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

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J E WORTHINGTON Prlnclpal Hugh School Science and History 9 ed l 9 l 3 a paralso Unrverslty SCIENCE l 6-S CIENCE. to a certam extent has been studled for many years 'xxx Q l but rt IS only recently that great progress has been made and D ,YB much undoubtedly remams to be yet dlscovered or explamed 5 H Botany the hrst science ln the Hobart Hugh School currlculum IS the study of the structure of plants the functions of therr parts their places of growth their classlficatlon and the terms whlch are employed m thelr descrlptlon and denommatlon We were mltrated mto the mysterles of the plant kingdom by lVl1ss umnell This certamly IS an mterestmg subject when you come to the study of the mlcroscoplc one celled plants learn the one pecullar arrangement of the leases and branches of a certaln famlly of plants learn the varlous methods of reproduction of the anglo sperms and gymnosperms and ln short everythmg that may be mcluded rn practlcal botany Science IS omltted ln the second year of the I-hgh School but the thrrd year contams a very lmportant sclence physlcs PhySlCS IS that branch of sclence whlch treats of the laws and propertres of matter the manrfestatlons of energy and the study of dynamlcs llght heat electrlclty magnetism and sound Hardly anything goes on about us but what some law of physlcs wlll explaln and account for lt All mechanlcal devlces are only applxcatlons of laws of physlcs Automoblles aeroplanes englnes machmery Implements of war telephones telegraphs electrrc hghts and numerous other thmgs are apphcatlons of physlcs and It IS mdeed an xnterestlng and lmportant study Chemlstry the last sclence rn the Hlgh School currlculum IS the sub ject whrch mvestlgates the composrtlon of all substances together mth the comblnatlons and decomposltlons resultmg from thelr actlon on one another under the mfluence of chemlcal change It rs a study of the elements of N metccn I I5- B. P ., l9II, B. Se., A. B., , V l- as l I . . Q .. . -D .l . . . f if

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X' Q 1 C H THOMPSON Botany Physiology and American H1 tory PHYSIOLOGY 73 HE great demand of the day IS health whlch by careful study 1 re and the ehmlnatlon of certaln thmgs can be brought a out i I ? Not unless we know the dlfferent parts of the human o y health Prof Thompson our teacher and superintendent IS gmng all the re qulrements necessary for a half year s course There are mne m our class who take physlology and we dld not suspect how Ilttle we knew untll our flrst lesson when we reallzed the fact We most certamly have obtalned a good knowledge of physlology durmg a short period and attrlbute thlS to lVlr Thompson s patlence ln teaching us thls subject Not untll we learn the dlfferent parts of the body and are able to pro nounce the words rxght can we say anythlng about physlology For ex ample there are such words as enzyme parotld perltoneum and coecum It becomes very mterestlng m class when a questxon comes up concern mg dlfferent thmgs such as hx coughs when one brlght Semor says It can be stopped by holdmg the breath and a stlll wlser one says lt can be stopped by takmg nme swallows of water wlthout breathlng Professor Thompson has also related many Incidents to us concernlng the causes of dlseases one of whlch I thmk we never shall forget Anothc sery excltmg lncldent was when one brlght Senior wished to know lf a horse chewed cud In all we thmk our tlme has been spent most profitably and pleasantly and agaln thank Professor Thompson for hrs great patience and kindness gxven us Elsa Cruel I7 f'1gl1!cf'11 , P . , .S fi -: ' , ' , MU W . . . . . b Qu . ' - I t b d , I 'l the functlons and chlef foods, are we able to obtaln perfect ' 1 u 7. ' , Y , . . . . , . . . , . l if ,U I5 ' U, if ' . ,Y - 1 ' ', Q If Q, . . . H . ,, . . . - v ' 9 Y 7 Y 1 I , - , '

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-JLf7 -D whlch everythrng rs composed The preparatlon and propertles of numerous compounds and elements are studred durmg the course The study rs rn truth very rnterestmg when we learn that some things rn exery day hfe are composed of and can be made by the chemlcal unlon of certam elements Then too the wonder ful and beautiful natural phenomena were formed by physical changes wrthout man s help Cn the whole the sclence course as rt IS studied IH Hobart Hlgh School rs very lnterestrng and rt IS to Mr Worthlngton that we are sm cerely grateful for guldmg us thru the two courses of physrcs and chemrstry Will Wollerrberg I7 HISTORY Deeds not dreams -g 9- S HISTORY not the recorded deeds of the past3 As Innocent X I Freshmen our mmds were not burdened wrth thrs subject but NB, 14, ln our Sophomore year we were mtroduced to the mysterles and profitably spent under the careful gurdance of Professor Stoltz On becomlng unrors a new teacher greeted our hlstory class lVlr Worthrngton patlently steered us through the rrse of the great emprres and other events down to modern tlmes The struggle for liberty seems small ln comparison wrth the present world war Let us sincerely hope that one of the results may be greater lrberty and a unrversal democracy of natlons Thls year as SCDIOYS we have studred the hlstory of our own country In connectron wlth thls work we have had some CIVICS whrch enables us to understand better and appreclate our lnstxtutlons of government We also realrze that a better knowledge of the past wrll enable us to help solve problems of the present and future ln the ever changing scenes of human progress lVlr Thompson has helped us to Interpret the events whrch have a bearmg upon our country today And we wlsh to thank hlm for hrs pa tlence and the lnterest he has shown m our work Cladys Flynn I7 Wrll WollenBerg C-racE Henderson CladyS Flynn Wynne Thompson Algot NelSon HelEn Wrld Clara l..1Nkhart Geneva Glll Ella ROssow Ruth MlllCl Elsa Cruel Tltrnty 5-1 lt ' ' I Q . l . - 'JAX splendors of the ancrent world. A year of thrs work was if Q74 Tb-. LJ A-Qi