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

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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 . . .

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Elghteen lrrsl r u. lslr lo rzqhl Nlaney Mxller Rhoda Healey Veronxca Mello Gaul XVarerm1n Second mu. Raul l oxett John Rooney Bennett Berman Robert Slmmons lresrdent Vrce Preszdenl Bennett Berman Rosalie Greenberg, John llabershaxx Nan lxxlby Paul Mahoney 'Nlamy 'Vlrller John Rooney Charles 'I arewoslan Call Waterman Class Councll Cl ASS OFFICERS John Rooney Secretarq Veronnca Mello Rhoda Healey Treasurer Robert Simmons FORMER Cl ASS OFFICERS llA Trusurer Su y ION lnn s I'reas OA Vnce Pres l B IZB Serntarv Pres R r IIB Pres IA IZB Vncc IZB Presrdenl 11B Secretary IOB Vrce Pres IOA Pres IIB Treasurer rl' 'l 1. A I , , ' , I . . Q J ' ' s ' - 'f IOB 5 f ' xx., ' 'L ' IOB' .,l 'e . l ,llA llrcsidcwr Rhoda Healey . , llA Sec'y. IZB Truss. . - ..,..r , 10B ,, 10. . ' . ' , , ., l , ' -Pres.