Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 98 of the 1913 volume:

§t£lr Annual yuliliii lu ' ii bii thr TfaLparaiao ijiitli i� rbual Balparatan, Slniitana OIlaBH nf LU SMITH-BROOKE (In Hu Smith Hrnnkr lllinaf ktuhnraa anh agmpathij ham ttmr failrh ua, tltia annual ia affrrtinn- atflu hrhiratrh. (Elaaa nf 1313 EUGENE SKINKLE, Superintendent HELEN J. SINGLE MABEL BECK OLIVE G. BUSHELL MABEL E. YOUNG ANNUAL. PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS OF 1913. HELEN FEHRMAN Editor-in-Chief AMANDA GRUENERT Assistant Editor WILLIS DETLEFF Business Manager HOLMES MARTIN Assistant Business Manager HAZEL KEELER, Historian MARGARET BRIGGS, Alumni MARIE TIMMONS, Jokes • TOM CROSBY, Athletics MARGUERITE BENNETT, Society LILLIAN RYMER, Prophet LEROY SMITH, Artist EDITORIAL. HE end of every school year is marked by the publication of an Annual by the Senior class. This year we have tried, not to bring out a literary work worthy of professionals, but to gather together the pictures, stories, and jokes that will in future years call back memories of every happy event in our school life. We wish to express our appreciation and sincere gratitude to all those, who by word of suggestion have exhibited their interest in the 1913 Annual, and more particularly to those who, by practical assist- ance, have made it possible for us to publish this volume. And by this, the result of our joint labors, we wish in part, to show the appreciation of our class for all that has been done for us by our Alma Mater, our Faculty and our associates of the V. LI. S. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. CLASS OF 1913 Motto — “Gradatim. ” Colors— Black and Gold Class Flower — Yellow Rose PRESIDENT - - - - WILLIAM JONES VICE PRESIDENT AMANDA GRUENERT SECRETARY-TREASURER KENNETH WADE CLASS ROLL: Bernice Barnes Alla Bartholomew Marguerite Bennett Margaret Briggs Leila Bundy Elizabeth Bushore Geneva Hazel Cobb Louisa Cox Tom Crosby Wade E. Crumpack er J. Willis Detlef Maurice Ellis Helen Gregg Fehrman Anna Finn Mabel M. Greene Amanda Gruenert Raymond Harris William S. Jones Hazel Keeler Martha A. Keene Ruth Kellogg Harry R. Martin J. Holmes Martin Wayne A. McDaniel Marie McNay Helen H. Neet Arthur Matthew Nolan Lillian Rymer Luise Roessler Gretchen Small LeRoy H. Smith Louise Sprencel Marie Timmons Irene A. Vanouse Kenneth Wade Blanche Williamson Earl Wilson Bernice Wolfe EX-MEMBERS: Jeanette Barnes Edward Tofte Hans Hansen Carl Hamann Laura Wilson Carroll Schneider Lorenzo Smith Maurice Ritter Albert Mathias Thomas Picard Margaret Coplin Sarah Carter Floyd Black Ruth Billings Thomas Benton Carolyn Lembke Alma Harbeck Lulu Banta Jennie Nelson Clarence Pinter Gem Tyler ALLA BARTHOLOMEW “A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair. LEILA BUNDY Order is Heaven’s first law. ELIZABETH BUSHORE So gracious was her tact and tenderness. GENEVA HAZEL COBB A straight mind that envies not.” R. LOUISA COX A quiet heart, submissive, meek. TOM CROSBY None but himself can be his parallel. n WADE EMMONS CRUMPACKER He hath a persuasive tongue. J. WILLIS DETLEF The happiest he, who, far from public rage, Drinks the pure pleasures of the rural life. MAURICE ELLIS And much study is a weariness of the flesh. HELEN GREGG FEHRMAN Her voice was soft and low, an excellent thing in woman. ANNA FINN None named thee but to praise. MABLE M. GREENE Night after night. She sat and dimmed her eyes with books. AMANDA GRUENERT Who mixed reason with pleasure, And wisdom with mirth. RAYMOND HARRIS for the studious shade kind Nature Him formed. WILLIAM S. JONES In the right place is his heart. And his hand is ready and willing. HAZEL KEELER She passes praise; Then praise too short doth blot. MARTHA A. KEENE Worthiest by being good, Far more great and high. RUTH KELLOGG And if a painter drew her. He would find her unaware, With a halo ' round her hair. HARRY R. MARTIN The deed I intend is great, But what, as yet, I know not.” J. HOLMES MARTIN A rosy cheek and an election smile. wayne a. McDaniel He was a burning and a shining light. ■HM MARIE McNAY HELEN H. NEET A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles by human kindness bred. LUISE ROESSLER Life wanders up and down Through all her face. And lights up every charm. GRETCHEN SMALL My true love hath my heart and I have his. LEROY H. SMITH Kind hearts are more than coronets. And simple faith than Norman blood. LOUISE SPRENCEL A quiet, happy face that lighted up, As from a sunshine from the heart within. MARIE TIMMONS O blessed with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make tomorrow cheerful as today. , IRENE A. VANOUSE Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood sweet. KENNETH WADE A lion among young ladies is a most dreadful thing. BERNICE WOLFE A kindly smile to all she lent. DEPARTMENTS THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. HE English Department of the high school is the most com- plete and systematic department in the school. Eight terms, or four years’ satisfactory work are required for graduation. The early work in this department is entrusted to Miss Young and Miss Beck. Miss Benney has charge of the work from the fourth to eighth terms. The first four terms are spent largely with prose composition, and when this is finished, the pupils should be able to write a good original production. English V, VI and VII take up the History of English Literature; and English VI 11 is given over to American Literature. Two hook reviews on good hooks are required each term, and one classic is read and studied. A new feature of the English work was begun last year, and now every member of the school must make a public appear- ance in a program given by his class. Much credit is due to the teachers of this department for the work they are doing. The good quality of all the orations which were writ- ten by the Seniors show that their work