Hope High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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first time. At that time we held a mortgage on the property for 38,000, a sum which appeared quite formidable in size, but at the end of last school year, this amount had dwindled to 354,600 This year we have been able to pay, besides the interest, another six hundred dollars on the principal, this leaving the total outstanding debt at an even 334,000 This means an average of more than 31,000 a year. Although conditions last fall were not such that we could equal the amount obtained from football in 1909, still it is hoped that the baseball season may bring in enough to make this year a financial success. Our annual athletic play is no mean factor in reducing the debt. This year it was decided to have about one hundred and seventy-five reserved seats. The plan could not have worked better, and the hall was filled on the evening of the entertainment. The name of the play was The Time of His Life. The acting was excellent and the audience enjoyed every minute of the time. The cast of characters was as follows: Uncle Tom, an old colored butler from the South, George H. Pickering Tom Carter, Mrs. Grey's brother ..... John T. Walker, Jr. Mrs. Bob Grey .......... Katherine Grey Dunham Dorothy Landon, secretly engaged to Tom Carter, Elizabeth Hoppin Walker - Mr. Peter Wycombe, a Hpessimistu with a digestion, Elmer D. Nickerson Mrs. Wycombe, a Hpersonagef' ...... Elizabeth Field Aldrich Mr. Bob Grey .......,... Peirce H. Brereton Mr. James Landon, Sr., Dorothy's father, of a peppery disposition, George W. Waterman Officer Hogan, of the Twenty-Second Street Police Station, James G. Hickey Tom Carter is staying with his sister, Mrs. Grey, while Mr. Grey is on a business trip in the West. During his absence, a letter comes to Mrs. Grey saying that Mr. and Mrs. Wycombe with their neice, Dorothy Landon, will arrive that afternoon for a visit of a few days. Uncle Tom, the colored butler, is taking his afternoon out, and Mrs. Grey does not know what to do for a servant. Tom Carter with his usual good nature blacks'his face and offers to take Uncle Tom's place. The guests arrive and after a few hours commence the dinner which Mrs. Grey has ordered from a neigh- boring restaurant. Mr. Peter Wycombe, a very fussy old gentleman, causes no end of trouble during the meal. Dorothy Landon, to whom Tom is engaged, is told the secret of Tom's disguise. The real Uncle Tom comes into the room, and seeing his double, flees from the house. Carter telephones the police about it, and finally goes himself in search of Uncle Tom. He is mistaken for the old negro by the police, and is brought to his house in time to see Dorothy Landonls father, who has been mistaken for a burglar tied to a chair by Mr. Wycombe. Explanations are made by all, Mr. Wycombe and Mr. Landon are made friends once more, and the engagement of Dorothy Landon and Tom Garter is consented to by her father who had formerly objected. This year, for the first time, our cast was not entirely composed of Hope students and graduates. Miss Dunham's services were obtained and her acting was a great help in making the play a success. George Pickering, Walker, '09, and Elmer Nickerson succeeded in keeping the audience in laughter. The other characters though of a more sober sort were excellently represented. An orchestra entertained between acts. The committee of arrangements consisted of Kenneth B. G. Parson, William R. L. McBee, Richard C. Davis, Jr., and Miss Doris Field acted as stage manager. No small part of the success of the play was due to Miss Slack's valuable coaching. Taken as a whole, the year has been a decided success and let us hope that many more of the same kind may follow. 11 I

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'V ,5 eat . I fffxx IV X 7' XY jksx XX ' ii ., 'T ' N 5 '-: my Xl, X-4 NS N -g 1 QV W Fx x J s - J WU' Q.. NXXQQ V. 3 figs, 1' WWI f X. i X ff V ,.r Zh 1 l X ff' 5 ' 1 9 j 6. T 9 l ? S7 , A if'-f' Hepe Street High Selheell Atlhletiie Asseeiaticm Qttieers President, WILLIAM RUSSELL BURWELL Vice-President, JAMES HICKEY Secretary, CHARLES SALISBURY MAKEPEACE Treasurer, JESSE LEWIS BEERS Advisory Committee MR. CHARLES EDWARD DENNIS MR. JESSE LEWIS BEERS Managers out Teams Baseball, WILLIAM RUSSELL BURWELL , Football, CHARLES SALISBURY MAKEPEACE H ockey, HARRY DANFORTH BRICE Track, CECIL MERNE CROSS The'Hope Street High School Athletic Association has passed through another very prosperous year. Last spring the baseball nine won the pennant. In the fall the football eleven tied Technical for the championship, but lost in the final game. The hockey team, however, made up for this misfortune by placing another pennant in our hall at Hope Street. Our track Squad has been doing equally good work during the Winter, and after the spring meets are over, We hope to have Won the track championship once more. So far this year the baseball candidates have sh own good form, and every- thing bids fair for a victorious team again this year. I Along with this success in athletics, We have been reducing the debt on the field with remarkable Speed. Three years ago this spring, Hope Field was used for the ' 1 0 -

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SHEA ' MACLEOD BUIIWELI. CAsst. Mgr.J BROWN CMgr.J MCGOVERN CARROLL GUILD CCapt.j PARSON BRICE VIRGIN XVATERMAN GERBER Q aseball Hope's prospects for a strong team at the beginning of the season were far from bright. Only two of our last year's veterans returned and one of the subs. At Captain Guild's call for candidates, about eighty came out to try for positions on the team. From this number the following were chosen 'to represent us on the diamond: Carroll, c.g McGovern, p., Parson, lb, Hickey, 2b, Gerber, s. s., Waterman, 3b 5 Captain Guild, 1. f., Brice, c. f., Virgin, r. f., Shea, Burwell, MacLeod, subs. We started the season well, winning the first eight games straight. However, our team had a slump and lost to English and then to Classical by close margins. After this we won from Pawtucket and East Providence, but lost our game at Woonsocket. At the close of the season there were three teams who had won 11 games and lost 3, Woonsocket, Pawtucket, and Hope. In a close and terribly exciting game at Pawtucket We barely managed to defeat them 7-6. This left us tied with lVoonsocket. The final game was scheduled for Melrose Park. Not much need be said about this game except that it was a walk-over for Hope, the Woonsocket pitcher being unable to do anything with our batsmen. This game gave the pennant to Hope. Of our exhibition games, we defeated Moses Brown easily to the tune of 9-4. The most enjoyable of our games was that at Newport, where we won from St. George 7-6 in a 12-inning contest. In this game we were without the services of our best pitcher, 12