Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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AURORA THE STAFF LILLIE ROSE MARGARET BULLOCK LENNA PEDDICORD THERESA BUTTS PEERING MELIN EMILY BRACKEN HELEN MACKEY FRED FRANK LIZZIE KLA USEN j HENRIETTA HARMS HATTIE PAPKA ) Editor in Chief . Assistant Editor . ..Literary Editor Music Editor Athletic Editor Social Editor Art Editor ..Science Editor Personals Editors SALUTATORY. EMILY E. BRACKEN. HE class of nineteen hundred nine extend to you, parents, friends and Alumni, a most hearty greeting:. The hour has come which brings to a close four years of toil and pleasure. Perseverance, courage and hopefulness have carried us to this point. Are we to go further, or are we to retreat ? In the name of the class of nineteen hundred nine we are going further and further. We are resolved that to a small circle, at least, it shall be evident that we have not lived in vain. Before us appears a dim outline of that great field which lies ready awaiting our efforts. As we step from this threshold of high ideals, on every side grave duties confront us. It is now as four years ago when we entered the high school as Freshmen. We thought it so hard at first, especially when we gazed at those high-minded Juniors and Seniors. But now we have passed all that; we are ready to enter a greater and more difficult school, as Freshmen. Our credits in high school required work and plenty of it: more work physically and men- tally is now required and our credits will be recorded on more substantial substance than paper. We have done the best we could, we will do the best we can in the years that come In a few years we shall pass the old school building, and think of the good times we had when we were young. We shall enter the same old doors, go into the Freshman room and as we look around, a small, weazened, gray-haired mouse scampers across the room. This seems like home, for when we entered as Freshmen, that same little fellow made his daily trips to the

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Commencement Exercises Coronation March from “ Le Prophete” .... G. Meyerbeer FLORENCE BANKS, ’08 Invocation ...... REV. E. M. KUONEN Trio — “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled” .... Remington “All Through the Night” (Old Welsh) . . . David Owen MILDRED NEEF, ’10; ISA BULLOCK , ’ll; ELM AID A JOHNSTON, ’ll Salutatory EMILY E. BRACKEN Violin Solo — a. Serenade .... Schubert-Remenyi b. Hungarian Dance .... Wm. Haesche EVA ODELL, ’07 Address . . . “ The Nature and Value of School Education” DR. WM. W. BLACK, Indiana University Vocal Duet — “I Waited for the Lord” .... Mendelssohn OLGA NEEF, ’06, GERTRUDE SWEETING, ’08 Valedictory ...... HELEN MACKEY Presentation of Diplomas Commencement Song ...... CLASS OF ’09 Benediction “Queen Esther CLASS PLAY BY ’09 GRADUATES HOBART TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL IN STR ATT AN’S OPERA HOUSE , HOBART, IND., MAY 21 Cast of Characters King Ahasuerus Queen Esther Mordecai, Esther’s Uncle Human, Favorite of Ahasuerus Zeresh, Human’ s Wife Leah, Friend of Esther Salome [ Jewish attendants . Sara | on the Queen Harbona, Chamberlain of the Palace Athach, King’s Scribe . Fred Frank Lillie Rose . Peering Melin Theresa Butts Margaret Bullock Lenna Peddicord j Gladys East . I Henrietta Harms . Hattie Papka . Lizzie Klausen Special Music used in “Queen Esther” from “The Holy City,” by A. R. GAUL. “For thee, 0 dear, dear Country,” “No Shadows Yonder,” “The Fining Pot is for Sil- ver,” “ Thine is the Kingdom.” HELEN MACKEY, Accompanist

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10 men school annual. waste basket. Then, behind those desks, the teachers’ dear faces appear. When we look through the halls we see the figure of our good friend, the janitor. But this is the present, not the future. An even dozen is what we are. Two boys — noble, energetic boys! We are proud of the boys who have clung to this class to the last. One more hour, such a shor t time, then we shall be ex-Seniors. A feeling of sorrow clings to us, although we are happy. We dread the thoughts that we shall never again have the privilege to enter and leave morning and evening as pupils, and we would gladly remain longer. Pope says, “Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, all but the page prescribed our present state.” Crooked roads, broken bridges, and death dealing storms may hinder us, but we are equipped with strong armor. Not iron, not steel, not gold, but that invincible metal — education! Our shields may be plain, but we go forth with a pure heart, ambition and courage. Yesterday we were nearing the bridge which lies between our school enjoy- ments and the earnest struggle of life. To-day we stand on that bridge. To-morrow we shall have crossed and stand bewildered in a great wide world. May we be not slow to discover the mission for which our education has pre- pared us.