is not in vain. Too much praise cannot be given to Miss Benney for her splendid work in organizing and drilling the pupils for the programs. This is a very important part of the work, and has possibilities for especial talent which she is most capable of developing. WAYNE A. McDANIEL. MATHEMATICS. UR high school possesses a staff of mathematic teachers that any high school could well be proud of. Supt. Eugene Skinkle at the head of this department, lj teaches all the geometry, including first and second plane and solid, and trigonometry, and analytical geometry. Prof. Skinkle is a polished instructor, a man of many years’ experi- ence. He presents the subject in a manner that is clear and interesting. He understands his pupils well, and has them working enthusiastically. Prof. Skinkle never fails in obtaining good results. Our high school made a “ten strike” when it secured the services of Homer M. Jessee, Principal. Prof, .lessee has charge of the algebra classes, first, second and third elgebra, through ratio and proportion. Mr. Jessee is an ambitious, energetic type of man, being very enthu- siastic. He is forceful and clear, holding the classes’ attention at all times, besides securing a large amount of work from his pupils. 22 We all hated to lose Prof. Albert Wedeking, at present an instruct- or in our State University, but were lucky in securing a worthy suc- cessor in Miss Mable Beck. Miss Beck teaches the reviews, and intel- lectual arithmetic. She has won a place in the hearts of her pupils by her willing, painstaking and persistent work. She does not let her politics interfere with her teaching. Miss Beck is a scholar, and a very capable woman. These three instructors constitute a staff that is remarkable not only for its ability to teach mathematics, but to give to our colleges and to mankind young men and women with greater ambitions and with higher aims in life, as Longfellow has written: The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. WADE E. CRUMP ACKER. BENEFIT OF LATIN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. ■ SSjMONG the many “don’ts” given to the Freshmen upon their |pl entrance into high school by the other members of the assem- bly is “don’t take Latin!” This wrong opinion of Latin is iSy the one generally held by most of the high school students. Many high school pupils do not take Latin, because their parents advise them not to. Some call Latin a “dead language” and merely a waste of time. This short article, I hope, will change the opinions of some who have not enjoyed Latin. In the high school there are three years of required Latin and the four year is spent, by those who like Latin, in studying Virgil’s “Aeneid,” the monument of early Latin literature. The first year is spent in studying the structure of the language, which enables the stu- dent to more clearly understand the harder selections which come later in the course. In the second year, Caesar’s “Gallic Wars” is read. The constructions and structure of these selections better prepare the student in writing themes and essays in English work. Cicero’s “Ora- tions” are read the third year and these are probably the most enjoy- able to read. The development of science, the truths of Christianity and the mar- vels of invention have made the literature of the ancient Romans more enjoyable. The literary treasures — the works of Cicero, of Horace, of Virgil and of Ovid can be read with the same satisfaction we enjoy when reading the songs of David, or the records of Moses. The know!- 23 tulge gained from these ancient authors is of great benefit to the modern world. The study of Latin enables one to become a more fluent talker and writer, and it also increases one’s vocabulary to a great extent. Latin also makes the study of modern languages much easier — for Latin is the foundation to the French, Italian, Portugese and Spanish languages. But still you may call Latin a “dead language.” Even if it is dead, Latin still leaves a memory and influence behind it, just as the memory of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln remains in the hearts of the American people. MAURICE ELLIS, ’13. THE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT. HE remark is often made, especially by the members of the lower classes in the high school that, “if you want a snap take the scientific course.” A snap is generally considered as something which can be easily mastered, and therefore not beneficial. But it is not so, science is not a snap, as the mean- ing of the word is frequently understood. It requires harder applica- tion and develops the reasoning powers as very few other subjects do, and in doing this it also helps us in our other branches of work. As the scientific department is established in our high school, the first year’s course consists of one term’s work of physical geography and in the second term two periods each day of either Domestic Art or Domestic Science for the girls and Manual Training for the boys. In the second year, Biology is studied. It consists of short studies in Zoology, Physiology and Botany. This study brings us close to nature and has a practical application in everyday life. Chemistry, which consists of three recitation and four laboratory periods a week, is studied in the third year. The laboratory experi- ments are especially interesting. They develop the powers of observa- tion and tend to produce an accuracy on the part of the student. In the fourth year the first principles of Physics are studied. The study of mechanics and electricity, both theoretical and practical, are interest- ing and beneficial. This study does the most to develop the reasoning powers and it will be found to be beneficial whether we continue our studies in one of the higher institutions or step immediately out into the world. The scientific course has flourished this year under the efficient