Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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i Elmwood says good-bye to Mrs, Stephen Mrs. Stephen is leaving us. After more than twenty years at Elmwood, Mrs. J. G. Stephen is retiring from her position as teacher and Senior Mistress of our school; behind her she is leaving many happy students who have enjoyed her classes throughout her time at Elmwood. Mrs. Stephen first came to us in 1939 when Mrs. Buck was Head Mistress, to teach English and Latin, and remained at Elmwood until 1943. She returned in 1948 after being requested to be a supply teacher for six weeks — Mrs. St ephen has been here ever since. She has seen our school develop and grow. Its number of students has doubled since 1939, and our school uniform has undergone some minor changes also. Out of Elmwood ' s old doors she has watched many graduates leave, and has often kept up friendly correspondence with our old girls. Mrs. Stephen ' s experiences at Elmwood have both exciting and interesting. She has had almost every practical joke played on her, and has been asked nearly every question imaginable ones such as, Were you alive when the American independence was signed? Mrs. Stephen has been successful at Elmwood. Although most of us moan and groan over her Eng- lish and Latin assignments, we have to admit it was Mrs. Stephen ' s teaching which got us through the year ' s work in those subjects. Mrs. Stephen ' s defini- tion of success is this: If as a teacher you can in- fluence the life of just one person, you feel you have been successful. For it is through the pupils that a teacher feels a satisfaction, and knows that she has been a success in her profession . All of us at Elmwood would like to thank Mrs. Stephen for her help and guidance, and we would like to wish both Mr. and Mrs. Stephen the best of luck for the future. If she could ever come back and visit us some time, the doors of Elmwood will always be open to her.

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Bori Voyage to Mrs, Laidler Mrs. Laidler is a generous, understanding, mother- ly, and well-liked teacher in Elmwood. She is head of the Junior School, wife of the prominent Doctor Laidler, owner of a dog, and next door neighbour of Mrs. Aldous. She is also the mot her of two girls, and a boy thirteen years of age. Mrs. Laidler ' s two daughters both went to Elmwood. Margaret is now working in the University of Ottawa, and Audrey, who was our greatly admired head girl last year, is now attending the University of McGill in Montreal. The two most unmistakable identifications of Mrs. Laidler, one: her small white car which can usually be seen in the morning and afternoon while she goes to and from Elmwood, with two occupants— Mrs. Aldous and herself; and also, the small, rather batter- ed linen flowered handbag which she has been carry- ing around for years, and surprisingly enough is large enough for the books, tests and exams with which she is always burdened down. Mrs. Laidler is a very fair, and very good and in- spiring teacher, giving hard exams but very fairly preparing us for them. Unfortunately for us, Mrs. Laidler will be leaving us this year, as Dr. Laidler has been invited to teach for a year at Sussex University in England. We bodies , chickies , Iambics , lambchops ' , as she has a habit of calling us, will be sorry to see Mrs. Laidler leave, for besides being an excellent teacher, and good friend, to everyone, she is an und- erstanding, humorous, cheerful, friendly person. We all wish her well and hope that she will have an interesting year in England. Julie Willmot, 4A. 5