, Joanna Garland, Susan Garland, Jean Gar- vock, Sandra Graham, Pat Gillies, Thale Gunneng, Anne Gilbert, Elizabeth Hay, Margo Hay, Gail Lacharity, Lauretta Landymore, Jane McDowell, Diane Manion Jane Mac- Tavish, Helena von Numers, Laragh NeeUn, Eleanor Patrick, Heather Petrie, Susan Petrie, Ruth Petrie, Ginny Price, Diana Radchff, Pat Slemon. T ellen. acc e ate KELLER received a great many new girls last fall. As this year has progressed each member has shown excellent House and team spirit. Our entry in the annual inter-House drama competition was a play called Do Unto Others . Although we did not win, we tried hard. For the House Collections many useful articles were received for needy people. A great interest was shown in the collections even though Keller did not have the largest number of collected articles. With Joan Yates as our able and keen Sports Captain, Keller came first in the Basket- ball games and second in the Volley Ball. We would like to thank all of Keller for working hard and upholding our motto Fair Play during the year. In January we were very sorry to lose Camille and Nikki Beaudry. Heads of House: House Seniors: Andrea Rowley, Audrey Ashbourne. Monitors: Camille Beaudry, Sally Boyd, Car- olyn Bruce, Sandra Drew, Jane Murphy, Joan Yates. Sports Captain: Joan Yates. Basketball Teavi: Foru-ards: Lynne Castonguay, A ' largaret Barr, Joan Yates, Rosemary Findlay.

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SAMARA cream in the dining room where there were many fascinating Hallowe ' en decorations. I think that this year ' s Hallowe ' en Party at Elmwood was one of the best. Our Hallowe ' en Dance This year our Hallowe ' en Dance was the first of what, we hope, will be an annual dance. We were welcomed at eight-thirty by Mrs. Bruce, Captain Bruce, Fran Wood and her escort. The decorations were impressive, bright Chinese lanterns, orange and black streamers, dim lights and two lonely skeletons who, by the end of the evening, still had not discovered each other. Many kinds of dances, old and new, were tried; one was the Hokey-Pokey by Tonton Darricades. The records were very enjoyable with a few Latin American tunes to warm up the atmosphere. We bunny-hopped into sup- per and ate some delicious sandwiches and cakes, made by the girls, and then returned to the dance floor to take advantage of the remaining moments. Many thanks are due to the girls who made up the escort list. A few minutes before midnight the last couple disappeared around the corner and everyone seemed to have enjoyed our first Elmwood dance of 1955-56. The Intermediates and Juniors have been pleased with Art classes because of the var- iety. The year got off to an interesting start with Mosaics, which were completely new to us. With the approach of winter, we paint- ed winter scenes, which were followed by stencils for dress materials and book covers. Then we did a group project, painting murals of jungle and under-the-sea themes. Later painting classes included life drawing with one of the girls as a model, spring scenes of flowers, abstract designs, self-portraits, and outdoor sketching. The year seemed to pass quickly because of Miss Hale ' s many sug- gestions for Art classes. Crafts have again been interesting as our Craft ' s teacher, iMiss Danhof, had many new ideas for us. We started the year by making some comical paper masks and then Ave went on to embroidering some very pretty tray cloths. One of our winter projects was making marionettes and puppets. Some forms tried linoleum cutting while others wove baskets, and many of the girls found making stuffed animals a favourite craft. We used our own ideas in building miniature stages with attrac- tive backdrops. Two of the most practical ideas for Crafts were slippers and aprons. We feel we have become more skillful in our Craft work. Special Art This year, special art classes were held every Thursday afternoon at the home of iMrs. IgnatifT, the classes consisting of draw- ing, painting, ink sketching, sculpturing and making mobiles. The pupils could choose any of these subjects, and models were frequently available. The only two girls from Elmwood taking these classes were Linda Nueman and Diane Manion, who feel that they have learned a great deal and are completing a successful year in this field. Debating Club Notes This year ' s Debating Club was again headed by Barbara Kennedy, with Esther Prudham as vice-president and Andrea Row- ley as secretary. At the first meeting the guest speaker was iMr. von Numers, who spoke on his native country, Finland. It was a most interesting and informative address. Next on the agenda was an informal de- bate, the subject being Resolved that Christianity should be propagated into so- called heathen lands. Speakers for the affirm- ative were Barbara Kennedy, Betsy-Jane Davis and Joan Yates; those for the negative were Tonton Darricades, Mickey Adanion and Susan Brain. Mrs. Wilgress was chairman, and Mrs. Bruce and Madame Krupka were judges. The debate was an active one, and the affirmative came out ahead by only one point. The best speaker of the day, the judges and chairman agreed, was Susan Brain.