management of Mr. Blue, and I am sure that all the graduates who are finishing the course under him feel that his help and influence will not soon be forgotten. BESSIE BUSHORE. HISTORY. NE of the most important subjects taught in any school is that of History. In the Valparaiso High School this subject is taught by a very competent and efficient teacher, Miss Min- nie McIntyre. History as it is taught in this school is divided into three periods and requires four terms of work. The first age is the Ancient Age and two terms are needed for the study of this age. Only one term each is needed for the study of the Mediaeval and Modern Ages. Ancient History is the study of the beginning, growth and decline of the great civilizations of antiquity. These civilizations are namely, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria, Greece and Rome. The Mediaeval age commences with the downfall of the old Empire in the fifth century and the age is marked by the individualism of the German modified by the Roman, which makes an age of stormy and conflicting ideas. Out of this age grows the Modern age which rests politically upon a combination of the German and Roman principles. This is an outline of the work covered in the tw r o years, but of course the history of different countries is studied in detail, within these wide boundaries. Along with the study of the text-book, however, the pupil gets a good idea of the history which is being made at the present time, for one day a -week is given for the specializing along lines of social, eco- nomic, political and constitutional fields and also in those of art, liter- ature and science because as history grows in complexity the increasing importance of these special fields is recognized. BLANC T1 E W I L 1 A A MSON. ENGLISH HISTORY. 1NGLISH -Hjstory, a subject of interest and importance, was added to the Scientific course this year. Seniors in the Latin course are also eligible and the fourth year people compose almost half of the class. The work, which is under the direc- tion of Miss Beck, goes hand in hand with the work in the English department, and thus while the student is gaining a thorough knowledge of the history of England, he is also laying a firmer founda- tion for the study of the English language and literature. By the addition of this study there are now six history classes daily; four in Ancient and Modern History, and one in American, and it is possible that sometime there will be a regular History course in the work of the High School. WILLIAM JONES. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. HE Commercial department of the Valparaiso High School consists of three divisions, Phonography, Typewriting, and Bookkeeping. The system used for Phonography is that of Isaac Pit- man, an Englishman, who invented and published it in 1837. Iu the past half century this art has entered the field of business and revolutionized the whole method of business correspondence. This branch consists entirely of the practice of business forms, general office and practical work, reading printed phonography and speed dictation. One who takes a thorough course in this subject will, at the same time, acquire a considerable knowledge of English. Such a course will en- courage close attention, and will compel prompt decision and instant action. These are elements of the highest educational value. Phonog- raphy is very helpful even in private use and with sufficient study is easily mastered. The touch system is the method used in Typewriting and it is con- sidered the best system along that line, as it enables one to write much faster, keeping his eyes upon his notes while transcribin g them upon the machine. The students are taught the mechanical parts of the machine, which is essential to every stenographer. Accuracy first, and then speed are the two important factors of Typewriting. It includes the copying of legal forms, letters, envelope addressing, and tabulating work. Dictation is given personally to each pupil, enabling him to write from forty to sixty words a minute. Typewriting is the most practical thing in the whole field of education and it is growing more in demand every day. The course in Bookkeeping is, perhaps, less extensive than the others, but is such as to give the student the knowledge of accounting, besides the practice of keeping a systematic record of business trans- actions, and the state of the business in which they occur. The teacher, Miss Young, has had extensive business experience, and is therefore especially competent to have charge of this department. LIIISE ROESSLER, — DOMESTIC ART. INCE the use of the needle is one of woman’s finest arts, a Domestic Art Department was installed in the Valparaiso public schools in September, 1907, and has continued to flour- ish under the able direction of Miss Mae McKinnis. The work is systematically arranged. Mat weaving, knitting, braiding raffia, and hemstiching are taught in the primary grades. The next three grades design and weave baskets, crochet, do drawn- work and make aprons. When the seventh and eighth grades are reached, sewing machine work is introduced and undergarments are made from patterns drafted by the pupils in class. During the high school course the art reaches a higher standard and art needle work and leather work is executed. It is here also that the work of the amateur modiste begins, for all sorts of garments are made from the modern sale patterns. Periods of forty minutes per week are devoted to Domestic Art by the first five grades; but the time is doubled in the seventh and eighth grades and high school. This department is one of the most beneficial in the public schools, a statement which is proved by the attitude of the pupils and the results of their labors. A M A N 1 A G R UENERT. THE MANUAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT. HE Manual Training