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

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An EXPCTICIICC I Shall Never Forget PAULA ADELSON I hate had many experxences whrch at the t1me of thelr occurrence seemed to me to be the most lmportant lnfluence on my l1fe I was pos1t1ve that I could never forget the embarrasstng happentng whrch made my heart ache and my stomach do fancy trxcks or the pleasant mcldent whtch made mme a world of pxnk clouds and glorlously scented apple blossoms As time elapsed however the sharp Sflng of an unpleasant event wore off and the exultatron whnch I once felt after a joyous day ceased to exxst I have had only one experlence whtch I am sure w1ll never leave my memory because th1s expertence has xnfluenced my llfe tre mendously and will contlnue to do so I was tn the mnth grade at the t1me and was taklng a subject whlch I never could get lnterested tn Latxn One mornmg xn Latin class our board wrttmg was under Way when we were vnsnted by the school prmclpal I was rather nervous because not only dld I dread gettlng up to reclte before my Latln class but the thought of havxng the prmclpal hear me made my knees weak and my mlnd go blank I slumped down xn my front row seat tryxng to be as mconsplcuous as possxble when those frxghtful words whxch sent me to the black board were uttered How I managed to reach my destmatlon stxll remams a mystery because never were my knees more rubbery than at that moment There I stood chalk tn hand knowxng that I had no ldea at all how to conjugate the verb whxch was asslgned to me Suddenly some unseen power raxsed my shakmg hand to the board and began to wrxte What was placed on the board shocked me more than anyone else The verb completely and perfectly con Jugated was wrttten plamly 1n vtew of everyone I returned to my seat accepted the con gratulatxons of the prtnclpal and then strange thoughts ran through my mmd The work on the board could not be mme for I had never learned such a verb and I could not repeat th1s feat no matter how desperately I trxed Suddenly I reallzed that xt was God who had helped me For the first t1me IH my lxfe I strongly felt the influence whxch was to be the guldlng factor of my whole lxfe Slnce that moment I have felt a stronger unlty and closeness to God than I ever had tmagmed would be mme Whenever I am tempted to step out of lme the vxslon of the small g1rl standmg at the blackboard flashes clearly before my eyes and I quxckly change my plans Thxs perhaps seems lxke a tr1v1al xncndent to have such a serxous lmpllcatlon If I had ever been told before that I would first feel Gods Influence while standmg at a black board ln class I would have laughed and satd Why should He worry whether a nmth grade Latm student recite well or not? Th1s IS most lxkely the xmpresston whrch you re cexved and unless you have had such an ex perxence yourself you wtll doubt 1ts actual tty I sttll have a strange xndescrxbable feel mg about th1s experlence whxch made me belleve nn God more than ever Smce then the force whxch has gulded me both spxrrtually and morally has been God Fzfteen . 1 1 I 7 I I usual schedule of translation, recitation, and - - ' .

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'NIANICY MILLER Hope Service Award 'W x ij 1 7 'gl J I JOHN ROONIEY DCIIHIS Award ANIITA GURSKY Anthony Medal W1l1ll6TS on Mm 18 QQ' f, fe L? Rx 1 nz 1 PAULA ADELSON ROBERTA KAHN Fourteen

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An Experlenee I Shall Never Forget ROBERTA JOAN KAHN I thrnk everyone at some trme or another has had an experrence that he wrll never for get Mme came the day Johnny walked rnto my lrfe It was one of those swelterrng days rn the mrddlt of July and I was dorng volunteer work as a counselor at a day camp All the chrldren vsere out rn the playground takrng rn the sunshrne that they poor under prrv rleged youngsters so badly needed The street and houses about were all very quret rn fact rf you looked out a wrndow you would feel as rf you were lookrng at a prcture for nothrng moved Not even a leaf dared to breathe The only sounds that could be heard were the delrghtful norses only happy chrl dren can make when they are havrng fun and these youngsters certarnly were havrng fun slrdrng down slrdes swrngrng on swrngs tanglrng themselves up rn the monkey bars makrng mud pres rn the sandbox and see sawrng Amrdst all thrs a small figure could be seen walkrng shyly up the path from the street The demure lrttle boy slowly opened the gate hesrtantly walked over to me and wrth expressrve eyes of fear began rattlrng off words rn a language I had never heard before The yard suddenly became srlent whrle everybody stared at hrm rn amazement Be vrrldered by thrs he stopped abruptly and soon the long held back tears started to roll one by one down hrs rosy puffed cheeks From hrs tremblrng hand I took a note ad dressed to anyone of the counselors It read thus Thrs rs Johnny I-Ie rs a Polrsh refugee who was orphaned by the war and who rs now stayrng at the orphanage at the corner of your street Srnce there are no boys hrs own age here wrth whom he can play I am sendrng hrm to you every day for I am sure you have many erght year olds there Johnny can speak very lrttle Englrsh but I am conndent that he wrll learn very raprdly as he rs exceptronally brrght Thank you so very much Srster Mary Lourse From that moment on I knew I had an arduous task to Srxteen perform to teach a young boy who spoke lrttle of my language and knew nothrng of my customs to rrd hrmself of hrs fears and learn to lrve the lrfe of an average Amerrcan chrld Thrs rndeed was a drfficult goal Chrldren when they want to be can be the cruelest people rn the world for they know no boundarres when rt comes to rnsults and mockery Johnny and I soon drscovered thrs The frrst week I thrnk was the hardest ordeal rn Johnny s lrfe What kept hrm from runnrng away Ill never know I thrnk rts what I admrre most rn hrm hrs determrna tron hrs desrre to see thrngs through Patrently I trred to explarn about Johnny to all the chrldren Day by day I sat alone wrth hrm and trred to teach hrm trred to get hrm to yorn the youngsters rn therr play trred to shreld hrm from therr sneers and laughter but to no avarl As the weeks went by however they be gan to accept hrm more and make fun of hrm less Soon hrs confidence grew and wrth rt grew hrs vocabulary For the Hrst trme he seemed to be enjoyrng lrfe Soon he became one of the most popular boys there for he came out of hrs shell and showed off hrs knowledge I-Ie was an expert story teller a wr? at performrng magrc trrcks and tops at dorng headstands Yes Johnny was one of the gang On the last day of camp I recerved my greatest thrrll my greatest sense of achreve ment My most unforgettable experrence had come to the best end possrble for with a brg broad grrn on hrs adorable chubby red cheeked face a sparkle rn hrs brg blue eyes and rn an accent whrch now had become the envy of all hrs playmates he came to me and sard Thank you so much for helprng me get acquarnted Cvery badly mrspronouncedj wrth everybody I love you very much And wrth that he turned and ran down the path from whrch just erght short weeks be fore he had entered the playground a - v 1 I . , ' n V , . . - . , . . . . . . , , , , r V . , l - - v r A v v ' . v v ' - v 1 n . . I . . - , - - .. - H - - r rr vy x . . 4 , . . . H 1 . v - v 1 n ' v . v I - ,, . . . . ' f 1 y I ' . v I I v ' I . ,, . - 1 , v , , . n D l H . . .