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

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CLASS PROPHECY. HAVE studied stars and books, Busy marts and quiet nooks, Seeking what the future holds For this short-dozen ’steen-year-olds. Wise the bard who taught me how To prophecy as I do now. Hasten then, we’ll rise and go Where the golden apples grow; Where below another sky Parrot islands anchored lie, — Hunting cockatoos and goats, Banks and Crisman moor their boats; — Where in sunshine reaching out Eastern cities, miles about, Are with mosque and minaret Among sandy gardens set, Edith and Lightner, travel far, Studying art in each bazaar; — Where the Great Wall round China goes, And on one side the desert blows, And with bell and voice and drum, Cities on the other hum, Kraft and Carlson, guns in hand, Walk the wall and watch the sand; — Where the forests, hot as fire, Wide as England, tall as a spire, Full of apes and cocoanuts And the negro hunters’ huts, Roosevelt and Rose are found Until the next campaign comes round; — Where the knotty crocodile Lies and blinks in the Nile, And the red flamingo flies Hunting fish before his eyes, There Ruth and Olive, somewhat vexed, Read a hieroglyphic text; — 22

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Q P a Q P Phis splendid and essential plant now furnishes at the minimum cost of actual running expense, ample fire protection, convenience and domestic water supplies and brilliant illumination on the streets, in houses of business and in residences. Hobart is the owner of this approved, modern and efficient water and light plant. Such a plant is not possessed by any other town of equal size in the middle west. The town has a fire department of thirty-two members. They have 1,500 feet of hose, three hose carts and hook and ladder wagons. This apparatus is stored in different parts of the town and the members practice every week. Last year the town board, encouraged by the citizens, decided to construct a better sewer system. After the plans and specifications were drawn up by the town Civil Engineer, Walter (i. Black, bids were received and the town board awarded the contract to V. Graziano Co. The work was started in the fall of nineteen hundred twelve and is now nearing completion. The system consists of six miles of main sewer pipes and laterals to every house. Plans for a new water system which will cover the area now em- braced by the sewer system have been drawn up by the Civil Engineer. The present mains will be left as far as possible and used as laterals. Plans are also being prepared for a filtering plant to be constructed of reinforced concrete, whereby water can be filtered ninety-nine per cent pure. A most potent force in the upbuilding of all things that tend toward the economic and civic betterment of our community is the Hobart Com- mercial Club. The fact that it has more than one hundred members and holds its meetings at least twice a month in the High School Audi- torium is evidence that it is a live wire. Our municipal officers are active members. Especially did the Commercial Club assist in the establishing of the boulevard lighting system, and t he Club has been an ardent supporter of the Town Board in all municipal advancement. Thus, with an incorporation embracing seventeen square miles of territory, our people realize the possibilities of our modern municipal system and appreciate the importance of the tremendous strides already made. RALPH KRAET. P Ci P 21

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Q 0 Where in jungles, near and far, Man-devouring tigers are, Lying close and giving ear Lest the hunt be drawing near, Gladys and Bertha both are seen Swinging in a palanquin; — Then when Hobart shall have grown To fill the space she now doth own, — When the present girls and boys Have quite outgrown their childish toys, And when kindly falls the night, And the town’s a-blaze with light, We’ll all return from outer gloom, Assemble in the banquet room, Recall the days in Hobart High, Feast and talk and laugh and sigh. RUTH S. THOMPSON. (j Q 6 Q b Q ( J a VIKW OF DEEP RIVER. HOBART. IXD. Q