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

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VOL. VII HOBART, INOIANA, OCTOBER 21. 1941 NO! HO-HI PUTS INTO EFFECT NEW HONOR ROLL RULES Changed honor roll requirements now are in effect in the Hobart schools, together with a change in the failure grade from E to F. This To qualify for the honor roll, a student must have an average grade of B in citizenship, together with eight grade points. Grade points will be awarded on the following basis: As a guest speaker at the convo- cation held Thursday morning, Oct- ober 9, in the Roosevelt Gymnas- ium, Mr. Fred Hardenbrook, young nomad who claims Roch ester, N. Y., as his home, described many excit- ing experiences which he has con- fronted in his travels. His traveling career began im- mediately after his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, when he accepted the invitation of a Japanese classmate to visit the latter’s homeland. Since that time he has visited thirty-seven differ- ent countries within the continents of Europe. South America, and the dark, mysterious depths of Asia and Africa. Incidentally, while Hardenbrook managed to meet several of the “famous four hundred million,” he declares that he must have net most of the “still more famous four hundred billion” in China fleas! No one can escape them, he says, so everyone scratches to- gether. One of the most effective methods yet discovered for getting rid of fleas that insist upon getting on and in one’s clothing is to tie the clothes to a horse and drive the animal out of the village into the snow. As the clothing becomes cold, the fleas automatically move into the warm hair of tne horse. Now here’s the sixty-four dollar question: How does the horse get rid of them? Chinese bandits and cotnmunists still terrorize the towns, seeking to CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT! It seems that Mr. Kastner has re- ceived a cordial invitation from Uncle Sam to serve in the U. S. Army. In reply to the invitation, Mr. Kastner will go to Fort Benjamin Harrison on Friday, October 24, to receive his physical examination. If he doesn’t pass the examination, he’ll be back to good old H. H. S.; and if he does pass. ... he will be known thereafter as “Private Kast- ner!” widen the empire, Mr. Harden- brook said. The people look for- ward to an execution as a great ev- ent. The executioner is always a most thoughtful gentleman, for he takes especial care not to injure the victims’ pigtails during the head-cutting process. Mr. Hardenbrook at this poinj: in his talk wielded a ferocious-look- ing knife of the type used by an executioner. In order that the ex- planation might be quite clear, Floyd Trumbo generously offered his personal services for purposes of demonstration. The perform- ance was convincing. . . . but Floyd still has his head, unscathed. After draping the garb of the Tibetan on Bob Sizemore, Mr. Har- denbrook explained Buddhism, the most prevalent religion in Tibet. Tibetans worship four principal gods, and according to their belief a person after death goes first to a hot hell, from which he is promo- ted to a cold one, followed by a post-graduate course in several thousand other varieties. Finally his soul is reincarnated and comes back to earth for a fresh start. For five weeks Mr. Hardenbrook went through the ordeals required of one desiring to become a Llama priest. With the assistance of Floyd Demmon, the speaker dem- onstrated parts of the ritual. Mr. Hardenbrook is a member of the National Georgraphical So- ciety, and of the Rochester Museum j of Arts and Sciences. HO-HI BAND TO PLAY CLINIC ENGAGEMENT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS GET INVITATION TO GO TO MICHIGAN CITY Additional honors have been re- cently awarded Hobart’s National Championship High School Band in the form of an invitation to be the official clinic band for the Nor- thern Indiana School Band and Or- chestra Clinic to be held in Mich- igan City on November 21 during Thanksgiving vacation. The clinic conductor will be Russell Harvey, nationally known director and com- poser from De LaSalle High School in Chicago. Several of the mem- bers of the Hobart band have work- ed under Mr. Harvey at summer camps. In order to play this clinic, the organization will have to perform twenty different compositions or five numbers each from the Class A. B, C and D contest lists. This is a difficult task, since very few high school bands are capable of playing all of these numbers so early in the school year. Some of the numbers include the difficult “Queen of Hearts” Overture, Fin- ale to Dvorak’s “New World Sym- phony,” and Thomas’ “Raymond” Overture. The band will leave Hobart early Friday morning (say — you musi- cians had better not eat too much Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday) so that they will be ready to play at Michigan City at 9 o’clock. There will be a three hour morning ses- sion featuring Class A and B music and a three hour afternoon session for the C and D list. Owing to the detailed prepara- tion necessary for this clmic, the band will probably be unable to march and play at the last few home football games. This will be a big disappointment to band mem- bers, since they had planned to dis- play their new uniforms, which very likely will be here by the end of this month. Results of the triangular cross- country meet held at Gleason Field Friday, October 17, are as follows: Hammond Clark 33 Hobart 34 Lew Wallace — 65 A 3 points B 2 points C 1 point D 0 points F -1 point “Cum Laude” rating will be given for straight A grades. NOTICE Because of the school recess from October 23 until October 27, Ho-Hi Life will not be pub- lished next week. The next issue will be distributed on Monday November 2. FRED HARDENBROOK LAUNCHES CONVOCATION SERIES