department of the Valparaiso public schools was established by the alumni of the High School, August 31, 1908. The first teacher in the department was Mr. Wallace, who held the position for two years. Mr. Wal- lace, of course, had some difficulties to overcome because the work was new and he had the task of getting the work started and run- ning well, but “Pappy,” (Mr. Wallace) soon had things in working order and lots of good work was done during his management. In 1910 W. (1. Davis became director of the department and he still holds the position. Mr. Davis proved to be a very competent and pop- ular teacher and the manual training department continued to thrive and its efficiency to increase. The department under Mr. Davis turned out work increased in quantity and quality. When the department was established the Manual Training room contained only work benches and tools, but in 1912 two turning lathes were installed. The power for these lathes and for the grindstone is furnished by an electric motor. The manual training department is certainly a valuable and im- portant feature of the school. It has been said that, “Man is a tool- using animal; nowhere do we find him without tools; without tools he is nothing; with tools he is all,” and the manual training department is certainly a place where one may learn to use tools. Two great results of instruction in manual training are power to do, and ability to appre- ciate what is done by others. When a person has made with his own hands a piece of furniture, it gives him a very real and valuable idea of the real worth of things that are produced by the sweat of the brow, and this side of an education certainly ought not to be neglected. Manual training begets a habit of self-reliance and develops the char- 28 acter and individuality of the student. It lias been said that, “Manual Training has done more for the human race than the exercise of any, if not all, of the other inodes of expression. It is absolutely indispen- sable to normal physical development, it has had a mighty influen ce upon mental development; it has cultivated ethics as a basis of all moral growth.” KENNETH WADE. THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. R. WILEY has said, “The chief business of our nation, strange as it may sound, is eating.” Our health and happiness depend in a great measure on the home cooking. To prop- erly prepare food, study and training are necessary. Within the last year a Domestic Science kitchen has been installed in our city schools under the able direction of Miss Bushell. The room is equipped with all the utensils necessary for twenty girls to cook at one time. It has met with such popularity that besides the sixth and eighth grade girls who are compelled to take it, nurses, teachers, High School girls, and outsiders, nearly two hundred in all. are availing themselves of this opportunity to become scientific cooks. The course consists of the following: Dish washing, various methods of cook- ing, and tables of measures; experimental cooking of the five food substances, namely, carbohydrates, proteids, fats, mineral matter and water; preparing of batters and doughs; cooking of meats and fish; fancy desserts, beverages and ices. Miss Bushell has proved herself a very capable and interesting teacher and is to be commended for start- ing this course so successfully in our schools. It is greatly regretted hv all that she will not continue the work in our schools next year. MARGARET BRIGGS. HIRAM’S DANCE. SOLD my stock t ’other day, Had to, hadn’t any hay. I think’s I might as well sell ’em all. An’ then I tore out all the stalls. Then I sez to myself sez I, “Hiram dog on’t I don’t see why You can’t let the neighbors come an’ prance At a good old-fashioned country dance. There’s ol’ Bill Smith who’ll fiddle An’ settle that part o’ th’ riddle, An’ git some ribbon an’ tie a how On every feller as come so’s You kin tell who has paid To take in th’ promenade.” An’ mother sed as how she’d make Some coffee an’ a johnny cake. Well I asks Bill an’ he sez “You bet That’s fine cause they ain’t no debt.” An’ we had a dance th’ nex Satiday night, An’ if we hadn’t had more they’d o’ been a fight, An’ it’s the very best thing T could a done; Cause tliev ain’t no harm in sech inocent fun. WILLIS DETLEF. CLASS HISTORY. E, THE Senior class of 1913, have the distinction of being- the largest class to graduate from this High School, our number being thirty-eight. We are further distinguished by having in our class the smallest graduate (Gretchen Small) both in name and stature, on the records of the school. As this is the largest class to graduate it must naturally be the most intelligent. This can be proven by visiting the Senior class Reviews, for instance. Four years ago, as timid Freshmen, we entered that massive structure, the V. H. S. The greatness of the task we were undertaking appalled us, so we sat quietly in our seats, whither Mr. Skinkle had con- ducted us, and watched the all important Sophomores, the languid Juniors and the sedate Seniors, all very busily engaged in conversation. As Freshmen we admired the great success of the Seniors in having braved the storms for four years and at last reaching the goal. As Sophomores, we were able to grapple with the situation more success- fully. As Juniors we felt that we had the strength to win. And now as Seniors we look back and feel that the reward is well worth the effort. The Senior year is the happiest of all the High School career. We began by electing William Jones. President; Amanda Gruenert, Vice- President; Kenneth Wade, Secretary and Treasurer. The next im- portant event was the class pin war. After a great many meetings and much talking and arguing a neat little pin was selected. On the even- ing of March 21, the Senior Oratorical Contest took place in the Assem- bly Room of the high school. The winners, Helen