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

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Q= II 1 IN MEMORIAM CARRIE BANKS February 8, 1872 — September 24, 1914 First Graduate of Hobart High School Class of 1 889 Mamie Jory ' 91 Edwin Gordon ' 96 Howard Gordon . ' 93 Bernard Peterson . ' 99 Ida Lutz ' 94 Howard Halsted . ' 07 Hugh Thompson . ' 95 Theresa G. (Butts) Halliday . ' 09 p =D 0= £5 — a

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0=0 SALUTATORY IX s ' ) [ IND Parents, Classmates, and Friends: It affords me great pleasure to welcome you to the Commencement of the Class of 1915. We have longed with joyful hearts for this eventful night, when we, as graduates, could meet the pleasant faces of our friends. Now that the time has come, sorrow steals across us. We think we have worked bravely and faithfully during the past four years and now having reached one goal, will launch forth into a wider realm, seeking to attain a higher goal. Tonight we stand upon the threshold ready for what- ever fate has prepared for us. Realizing the truth of our motto, “The Past is but the Prelude,” each individual will be eager for a new career, according to her past edu- cation. Commencement does not mean that we have completed our work, but rather that we are to begin anew, with strengthened enthusiasm. Most High School students when asked what they intend doing after they leave school, have to say they do not know. Not so with the Class of 1915. Since we first set foot in the Hobart High School, the thought has always been foremost in our minds, to prepare at once for our future career. The work we have done was not mere child’s play, but it required effort and perseverenee. Men like Mil- ton, Tennyson and Lincoln did not become famous in one day, nor in one year, but it took many years of earnest work. Although many times we were discouraged, per- haps over minor things, yet we did not give up in despair, but rather strove on, realizing that the future contained higher rocks to climb. For this we must especially thank our parents and teachers. The parents for pro- 12 viding means for giving us an education, and our teach- ers who encouraged us in all our tribulations. It was they who helped us surmount the greatest difficulties, never tiring nor ceasing in their efforts. As the curtain drops upon our past and the veil of the future is raised, a banner bearing the memorable words of our motto, “The Past is but the Prelude,” looms brighter than all, and it is our sincere hope and wish that this truth shall never be forgotten by any member of 1915. Now let our farewell be another welcome to one and all. AGNES LENNERTZ. DUTY “Stern Law-Giver! Yet thou dost wear The Godhead’s most benignant grace.” — Wordsworth. E ARE taught to believe that the nature of man is freedom. Then wherefore laws? Duty imposes laws — biological, physiological, socio- logical, and psychological. To violate these laws is to hinder development, and develop- ment has perfect freedom as its final goal. This freedom is not anarchism in the social order, not atheism and skepticism in thought, not license in morals. It is rather an ideal development, a serenity of mind, an untroubled purpose which betokens that we have conquered desire — made the desire our own so that now there is no distracting impulse and we are free. Selfishness is eliminated and the altruistic man is evolved, cheerfully obedient. His thoughts are in har- mony with truth, he appreciates the beautiful, his actions are upright before God. G. H. THOMPSON.

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a SPENCER G. STOLTZ Science and History CHEMISTRY N OUR Freshman year, Botany is taken up and as Sophomores, science is omitted altogether from our course of study. When we enter the Junior year, the privilege is given us of either taking Physics or waiting until the Senior year to take Chemistry. This year our Chemistry class con- sists of eight girls, who certainly are master hands at science. t) i r We began this study bj depositing fifty cents, in case something gets broken. Our first introduction to the secrets of Chemistry was to molecules and atoms. It took some time to distinguish them but I think now we would all recognize them, should be see them floating in the air. Laboratory work loomed brightly before us, so we were an eager crowd when we went down to the larboratorv for the first time. We waited breathless for an explosion, but all in vain. This proved the fact that we were careful workers. When “Sodium” was taken up we were warned against its explosive power. Everything was progress- ing smoothly, when suddenly Agnes was knocked to the- floor. We searched for the cause of the explosion, but finding no other reason, came to the conclusion that her imagination had been playing with her. A few months- later, Mr. Stoltz attempted to demolish the schoolhouse and its contents (himself included) by spilling bromine. His attempt was unsuccessful, but I hardly think he will try it again as it did not prove .to be funny in the end. Another joyful event was the day we generated hydrogen sulphide. Owing to the teacher’s absence from the room, we decided to play a joke on the High School,, and the door was opened, allowing the sweet odor to pass to the upper regions. Everybody who went through the hall was entirely disgusted with the Chemistry class. Now the laboratory apparatus soon becomes disar- ranged, so we girls turned scrub-women and gave it a general overhauling. We were rewarded by being allowed to test come candy donated by Mr. Thompson, proprietor of the “Ten Cent Store.” I assure you, there was little to test after it had been sampled.