Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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HEAD MISTRESS ' LETTER This is my first letter to you and I know that it will seem strange to see a different signature and to miss a familiar face from that perenial photograph with the pre- fects. We all said good-bye with much sadness to Mrs. Blyth and we all wish her much happiness in her new life in England. Some of us were lucky enough to see her once again when she visited Ottawa at Christmas for the marriage of her daughter, only to bid her good-bye once more. Mrs. Blyth s mother, Mrs. Abbott, is also sorely missed, particularly, I am sure, by her young friends in the Junior School who used to visit her. We also felt a little lost without Mrs. MacMillan and Mrs. Ross, though we are happy that they are not too far away and will be able to visit us. On the positive side the fall term started with some things - a spanking new art room, (an achievement in the eyes of all but former Grade 13 students who ask with tears in their eyes what happened to their old chesterfield), a new look in the front hall with carpet, curtains and paint, a new rug in the office, (and where did that old safe go? One would have thought it rooted to the earth like the elm trees), and later new floor and paint in the dining room. We welcomed new staff and new girls and found Mrs. Aldous as Vice-Principal wearing more hats and doing more work than ever. Thank you Mrs. Aldous, and thank you all those of you who have given of your best in the past months, and I would like to wish you everything good in the years to come. We shall eye our remaining, and dwindling, space and see what is next to be done, and perhaps one day we shall even build out beyond the foundations. Yet some things will remain - those odd names on the doors of form rooms which belonged to the old boarding school, the portraits here and there, including the one of the Elmwood Old Boy , and the Indian on horseback in the front hall, the Parthenon frieze in the stone corridor, and, most important of all, the friendships made and the dreams dreamed, a little bit of the fabric of life. Joan M. Whitwill STAFF Back Row: Mrs. Earle, Mrs. Micklethwaite, Mrs. Wood, Dr. Micklethwaite, Mrs. Uhrenbacher, Miss Ann Locey. Middle Row: Mrs. Edna Sims, Mrs. Harwood-Jones, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Munroe, Mrs. Perley-Robertson, Mrs. Grills, Mrs. Routiiffe, Mrs. MacDonald, Dr. Kaitell, Miss Dariene Coyle. Front Row: Miss Martel, Miss Bronson, Mrs. Aldous, Mrs. Whitwill, Miss Black, Miss Carter, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Teichman.

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Jennifer Bagnall; SENIOR PREFECT, Mrs. Whitwill; HEADMISTRESS, Kathy Mulock; HEAD GIRL Standing: Susan Massey, Susan McHardy, Charlotte Sinclair, Julia Berger, Lynn Carr-Harris, Cathy Cuthbert, Kathy Mulock, Deborah Hunter, Jennifer Bagnall, Mary-Margaret Southcott.

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GRADUATES JENNY BAGNALL HEAD PREFECT AND SPORTS CAPTAIN It is better to have played and lost, than never to have played at all. Since her arrival, Jenny has succeeded in everything she has tried. She arrived 2 weeks late and her sports reputation preceded her to the school. She became Fry ' s sports captain and turned the tide of victory against Keller. In grade 12 The Bag was Vice Head of Fry and Vice Sports Captain. She has been Senior Prefect and Sports Captain in 13, and has started many exciting activities, such as challenging games with Ashbury. Aside from her ability to organize sports she has been an asset in the organization of our class. She plans to take a year off next year and the following year she plans to study science at university. KATHY MULOCK HEAD GIRL The only way to have a friend is to be one . - Emerson This year ' s Head Girl and everybody ' s friend, Kathy, has been at Elmwood for 5 years. In the past she has been Head of the Dance Committee, Literary Editor of the Sam- ara, and an enthusiast on the tennis courts. Standing up in front of the school and teUing people what to do is a hard job, but Kathy was always ready with a helping hand, a sympathetic ear and a smile. Next year she plans B.A. studies at Carleton and then to go on to Law School. See you in court, Kathy. 8