Neet and Wade Crumpacker, will he sent to South Bend to represent us at the North- ern Indiana Athletic and Oratorical Association contest, our school being a member of this association. These events, together with par- ties and other social functions, have made our Senior year a very enjoy- able one. Our class was not very large in the beginning, but a number have come to us from other schools and some, who thought it was a shame for such a small class to struggle on a ' one, stopped and waited for us. Now the class of 1913 registers twenty-five girls and thirteen hoys. We have struggled and surmounted many difficulties, but we have reached the Excelsior we had in mind, when, four years ago, as Freshmen, we com- menced what seemed to us, an almost unattainable end. Our school days will soon he on the other side and we will lx workers of this great world; but we will always look hack upon our High School days as the happiest days of our life and we will always speak jovfullv of the V. II. S. ' HAZEL KEELER, Historian. ' JUNIOR HISTORY. bp-«NE day in the autumn of 15)10 a band of sturdy soldiers marched triumphantly into the V. H. S. They were surprised, 1 if however, to find that they were not regarded as an experi- enced troop in the field for the struggle against Ignorance, but were looked upon simply as Freshies. There was much debating among them as 1o whether they should follow Caesar or Cic- ero’s band of united followers, or go with Copernicus on a trip to Mars. The first semester they were trained in oratory once a week. The sec- ond term much was accomplished and soon they spent their time in thinking over their many battles against Ignorance. All but a few returned the next fall to continue the struggle. It was this term that they witnessed their first suffragette meeting, which changed many of their views. It was also this term that the distracted Latin teacher, when she called on one of them for a sentence, heard the well known words, “ I got every sentence but just that one. 1 ’ The only sad event in this year of their pilgrimage was the loss of their leader King (Bailey). The third year has been devoted chiefly to study. After giving two plays the class has lost most of its timidity. Many are fretting because it is their last year with Cicero’s band. They are conquering Ignorance every day, and it is their hope that next year they may be the largest class that ever graduated from V. II. S. EDITH WEEMS, Historian. CLASS OF 11 14 HISTORY OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS. With Apologies to Thucydides. INCE the Seniors come first and the Juniors second, we Soph- omores must be content with our allotment of third place. However, most learned reader, when we become Seniors, we will make the V. H. S. bow to us and we will rule with an iron hand. The class of 1915 will, in all probability, be the best and most famous class the V. H. S. has ever produced. Haven’t we the noisiest English class in High School, and do we not tax the powers of all the teachers to keep us out of mischief? Is not our Latin class of eight the smallest in the V. H. S. and, when one is absent, may we not say, “We are Seven”? Is not our history class noted for its lazy members? Are we not the only class that can boast of a member who is a magician? Have not the members of our grand class, either as a body or as indi- viduals, always held their own against any team with which they com- peted? The answer is always in favor of the “yearlings.” In September, 1911, the members of the “greenest” Freshman class ever assembled came haltingly up the stairs and congregated in the most remote corners attainable in the V. H. S. assembly room. They showed a very obvious stupidity in regard to V. H. S. rules, and in regard to finding class rooms, everyone went to English in the Latin room and vice versa. In the second semester we began to spruce up and look down upon the first credit people. We often called them “Presides,” forgetting that we were only in the second credit and were still Freshmen our- selves. When school assembled in the autumn of 1912, we marched proudly into the V. II. S. assembly room, not as “green, gawky Freshmen,” but as aristocratic Sophomores, who knew everything. We scorned and censured the beginners and amused ourselves by laughing at their stupidity, feeling highlv elated that we were past the cradle age in V. II. S’.! I have poorly related the past; all of you know the present, but none of us can foretell what the future has in store for the class of ’15. However, we Sophomores base our prophecies on the achieve- ments of the past and we believe that history repeats itself. All signs indicate that our class will excel any class ever graduated from the V. H. S. and that it shall long be remembered by those now in High School as the best (or worst), most studious (or laziest), most obe- dient (or most mischievous) class ever in that school, which we all honor, our V. II. S. F. J. MARSTON, Historian. HISTORY OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS. HREE cheers for the class of 1916. Although I say only three, this class deserves many more. For is it not the largest ever enrolled in the history of the V. H. S. ? In our ranks we include the largest as well as the smallest member. AVe have been well patronized by the rural schools and our antics have at times kept the whole school in mirth. A T as there ever a “Freshie” class that at any time exhibited such control? AA T e are composed of practically tlu-ee generations — those who entered in early ’12, those who entered in the fall of ’12 and those who joined our honored ranks in ’13. My! how our knees did shake on that fateful morning, and how our hearts clamored for freedom! AA 7 e were greeted by a welcoming clapping of hands of those in the assembly room. But we wish to thank Prof. Jessee for his beneficial instruction delivered