Cople High School - Traveler Yearbook (Hague, VA)

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f£ZS hItqe e History is the essence of innumeraole biographies. In these words, long years ago,Thomas Carlyle bespoke a truth that will hold til the end of time. Therein lies the story of our class - the Class of 49 - as it draws near the close of the high school chapter of life. What we have done,what we have said, and how we have re-acted to ever changing situations from day to day - these things are our history. Another quotation dating back many centuries, History repeats itself, 11 is peculiarly applicable to us. In the fall of 19 5 a class of eighteen freshmen entered high school, and, though there have been many departures on the wav, we are finishing our senior year with the same number we had four years ago. Of the orginlal eighteen we still have eleven with us. They are: Ola R e Thrift, Barbara Withers, Ethel Davis, Thelma Saunders, June Moss, Bill Atwill, Leon Hundley, Bob Suth- ard, Otho Sydnor, Edwin Trader and. Russell Wright. Those who dropped out were: Joan Dungan, Frances Evans, Lillian Evans, Grace Hundley, Elizabeth Morris,John Lewis, and George Reed. Joining us along the way have been Adeline Allen, Carolyn Dawson, Lulu Richards, Earl Hayes,and Tom Arnest. Besides these are: Jean Bronson who came from Kew Forest High School, New York,and Helen Fones from Wilmington High School,Del¬ aware . We entered high school under Mr. Luthy as principal, and have been fortunate to have him guiding us through our entire four years. In going through high school everyone contributes something to the total program, some gain public recognition,others are the unsung hero who help in those countless little things that mean so much. Let us recall a few events. During the first year many of us took part in the Glee Club directed by Mrs. Chick. By our sophomore year we had matured enough for the coaches of the various sports to begin thinking of u8 as possible members of their.teams. Some of our girls were act¬ ive on the softball teams which at the end of two years had won 15 out of 17 games played. Mrs. Norris was the coach. That same year, under the guidance of Mr. Hudson, the boys became increasingly inter¬ ested in touch football and the next fall, undefeated, were declared champions of the Northern Neck. A trophy attesting to this fact stands in our llDrary today. This period of victory carried over to the next spring when the baseball team showed improvement. There resulted in¬ creased community interest in sports and the P.T.A. sponsored the pur¬ chase of new uniforms for both boys ' and girls ' teams. There are many and varied things which give us satisfaction as we look back: In public speaking Ola Rae and Bill did some outstanding work, while Jean and. Helen showed evidence of considerable talent in that field. On January 19 th.,1948 Ola Rae,Barbara, Ethel, Thelma, and June with others, presented a minuet in costume at Stratford, a record of which we have in color film. This year some of our girls took cart in the production of a one-act play which was well received in Freder¬ icksburg. The credit for these accomplishments is due Mrs. Ryerson. Again, during our high school days, Otho, through his work in the 4 -h C lub, was awarded a trip to Chicago. We cannot close with out mention¬ ing the three highlights of our fourth year, one, the Senior Play, The Darling Brats directed by Mrs. Norris, another, the annual,produced under the guidance of Miss Bouldln, and, our Junior-Senior Banquet, sponsored by Mrs. Hudson. Tills June there will be another rush of ' 49-not Just for gold as a century ago - but for living good, honorable lives that will make worthy the biographies to be written of our years yet unborn. Leon Hundley vjmmm mmvmmsum WWMJ. TJTTjrnrari