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HO-HI LIFE Page Six ADAMS AD LIBS There are a lot of new faces at Ho-Hi this year. We hope you en- joy being here as much as we en- joy having you. . . . The weather- man predicts a mild winter, and we thank him. . . . Russia seems to have a remarkable endurance, and where does Britain get her inex- haustible supply of money? .... Don’t our new cheer leaders look grand? .... Did you lose any bets on the World Series? .... We soon can recover that lost hour’s sleep, at last, when we go back to Cen- tral Standard Time on the twenty- eighth of this month. . . . Quite a number of students, have been read- ing furiously for book reports or cramming for six weeks’ tests. Won’t we ever learn? . . The onion belongs to the lily family. Who’d ‘a thunk it! ... . Three years ago it wouldn’t have sounded possible, but I’ll wager that some of the sen- iors would eagerly exchange places with a poor, heckled freshman. You big babies! .... Better start saving your stray pennies, kids, for Christ- mas is slowly but surely creeping up on us. . . . Miss Friedrich is proving herself to be quite versa- tile, judging by the apparent effic- iency of the new library system. . . Will these gloomy days ever cease? Although I’ve known Elsie Mat- ovich since the third grade, I still marvel at her efficiency. . . There is no better setting for getting caught up on your thoughts than a walk in the rain. . . . The surface of Arkansas is more irregular than that of any other state in the Miss- issippi Vailey. . . . The most recent fad which has hit Ho-Hi is pigtails. Girls wear them now as a novelty, but oh, how they used to hate ‘em! .... ‘Bye now, and don’t forget to Boost the Brickies! — Rose Lee Adams Indiana Construction Material Co. Inc. GEORGE W. BOND Builder Play Safe Order Your Coal NOW! Summer Prices Pocahontas Mine Run — $8.50 ton Pocahontas Small Nut - 8.50 ton Pocahontas Egg 9.75 ton Pocahontas Lump 9.75 ton Red Comet • low ash — 9.00 ton Sheaier Son Phone 5 Alumni Notes In case you’re wondering what to do after you have been gradua- ted, here are some examples set by the seniors of last year. Bernice Traeger is working at Schultz Bros, in Hobart. Bennie Hasza and Louis Popp are employed in the steel mills. Jarvis Roper and Marion Krull have enrolled in Indiana and Pur- due Universities, respectively. Doris Carlson and Esther Ram- sey are working at Woolworth’s in Gary. The E. J. E. Railroad Company has acquired the services of Harold Maple. Ruth Jolliff has promised to be Mrs. William Bencye. Bill is from Glen Park. Margie Louks and Thomas Howard, both graduates of Hobart High, are to be married on Sunday, October 19. COME IN! Students and Teachers Get a Shine at CECIL’S SHOE SHINE SHACK The Station That Gives Complete Service A1 Verplank Center Main Art Theatre Tues. Wed. William Powell Myrna Loy in Love Crazy Thurs. Fri. She Knew All The Answer and San Antonio Rose Saturday Tight Shoes and They Dare Not Love Sun. Mon. Clark Gable in They Met in Bombay Al’s Restaurant MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT AL ' S Compliments of Neal and Marie Hobart Flower Shop Phone 140 Make It A Happy Birthday With a Cake From FRED’S BAKERY We Specialize In Quick Lunches -Eat- Have Time To Spare At Noon. Dyche Drug. Co. The Store On The Corner. For Distinctive Beauty Service come to Maureen ' s Phone 580-J Diamonds Watches MARTIN BINDER IEWELER Elgin Waltham Parker Watches 216 Main St.

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Page Two HO-HI LIFE Hobart Hieh School, Hobart, Indiana Edited, Published, and Printed By the Journalism Class Subscription Rates Per Year: Local BOc; by mail 80c. Joe Kluba Robert McDonald Mary Pellegrini Lois Kupkee June Jansen Joan Julian Bill Montville Shirley Haxton Bonieta Llbkie Robert Sizemore Alfred Ritter Elmer Ballantyne Staff Ruth Schiess Nora Laurie Dorothy Oakley Leona Martin Jerome Wieseman George Tatalovich Alma Jackson Mary J. Harrigan Blanche Wlson Violet Radvell Rose Lee Adams Robert Balle Sponsor- Editorial — Betty Lou Fraling. BOOK NOOK “APRILLY WEATHER” Girls of high school age who read this book will remark that it expresses in the beginning just the way they felt when they first en- tered high school as freshmen. Apr illy Weather by Margaret Thomsen Raymond describes Shar- on Cole’s difficulties and growing pains as she approached and em- barked upon her high school car- eer. Some of her old friends of grade school days had entered high school as freshmen, too, and some of the teachers were old acquain- tances. Others, however, were strangers to her. Above all, there was one teacher who aroused in her a mixed feeling of admiration and dislike. Sharon had difficulties at home, too, as well as in school. Her older brother, Joe, was more dependable than Sharon, but she was quicker and more brilliant. One year Joe failed to pass in school, and Shar- on caught up with him. In. order that he should not be embarrassed, Joe was sent to a private school. Sharon became jealous and wanted to attend a private school also; but her