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

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Recipients of the Dennis Award . AWARDED FOR V HONORS IN LOYALTY, LEADERSHIP, SCHO- LASTIC ABILITY, AND INITIATIVE JEROME SPUNT GERTRUDE MUNRO , Graduation. Speakers First row, left to right: Gertrude Munro, Arline Goodman, Harriet Rotman. Second row: Marvin Silk, Sam Kestenmzm, Richard Lorette,

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Senior Council First row, left lo right: Lillian Allegretti. Anna DeMarco, Francann Dinger. Susan Heath, Mar- jorie Rodman, Ruth Weiss, Eleanor Lepore, Albina Palumbo, Sec-ond row: Raymond Southworth, Andrew DeCesare. Charles Johnson, Arnold Riback. Junius Gertz, Allan Bernstein, Robert Lipson, Lillian Allegretti. Neil Barney l,,., Allan Bernstein, . Arthur Bonanni Esther Caporelli, . Andrew De Cesare, . Jane Fagan ..... Susan Heath. . , Sam Kestenmanl . Albina Palumbo . Marjorie Rodman CLASS OFFICERS SINCE 10-B S President -3 terms i ' lVice-President -2 terms . . , . , President -l term , Vice-President -2 terms V A E S President -1 term lVice-President -l term .. Secretary-l term . , ,,Treasurer-4 terms , . Secretary-l term . . . Secretary -l term . . .Treasurer-l term . .Secretary-l term . , , Secretary -1 term

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Anthony Medal Winners ARLINE GOODMAN MARVIN SILK 'kept I i cement' ' i' The World of Tomorrow Depends on Me The world of tomorrow depends on me. There are many times when I should like to deny that statement, refuse the responsibility that has been left to me, but I am living in the year 1946, and the world will not wait for me to accept reality. Often, during the night, I awake in a cold sweat, terrified at the thought that I and my generation will be the leaders of this earth in a few short years. Am I prepared to take up my duties as a citizen? Educationally I have been given every advantage. My schools, teachers, and books have been of the finest that my community had to offer. At home I am given the love and care of an affectionate family, and I lack no material comforts. As far as religion is concerned, I have been brought up in a conservative manner which includes Sunday school, the Bible, and weekly sermons. My life is a well-ordered, normal affair, with extra- curricular activities sprinkled liberally over my scho- lastic routine. Every tool has been put into my hands. Now I must fashion with them the kind of life I want, A chain is as strong as its weakest link. This sage old adage is never more true than when applied to the citizens of tomorrow. By strengthening the character of each individual we can strengthen our civilization. That is why I feel that if, in some small way, I can make my life a worthy contribution to society, I am helping to create a finer world. I do not pretend that it will be an easy task, but at least I have been fortu- nate enough to realize the trust that has been placed upon me, and knowledge of the task to be accomplished is half the battle. I have always been baffled by those people who say, Let George do it. Haven't they yet learned that they are responsible for their own actions? Perhaps they don't care whether or not they make something of them- selves, but they should realize that no one else is going to do things for them. Success does not come easily, but it is so much sweeter when won after a long, tedious struggle. The world will be no better than what we, the youth, make it. With this thought in mind. I am going out into the world of tomorrow, prepared to do the best I can for my fellow man, my country, and my God. Brothers under the Skin When God created the world, he filled it with fish and fowl, moving creatures and insects of all species. On the sixth day God created Adam. But Adam was created alone. He was the only creature of his kind. Adam faced the world alone. The evidence that God coveted Adam as a special treasure is exhibited in the fact that he was created in the image of God. If God took such a delight in Adam, why then did he not fill the earth with creatures like him? Why was man created single in number while other living things were created in multitudes? Why did God make Adam the only progenitor of the human race? It was in order to combat intolerance that God cre- ated only one man. Man is a vain, egotistical creature. It is in his heart to act and to feel superiorg it is in his heart to feel omnipotent. If God had created man in great numbers, each one would have felt ,superior to the otherg each one would have felt intolerance for the otherg in each generation there would have been violence. Intolerance teaches violence: intolerance stresses petty differences. Intolerance was not stopped. It gave birth to a worse form of hatred--tolerance. This lethal germ stresses passive enmity. It is a form of hatred that is subdued and lodged in the heart. There it is nour- ished. and there it flourishes. The heart tells the mind to tolerate. The heart tells the mind that people are different! But how are they different? Does a person whose hands are black await less eagerly the chance to make an honest and decent living? Does a man whose eyes are slanted and whose skin is yellow fight less eagerly for freedom, peace, and security? Does the heart of a man who professes Judaism beat less fervently in prayer to God? Does a Catholic or a Mohammedan not fear the power of the Almighty? Are men who are black, or yellow, or red, or Jewish, or Catholic, or Protestant, or Confucian actually different from one another? The color of a man's skin can 'be changed: the religion of a man can be changedg but his soul can never be changed! Men are men because they have souls. Man is like man because of the soul he possesses. Men are not different from one another, men are all brothers under the skin.