Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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CATHY GINSBERG: Life without love ' s a load, And time stands still. What we deny to life, to death we give. Then, and then only, when we love, we live. Nobody understands Cathy, but everyone ' s afraid to, so it doesn ' t really matter. Her screams mark a score in one of the basketball games or a correct answer in Economics class. It ' s no wonder Cathy ' s always mov- ing. She ' s the only one in the school who can make it from the locker room to the 6U classroom with an arm- ful of books and still have enough breath to keep talk- ing. Of course, that doesn ' t mean she can make it out of the parking lot in one piece - I know there ' s a car behind me. I see it, I see it. CRASH! Wrong car. Still, Cathy ' s liveliness keeps us all on our toes and you must admit - if Cathy ' s in the room, you know it! LESLEY PONG: Life is something growing inside your soul that you want to bring out and share with the human race. This is Lesley ' s first year at Elmwood but she ' s al- ready left an impression by rapidly adapting to Canadian life - especially snow, which isn ' t very plentiful in Hong Kong! A week after putting on skates for the first time, Lesley was skating without a flaw. Next comes skiing! Her main talent, though, lies in a musical direction. Having seen the music only once before, she accompanied a somewhat shabby Grade 13 choir on our Christmas carol. Lesley ' s a quiet, sen- sitive person but still joins in the general throng of activity. Hoping to go to a Canadian university next year, we won ' t be losing her to Hong Kong again for a while yet.

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DIANA CHAN: Love is the only satisfactory answer to the problem of human existance. - Dr. Fromm Diana is one of the new arrivals to our land this year. From the beginning she has been able to adapt to lie challenges of life in 6U. According to rumour, Diana is making her mark, literally, in demanding subjects like geography and algebra. Apart from her partici- pation in our infamous class affairs, Diana has shown her upright character in all ways - even though she did cheat at Utensil Lunch. Since when do you find chopsticks challenging Diana? Next year Diana plans to study commerce. She should do well because she works hard. Good luck Diana! Remember us. 12 PEGGY BETHEL: We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not figures on a dial. - Henry David Dhoreau Peggy just joined Elmwood this year. At first wary of the antics played by old girls , she can now water- fight with the best of them! Her pet hates are the two bobby pins she employs to get past Mrs. Davies ' keen eyes. Peggy spent her first day in Elmwood by flying off the stage stairs - tripped up by the vicious choir - and hobbled around on crutches for a week but she never complained - or maybe she did and nobody heard. Peggy holds the record for throwing her voice the shortest distance. In class she sits studiously, small squeaks as answers when called upon, but reviving to an amazing degree to scream in the daily free-for-all to get break! When Peggy leaves Elmwood she ' ll leave her bobby pins behind but hopefully she ' ll keep a lot of memories - and many of them couldn ' t have come about without her.

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ANN GRAHAM: The comfort of having a friend can be taken away, but not that of having had one . - Seneca Ann has been letting us have it with her Pearls of wisdom since Grade nine, and we ' re always in trouble, so that just goes to show the deep down evil in her mind. She ' s chapel moniter this year and has been in three Gilbert and Sullivan ' s so far with still another one to go. Pearl is easy to locate at school by listen- ing for that original laugh of hers. Sometimes she bubbles with enthusiasm, sometimes she ' s pensive, but the end product is usually constructive, so Ann will do well wherever she goes. ALISON GREEN: If you always do something constructive in your spare time, you ' ll never have any fun. Alison has been with us for five years and four Gilbert and Siallivan ' s, this last year trying her hand at back- stage instead of onstage work for H. M.S. Pinafore; and they managed to sneak a seagull into the backdrop despite protests from Mr. Innes that no bird hovers for three hours! Alison ' s talents (onstage and off) are sing- ing, ( The Good Shop Lollipop - questionable) and free dancing (VERY free - more questionable) and be- ing a general nuisance while doing both. Those desks just aren ' t made for tap-dancing oxfords. They ' re made for work and sometimes Alison even uses them for that. She must, because though she never appears to realize she ' s in school, she does get her essays in - just. Planning to put Australia even more down under with Barb this summer, Alison will go to the University of Australia next year if she passes Math this year. She ' ll be back in three years speaking fluent Australian but until then: Good-bye, and don ' t take any wooden