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

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5 1 is 4 P i ' . .,. I ,lv- 3 Q . I 941 .J -aw ,G jf L AFX , ol If 1 -M' 'ii' Lwiqg My A All ready? asks Martha Hartman, Purple Party candidate tor beside her is Tom Gallagher, candidate for mayor. It seems he's clerk-treasurer, as they prepare to start off the parade. Sitting rarin' to go! The victorious Purple Party candidates, Tom Gallagher and Martha Hartman, are shown above After making their campaign speeches on The Qual- ities of a Good Leader before the entire student body in the gymnasium. The first mayor and clerk-treasurer cam- paign in the new Hobart High School was exciting and colorful, as the Gold Party and the Purple Party prepared for the election, extending from September 8 through 12, Managers of the parties Larry Snyder, Gold Party, and Marty Kerwin, Purple Party, spent many hours of their time making post- ers, banners, announcements, and preparing floats. Led by the school band, a parade climaxed the exciting election week. Nominees on the Purple ticket were Tom Gallagher, mayor, and Martha Hartman, clerk-treasurer. Bill Lundy and Linda Mills ran on the Gold ticket. On the days of the election, September 15 and 16, 728 students turned out at the polls, The result? The Purple Party was victorious over the Gold Party. Elections of this kind are helping the students of Hobart High School to build their democracy and exercise the American privilege of voting. In the future they, as American citizens, will be using this right. They are learning now the way to place a vote intelligently and wisely: so that it may benefit them in the long run.

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- As the parents entered our new building they were asked to register and were handed name cards Becky Griffiths and Margaret Banaski acted as guides to the parents who sought general information L -- And as for Johnny Mrs Snuth Mrs Demmon related to many parents just how some of their sons and daughters behaved in her classes Back to School Night provided a.n excellent opportunity for teachers to explain the new report card system Parents Fill Students Shoes m.. ' x 'H Va sg! Back To School night was held November 10 1958, at the Hobart Senior High School II for the purpose of acquainting the parents with their ch11dren's classes and teachers The parents attended each class for twenty minutes Teachers, during this time, explained their teaching procedures Appointments could be made at this time for a conference with any teacher at a later date Mr, Davis attempts to give an explanation on the manner in which he conducts his biology classes. Many parents attended back to school night and filled the students shoes. This gave the parents a chance to experience what the students of H.H.S. do in their classrooms.