to us while we were in such a bewildered state. But notice the difference. ' We have been introduced to Scott through “The Lady of the Lake,” to George Eliot through “Silas Marner,” and toured all England with Irving, by the aid of one who would bestow upon us the favors that she alone could give. Just as Purgatory is said to be a prep- aration for Heaven, our Latin I and II has been a preparation, but not for Heaven — for “Caesar’s Gallic AA T ars.” AA T e also wish to thank Prof. Blue for his unbounded knowledge of the sun, moon, and earth, which he has vainly tried to teach us. It is not quantity but quality that counts in this world, and yet our ranks include both of these things, quality and quantity, which prom- ises to make us the largest and best class ever graduating from the Val- paraiso High School. So let us all join and give three rousing cheers for the class of nineteen hundred sixteen. HERMAN MARQUARDT, Historian. WAS a charming day in the early spring when I, like all others afflicted with that characteristic of spring, decided to rest beneath the trees. I had not rested long when, gazing about, 1 noticed peculiar clouds in the northwest. As I gazed intently at one certain cloud it seemed to part in the center and there appeared in the opening a mystical city. What was it ? L could scarcely see. While wondering what this strange phenomenon was, my attention was attracted to the purring of Arthur Nolan’s latest magnetic aeroplane. I told him of the peculiar cloud in the heavens and asked his opinion concerning it, since he was an eminent scientist. “Why that is the land of ‘ Look-a-liead. ’ Is it possible you did not know? Come, get in my ship and we shall find out a few things.” 37 The time passed rapidly on our way to the land of “ Look-a-head, ” Arthur interestingly described some of his and Tom Crosby’s latest discoveries in electricity. “With Tom’s extensive knowledge of Chem- istrv and mine of Physics we advance nicely,” he remarked. “But here we are on Main Street; shall 1 let you out f ” The very first thing that caught my eye was a great theater sign which advertised the latest in the musical world, “An Orchestra of Drums.” under the direction of William Jones. 1 decided this was worth hearing; and on entering the theatre I met Bernice Wolf, whose aristocratic husband would scarcely allow her to speak with me. She told me of Willis Detleff and Raymond Harris, whose farms were near her country home. She laughingly said, that Willis often sat in the barnyard playing his violin in order to get his hens to lay more eggs. She also told of Blanche Williamson, who with Martha Keene as assistant, was presiding over “The Old Maids’ School.” This surprised me very much for 1 had never dreamed those girls cherished such singular ideals. In the theater, while listening to that melodious “Orchestra of Drums,” and looking at the program, I noticed the names of Marguer- ite Bennett, leading lady, and Earl Wilson, leading man, in a popular musical comedy which was to be given. This bit of news aroused my interest so I decided to see Marguerite after the performance. I had little trouble finding her because she had noticed me during the per- formance and desiring to greet an old friend, came to me. I found from her conversation that Louise Sprencil and Bernice Barnes were both on the stage and were doing well. A little later I left the theater, intending to see the town. Farther down the street 1 witnessed the “Suffragette Parade,” led by Irene Vanouse and Marie McNav. After this procession passed 1 turned to another part of the city. Coming to the High School, I thought I would visit awhile; to my great surprise, I found Holmes Martin principal. He told me his brother, Harry, was teaching Mathematics in one of the leading Uni- versities. I also found Anna Finn and Louise Cox teachers at the High School. Louise Roessler had charge of the music class. I took leave and walked on as before until I was attracted by a large sign: “Ladies’ Tailoring, Geneva Cobb.” T walked in and found several old friends; Bessie Bushore, designer and assistant man- ager in Geneva’s dressmaking establishment. Two ladies, Helen Xeet and Gretchen Small, both of whom had married well, were customers of Geneva. In a separate room of the building Leila Bundy was busy selling hats. F next visited the new Library. Mabel Green’s well remembered fame made me feel perfectly at home. I picked up one of the evening papers, which was edited by Leroy Smith. As I glanced over the head- 38 lines, I found that Wayne McDaniels and Wade Crumpacker were argu- ing the following question: “Why is a circle round?” I was sorry I could not hear this debate for 1 knew it must have been interesting. On another page 1 noticed that Helen Fehrman and Margaret Briggs had just left that day for Paris to study music, in which they had always been interested. I must not forget; the contributor of jokes to this newspaper was Marie Timmons, whose humor may he compared with that of Mark Twain. In looking about the books in the library 1 found the familiar names of Amanda Gruenert, Hazel Keeler and Alla Bartholomew as popular writers. In the reference room I found Mau- rice Ellis pondering over his beloved Latin to which he had taken a fancy in Miss Welty’s class. A little later as I walked down the street, T met Kenneth Wade, an old friend, who said he owned an interest in the Wade Wise Printing Co. I asked him of Ruth Kellogg, whose smiling face T missed from the number of old friends. “She is at present,” he said, “chief nurse at the hospital.” “I must go see her,” I thought. When I arrived at the hospital T slipped on the top step and came to earth with a thud to find T was still the same old dreamer. LILLIAN RYMER. VOTES FOR WOMEN. Miss Hannah Smith, Valparaiso, Indiana. My Dear Miss Smith: This is to inform you that you have been nominated by the Indiana