Capeville Elementary School - Golden Memories Yearbook (Capeville, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY The history of the class of 1951 is so dramatic that it resembles a play. This play belongs to no particular classification, being at varioais stages - comedy and trtgedy and sometimes a review. The scenes all take place tn the Capeville Consolidated Elementary School, in the halls, classrooms, and auditorium and lunch room. Act I shows the arrival of the class in this place of learning. Amid the falling of leaves and the autumn winds of 1946, we the class of 1951, began our career as elementary pupils at Capeville. we were timid and afraid, having come from much smaller schools. We felt so small compared to such a large school. Our second year we naturally exhibited the traditional ”half-baked” air. We thought we knew everything. However, we soon realized that everything which glitters id not gold. Act II shows the third year of our elementary career at Capeville. This year found us a little more educated perhaps, but a little dazed by the liberal policies of a new teacher each year, our fourth year we marked with anxiety, as we were separated into two groups. Mrs. E, 3. Helm having charge of one group while Mrs. C. A. Htchett had charge of the second group. The sailing was far from smooth, nevertheless we were able to get through with the staff in our hands. Act III shows at last the final curtain has been rung up. we are seniors. We have seen a few of our number fall by the wayside, and we have seen some others of the group rise to higher heights. We are the usual seniors, proud, happy, and very lucky. This year brings to us another new teacher, Mr. G. T. Allen, Mr. Allen comes to us from Hare Valley ochool well prepared. We were happy indeed to welcome the re¬ turn of Mr. Allen to Capeville after an absence of two years. Looking back over our years spent at dear old Capeville, we are proud to have been a small part of an ever progressing Institution, Looking forward into the blurred future, we have no fears because Capeville Consolidated has taught us to be patient men and women. The play ends in a burst of glory with flowers, music,v and congratulations - in short, graduation exercises; and we have the well- known and ever popular happy ending. Class Historian

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CLASS POEM Inspiration The Joy ' s of Man are three: To dream, to do, to be. The whole of life, the first, the last, the best. Prom youth ' s triumphant power To age ' s lonely hour. There ' s naught beside; these three hold all the rest. In dreaming we aspire And, filled with higher desire, Reach toward the stars, look upward to the sky Our goal we may not gain, But, striving, we attain, A depth of soul, a hope that will not die. School of our early days. We who now chant thy praise Shall not forget the hono r due to thee, Who gave us faith to say, Life starts anew to-day, Inspiring us to dream, to do, to be. The seniors of 1951 CLASS SONG Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you You ' re so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only ' cause you ' re lonely,they have blamed yop For that Mona Lisa Strangeness in your smile? DO yop, smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa, or is this your way to hide a broken smile? Many dreams have been brought to your door step They Just lie there, and they die there Are you warm,are you real, Mona Lisa, Or Just a cold and lonely, lonely work of art.