Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Brigid Martland, Head Girl, Phyllis Burk, Head Boarder, Sheila MacTavish, Head Girl. Mrs. John Stephen — Senior Mistress. Sonnet to Elm wood With apologies to Michael Drayton Since there ' s no help, come let us kiss and part. Our parents say we ' ve had enough of thee, But we are sad, yea, sad with all our heart To say goodbye and leave thy company. It ' s been a year we never shall forget— Our debut on TV, the formal ' s fun. And Bishop Reindorp ' s visit; we regret We shed the green and wish we ' d just begun. Goodbye to Mrs. Bruce and many thanks To her and all her staff; to prefects too And monitors and girls in all the ranks We sing our grateful and our sad Adieu . The ties of Elmwood nobody can sever For they are ties we know will last for ever, „ ■ ' bHEILA AND BrIGII)

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6 SAMARA CANADIANS have just finished electing Canada ' s 25th Parliament and all over the country candidates and their helpers are sinking back into armchairs, exhausted from the mad frenzy of the past month of campaigning. At the same time, Elmwoodians have just ploughed through about a month of intense, some- times hysterical cramming for final exams, and are now relaxing in the sun, letting their hectically-learned knowledge seep out again. Both our country and our school have been, in the last few weeks, areas of concentrated energy ind enthusiasm, or something like enthusiasm. But what about all the other times when we aren ' t havina; elections or exams? Since this is a school editorial, and not one in a national newspaper, we will not discuss Canada in non-election times. But at the school it ' s a sad thing to have to say that only a very few keep up the exam tradition of enthusiasm and energy. Throughout the year only a very few do all the organizing and supporting, M ' hile the rest of the school apathetically vegetates, occasionally inquiring how things are getting along and vaguely ofi ering to help. Parents and teachers are always begging us to apply a little elbow grease or oomph to our work. Why don ' t we apply this magic formula not only to our work but to all our school activities and to everything else we do. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson This year has been Airs. Bruce ' s last as Headmistress of Elmwood. For the past six years she has guided the school enthusiastically, and with a firm but gentle hand. Mrs. Bruce has been a good friend to all of us and t are sorry to lose her to Strathallen School in Hamilton. Our very best wishes go with her and Captain Bruce, and we hope that they will come up and visit us often. At the same time we welcome iVlrs. D. W. BIyth, another old friend of the school, to her new position as Headmistress, and we wish her the best of success. Editor: Katy Partridge Assistant Editor: Michele Betts Many thanks to Mrs. Aldous and to all those who have helped with the magazine.