Woman’s Suffrage League to lead the parade in your city on February the twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven. You will carry a banner of green and yellow cheese-cloth with our slogan, “ Down With Men,” printed in the corner, and “Votes for Vimmins” embroidered on the opposite side. We have women working on this banner, and they will doubtless have it finished in time for the parade. It is slow work, but we have hopes for the future. We also have hopes of some day getting equal suffrage rights in the whole world. What do .you think of the Spring and Summer styles in hats? I think them abominable. Do you know, the other day I saw a woman going down the street in a green coat, a blue skirt, and a yellow hat with cerise trimmings. Isn’t it absurd the way some women doll them- selves out? 39 In case we get the right to vote in Indiana, do you think we should decorate the polls in red and white, or blue and white? And what artist do you think would he best to color the ballots? Should we have roses carnations or sun-flowers sitting around in vases? And what kind of powder do you use? This is important. What are your politics? Of course this is not so important as the kind of powder. We positively must have a good leader and must make a good showing. I shall wear my new white chiffon dress in the parade. Don’t you think it will be quite suitable? We will organize and have a rally soon, and you will come, 1 am sure. We will expect you to make a short address; and later, when we do our street corner electioneering and stump-speaking, you will be expected to address the common herd with sweet words of praise. If the mere men do not receive our cause favorably, we shall have a riot. Won’t that be fun? But we’ll show them. The brutes! Why, some of them say we have not sense enough to vote. I only wish we were in England; they know how to manage things over there. 1 do hope the men will be reasonable. They have been so per- fectly horrid in England that our sisters over there have had to burn things up, and even plan to kill a few of them, in self-defense. You know, one knows almost everyone in a town of this size, and it would be unpleasant to have to dispose of one of your friends, even for a prin- ciple. Well, sister, I am sure you entertain the same views as I. Won’t you call some afternoon and have tea with me? We can discuss the styles — and politics. And do you think Peau d’Espagne is a good per- fume? Your sister in the cause, Sarah Ann Jones. In the name of the benevolent gods of the universe, we, the Senior Class of the Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso, Indiana, being of sound and disposing minds and memories, do make, publish and declare the following as and for our last will and testament: 1. I, Bernice Barnes, bequeath my witty sayings to the Faculty, to be used in addresses before the school body. 2. I, Alla Bartholomew, bequeath my slender figure to Bennett Clifford. 3. 1, Marguerite Bennett, bequeath to the school at large my immense amount of society news in this annual. 4. 1, Margaret Briggs, bequeath to Ruby Young my ability to demonstrate in Geometry III. 5. I, Leila Bundy, bequeath my sunny smile to Marian Doty. (i. I, Bessie Bushore, bequeath to LeEUa Stewart my ability to attract the attention of the school when going across the room. 7. I, Geneva Cobb, bequeath willingly to Coral Ruth, any of my surplus height. 8. 1, Louisa Cox, bequeath my punctuality to Evelyn Davidson. 0. I, Tom Crosby, bequeath my graceful walk to Coif Dolhover. 10. I, Wade Crumpacker, bequeath to any official nominee my ideas on popularity as demonstrated in the Senior annual election. 11. I, Willis Detleff, bequeath my manly physique to Ray Ken- worthy and my sleepiness and pocket mirror to Bernard Szold. 12. I, Maurice Ellis, bequeath my geometry credits from the Hill to Verna Hubbell. 13. I, Helen Felirman, bequeath the use of Bud at such time as I am not using him, to any girl needing a man. 14. I, Anna Finn, bequeath my timidity to Helen Wark. 15. I, Mabel Greene, bequeath my dignified bearing to Joe Brad- ley. 16. I, Amanda Gruenert, bequeath my love of Civics and diligence with which 1 studied same, to Lilah Tanner. 41 17. I, Raymond Harris, bequeath my quiet unobtrusive maimers to Harold Shaw. 18. I, William Jones, bequeath my dignity and authority as class president to the president of the class of 1914. 19. I, Hazel Keeler, bequeath Theron to anyone, as he is all I have to give. 20. I, Martha Keene, bequeath my ability to compose poetry to Walter Lloyd. 21. I, Ruth Kellogg, bequeath my love of physics to Leslie Cas- bon. 22. I, Harry Martin, bequeath my extensive range of “rag time” to Verna Summers, thus benefiting the future happiness of the V. H. S. 23. 1, Holmes Martin, being in my right mind, bequeath to the school body my egotism. (?) 24. 1, Wayne McDaniel, bequeath my noisy manner and well developed conversational powers during study periods to Esther Pliil- ley, trusting they will aid her. 25. I, Marie McNav, bequeath my stand-in with the faculty to the Junior Class. 26. I, Helen Neet, bequeath my ability to win honors in oratoricals to Howard Dodge and Fred Marston. 27. 1, Arthur Nolan, bequeath my surplus knowledge of Latin to Harold Miller. 28. 1, Lillian Rymer, bequeath my elaborate coiffure to Lucia Spavd. 29. I, Luise Roessler, bequeath my record of speed in finishing Bookkeeping, to next year’s class. 30. We, Gretchen Small and Earl Wilson, bequeath our skill in courting” in Civics, with free demonstrations, to John Shatz and his girl (?) 31. J, LeRoy Smith, bequeath the hatchet with which Mr. Skinkle and I fought, to Ezma Cotterman, who is of a “scrappy nature.” 32. I, Louise Sprencil, bequeath my knowledge of Catholicism to Miss Beck to use in English History. 33. 1, Marie Timmons, bequeath my weight in gold to anyone see- ing me with any chap but Garland. 