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

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D a AMERICAN HISTORY 0 HIS subject is only given for one-half a year, although there are enough things in it to study for years. There are nine in our class, all of whom are vei ' y much interested in American History. We girls become somewhat awestricken at the many horrors and perils endured by our forefathei ' s, but Howard remains undaunted and wishes that he might have been there to hel[) in the signing of the “Declara- tion of lndei)endence”, drawing uj) of the “Constitution”, and the many great wonders of the times. Our teacher, Mr. Thompson, makes our class very in- teresting by relatin g .some of the incidents that are traditional in his family. Class has been held every day in spife of the fact that there were only three present one stormy day. Mr. Worthington taught us that day, giving the out- line as Mr. Thompson does. There was imich wonderment when those who had been ab.sent returned to find that the others had the outline ui)-to-date. Still anothei ' day the class was greatly surprised when i lr. Thompson, being in- disposed, gave us an unexi)ccted test. ' Phus we find that even in History pre- paredness is best. PEARL OLS 0 O

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(JEOROE II. THOJIT’SOX Superintendent, Ensjlisli and Botany — B. Sc., 1907, B. l ed., 1918 Val])araiso University Principal lIol)art Townsliip llis’li School 1895-1905. Superintendent Hobart Schools 1905 — 0 O d Cj ENGLISH F You were to ask me which of the subjects we studied during our four j ' ears work here was the broadest and most general, I should .say that English was the one. And in reading a review of the four years toil, you will get some idea of what we ac- complished. In the Freshman class, under Jliss Frank’s guiding hand, we read Ivanhoe, Sir Kogerly De Coveidy Papers, Washington’s Farewell Addre.ss, Webster’s Bunker Hill Addre.ss, and the Lady of the Lake. Besides these ela.ssics, we studied letter writing, and wrote many compositions. As Sophomores, we studied with Mi.ss Roper as our guide. Here we met the simile, metaphor, and other parts of speech, wrote more compositions ; had several interesting debates, and read Eliot’s “Silas Marner,’’ -Milton’s “Minor Poems’’ and Hawthorne’s “Hou.se of Seven Gables.’’ The most interesting year of the four, however, was surely the Junior year. iMiss Roper introduced the “Short Story Course.’’ Of course we took this in addition to the regular Junior English. In the book we used, there was a short .story of nearly every type, as, supernatural, love .story, animal story, character sketch, humorous, and several others. We were required to read and write a review of the one in the book, and do the same with two others. Through this, we read a great deal from modern writers. During this year we also read from Poe, Cooper, i rark Twain, Bret Harte, Emerson, Thoreau, Holmes, Lanier, Whittier, and many others. During onr Senior year we had as our teacher, Mr. Thompson, who surely made the work interesting. We studied English Literature from the very be- ginning and traced its developement and progress. We found new beauty and a clearer understanding of poetry Avith iMr. Thompson to explain and direct. So looking back over our Avork, Ave realize that the time Avas especially Avell spent and Ave have profited by the Avork. GLADYS SNYDER. P Q

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v n O J. E. WORTIIIXIJTOX Principal llifrli School, Science and His- tory 1915 — B. Bed.. 1911, B. Se„ A. B„ 191:5 Val- paraiso University 0 Q Q 0 SCIENCE ClEXCE in the Hobart Hi h School has been a success as the class of ’16 have joyfully and rightfully decided. ) We were introduced to Miss Science through the inediuin of Botany as a study of nature and the many and wonderful things she gives us. ] lany and joyful were the days when we I ' oained the hills and valleys looking for a different and more beautiful ffowei ' than our schoolmate had bi-ought in the day before. Seclnded nooks and marshy places were trampled o’er, and the rai-est and lu-ettiest dower plucked from its fertile hiding place beside a decaying log, by hands that never tliought of the lives they took nor of the thousands that they desti ' oyed, hut you can’t blame us foi ' we were oidy Preshmen. We would search half a day for a rare specimen, just to have a pretty little girl say, “() what a pretty flower! Where did you get it, will you bring me a nice bompiet tomorrow?” iMany times we got onr feet and clothes muddy and sometimes ourselves badly scratched trying, hut think of the smiles we got later. Xo science like Botany for the Sojihomoi ' es. We had to wait till as .luniors we again pinnged deej) in a science. Physics, the most wonderful of all sciences, for you cannot help noticing .some indication of the research for the scientific as you notice the many modern imi)rovements of this .scientific world of onrs. Yon notice the railroad engine, the automobile, the d.ving machine, the wii-e- less telegra])h and the many other electric machines, but did you every stop to think how they work, and on what ])rinciples. Although our study of Physics was limited, we .secured a .start, and were more than willing to go dee] er into 18 =D Q O Q