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By Abby Hoekstra

Born and raised as a farm girl, Who would have known that Mary Hartmann would once be A woman of high education and accomplishment. After various degrees, she found where she truly belonged; ISNU.

There she remained for 27 years, A respected teacher of mathematics. Clear understanding. Logical thinking. High standards. These were her requirements for learning.

Her sarcastic sense of humor, And anti-slacker policy defined her. Respected and loved by all students, She made a name for herself at the college.

Although never being positioned as a professor, Mary enjoyed competing with male teachers. Stumping them with problems, They admitted that they were not as able as she.

Her active participation in activities and teaching Made a lasting impression at ISNU. She devoted her entire life to teaching and friends, until the day when she breathed her last breath.

The Answers to Life

By Mika Tanaka

One plus one may give you two, But the importance of these numbers exceeds The numerical value they could produce. I expect the utmost effort, And that I shall receive. For all my life the lessons I teach Will go beyond the simple answers. Working my way to the top and never giving up. I received high honors. But most importantly, my students Left me knowing the lessons of life.

By Jessi Nguyen
 * Mary Hartmann**

I expect the impossible! (So I’m told by the more outspoken students the first week into my course.) But is the true problem that I expect the impossible? Or that I simply set the standard higher than most And force them to work? (You’d think I was asking them to disprove infinity Instead of merely requiring them to use the knowledge that they had accumulated And think before they speak.) I don’t expect the impossible I demand their best.

By Rachel Vazquez** Mrs. Mary J. Hartman Teaching math, from one to ten Educating others was her main goal But years later, failing health took its toll A solo heart, a solo mind She never found a man, so kind That is to say she never wed But her life was more than well-fed She lays to rest in Evergreen, We wont forget her, oh so keen. ISNU was her first and only clan Yes, amazing was the life of that great
 * __Mary J. Hartman__
 * Mary J. Hartman**