Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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ELISABETH VAN SCHELLE Eyes of tmboly blue! — Moore Elisabeth, in spite of being such a well-behaved and conscientious person, has blended in well with the rest of Six Upper. She has shown herself capable of luring little girls out for walks when they should be studying History — Not that the little girls minded. This is where her real genius lies, not, as she believes, in finding out whether certain mixtures really will explode, as she has successfully demonstrated, endanger- ing the lives of all the little girls and all the big teachers. But, being a sober Dutchman, Elisabeth does have her moments of genius. She is the only one who can inform the others of what they should have answered the teachers. Being an enfant perdu, she might be expected to be lonesome and unhappy, but Elisabeth ' s guardian occupies her on the weekends, and her thoughts during the week. In fact, she so much likes having a guardian, that she is quite willing to give up her chance of moving to Paris this fall, in which case she will be joining those you know who ' s at Carleton. We ' ll miss her, but we suppose that genius must be allowed to develop, and so we wish her the best of luck. May Buddha always hold her in his hand. LINDA REDPATH I am tipsy winh laughing. Linda arived on Elmwood ' s doorstep five, years ago, and the school has never been the same since. Her laughter and informal ways have won her many friends in the years that she has been with us. Moe, as she is known, is a keen competitor in sports, surprising everyone with her behind-the-back basketball shots. This year Linda was made Head of Nightingale and did an excellent job. Through the years we have heard Linda ' s voice in the choir, and two years ago she won the House Motto prize, as the girl who best lived up to her House ' s motto, not for ourselves alone. Due to an illness Linda left us at Christmas, and 6 Matric has missed the famous I am so dumb quip in Miss Boyle ' s Latin Class. We wish her luck in the coming years and hope that she will return to visit Elmwood soon. LILIAS AHEARN To know how to hide one ' s ability is a great skill. Lilias has honoured Elmwood with her presence for twelve long years, with the exception of a small coffee break at Lisgar for 1957. Lil has been a guard on the school basketball team for three years and participates in all other sports. Besides having athletic ability Lilias can achieve very good marks in any subject with a minimum amount of work. This year, at the May Court Ball, Lil was a May Queen and, I can assure you, had much fun. Before Lilus saw the light, such stunts as locking the Physics teacher in the lab, hiding in the art cupboard and concealing a water pistol in her uniform were commonplace, but in the past two years many changes have been made. Lil ' s plans for the future are somewhat undecided, al- though an unknown attraction in London, Ontario has made her think that nursing — in London, of course — would be a wonderful occupation. In any case, whatever you may do, Lil, best of luck. Page 7

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JEAN GARVOCK Her words are trusty heralds to her mind! ' Jean has been at Elmwood for ten years and last year started out well by being made a Monitor. This year as Head of Fry, Jean has proved herself an able Prefect, and as a director (i.e. in the House Plays) she has proved herself a capable firefighter! Despite set-backs in Inter-House Compe- titions, the Fry House spirit was always high and Jean was there pulling for them. Jean works hard academically and athletically and usually stands near the top of the class. She played for the House basketball team as a forward and was a great asset to the team. Next year Neuchatel awaits Jean and we all wish her the best of luck. SALLY SADLER Her object all sublime, To hme a ripping time! Sal came to Elmwood four years ago, and during her notorious career at our Alma Mater, she has copped all sorts of top honours, both academic and athletic. Besides being one of Nightingale ' s star basketball forwards, her alarming total of points on the school team has caused more than one op- ponent to panic. She was our capable school Sports Captain last year. This year has kept Sally busy, as apart from being a bustling Prefect in the day school, she is our popular and well- liked Head Boarder. Likes and dislikes. ' Sally doesn ' t dislike anything except ham ( ! ) and she seems to be extremely fond of England — for some reason! Next year will see our Sal tripping along to McGill to whizz through a science course — our loss, but Sputnik ' s gain. It is hardly necessary to wish Sal luck, but of course we wish her all the very best! SUSAN PETRIE A heaven of dreams in her large lotus eyes, darkly ditrnie — Sue, our Prefect in Fry, has certainly done well this year. The lucky owner of that nickname has been a help to all Officers and especially to Jean in her House duties. Keen in sports, she appears on most of Fry ' s teams and during Ruthie ' s absence took over as House Sports Captain. The House Plays gave Sue her chance to show us her ability in prompting not to njpntion sound effects. An ardent fan of the school basket- ball team. Sue is always with them, as a referee or otherwise. As for next year, the future sems pretty hazy, but I ' m sure I speak for all of Fry and all of Elmwood when I say we ' ll miss you Sue, and best of luck! Page 6

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THALE GUNNENG Her luxuriant hair — it was like the sweep of a swift tidn g in visions. — Willis When you hear strange sounds coming from 6 Upper, when the door vibrates with that (ch)eery noise, you can be sure that Thale is laughing. Never have we heard such laughter. Thale ' s main worries this year have been to write serious essays for Miss Boyle, detailed answers for Mrs. Bruce and most of all, how to get disentangled from certain Dutchmen! On the whole however, she ' s done quite well; she can now even enjoy seeing Elisabeth dissect a fowl and is quite skillful at assembling the human skeleton. Having overcome most of her problems, Thale was beset with a new one; how to become a poet! But she is applying herself well and we do see a glim- mer of hope for her — Literary Society at Carleton, next year, Thale? Yes, Thale will also be joining Carleton next year, thus ensuring the presence of our whole Terrible Trio. We wish her all the best of luck in her studies of Arts and stuff, as she steps into that big, dangerous outside world. PAMELA MOORE If to her share some female errors fall, look on her face and you ' ll forget ' em all. — Pope. When I was a child I spake as a saint, I understood as a saint, I thought as a saint, but when I became an officer I put away such childish things, can be said sometimes, but certainly not of Pam, the youngest member of our numerous Six Upper class. Pam is intelligent, conscientious and always on time. Constant worries, however, regarding HqOo and males (preferably human ones) have kept her from wearing out her brain on homework, and she will now be able to go at the final exams, without a head too heavily laden with knowl- edge. Coming from Montreal, Canada, she has contributed to giving the class a certain international flavour. She suffers from scald latria and is therefore naturally joining certain classmates at Carleton next year. We wish our ' sclusive, but oh so funny and charming friend good luck as she goes out into a new and dangerous world, no longer protected by her short, green tunic. EDITOR Renee Darricades ADVERTISING MANAGER Susan Petrie ART EDITOR Joan Grier CLUB MEMBERS— Jane MacTavish, Pamela Broome, Susan Southam, Jean Cundill, Jody Garland, Ruth Petrie, Jane Rowley, Lynne Castonguay, Sally Sadler, Lilias Ahearn, Margot Spry. Pogo 8