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

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241 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL LITERATURE. gl, ITERATURE has ever been the spice of high school life, the oasis in the desert, and we, the weary desert travelers, were ever glad when the English period arrived. l5,,.:'lL'H Wlien we entered the high school in 1907, and began our r study of literature in an entirely different way than that to which we had been accustomed, Miss Qninnell was the leader. Patiently she toiled with us, and eagerly we aspired for a better under- standing of the classics. Miss Qninnell had been our teacher the year previous and we felt perfectly free to express our opinions in her classes. How many mistakes she overlooked! How many desires to laugh at our interpretations she must have smothered. Nevertheless, we progressed steadily, if slowly, and each day gained more courage, we soon began to produce classics HJ ourselves. The Vision of Sir Launfal was carefully studied first. New beauties began to arise from this poem-beauties we never imagined existed when we read it formerly. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, afforded deep thought, and some amusement. The class seemed to favor two of the stanzas very decidedly. VVe were then introduced to Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. This was very pleasing especially as it was in the spring and our hearts were in tune with the play. VVe then read Ivanhoe, Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, and the 'tPrincess. Several of the girls had serious intentions of trying the idea of such a colony as the Princess ruled. This, however, did not result seriously. Wlieii we began our Sophomore year, we felt more confident of suc- cess than at the beginning of the preceding year. Under Miss Quin- nell 's guidance we once more were launched upon the literary lield. Wie began the study of Milton's Minor Poems, with great an- ticipation. Through all of our school days, we had heard of Milton and had always considered his works far beyond our comprehension. Vlfhen we discovered that we had acquired the ability to interpret and com, prehend the deep thought expressed in his works, we felt that we had indeed gained a great step. During this year, we also began debating. Our debates were rather crude and unparliamentary, but having won the debate we felt the same pride that the statesman feels when he has accomplished the purpose of his plea before congress. Besides our written work we read, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Scott's Lady of the Lake, Eliot's Silas Marner, and several es- says. This year marked the end of our written work. VVe left rhetoric for the coming Sophomores to struggle with, and began our Junior year, with the study of our own poets and authors.

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AUDITORIUM

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xt HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 25 lVith Mr. Tl1o1npson as our teacher we progressed rapidly in Bronson's American Literature. Twice a week We studied classics in addition, to the history of Literature. YVe read HI-Ienry VIIIQ' Dick- ens' Tale of Two Cities, and HaWthorne's, t'House of Seven Gables. Our annual orations were Written in the spring. VVe realize that We are not destined to be orators, though one member of the class has shown great ability in that line of Work. Carl Lennertz has repre- sented us for two successive years at Hammond and we are certainly very proud of his Work. ' This year of our school life We have studied under the direction of Mr. Thompson. Our Work has been seasoned by reading short selections from each of the English authors as we have studied them. Mr. Thomp- son has also read selections to us that he had noticed outside of our prose and poetry books. This has added a great deal to the interest of the class and We all are very grateful to Mr. Thompson for giving us this opportunity to get acquainted with the authors and poets. Our work is nearly completed now and although We are really anxious to go out into the world and learn what is in store for us, we feel a pang of sorrow when we remember that We are leaving high school life with all its joys, forever. Our school life has been very pleasant and We cannot thank our teachers, for their part in it, too often nor too sincerely. VVe shall never forget any of our classes and the pleasure we derived from them, but more than all others Will our four years of literature, stand out as a pleasant memory. FRED VVEAVER. --'5Nx . x ' - .- ' .- . if t r'- . X f V: Q -itil, X ' nfl.. .551 Y if - TAN, hxxi.. ' 5 ff' ,YM gl, I' 1, ff T . li' Ai lil X lhjlllx X N M Y f D N wt X eg Q M .1 xi ll X X nhl SQ' l i! ' will ' limi il X ' f 'fffw ' sf f of E if ff l , ' f l ,llc fr a l ll' l I: Ti rl-:cl.