parents turned a deaf ear to her supplications. The election of class officers, hopes and plans for college, and the success of Sharon’s keenest rival are among the many other problems with which Sharon had to cope. As always, Margaret Raymond writes beautifully, capitalizing on her gift for remembering ciearly and for interpreting vividly. — Ruth Schiess KINDERGARTEN KIDDIES A tip on how to hold your man: Janice Shults, with her arms around John Gant’s neck, was accosted by Miss Yackee. Miss Yackee: Janice, I don’t be- lieve John cares to be strangled. Janice: But, Miss Yackee, he is my boy friend. After the fi r st fire drill, Tommy Kurth excitedly reported to his mother that “We all went to a fire drizzle today.” Soap: That which some people don’t use enough of. INQUIRING REPORTER WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE WAY THE STUDENT BODY OF H. H. S. IS SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL AND ITS TEAM? Here are some answers which our inquiring reporter, George Tatalovich, received to the above query. “In mv opinion the student body should show more enthusiasm in its support of the school and team. We need more Ho-Hi students in at- tendance at games that are played away from school as well as at those played here.” — Dorothv Oakley “I think that the cheerleaders are doing a fine job; but they need more cooperation from the aud- ience. Keep up the good work, team. You’re doing fine!” — Anne Nehring “I think more Ho-Hi students should go to the out-of-town games and show more enthusiasm for the team.” — Lorraine Swanson “The student body are not sup- porting the school enough. There are not enough students at the games, and those who are there are not showing enough school spirit. We need more enthusiasm and school spirit.” — Lorraine Trager “I think that even at our home games the students don’t show enough enthusiasm. They wait for the cheer leaders to lead them in- stead of yelling when the team is near our goal line. In school they cooperate pretty well this year. But, students, attend ouur games and yell for our team!” — Betty Gulledge “I a ree that the cheer leaders are doing an excellent job, but I think there should also be a Boost- ers’ Club. Such a club could spon- sor victory dances and other after- the-game activities. I remember when we used to have snake dances on Main Street and when we had other harmless but gay celebrations and nep sessions in which students could really show their support of the teams and of the band. I say we should bring back the Boost- ers’ Club.” — Kenneth Jordan “It seems to me that more stud- ents are going to football games this year than in previous years. However, not enough support is given in the yells and not so much j after-fhe-game enthusiasm is shown as after basketball games. As for the school, the students are not so proud of their school as they ought to be, particularly when they are away from home.” — Grayson Moss Old man: So you’ve met my son j at high school? Sunshine: Sure. . . we slept in the j fourth hour assembly together, ev- [ cry day. JOTS BY DOT Hi-Ho to Ho-Hi! Boost your team by attending the games. .... Learn both school songs and all the school yells.-. . . Keep your eyes looking upward in 1985, for Halley’s comet is scheduled to re- turn then. . . . The Assembly would be a queer place if the girls didn’t comb their hair or powder their faces during the period. ... In 1933 there were 3,000,000 persons taught riding the rails in India without having paid their fares. . . . Ho- bart’s cross-country team is . eally swell (thanks to the boys and Coaches Prather and Kurth) . . . Why does the chemistry class al- ways raise such a stink? Did you know that football yells originated at Princeton soon after the Civil War? While engaged in a tough game, the players began to yell during a play, hoping thus to outwit their opponents. The plan was successful, and Prince- ton won the game. Since that time, the spectators have done the yelling, led by cheer leaders. . . . Speaking of cheer leaders, ours need still more lung support from the student body. . . . Eight oi he signatories of the Declaration of Independence were farmers. . .Aut- umn really is in the air now. Had you noticed? .... Cheer the band on. It surely is doing a wonder- ful job. . . . Well. I have to buzz off, so. . “G’bye, Now.” — Dot Oakley BIRTHDAYS OF THE MONTH October 1: Barbara Haworth, Betty Marler; 4: Audrey Andros, Kenneth Kasch; 5: Edward Biel, Juanita Hentschel, George Zupko; 6: Garnet Foreman, Lewis Jolliff; 7: John J. Cicillian; 8: Mary John- son, William Mueller; 9: Thelma Dekema, Daniel Tryzeciak, Frank Vpdooi; 10- Eileen Owens, Paul Sigler; 11: George Andros: 13: Nic Holzmer, John Teschel; 15: Mary Swan; 16 : Mary Pellegrini; 17: Mar- tha Pender, Margaret Watson; 18: Farrell Bagshaw, Charles Boding- er; 20: Charles Cooper; 21: Char- lotte Hayworth, Norman Memin- ger; 22: Miss McMurtrv. Robart Balitz. Marie Callahan, Albert Nel- son, Edna June Stevens; 23: Frank Kozub; 24: Bob Pester; 25: Wallace Drummond, Guileen Lindsev, Ralph Zupko; 26: David McCall, Jean Shults; 27: Vivian Belkow; 28: Georgia King, Don Ruzek; 29: Quentin Nagel, Lawrence Findley, Wallace Riley. Ho-Hi Life extends forty-seven “Happy Birthday”wishes. . . . one for each of you! Miss McKenna: What are you go- ing to do after you have finished school? Trent Kostbade: I was thinking of taking up land. Miss McKenna: Much? Trent: A shovelful at a time.