Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE CHOIR THE DEBATING TEAM PUBLIC SPEAKING WINNERS

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School Activities The Choir The choir of 1962-1963 would like to thank Mrs. Edelsten for the very enjoyable choir season. Our appreciation of music has been greatly extended through the numerous selections Mrs. Edelsten has taught us. We have practised every morning with great enthusiasm the different selections which we have sung before the school, and at the Christmas concert. Once again our thanks go to Mrs. Edelsten, and we sincerely hope to join the choir in the coming year. Katie Scott - 5B Debating Team In March of this year, four girls from 6 Matric were chosen to form a debating team to go to Ottawa University. The topic under debate was: Resolved That Canada Should Accept Nuclear Arms. ReesaGreenberg and Sandra Radcliff decided to fight for the affirmative which Michele Betts and Lynn Lazarovitz opposed the motion. Every team had to debate twice, each time with a different opponent. Though we did not win every time, we did very well for a school that does not stress public speaking. The affirmative won both times, while the speakers for the nega- tive won once and lost to their opponents the second time. The total points of each team placed them in the top half of all the debaters. Public Speaking Our speech day was held on October 5th. In the junior section, Margaret Armitage won 1st prize with a speech on the Children ' s Aid Society. Martha Pimm came second giving five points to her House. In the Intermediate section, they divided the speakers in two groups - 5C and 5B - because of the strong competition. In the 5C group, Brenda Firestone won with her appealing speech on the John Howard Society. Liz Morrison proved best in the 5B class. She gave a very moving speech on Cancer which she put over extremely well. In the senior class, Wendy Foote came first with her address on Care. Here again there was strict competition and it was difficult to choose the winner. Reesa Greenberg came second with her speech on her own charity - that of entertaining hospitalized children. Elizabeth Raymont was third. All the speeches were good and given very well. The judges made the best of a very difficult job. Gail Molyneux - 5A 18

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Junior Drama The Junior Drama class of this year would like to thank Mrs. Hicks for being so patient and kind with us. We have learned a great deal working under her. During the year, the Junior Drama has done many things. For instance, at Christmas, we produced a Nativity play and later in the year we visited the Ottawa Little Theatre. We are all looking forward to the Drama next year. Under the leadership of Mrs. Hicks, interested girls from 5B, 5A and 6M joined together on Thursday afternoons for a relaxing hour inwhich they studied all the aspects of the theatre Many Thursday afternoons found girls in green tunics transformed into Eliza Doolittles and Henry Hegginses from the beloved Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion. The importance of being earnest - Oscar Wilde ' s comedy - was another play we studied. Mrs. Hicks repeated study of Mr. Wilde and his form of writing showed us many aspects of the play which would normally have gone unnoticed. After studying Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood we attended a performance of this play of life in a Welsh town. Knowing the work and hardships that must be undergone in order to achieve the full effect of this play, the drama group appreciated the performance very much. Exams have a way of disrupting students ' spare time and as a result the sessions had to be put aside for this year. All those who did attend can look back on Thursday nights from four to five o ' clock as hours well spent. The Senior Drama group would like to thank Mrs. Hicks for her great patience with us. Although not very evident, there is at Elmwood a large group of philosophers who like to get together and discuss the problems that have puzzled mankind for many centuries, but still remain xmsolved. At each of these meetings there is a presiding speaker who gives a short lecture on the subject to be discussed. Then follows a period of heated discussion. Our first speaker of this year was His Lordship the Bishop of Ottawa, Ernest Reed. Since this was the first meeting of the year, our discussions were not restricted to one particular subject. Our next speaker was the Chaplain of Ashbury College, the Reverend Mr. Monks. Our topics for that evening were also quite varied. Our last Philosophy Club meeting for 1962 was held late in November. Our guests for that evening were the Reverend Mr. Irwin and his charming wife. The first meeting of the new year was held in late January. Our guest was Mrs. M. Keith, who spoke to us on the vocation of nursing. Our last meeting for this school year was held in April, with Mrs. Bljrth as our speaker. Once more our topics were varied and very interesting. I would like to thank ill the speakers who were so kind to give us some of their time and share with us a little of the wisdom they have acquired. I would also like to thank Mrs. Blyth for her hospitality on Philosophy Club nights, and for all the treats which were served afterwards. Last of all, I would like to thank all those who attended these meetings and offered such a good contribution to the discussions. Sarah Francis - 4B Senior Drama Ingrid Gluzman - 5A Patricia Anne Watson