Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Front Row: Louise Tolmie, Mrs. Hdelsten, Jane Blyth, Middle Row: Sue Burgess, Robin Ogilvie, Val Stansbury, Ann Thurn, Moira Phillips, Lucia Nixon, Katie Scott, Debbie Monk. Back Row: Cairine Wilson, Bev Erlandson, Harriet Ellicott, Klarika Liszy, Debbie Day, Sarah Band. A HAPPY GROUP

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THE CHOIR The Choir of 1963-1964 would like to thank Mrs. Edelsten very much for the enjoyable choir season. Our appreciation of music has been greatly extended through the numerous se- lections Mrs. Edelsten has taught us. We all feel we have profited from our experience. We practised every morning, -with much enthusiasm, the different selections which we then sang before the school and at the Christmas concert. We were all thrilled at the idea of singing on High Time and due to Mrs. Edelsten ' s patience, our performance was a success. Once again our thanks to Mrs. Edelsten for her understanding and hard work. This year, as usual, the dances had a special meaning to all of us in the senior school. But, even though the juniors could not attend, they put in much time and effort to make the dances a success. The seniors looked forward to the dances, weeks ahead, and they caused much excite- ment. Our first three dances were sponsored by Keller, Fry and Nightingale. The dance organised by Keller had the theme, the ' Kon Tiki ' . The atmosphere was chilled by the cannibals and dry ice. This was an original theme, and the boarders did much to make their dance a success. The theme of Fry ' s dance was Winter Wonderland , and the skies, skates, snow flakes, and pink streamers transformed the Gym into a snow paradise. Nightingale ' s dance, which was last, but not least, had the theme of Seventh Heaven , and the large silver moon winking at us as we entered the Gym was a topic for conversation. The spirit of these three dances was lively, due to the fact that the houses were competing for first place. Fry won, but the decision must have been difficult, as all dances were excel- lent. 5B sponsored a dance this year to raise money for our foster child Yung Sui Sang. This was an exce llent idea, and the Gym was crowded, for everyone wished to contribute to this worthy cause. The Gym was decorated simply, but the records and atmosphere were lively. Thank you, 5B, for giving us a dance and supporting Yung Sui Sang for the summer. I would like to thank everyone who helped to make all these dances a success. They were funl DANCES Audrey Laidler 5A

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THE HALLOWE ' EN PARTY On October 31st, while ghosts, goblins and witches were out trick-or-treating, Elmwood held its annual Hallowe ' en Party. The gym was decorated to suit the mysterious atmosphere of this festive occasion. As the evening progressed the gym became filled with babies, old ladies, televisions, flappers. Aunt Jemimas, cats beatniks and many other exciting and exotic people. Prizes were awarded to the girls who had the most original, beautiful or most amusing cos- tumes. After the costumes were judged skits were presented by each form. The highlight of the evening was the staff skit. Later we all went to the dining room for doughnuts and something to drink. E- ' eryone, young and old, felt that the evening had been a great success thanks to the supervision of the prefects. Brenda Firestone 5A PHILOSOPHY CLUB Many a Friday night last winter a group of ' philosophers ' met to discuss the problems which puzzled and vexed them. At each of these meetings there was a guest speaker who gave a short talk and guided a discussion afterwards. Among our guests were The Rev. Bevan Monks, The Rev. J. Barnett, Canon C. L. G. Bruce, The Rev. H. O ' Driscoll, The Rev. M. Peers and The Rev. Cook. Often ' heated ' discussions would develop - such topics as ' predestination ' , ' is there such a place as hell? ' , ' free will ' and ' what is heaven? ' . Padre Barnett lent us a recording of the modern folk mass which we played many times and Canon Bruce gave us a deeper understanding of the Reformation. One evening Mr. O ' Driscoll showed us a film entitled The Gift . The film was a presentation, by modern symbol, music and art forms, showing that God ' s total giving of himself through Jesus demands from human lives a like giving in return. Our Philosophy Club is an integral part of our school life, a part much enjoyed, and we would like to say ' thank you ' to all our guests and to Mrs. Blyth. OEDIPUS REX On Saturday night, October 26, the girls of 5A and 6M journeyed to Glebe Collegiate to see a production of Oedipus Rex. This is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles, and was vividly portrayed with simple sets and few elaborate costumes. A chorus related our thoughts as an audience, back to us, and this added to the rather tragic elements present throughout the play. During the intermission and going home on the bus, much discussion took place concern- ing Oedipus. Reactions to the production were mixed, but in History and English periods that followed, we talked about and weighed the merits of the play which we had viewed. This was an experience never to be forgotten by those who went to see Oedipus Rex. It gave us a glimpse of Greek ideas and culture of thousands of years ago. All who went agree that it was an enjoyable and instructive evening, and we hope to see again another production, similar in, merit, to that of Oedipus Rex. Debbie Duval 5A