Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Diana Magee: Prefect I would that my life remain a tear and a smile. A tear to unite me with those of broken heart; a smile to be a sign of my joy in existence. Flap Flap is our flouncing red -head with Irish green eyes and a light, infectious chuckle. This is our Diana on sunny days. And on other days, when the sun is not so bright, we see another Diana, thoughtful, reflective and sensitive. Beloved by the junior juniors, she has been a great success as their Friday lunch watch-dog . As a reader of deep and wonderful treatises, there have been many great men in her life: Hammarskold, Kafka, Marx, Buddha, Mao, Gilbran - training for the mind and food for the spirit. She has a good, precise and seeking intelligence. Her comfortable hours consist of chats with friends, popular music, lots of tea and Brandy snaps. She enjoys snowshoeing with Sarah, long invigorating walks, planning holidays and driving the car. Her closest companion on her snow tramps is Gabriel, part Angel, part dog. We have all enjoyed merry escapades with Flap . Her future days will be made up of political science, bull sessions and deciding the economic future of her coxmtry. The days of wine and roses, fairy tales and princes will go on for Diana. There will always be a Winnie -the Pooh. We wish you well. Marnie Edwards: Prefect Enjoy each moment. Certain steps in the dance will please you. Do not seek to make the moment last, for that would arrest the dance. The Gay 90 ' s and Roaring 20 ' s should have been Mamie ' s decades when there were some real high kickers and sugar daddies were not a thing of the past. Marnie is like a scrapbook; enchanted evenings encompassed in pressed roses, full of poems and dancing feet that won ' t stay on the groxuid. Among her laurels at Elmwood is one accolade that stands out beyond all others, that of Elmy award winner -- Best Actor. Marn has been tripping over the footlights since she was four years old and nothing, not no one, not anything, not never is going to deter her from the theatre ! She has a vibrancy and a ' joie de vivre ' that few can match, which she combines with patient understanding and kindly insight. Marnie will Polka away with life, run barefoot with the wind in her hair and the sound of music in her heart. She will blow King Arthur and his Court a candy kiss, as she leaves the gates of Camelot behind. She will learn to dance and sing and drink a cigarette before the parade passes by, and at the end be able to say triumphantly, I have dreamed and been somewhere over the rain- bow .

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Janet Urie: Sports Captain and Prefect and blown by all the winds that pass and wet with all the showers She walks among the meadow grass and eats the meadow flowers. Janet, our fim-time girl and nimble wit, has been the instigator of many a lively afternoon ' s excite- ment. After five years at Elmwood, Janet has mounted to the heights of Sports Captain, which she has found to be a challenge, demanding much time and energy. In earlier days, J -J has often been front stage in school skits and school pranks. We will always remember her for her star perform- ance in Romeo and Juliet as the nurse and her portrayal of Shirley Temple in Be Optimistic and The Cod Fish Ball . She is a faucet of constant comment on most everything that happens and can make even the most mundane moments seem worthwhile. Who will ever forget that Funny face and those delightful imitations of Carol Burnett ' s ' George and Zelda ' ? The same goes for the girl with the cherry tree in her own backyard. Next year, Janet plans to attend Carleton and we wish her all the best in the future, Janet has been endowed with the gift of making people laugh. Thanks for the memories Nancy King: Smile, and the whole world smiles with you. Once upon a time, 6 U had a little homemaker and dietitian called Nan. She made the most delightful Raggedy Anne dolls and the most scrumptious oat- meal cookies, that wovild entice any Goldie Locks. Nan has been a member of our cosy family for five years. In that time, we have seen her complete . many a sweater and scarf and crocheted square. Nan presents a colourful figure on the ski slopes in her bright orange ski jacket and toque. She has been a part of the Elmwood scenery for quite awhile and in that time, she has contributed to the many mem- ories we all have of the school. Nan hopes to pur- sue a nursing career but whether this will be in Ontario, is another matter. A true Maritimer at heart, she eventually hopes to settle in the East. Good-bye, good luck and remember us all!

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Olwyn Morrow nice is just being free in don ' t-matter clothes nothing to do — something to climb on-- being tallei than everyone else. Olwyn, tall and forever growing, can be found most days lounging in the common room, deeply engrossed in her history text. A member of our merry crew for the past two years, Olwyn has become known for her contact lenses, enviably lanky legs, her fresh morning appearance and her cool, happy-go-lucky disposition. Any morning from 9:00A.M. to 9:20 A.M. (prayer time) Olwyn can become lost-- in thought of course! Olwyn ' s sense of diplomacy and good humor has added a gentle touch to form life. Next year Olwyn hopes to go to Carleton where she will be able to kick her heels to the back of her head and live a little. May good luck be the excess of your success! 9 Penelope MacRae my life is so romantic capricious and corybantic and i m toujours gai toujoursgai Song of Mehitabel Penelope, whose unoffending motto is better late than never, explains its ' s all a matter of timing. Curly haired, blue eyed, rosy cheeked, she has for the past two years been an established resident at ELmwood and is still wavering over whether she should buy a school ring and make the xmion perma- nent. She is an inveterate tea maker, three spoon- fuls please, and profound thinker by occupation. In her English class. Penny has shown herself to be a young lady of independent thought. It has been with her sensitivity and kind heart that s he has gained the class ' respect and admiration. Penny is everything that little girls are made of: sugar and spice, and everything nice; but also insight and understanding which only comes from a wide range of human experience. She is our sunshine on rainy days, our gentle hand in rough weather and our re- minder of that something greater. Next year Penny plans to attend either Trinity or Ottawa U. for social sciences. Adios Penelope, remember our good times!