Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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When an Elmwood girl reaches Form 4A she joins one of three Houses. A House in our school is like a family. When a girl joins a House, she has responsibilities and obligations to that House just as she has to her own family. She must try to live up to her House Motto just as she must try to live up to the ideals that have been taught to her by her family. There are three Houses at Elmwood named after three famous women, Elizabeth Fry, Helen Keller, and Florence Nightingale. Each House has a House Head who must direct the affairs of her House. Every year the House Head must produce a one-act play which is adjudicated along with the other House plays. House Collections come before Christmas, and every member of the House must contribute clothes, games, books. These articles are gathered together and judged for quality and the way in which they are displayed. Afterwards the articles are given to some charitable organization. Every year, the House Head prepares a speech about her patron, and she conducts prayers on a certain morning. This day is called the House Day. There is keen competition in sports, art, drama, and public speaking among the three Houses. In June at the close of every year a House Trophy is awarded to the House with the highest aggregate points for academic achievement, sports, art, drama, music, good conduct. House Collections, current events and public speaking. HOUSE MOTTOES Fry — Friendship to all Keller — Fair Play Nightingale — Not for Ourselves Alone Page 9

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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

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This year Fry welcomed eight new girls into her House and all helped to live up to our motto Friendship to all. We tied for second place with Nightingale in the House Collections and I am sure the Salvation Army was pleased with our effort. One Day More by Joseph Conrad was our choice for our House Play. The night of the play the audience ' s attention was divided between watching our play and a small fire in the curtains! Diane Manion received Honourable Mention for her per- formance that night. In sports, although we did not win any basketball games, our teams improved a great deal under the direction of our House Sport ' s Captain, Ruth Petrie. Heather Blaine won the Senior Public Speaking Contest this year. I would l ike to take this opportunity to thank all Fry House Members for their co-operation and ex- cellent House spirit and to wish them luck for the coming year. HEAD OF HOUSE Jean Garvock PREFECT Susan Petrie MONITORS Thale Gunneng Gail Lacharity, Diane Manion Ruth Petrie, Pam Moore HOUSE SPORTS CAPTAIN Ruth Petrie MEMBERS: Janet Bell, Joanne Bennet, Heather Blaine, Rita Browning, Penny Burritt, Linda Chauvin, Joanna Garland, Elizabeth Garvock, Thale Gunneng, Heather Hay, Margo Hay, Gail Lacharity, Margaret Laidler, Jane MacTavish, Sheila MacTavish, Diane Manion, Catherine McIIraith, Pam Moore, Christine Mackenzie, Laragh Neelin, Ruth Petrie, Susan Petrie, Linda Peden, Nancy Storms, Holly Ryan, Alexis Thoman, Anne Wennberg. They may not like the play, but do they have to leave? 10