Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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KELLER HOUSE Back row, left: Cathy Smallwood, Judy Patton, Susan Burgess, Frieda Lockhart, Kim Walker, Nancy Casseiman, Carol Robinson, Janet Rankin, Sybil Powell, Jeff Heintzman, Lu Hodgins, Rosemary McRae, Joy Wallingford, Vicky Band, Susan Fossmark. Middle row. left: Fiona MacDonald, Jane Nicholls, Sandra Sinray, Janet Clarke, Robin Ogilvie, Jane Gartrell, Susan Dier, Merry Grundry, Karen Gillies, Brenda Durgan, Marjory Halupka, Carolyn Jones. Front row, left: Rosemary Kumi, Janet Lawson. Tauny Nixon, Fleur Wallis, Anne Stead. Christie Ault, Dana Henderson. Dear Keller: Somehow, patriotism, or affectionate loyalty, or house spirit, does count for something. It is hard to say whether the giver or the object of this power benefits more because of it. Yet, I cannot prove to you that house spirit (which can be put into the con- text of any spirit) is a good and worthwhile thing. What I am trying to say may become clearer if I draw an analogy with marriage. It is possible to enter a marriage and sustain an attitude of: My husband offered a security I wanted, but I don ' t love him, and I certainly don ' t plan to serve him. I don ' t believe that one can live happily ever after just be- cause of a marriage based on high principles. Some girls do marry with that attitude, but I don ' t believe any of you will because you have been given the opportunity to learn the importance of loyalty and affection. f.efs go back to house spirit When you, we Kellerites, hear Keller attacked, or ridiculed, you defend it by retorting, Keller ' s the best . However you do not say that necessarily be- cause Keller is a better, stronger, more-hardworking house, but because it has gradually become part of you; and you are a part of it. Some of you have struggled to avoid identifying yourself with Keller. But you are Keller. You are part of an indefinite quantity (and quality! ) of young girls, young and old women, who are joined together in an ever-growing union set called Keller. When we came to recognize this, we recognize our civic responsibility to our house and our school. On behalf of all the Boarders I would like to thank Mrs. Harkness for her wise, kind, and cheer- ful guidance along our path to maturity. Our thanks and appreciation must also go to Miss Robinson, Mrs. Earle, and Miss Hudson for their miscellaneous but continuous aiding and abetting. Thank you Miss Driscoll, for curhng, skiing, movies, and our outings. Before we all disperse in June — some of you I shall never see again — I want to say this: If you march into the future under the banner of ' Fair Play ' , you will always be on the winning side of life . Love to you all, Fleur.

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JANE MIRSKY: We are shaped and fashioned by what ive love: ' In her last year at Elmwood Jane helped or- ganize the Formal. She was also Nightingale ' s sports captain. Next year Jane will attend Carle- ton. Good luck Jane from Elmwood. SYBIL POWELL: The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize: ' ' Next year Sybil hopes to go to Nepean for grade 13, and then to the University of British Columbia. In her last year at Elmwood she was head of the Library committee. Good luck to Sybil! Mrs. AlacMillan: The child ' s schoolroom: ' ' LUCIA NIXON: Kiioivledge comes, but wisdom lingers: ' ' A member of the Sui Sang Committee and an eager participant in school activities. Elmwood now says goodbye to Lucia. Next year she will attend College Marie de France in Montreal, so Bon Voyage, and good luck Lucia. JANE SKABAR: No one knows what it is that he can do till he tries: ' ' Jane is one of the couragous students who plans to brave Grade 13. She will leave Elmwood and go to Lisgar. Good luck Jane, and happy studying! 7i70ther ' s heart is the

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NIGHTINGALE HOUSE Back row, left: .Martha Scott, Ann Crook, Jane Skabar, Ja Carrigan, Cathy Cuthbert, Bonnie Sutherland, Pat Mullen, Frigon, Alison Conway, Kathy Mulock. Middle row, left: H Fullerton, Kathy Clifford, Nancy Gale, Diedre O ' Brien, Ly bury, Dawn Harwood-Jones, Sarah Francis, Elizabeth Tanc Julie Willmot, Markie Cochran, Martha Pimm. Front row, le McCordick, Janie Ginsberg, Elizabeth Brodie, Lynn Petrie, M Naughton, Lynne Sampson, Marissa Goebbels, Cathy Ashton, ne Mirsky, Maria Conde, Jane Blyth, Jennifer Chaplin, Sandra Vicky Nicholson, Cathy Thompson, Katie Isbister, Margo arriet Lintott, Julia Berger, Rosande Bellaar - Spruyt Kate nn Greenblatt, Maureen O ' Niell, .Moira Philips, Vicky Sains- zyk, Emannuelle Carraud, Kathy Rothwell, Susan Michelson, ft: Claire Heath, Sarah Jane Hardy, Vicky Wilgress, Joan ary McKay-Smith, Suzanne Leroy, Nancy Pelly, Ginny Mc- Julia Rylands, Rebbecca Sanders. Absent: Shareen Marland. Dear Nightingale: The year is all too quickly coming to an end and that familiar time is here again when we must say ' Goodbye ' . Looking over the year I can happily say it was great fun and worth the struggle. To our athletes many thanks, we may not have come out on the top but we at least made them fight for the lead. To our artists and decorators, I think our decora- tions and our dance were the best and we couldn ' t have done without you (of course I may be a little bit prejudiced). To our intelligent members, your marks not only stand you in good stead but help us tremendously in the House Competitions. Finally, to the just ' Nightingale-ites ' , I am told that throughout life those who are just there, all the time, are the ones that can really be counted on and you were always there. Many thanks! I ' ve loved this year perhaps the most of all my school years because of all of you. They say that our house had the most spirit and that is something to be proud of. So with this spirit and our House Motto: ' Not for Ourselves Alone ' , let ' s go out into life never feeling alone, but together. All my love and many thanks. Good Luck, Mary.