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

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HALL OF i FAME , nn ' 1 W l W , ll- il l-3 ll Fgliilm A M., M ' M U if i q , 2 irggpiiim,W 4 ' ' 4' M ' L ' ' Will 'E X1 y X Through +he porfals of Hope High School have passed each year men and women who have broughf +o lheir school a boun'l'iful measure .of honor and pride. By lheir deeds and service +o our communily and counfry, 1'hey have gained our everlasiing respect moreover, 'lhey have sei' for us a high goal of ac- complishmeni' and have insfilled in us fhe desire fo fry +o live up +0 iheir siandards. I+ is +o fhese graduafes fhai' we, fhe Class of I957. should like +o ins+i+u+e as an annual 'feafure a Hall of Fame 'lo serve as our means of paying' iribuie +o +he success achieved by fhem.

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i ?if,3L5q'ti5f 'STX Counsel for the defense Fruits of hard labor r l vindication . . 1 l How about that, Vicki? r 4 As we look at our classmates, we but Wonder who will be the doctor, lawyer, the politician, who will be ordinary citizen, and who will advance immortality. if-,ff Next . . aspiration can the the into

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SHERMAN ADAMS '16 Typifying New England with his shrewdly ingenious mind, dynamic drive and stamina, lvy League background, and ever- glowing smile, Sherman Adams began his climb to success as a businessman and lumber expert. Entering public life as a member of the New Hampshire State Legislature, he years later made his residence in the Governor's Mansion of that state. An aesthetic love of music has become an intrinsic part of his being, even as a youth he enjoyed singing in the First Cavalry Baptist Church choir and the Hope High Glee Club. Concerning his favorite pastime lVlr. Adams once remarked, Playing at music-doing something oneself, listening, thinking about it-makes life fuller- providing both enjoyment and refuge alike. lVlr. Adams is now serving our country and President, Mr. Dwight D. Eisenhower, most efficiently in the capacity of Assistant to the President. WINTHROP ALDRICH '03 Winthrop Aldrich, a member of one of Rhode lsland's most prominent families and son of the illustrious Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, was while at high school an ever popular football hero. In the 1903 publication of the '4Blue and White, we find recorded for posterity this little poem: HA is for Aldrich A plump fair-haired boy, The champion of gayness His teachers' great joy. After being graduated from Harvard, he launched a very success- ful legal career, but years later attained international recognition not in this capacity, but rather as a brilliant financier. A recipient of numerous honorary degrees, he is likewise respected abroad, for he was decorated by the British Government for his civilian activities during World War ll with the Insignia of Honorary Knight Grand Cross, Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. At present Mr: Aldrich, a most revered, conservative American, is serving United States interests overseas as our Ambassador to Great Britain. ZECHARIAH CHAFEE '03 lf asked to name an outstanding example of American culture today, the HBlue and White staff would choose Zechariah Chafee - a most distinguished man with a face cut out of stone, eyes that are heavy-browed and sad, but incandescent, and an inde- scribable aura of goodness, wisdom, and strength. Recently retired from a professorial position at Harvard Law School, he continues as one of the nation's most ardent champions of America's Con- stitutional liberty. Author of many books, his most recent volume being Wfhe Blessings of Liberty, this man, a direct descendant of Roger Williams, places undying faith in the ultimate wisdom of the American People. ln our opinion, no one in our time expresses so forcefully in his own person the values of the American ideals of tolerance, freedom, and human dignity as Zechariah Chafee. KIL was with pride that the messages of Sherman Adams, Winthrop Aldrich, and Zechariah Cha ee appeared in the 1956 Blue and White. j