Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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28 SAMARA 5C It ' s a wonder that 5C Aren ' t as busy as a bee Speaking FRENCH. Although the floor boards squeak Les pictures are magnifique Of FRANCE. The homework section on the board Is beautifully ? decored With FRENCH. The map is faded — quite, But anyone with sight Would find That FRANCE is all outlined. The bookshelf is completely stocked With many interesting lots, But the ones that number most Are FRANCAIS. At the head of the class sits Mrs. Betts, For without her U5C would be in frets, And of course she is Magnifiquely FRENCH. 8.45 a.m. Monday 1960 This is the school Elmwood Rockcliffe. I live here I ' m a classroom Most people call me the cell But anyway I have a story to tell. ' Twas the morning after the night. The U5C classroom a beautiful sight — Desks straight in line. Everything fine — BUT THEN In came the gang Making such a noise An outsider would think The room was full of boys. BUT REALLY The U5C ' s are brains — Oh yes ? In all the subjects you could possibly guess They pay attention? all the time? And know? their memory work just fine? FRENCH Their French is so fluent It twinges the spine? But I ' ll say something — for them It ' s just fine! HISTORY They are also Historians, I mean, — Seriously? Once someone found Denmark In middle Germany. LATIN In Latin class they all excel: They know their declensions Ever so well! (But sometimes on days when They don ' t feel so bright, Their declensions aren ' t Exactly right.) ALGEBRA In Algebra they aren ' t exactly zany: In actual fact they are quite brainy. But sometimes they get their signs in a mix. And find themselves in a fix. There are other subjects Besides the four, But they do not wish To be a bore. So before we think of anything else We ' ll forget all our frets And give our thanks to our wonderful Form Mistress, Mr s. Betts.

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S A iM A R A 27 and in time a pearl would be produced. But it was not until 1890 that the Japanese began to do this at a large commercial scale. Today culture pearls are made in the Persian Gulf and many other places as well as Japan. To put the foreign substance into the shell is very difficult and requires great patience and experience. The culture pearl industry now supplies most of the quahty pearls sold in jewellery stores throughout the world. The fact that they are now made by the culture process makes them less expensive than genuine pearls, and they can be owned and their beauty ap - preciated by more people than ever before. Audrey Loeb The Story of an Animal Rescued by the Humane Society It was a cold, bleak December day. Mutt, a plain mutt, was wandering slowly down the road — cold, lost and hungry. As he walked by a medium sized bunga- low a small girl cried Hey kids, look at the new dog in the neighbourhood . A few boys turned around to look at it but when they saw how shabby and thin it was they went back to their hockey. Poor old Mutt wasn ' t taking any chances of being turned out of his house again. The old wooden shack was falling apart and his mistress didn ' t have enough money for food so Mutt wasn ' t going to starve. No indeed — he was heading straight for the garbage dump and no one could stop him. Next morning as the girl was having breakfast she saw the mutt walk by the win- dow. Sheila, as she was called, found Mutt with a cut ear and very smelly. Finding no collar on the dog she brought him in the house and fed him some milk. Her next thought was to ring the Humane Society. When Sheila got back from school that afternoon Mutt was at the Animal Shelter. For the next few days Sheila was so busy buying and decorating the Christmas tree that she almost forgot about Mutt. She didn ' t know that Mutt was lying at the Humane Society with a ' Sold ' tag on him. Indeed, her father had put a claim in for him and found out six days later they owned a dog. Late Christmas Eve, A ' lutt was hidden in the house. When Sheila awoke the next morning a brown furry ball jumped right on to her bed. Not a scrawny dog but a well groomed, nicely balanced dog. Indeed, Aiutt wasn ' t to find any more hardships in life with Sheila. He still could be a little fatter but that wouldn ' t take long. She didn ' t know A4utt ' s name so she called him Surprise Package and nicknamed him Super. Even if she had known his name M ' as iMutt — that wasn ' t good enough. Now we must go back and find out what had happened to Super at the Humane So- ciety Shelter. First of all he was given a small kennel away from the other dogs to be pro- perly cared for. A kind old man filled his water bowl three times a day and gave him two meals. He was given a bath of disinfectant and he didn ' t Hke the smell. This is not the only case where the Ot- tawa Humane Society has come to the rescue. It doesn ' t just care for lost dogs but a lso for dogs that are hurt or sick. It has a Shelter on Bayview Rd. where you can buy a dog or a cat. We must not forget cats, even if they are smaller than dogs, for they play just as big a part in the life at the Shelter. Alany sad dogs with a pleading look start barking as soon as you enter the kennels. If you have not already become a member of the Ottawa Humane Society, become one soon and Give to a worthy cause . Debbie Gill

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S A A R A 29 Name Nickname Favorite Expression Ambition Probable Destination Sue Berry Bears I ' m in a lousy mood! To break into the men ' s residence at Queen ' s. Washwoman at men ' s residence at Queen ' s. Joney Flesher Jeff The boards are clean, Mrs. Routliffe To get married. Single. Diane Hayes Didi Tough Break! Jane Roger Rodge What did ya say? Lynn Douglas Lynnie-Poo Bad News! To get through grade 9 Put back into grade 8 Sandra Booth San Yes, girls! To go around Staying in Ottawa. Karen Loeb Loebie Oh Mrs. Stephen To learn to speak French. French table at Elmwood. Janice Greenberg Greenie You ' re kidding! Nurse Mental Institution. Sandra Radcliffe Rad Sure, Hayes! An Interesting Character Beethoven was a classical composer . He wrote music according to definite patterns and rules. Some of the young composers, like Haydn, felt that these rules were too strict, because they did not allow a composer to ex- press his own ideas. These young composers are called romantic . Beethoven was really both classical and romantic, for he was able to keep the rules, while expressing his own ideas beautifully. At this time Beethoven was more famous in Vienna as a pianist than as a composer. Many times when he played for society, his listeners would weep because his music was so beautiful. This annoyed Beetho- ven, for he thought that if people liked his music, they would applaud and not weep. It was now 1801. Beethoven was only thirty-one years old, and he was beginning to make a name for himself. Life would have been a joy to the composer if it had not been for the terrible secret which he alone knew. He had told no one, not even his closest friends. He, Beethoven, was about to lose his dearest possession, his hearing. He had seen many doctors, but they could promise noth- ing. Beethoven lived many years more, but finally the great man fell seriously ill and lay dying in his bed. Outside there was a storm of lightning and thunder. Inside, the dying- Beethoven suddenly opened his eyes, lifted his right hand and looked up for several seconds with his fist clenched. His raised right hand then fell to the bed, his eyes closed, he breathed no more! Ludwig Van Beethoven, great composer, giant among musicians, was dead. Sue Berry The Castle As Alice sat on the couch reading her book the clock over the fireplace struck three and she looked up, but, instead of looking at the clock, her eyes fell upon the three enorm- ous pink vases on the mantelpiece. They had always fascinated her and she longed to know what they contained. Soon AHce was thinking of a plan to find out. When Mother goes out in a minute, she thought, I can peep inside . At ten minutes past three Alice ' s mother went out and Alice waited till she was out of sight. Then she ran to the mantelpiece, and lifted the lid off the largest vase, the one in