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

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Such an extremely trivial bit of persitlage as an edition of school notes must of necessity descend from the sublime to the ridiculous. And perhaps it is well that it is so, since so few of our readers are really interested in thesublime. The Police Gazette, Vanity Fair, Ibn'-n, Topics, our Society columns, these are farlmore enter- taining to the average lay reader. It is a ff Lost Paradise ll to read Milton Vg Macaulay never ought to have known our friend Joe Addison, and we would certainly have Hconciliated U Burke rather than allow him to perpetrate that speech which is ascribed to him. All these are a form of the so-called 'L sublime? I ask you if you expect such Ustuffn as that from us? Even if you should by any possibility answer H yesf' our scant verbiage would prevent our complying with your inordinate desires. In all the above we have essayed to show wherein this differs from an essay which might be submitted to the head of the English Department. if God save the mark F- our mark. The first eve11t which comes to mind is, perhaps, the most noteworthy we have to record. It is the Senior Dance. IVhat a glorious affair it was! The orchestia played divinely- well, as divinely as it could considering the fact that only one of its members' had a dress suit on. But then, one must concede something to art. and so we shall pass by the orchestra. The iioor was good except in spots -black spots from whence arose the warm Avernian zephyrs. The main thing, to be sure, was the crowd. Wfhat alot of sweet girls we have in the class and among the alnmnael The boys did nobly- ate the refreshments and trod indiscz-iminately on each girl's toes. At half after eleven we bade the Faculty 445011. Soir, fthe teacher of French has O K'ed thisj and went to our respective Lures and Penrates. Again we reiterate that it was good. . 1906 also gave a dance on February twenty-fourth. The poor dear Juniors imitated us as best they could, but with small success. However, some day they will be Seniors. That is the summit of all earthly bliss. Mrs. Cushing has departed for Jamaica, and we offer our condolences to the infants. This going-away business approaches an epidemic stage, for Miss IVeeden has some intention of spending next year in Germany. Miss Searle will take her place. The alumni and all the friends of old Hope will be grieved to learn of Miss Tucker's continued illness. IVe trust she will shortly be returned to health. At last we have a debating team and Demosthenes and his pebbles will be a side issue. No doubt there is a current opinion that we are addicted to studying all the time. Let ine whisper to you. 'C It is not sof' Our athletic pennants make rival schools green with envy. Brown University has at length turned over to us the banner which we won in the All-Interscholastic track meet last Fall. IV e have also added the 1904 baseball championship bit of bunting to our collection. Shortly we shall be pressed for space for these insignia of our supremacy. In the main corridor below there is a case of silver trophies which have all been won by our sturdy athletes. With a feeling of pride we say, let the good work go on. 12 '

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ll . y A xg - 0 l The number of pupils registered at Hope Street High School during the present year is five hundred :ind eighty-five. The corps of teachers numbers twenty-three. 3n5trurtnr5 ai Ernie Sirnrt Eiigli Srlyuul CHARLES E. DENN1s, JR., Ph. D., Principal WVALTER J. TONVNE, A. M., Mathematics ELLEN DODGE, English Y NIARY A. TUCKER, A. B., English V TCTOR FRAZEE, A. M., History IKENE SANIEXVSKA, French ANNE J. VVEEDEN, A. M., Grermun CHARLES E. TILLET, A. M., Science JESSE L. BEERS, A. B., Greek and Latin FRANK A. TIBBETTS, Commercial Studies GRACE H. PARKER, A. B., Science ELIZA M. PETRCE, A. M., English ALICE W. HUNT, A. B., Latin Rnd Grade Studies BESSIE S. WVARNER, A. M., Latin SUSANNA Y. CUSI-IING, French M. CATHERINE NIAHV, English FLORENCE H. SLACK,ElOCLltl011 CARRIE M. SEARLE, A. M., German IDA B. SMITH, Grade Studies Sftuhrnt Efrurlirrs FLORENCE BUTLER BEITENMAN, Ph. B., Latin LINDA hlAY LOXVELL, Ph. B., Botany and Physiology JACOB ALEXANDER hflA'P'DUCK, Ph. B., Physics and Geometry HARRY SMALLEY, Ph. B., History 11

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The Upsilon Sigma Society is still in a flourishing condition. The entertain- ment at the Talma Theatre last year was a line success. YVe are looking forward to another one of these entertaining and always novel times. V January sixteenth was a red-letter day. Our friend, Herr NVilmot, was aillicted with a series of merry cachinations. One of his teachers said his Ugiggle was Worse than that of two girls. This seems to us to be an insinuation against the sex which we admire. How can any one aflirm that girls giggle! It is absurd on the face of it, 'fAnyway, I don't care! It's nicer to giggle than to go cl-Iee Haw 5 like Maudfi 1905 had a baseball team which performed very creditably considering that ff Le Monsieurw Champlin played first. The German Plays, which 'were given under Miss lVeeden's supervision, were a great success. Those attending received something in the line of a treat in Diztzifzlzfi . 1906 also gave a play, 4'Over the Telephone, for which they are entitled to much credit. VVe recognize much material for a 'L life on the boards 3' - claphoards and ironing boards. The Freshmen are a noisy, boisterous lot and not worthy of our slightest atten- tion. YVe leave them to Mellin's Food and the perambulator. ' The Sophomores are no good at all or good for nothing. Take your choice, 1907! The Lunch Counter is still in operation. H The good die youngfl Cort clitf QFrench for H they say nj. At that rate the lunch-counter will be here as the ages roll hy. The Faculty! W'l1y say more? The Faculty! And all is said. In closing our remarks we wish to say that we have recognized our limitations, YVe have not attempted to soar aloft over Mount Pindar. We are thankful we see the mote in our own eye and leave the beam in those of others severely alone. Once upon a time, some years back to be more dennite, a young man called 4 Billy ' Wrote a funny article on George YVashington Aguinaldo, etc. One of the Bryanites in the class dubbed it the production of an ass. Lest something similar should be thrown at us, we now write 4 Finis 7 and so escape our 'linishf On February twenty-fourth the Juniors of the Classical department gave a 1? T Ufor the purpose of meeting and becoming better acquainted with E III, you knowf' The entertainment consisted of three parts: First, a little play, secondly, a little dancing, and lastly the 44 party ll part. During the iirst part of the afternoon if Per Telephone was presented under the direction of Miss Slack. The play was f' cute '7 although somewhat 44 mushy and was altogether a success. Miss Edith Angell starred and made a decided ffhitfl Qnotaloly with her slipperj while Miss Hope Sessions shone quite as brilliantly. Mr. Williani Lynn played the role opposite to that of Miss Angell and showed himself very competent, particularly in the 4' touching l' scenes. We understand that he has had some little eXperience.Q?j Mr. Harold Church also played his part very credi- 13