Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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S A iM A R A 13 The day proved to be most interesting and an opportunity for many to see the type of life led by students of a university. Library This year has shown a tremendous iin- provement in the library, due to the Mothers ' Guild. They have spent a great deal of money buying new books of all kinds. Much time was spent by Airs. Jennings and iVIrs. Landy- more in the difficult task of reorganizing and sorting books. The girls are extremely grate- ful to them. The new books include the useful Colum- bia Encyclopaedia, some excellent histories, collections of poetry, essays, biographies and interesting novels. The addition of these books has greatly increased the number taken out by the girls. The Choir The Choir was formed by Miss Shand and Miss Hale at the beginning of the autumn term. It consisted of fourteen boarders, and Linda Chauvin was elected as choir leader. We started by leading the singing in morning assembly, with an occasional descant. At Christmas time, during the carol service, we sang The Song of the Crib , and The Holly and the Ivy , with soloists. During the winter term we began to sing anthems on Friday mornings. We sang during the Epiphany season Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar and also Eternal Father , with a new descant. In the following weeks we sang Thanksgiving , (a Rhenish folk song) Brother James Air , and Lead Me Lord . In February more day girls joined the choir, and we now number twenty-two, eleven altos and eleven sopranos. During the Lenten season we have been able to concentrate on two part songs, and we have rendered The Legend to a setting by Tchaikovsky, Lord Jesus Hath a Garden , The Sussex jMummers ' Carol , and Over Yonder ' s a Park . In Thee is Joy was sung as a duet by Linda Chauvin and Katie Schell, and six girls sang a two part arrangement of Ave Verum in Latin and English. Our first piece of work in the Easter term will be an Easter Carol. We are most grateful to Miss Moseby for typing many copies of words for us. During the winter term we spent an en- joyable evening at a concert given by the International Music Club of New Canadians. We hope to have several more outings before the end of the year. We should welcome new members at any time. So come and join us! Choir: Sopranos — Linda Chauvin, Katie Schell, Judy Dowd, Pat Gillies, Margo Hay, Joan Francis, Sandra Moffat, Maritza Pacheco, Rosemary Findlay, Penny Devlin, Sue Bel- court. Altos— Beth Hay, Linda Nueman, Linda Redpath, Elizabeth Bratton, Gail Dochstader, Jane MacTavish, Susan Southam, Anne Gil- bert, Sarah Jennings, Jane Johnson, Janet Hair. Public Speaking Contest The annual Public Speaking Contest has not taken place at the time of this article, since the finals are to be held May 10th, but we are eagerly awaiting the outcome. The juniors, as well as seniors, will be represented. In the junior classes, each girl makes a speech and from these, the mistresses pick the outstanding ones to be entered in the final contest. The seniors volunteer and may pick their own subject. The contests of former years have proved extremely interesting and encouraging, and we are eagerly anticipating the outcome of this year ' s contest. Free Day Free Day came as usual on the last day of January. Once again the girls continued the annual tradition of assuming positions as teachers and officers. New time-tables were made by each class and a wide range of sub- jects taught. Apart from some noisiness, a bunny hop through the court yard, and a few mark-happy monitors appointed for the day. Free Day was carried on successfully.

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12 SAMARA At the third and last meeting, Mr. O ' DriscoU, in an informal discussion, put forth such subjects as Social Drinking , Can Anyone be a Christian and a Politician , and Segregation . This was a most interesting and thought-provoking discussion. The Debating Club enjoyed a large mem- bership and attendance at the meetings, both of which added up to an enjoyable and suc- cessful year for the Club. The Junior Skating Party The Junior Skating Party was held on January 27th. We went out to skate right after school, when we played games on the rink. Later we came in to see some movies which were The Three Bruins in a Canoe , The Hare and the Tortoise , and one on Eskimos. After the movies, we were served hot dogs and hot chocolate in the Gym. It was then time to go home after another good party at Elmwood. The Square Dance On the evening of Friday, February 3rd, the Elmwood girls held their annual square dance. For the night ' s entertainment we had Ian Conn from Lisgar as the caller and Molly Sutcliffe as the M.C., and I think we all agree they did a wonderful job of entertaining us. It was a delight to see the girls whirling around the room on the arms of their hand- some escorts. When we were all out of breath from the good old-fashioned hoe-downs, we gathered in the dining room to have soft drinks and sandwiches. After this intermission we returned to the hall for a few more dances, to end the evening. Tired, but happy, we re- turned home from a delightful, but strenuous evening. The Formal Friday, the day before the formal, was a day of utter