Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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sections, the up-dating of the card catalogue and the re-painting of the walls, this time in off-white. A strange new glitter has also been acquired from the extensive use of plastic protective book covers. All these changes, together with a marked increase in the circulation of books, give the library a much more lively atmosphere. With the appalling increase in the cost of books, it has become even more im- portant for everyone associated with the school to think in terms of helping to make the library up-to-date and attractive. We are profoundly grateful to the Mothers’ Guild for all their support, and look forward to the further enrichment of both the Senior and Junior libraries resulting from the funds raised by their Giant Garage Sale. With their help, and that of other friends of the school, we hope to build up and maintain a library that will truly reflect the calibre of the school. S. Tilson, Librarian The Junior School Library has been a busy place this year. Over the summer the library received a new coat of paint. A shelving system was in- troduced and coloured labels were added to brighten the room. Old books were mended, some new books were purchased and, as the year progressed, more books were added to the existing collection. Students attending the Hallowe’en party donated some sixty three new books, mainly novels. Some students donated good, used books as well as magazine subscriptions. One friend of Elmwood gave the library a thirty year collection of National Geographies. Some of the care of the library and books has been in the hands of volunteer library monitors who have faithfully donated their noon hours to the many varied tasks. Some classes kept the library decorated with mobiles and other pieces of artwork. An innovation was added during the winter term: a jigsaw puzzle of the map of Canada. This proved to be a very popular addition. In the Spring plant hangers, made by the Grades 5 and 6, and plants were added to give the room a homely touch. The total effect has been to make the library a more pleasant room for reading, research or just relaxing, and the students have responded favourably. H.C. Schmidt

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rqr j This has been an exciting year of many changes in the Senior Library. A purge of out-dated and decrepit books has made room for new material in a variety of subjects; Literature, History, French, Sports, Science and others, with, where possible, an emphasis on Canadian material and on the achievements and writings of women. Several dictionaries have been acquired as well as the Encyclopedia of Human Behaviour. Mrs. E. Thomas gave a splendid gift of The Times Atlas of World History and A.L. Rowse’s three- volume The Annotated Shakespeare in honour of her daughters, Margaret and Barbara, for which we are very grateful. There was a paper-back drive in the Senior School resulting in a considerable amount of good light reading which has been enjoyed by many, from Grade nine to the Staff. It has also meant an influx of “young adult” material of particular benefit to the lower grades. A revolving bookrack, another new acquisition, makes the paper-backs more attractive and accesible to browsers. There have been other changes too in the Senior Library, particularly the two capacious and good-looking book cases that Jan put up for us. Looking as though they have always been there, they immediately illustrated that well-known variation of Parkinson’s Law, that books expand to fill the space allotted to them. It was uncanny how they filled up without apparently depleting the other shelves. Other changes include the addition of a magazine rack, the re-arranging of books and

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THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF OTTAWA- CARLETON ESSAY CONTEST RESULTS FOR 1979 Elmwood, Ottawa — The results of the judging (as they pertain to Elmwood) of approximately 3500 essays written by students of the Public Schools of Ottawa- Carleton, Ashbury College, Elmwood and Rockliffe Park, are given below. The judges were as follows; Mr. Robert Louis, MacLean’s Magazine, Mr. Burton M. Heward, The Citizen, Miss Thelma Hammell, Director of Communications, Canadian Dental Association, Mr. Gordon Eastwood, City Editor, The Ottawa Journal. The title of the essay was “The Humane Society to the Rescue’’. D.P. CRUIKSHANK TROPHY, GRADE 8 1st Janet Ingram 2nd Kalli Varaklis 3rd Linda Booker CATHERINE SMITH TROPHY GRADE 7 2nd Sue Steers HONOURABLE MENTION Caroline Garwood ROCKCLIFFE PARK SCHOOLS GRADE 6 Tassie Cameron Margaret Purdie Leilani Farha INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE Ottawa, Canada j Twelve of the senior girls registered in Grades 12 or 13 at Elmwood participated in the International Baccalaureate programme during 1978-79. Participation involved enrichment in the subjects in which International Baccalaureate examinations were to be written, and writing the examinations themselves began during the month of May. Most of the papers were written for credit at the Subsidiary Level, three students however wrote papers at the Higher Level. These students may now negotiate with the University of their choice for advance standing in subjects in which they wrote a Higher Level paper. Since Canadian Universities have only recently started to enrol students with International Baccalaureate Credits, each student is a pioneer in this negotiating procedure. One graduating student, Felicity Smith, wrote the complete Baccalaureate Diploma. In order to qualify for the Diploma, Felicity wrote three papers at the Higher Level; English, History and Mathematics, as well as three papers at the Subsidiary Level; French, Economics and Biology. In addition, Felicity, like all Diploma candidates, completed a credit in the Theory of Knowledge (required to put the subject matter learned in other courses into the proper perspective?) and to submit an extended essay in one of the subject areas studied. Felicity chose to write her fifty-page essay in the field of Modern History. Having the essay marked by a Chief Examiner in Barbados certainly added an international flavour. When the International Baccalaureate issues a Diploma, Elmwood issues a second document called an Annex which testifies as to the candidate’s aesthetic, physical and social activities” during the years she was preparing for this test of her academic abilities. Finally it may be interesting to note the NATIONALITIES of I.B. candidates which form the largest groups. From a total of 90 nationalities there were: over 100 candidates; U.S.A. U.K. Canada Iran F.R. Germany 50-100 candidates France Nigeria Uruguay Italy Netherlands 30-50 candidates Philippines Swede n Denmark Switzerland Japan Spain Australia Colombia Morag Gundy 422 232 179 109 101 97 84 67 65 54 45 43 42 42 40 38 31 31