Easthampton High School - Echo Yearbook (Easthampton, MA)

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Valparaiso is but fifty miles from Chicago, situated on U. S. Highway 30. In contrast to most of the mid-western towns, it is not level, but is situated on the side of a large, sloping plain. It has a population of about seven thousand, and boasts the name of 'city'. Being a county seat, it has in the center of the city a large court house which, unfortunately, was destroyed by fire only last year. The city is laid out in blocks, and its streets are lined with beautiful shade trees. So much for the city. Valparaiso University was once upon a time able to boast that it was the second largest university in the United States. It accepted men and women from all walks of life, and concentrated only upon numbers, at one time having over five thousand students enrolled. Even illiterate people were accepted, special provision being made to give them the most education in the sho1'test time. The uplifting of educational standards at the beginning of the twentieth century, however, proved a downfall for the University. Public grade and high schools began to increase in number and soon Valparaiso limited its enrollment to grad- uates of high schools. Then the war came, and the campus was turned into a barracks. Although instruction continued, the University was practically at a standstill in relation to numbers. After the war, financial difficulties on the part of the backers prevented its regrowth. Finally, in 1925, the Lutheran Assoc- iation purchased the Unversity, and a new era was begun. Today, Valparaiso boasts an enrollment of four hundred and fifty stu- dents from over thirty states, although by far the majority come from Indiana and Illinois. As for buildings, it boasts of nothing pretentious, but all of its equip- ment is kept up to date. There is for instance its law library of 12,000 volumes- probably ranking third in size in the state of Indiana-and its general library containing much research material. Even at the present moment, plans are actually being drawn for a new gymnasium and library building, and it is a cer- tainty that these buildings will be completed within three years. As for the students here, there is but one striking difference between them and the students of the average Eastern college-and that is their age. Although I am now completing my fourth year at college, I find that the age of the average freshman who entered here this year was just about my age at present. The difference I' find due to the comparatively high age requirements for stud- ents entering grade schools. Many of the grade schools in the Central states re- quire a person to be six years of age before he can enter school, and some even require him to be seven. Then, too, I find that it is quite usual for a student to work for a year or two after leaving high school before he enters college. This is done in order to broaden the student's mind and to give him a taste of the world as it really is and the custom is followed often by those students whose parents have an abundance in order to impress upon their minds the value of money. I find student life here to be comparatively the same as at Massachusetts State, which I was fortunate enough to attend before coming here. The students here are quite friendly, and make it almost a business to make as many friends thirty-eight

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as possible. Although they do go in for numbers, they are, however, quite sin- cere. There are at present seven fraternities and four sororities on the campus. I myself am a member of the national law fraternity here and would recommend highly the joining of any professional fraternity. From morning until night I am surrounded with students who take the same subjects and who are interested in the same field. We talk about law when we arise, we talk about law when we eat, we talk about law when we are together for the day, and it has been said that we talk about law in our sleep. The study of law I find most intriguing. Although I have but two or three hours of classes daily, with none on Saturday or Sunday, yet there are few nights when I do not burn midnight oil. By far most of the work is done outside of the classroom and is left for the student of law to work it out himself. I shall, next year, be entering my fifth and last year of college. There is much that I have learned in this time, and much that I have forgotten. From my own experience, there are but two things that I would say to a prospective col- lege student: 1. Adapt yourself as quickly as possible to the student life at your college, 2. Forget about marks, they are but transitory. Make yourself become interested in studies, regardless of how difficult or tedious they may be, and your marks will take care of themselves. Herbert Kugler-E. H. S., '32 Valparaiso University May 24, 1936 WHAT LAST YEAR'S GRADUATES ARE DOING Francis Hadro Henrietta Stawarz Anthony Lis Adeline Sliz Olive Atwood Rita Anderson Emily Boehm Joseph Boivin Sophie Borsuk Stella Bozek Veronica Bozek Edward Cadorette Robert Cashman Norman Copson Edna Cruze Stephanie Czelusniak Stasia Doda Josephine Drondowski N. C. C. Working and Evening School at N. C. C. N. Y. A. Vic's Fashion Shop and Evening School at N. C. C. Home M. S. C. N. C. C. Holyoke Vocational School Town Treasurer's Office N. C. C. N. C. C. Glendale Williston Studying Art N. C. C. Pennsylvania State College Dept. of Public Welfare Office Manhan Potato Chip Co. thirty-nine