confusion. The teachers tried to get the attention of the girls who weren ' t decorating but whose thoughts inevitably fluttered away to boys and dresses. The decorating committee worked furiously at finishing the huge project they had started. They scurried around in the Gym among scissors, paper, nails, paint brushes and a high rickety ladder, to the inspiring music of some- body ' s radio. Everything turned out perfectly. We want to congratulate the decorating committee, who for so long had been busy covering the walls with Paris scenes. They did extremely well, transporting us to a Paris street as we sat under the awnings looking into a patisserie, a restaurant, or a clothes shop exhibiting Parisian evening clothes. We also want to congratulate the decorat- ing committee on their new idea of having tables, cafe style, along the walls. We danced to the music of Wilf Steabner and enjoyed refreshments of cakes, cookies, soft drinks and ice cream. We here want to thank the Mothers ' Guild who donated part of the re- freshments. I think we all agree that it was a most successful evening and that we all enjoyed ourselves very much. Our thanks go to the teachers and everyone else who helped it turn out so well. Carleton College A rainy and dreary day was brightened by the high spirits of a group of Elmwood girls setting out for Carleton College. It was again time for Ashbury and Elmwood to visit the college and observe the campus life. The previous week Dr. McLeish, the registrar of Carleton, came to the school to arrange with the girls the lectures they wished to attend. Arriving at nine, each girl was able to attend two lectures of her choice and spend one spare hour visiting the different parts of the building. Included in the tour were visits to the new modern hbrary, the students ' union, and the cafeteria for coffee and a chat with some of the students. At twelve the guests were treated to a luncheon attended by Dr. Gibson and mem- bers of the student council. Dr. Gibson made an inspiring speech and was thanked by the visiting students, Tonton Darricades thanking him on behalf of Elmwood.

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14 SAMARA The Drama for this year began on the evening of November 10th with the three highly successful house plays. Keller put on a cheerful comedy called Do Unto Others about a family in early New England. In it were Rosemary Findlay, Sue Belcourt, Frances Drury, Jane iVIurphy, Sandra Drew and Dale Stevens. Nightingale ' s play was A l 4iracle at Blaise . Vicky Brain, Tonton Darricades, Bar- bara Kennedy, Esther Prudham, Sally True- man and Katie Schell took the parts. Fry ' s successful play, The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder, earned the most points this year due to the acting of Gail Lacharity, Beth Hay, Fran Cabeldu, Lauretta Landymore, Helena von Numers and Susie Brain. The Junior Dramatic Art Classes took over the Christmas entertainment and gave the parents a delightful afternoon. Adrs. Davis both wrote and directed the pantomime The Sleeping Princess . The leading parts were taken by Georgia Gale, Johanne Forbes, Rita Browning, Susanne Book, Beverly Mitchell and Marilyn Ross, while many others also gave good performances. The play was pre- ceded by a charming Christmas Pageant in French presented by Transition and Form I, under Mrs. Wilgress. On iVIarch 9th the Senior Dramatic Art Classes put on two plays directed patiently by Mrs. iMeiklejohn. Six Matric presented The Boy with the Cart by Christopher Fry with parts taken by Sally Trueman, Vicky Brain, Esther Prudham, Helena von Numers, Pat Slemon, iVIildred Cave, Molly Sutcliffe, Frances Cabeldu, Gail Dochstader, Lee Gobeil, Susannah Clarke, Andrea Rowley, Carolyn Bruce, Joan Yates, Jane Murphy, Elizabeth Bogue, Sandra Drew, Diana Radcliff and Mrs. Meiklejohn. Six Upper presented an amusing- comedy of the far north called The Courting of Marie Jenvrin by Gwen Pharis. Sally Boyd, Frances Wood, Tonton Darricades, Susan Brain, Audrey Ashbourne, Dale Stevens and A4ickey Manion took the parts. Transition and Form L under A-Irs. Wil- gress, gave us another short play in the spirit of Easter just before the Easter holidays. Last year ' s opera, The Magic Flute , proved such a success that it was decided to present another one this year, the choice being Martha , by M. Louise Baum and David Stevens, with music by Friedrich von Flotow. The leads were taken by Jane MacDowell as Martha, Joan Yates as Nancy, Linda Chau- vin as Lionel, Margaret Ann Barr as Plunket, Beth Hay as Tristam, and Leslie Gait as the sheriff. iVIembers of the chorus were Judy Dowd, Eleanor Garson, Joanna Garland, Linda Nueman, Pat Gillies, Katie Schell, Jane Johnson, Jana Stepan, Joan Francis, Elizabeth Bratton, iMargo Hay, Linda Redpath and Sandra A ' loffat. Helen Heighington took the part of the footman. We owe the success of Martha chiefly to iVIr. MacTavish, who directed and con- ducted the production. Thanks also must be extended to Adrs. Meiklejohn for her help in the staging, and the scenery lent itself won- derfully to the staging, thanks for which are due to Esther Prudham, who spent much time painting. We all had a great deal of fun doing this opera, and we only hope the audience enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed presenting it.