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

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Madrigals rank first place in West Side competition Curiosity abounded when a group of boys arrived at school on Friday, December 18 wearing black butterfly bow ties atop raspberry shirts with ruffled fronts. The boys were part of Madrigals, a select group derived from Acappella, and performed in the annual Christmas convocation. Aside from appearing at numer- ous organizations, Madrigals com- peted in a Solo and Ensemble Con- test at West Side High School, Febru- ary 6. Areas of competition included Barbershop Quartet and Girls Octet. Above — Mr. Stalbaum, choral director, joins Madrigals in singing Aquarius” at the Christmas convocation. Above right — Junior Madrigal member Pam Rose makes last minute adjustments to her tie before the convocation. Right — Girls Octet provides listening enjoy- ment for the student body as they sing Winter Wonderland”. 28 Madrigals

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LONGINES (SUe Tuentat AV, science create beneficial projects As one peered into the darkness of Room 222, a hodgepodge of lights, projectors, screens, films and tapes reflected the hustle and bustle of a hectic day’s work. The set of TV’s “Room 222”? At Hobart High, Room 222 de- noted the meeting place of the A-V Club. Using all available equipment, A-V members provided their ser- vices for school and community. With assistance from A-V mem- bers, Science Club was able to view films during their bi-monthly meet- ings. In addition, experiments and projects aided member’s under- standing. Above — Science officers: Mark Wineinger, vice-pres.; Pam Martinsen, sec.-treas.; and Raleigh Farlow, pres. Above left — AV officers: Bill Matthews au- dio director; Joe Howard, pres.; Jim Swain, vice-pres. and Austin Gilliam, visual di- rector (not pictured). Left — Senior AV member Leslie Doepping contributes his services to classrooms by showing educational films. AV Science 27

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Hobart ties for first place; Mills ranks in state top 12 Reporting to school as early as 4:30 a.m. on Saturday morning was a sacrifice speech and debate mem- bers had to make in order to partici- pate in away speech meets. Debaters passed the December 12 weekend at Lafayette, opposing other high schools ' orators at the Purdue Annual Debaters’ Conference. Senior Dawn Mills advanced as far as the semi-finalist phase at state finals in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 27. Dawn emerged from the competition in poetry reading, ranked seventh in the state. Hobart shared first place honors with Munster at the Brickies home speech meet on February 20. Senior Ted Nordquist placed first after the competition in discussion. Above — President Ted Nordquist presents a ribbon to Debbie Schwuchow at the Hob- art Invitational Speech meet. Above Left — Junior speech team member Bill Padish presents his speech at the Hobart Invitational Tourney. Left — Debate officers: Debbie Ryals, re- cording sec.; Bob Patterson, treas. and Chris Kozub, corresponding sec. Debate 29