Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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ALISON URlE: Love the simple things in life, but don ' t marry them, at least until you ' re twenty-five. Being head girl is perhaps one of the hardest jobs in the school, because a head girl has equal responsibility to staff and to fellow students, and because of this responsi- bility, the head of any school sometimes has difficult decisions to make. Alison Urie was a most friendly, helpful and diplomatic head girl, who treated the junior ' s demands for sticky- tape races and treasure hunts with as much deference as she accorded to the seniors and their problems. Girls of all grades felt Alison ' s sincere wish to help if she could. However, even head girls must relax, so this particular ' lambie ' can often be seen driving that greasy little car over to Lesley ' s house for an early morning cup of tea to wake up. (From far away, who can tell Alison has her eyes closed all through prayers?) This year, in some ways, Alison has performed above and beyond the call of duty. For the Spirit Week Talent Show, she emceed in an Ashbury uniform, and made a very passable Ashbury boy, except that she forgot the comb in her back pocket, and that characteristic layer of Acnomel. At the end of this year, Alison puts her pen to the Dear Bemie letters for the last time, gets jumped on by the juniors from sewing class for the last time, and tells the junior school that she really does have her hair back as far as it goes, for the last time. We hope she won ' t regret this year spent as head girl. We certainly don ' t. ROW ONE: Mrs. Inns, Mrs. Harwood- Jones, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Whitwill, Mrs. Aldous, Mrs. Chance, Mrs. Rich- ards, Mrs. Micklethwaite . ROW TWO: Miss Dianne Hilderbrandt, Mrs. Macdonald, Mrs. Looye, Mrs. Routliffe, Mrs, Carter, Mrs. Gundy, Miss Brenda Hildebrandt, Miss Webb. ROW THREE: Mrs. Wirwick, Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. McRae, Dr. Micklethwaite, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Churchill. 18

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SHARON NADOLNY: Nothing is more precises than a friend and yet we take our friends for granted. Nothing is more helpful than a friends help. Sharon is one of the most studious and industrious scholars in our class. So dedicated is she to educa- tion that she is a student at both Elmwood and Ash- bury, and is notorious for her hysterical laughter and belting yell in the Stone Corridor at Elmwood and the tunnels at Ashbury, where she is a favourite of Mr. Wallin ' s. Knee socks over Leos and a Joe Namath prefects blazer distinguish Sharon from the rest of 6Upper, but she has other Identifying Char- acteristics. Nadolnuts is one of the Red Hot Mamas who drive Sean and Mr. Hyndman crazy (is it her Raquel body, or her Oh Mr. Hyndman, Pleeeeeease come and help me please?). Besides her other virtues, Sharon is a Talented Conversationalist and a mar- vellous singer of B ' nai Brith camp ditties, which often become duets with Karen. Eat your heart out, Carly Simon, no one sings ' You ' re So Vain ' with as much emotion as Sharon. Classics is another subject Sharon enjoys-the ILIAD brought out hidden talents in her, like composing her own Homeric Epithets. Remember the countless variations on ' Achilles of the Nimble Heels ' ? Sharon ' s not sure about her plans for next year, but she may end up in Fine Arts, with Mr. Hyndman ' s blessings. Our blessings on you too, Sharon. It ' ll be too quiet if you aren ' t back next year. ANN PERLEY- ROBERTSON: It is a fair, even handed, noble adjustment of things that while there is infection in desease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly con- tagious as laughter and good humor. Ann has been at Elmwood for three years, and was a member of the class for the vintage year in grade eleven. Now the girl with the ' bedroom eyes ' is the tactful and efficient Head of Nightingale House. She is much appreciated by house members lor her sincere desire to work on their behalf, and for not holding unnecessary house meetings. However, an undeserved blow from Fate hit Ann the week before Christmas exams started, when she contracted mono. This, of course, rendered her totally helpless to write exams, and we thought of Ann with, pity as we wrote English and Math and Classics and Biology. . . . Classics with Mrs. H. -J. were enlivened with Ann ' s stories of Athens, and we will think nostalgically back to those quickie butts during classics break at Ann ' s long-suffering aunt ' s house. This year, as a birthday gift for Ann, it is the class inten- tion to present Ann with her very own mug and map of the Common Room because of her infrequent visits to the den of iniquity. Next year Ann plans to go to Algonquin for Early Childhood Education. We wish her the very best of luck and happiness. 17

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lit Dee Dee Brookbank Nan Bell Tara Bell Lesley Banner ABSENT: Brenda Kimmel, Mrs. Biggs Heather Lawson Kathy Clark Maureen Assaly Ann Tessier Joyce Eaglesome PREP WHO ' S WHO Maureen always comes first! Wave a flag for Lesley . Ding Dong Nan and Tara work well. Dee Dee fell off the bank into a brook. Kathy gets a good mark ! Some eagles fly at dawn Like Joy . We have another Kim this year, it ' s Brenda She ' s really a Law daughter but her name ' s Heagher Our only redhead is Anne . Mrs. likes to dance jigs. Mrs. makes things even. Mrs. Stevens 19