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

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Volume VI. Nineteen Thirteen EDITORIAL RUTH S. THOMPSON, Editor-in-Chief OLIVE E. WOOD, Assistant Editor FRED W. ROSE, Business Manager BERTHA C. BUSSE, Music Editor RALPH KRAFT, Social Editor LIGHTNER G. WALFRED L. CARLSON, Science Editor RALPH G. BANKS, Athletic Editor EDITH E. REAM, Art Editor GLADYS A. MAXWELL, Personals Editor FORREST CRISMAN, Dramatic Editor WILSON, Literary Editor FOREWORD. E SUBMIT Volume VI of the Aurora for your perusal. We have worked to make it good, and wish to thank those who helped us: Supt. Thompson, who inspired and directed our efforts; Miss Edna Borger, who contributed several draw- ings; Dr. John Merritte Driver, who wrote “The Ideal and the Goal” expressly for the Aurora, and all the friends who gave us kindly advice. ' THE SENIORS.

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RALPH KRAFT They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Q a OLIVE E. WOOD Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low; an excellent thing in wom an. WALFRED L. CARLSON How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat; Whom I may whisper, Solitude is sweet. V7=

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SALUTATORY. RIENDS: We welcome you to our commencement. This occasion is the happiest of our high school career and we hope it will contribute to your pleasure. Still, with all the joy there is a touch of sadness. To-night ends our journey as schoolmates. We must now learn the lessons of life for which our school studies have been a preparation. Chief among the many things we have learned in these twelve years is the thought embodied in our motto: “No Victory Without Effort.” Throughout all life, from the lowest to the highest, we have endless examples of the struggle and the triumph. There is a constant impulse that contends with particular opposing forces. Yet the problem has to be solved differently in each separate instance. Among the lower forms of life the struggle is ultimately a tragedy, but to human beings endowed with acute mental faculties the triumph is glorious. Therefore, to us the motto bears a golden mes- sage: “No Victory Without Effort.” Human advancement in art and science is a concrete example of this principle in all life. Through years of intelligent, painstaking effort, Alexis Carrel has discovered how to make life happier by mak- ing it healthier. Colonel Goethals, the hero of the Panama Canal romance, has accomplished a world-famous undertaking. Luther Bur- bank has applied his time and talents to the discovery and adaptation of the useful and the beautiful in nature. The ocean telegraph is the victorious effort of another educated man. Think of all the wonders of this twentieth century! Not one would have been accomplished without persistent work. The man who be- lieves a thing can be done will not spare effort. He is the most terrific force among living things. He may be turned aside for a moment only — he will return to the task with a strength stronger than any trial ahead. His ideals become ideas, and not fancies, and from his dreams he builds a reality. You see what our motto means to us! Through persistent effort the artist, the scientist, and the engineer, have enriched our minds, promoted our healths, and supplied our material needs. Fell disease has been eradicated, continents have been brought together and moun- tains removed. Yet our victory is largely measured by our effort. There are small victories as well as great. Let us not despise the work at hand because our chosen task is out of reach ; and as a reward for our consistent, con- tinued efforts, may a great victory he ours — to behold a vision splendid and to hear a voice beatific! 14 RUTH S. THOMPSON.