Walter Ewing Hope

Walter Ewing Hope. [Born] 1879. Lawyer.

Nobody, in telling me about Mr. Hope, conceived of his life as an essay for college men, an essay to take to heart; but that’s the way it looks to me. In college, at Princeton, he devoted himself to his studies, to debate and oratory, to writing for the college paper—to things of the mind. He was graduated magna cum laude, valedictorian of his class, a steady student who had become a brilliant one.

From then on, and this is what college men should learn, his intellectual foundation of training and expression brought him all the successes he wanted—at the bar and in public service and in service to his beloved Princeton.

Here was a man who, from his early youth, set up for himself the highest standards. He had deep faith in God and a constant hope that man would in time fulfill his high destiny. He had a strong feeling of responsibility for the doing of those tasks to which he had committed himself. His keen mind, devoted spirit, and great energy were used for constructive accomplishments in his law practice, his service to his church, his great interest in numerous charities, his career in public affairs and the large responsibilities he undertook for Princeton. None of his talents ever lay fallow; all were in constant use.

Source: Henry Allen Moe Papers, Mss.B.M722. Reproduced by permission of American Philosophical Society Library & Museum, Philadelphia

Henry Allen Moe
Henry Allen Moe Papers, 1948 Memorials