34. I, Irene Vannouse, bequeath my “smile that won’t come off” to Minnie Bruns. 35. I, Kenneth V ade, bequeath to Miss McKinnis a portion of my good looks. 36. 1, Blanche Williamson, bequeath my talkative nature to Edith Weems and Gladys Snider. 37. I, Bernice Wolfe, bequeath my love for large class pins to the •Juniors that they may have large enough ones next year to enable peo- ple to know that they “graduated from some place.” MARIE McNAY. THE NEED OF PHYSICAL TRAINING. N in his development 1ms experienced the two extreme types of educational life. In the time of the early Spartans, all efforts centered in perfecting the human body. Man com- peted against man with body against body; so it w T as neces- sary that physical perfection be aimed at in the early train- ing. As the world progressed the tide began to turn. From that early day to this, a great change lias taken place. Man competes with man in a different way. Mind is pitted against mind. Commercialism is so complex today that an improperly trained mind cannot hope for success except to the extent that it becomes a part of the machine set to work and manipulated by the more highly trained mind. The men- tal drain upon the business man is so great that he forgets to eat; he forgets to sleep, lie lias lost sight of the very vital principle, that a strong mind is largely dependent upon a strong healthful body. The educational world, to a great extent, has forgotten the same vital point. The school curricula are crowded with “mental discipline” subjects and physical culture has no place whatever.. Too much praise cannot be given to the mental discipline phase of school work, yet many a boy and girl, through their ignorance of what their bodies can resist, first become physically unable and then mentally unable to take on this mental training. A boy quits school and the matter is dismissed with the possible remark that he is dissipated, yet nothing is done to prevent the next boy from following in his steps. A girl leaves school because she lacks vitality. Possibly an early false notion, that it is to her advantage to appear slight and delicate, is the cause of her inability to attain this higher mental training. The per cent of young people of irregular habits is very much less in senior classes than in any lower class. What has become of these young peo- ple? Have they changed their habits? Not at all. They have quietly dropped out of school. As the school has charge of the pupil but six of the twenty-four hours, practically all of the irregular habits are performed outside of school. The only way in which the school can hope to conquer these foes is in creating a pride in the pupil for his own body. This can be done only by a regular course in physical culture under specially trained instructors. Athletics has no place in this course, nothing but regular daily classes from the first grade throughout the high school. The girls should be under a competent woman and the boys under a competent man, and every girl and boy should be required to take the training. The right woman and the right man, once gaining the cou- 4:5 fidence of the pupil, will create a wholesome pride in the pupil for his body. He will be given stamina to guard against injurious habits. lie will set up more ennobling ideals. He will treat his body with respect. He will be full of wholesome vitality. He will reach a higher stage of mental development. There will be fewer complaints of nervous wrecks because of over study; there will be fewer drooping heads, try- ing to snatch a little slumber that should have been taken the previous night; there will be fewer lack-lustre eyes. There will be larger grad- uating classes; there will be better graduating classes; there will be a grander army of young people placed in the world of affairs with bet- ter preparation, with nobler ideals and with the moral courage to work for the attainment of these ideals. THAT’S HOW I NEED YOU. Like the bob-sled needs the snow drift, Like the railroad needs the train, Like Sager’s needs its row boats, Like the garden needs the rain; Like the high school needs its students, Like the laundry needs the blue, O, V. H. S. diploma, That’s how I need you. ORATORY The following orations won first place in the contests of the High School, and their authors will represent the school at the Northern Indiana contest at South Bend. WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE (?) IENDS, this great country of ours, for some years has been md is now a battleground. A few of the women of our country have created and are creating now a general unrest md disturbance by their persistent and unnecessary cries for equal suffrage. I agree with Senator Hoot, the ablest man and most profound thinker in our Senate today, who, on the twenty-third of last month, said that suffrage would be a loss to the women and a loss to the state; that suffrage implies not merely the casting of the ballot, the gentle and peaceful fall of the snowflake, but suffrage, if it means anything, means entering upon the field of political life, and politics is modified war. In politics there is struggle, strife, contention, bitterness, heartburning, excitement, agitation, everything adverse to the true character of woman. Yes, friends, you have all heard a great noise in the barnyard; and on investigating have found one egg only. So with this apparently great clamor for the ballot. It is just a handful of vocally gifted per- sons. Are women represented in the State? Are women represented in the cabs of our locomotives? Yes. Are women represented in the wheelhouses and engine rooms of our oeean liners? In the front ranks of medicine? (A woman would not care to have a woman surgeon operate on her.) Are women represented at the front in war? Are women represented by men on juries? Why, men give her a more liberal deal there than any jury of women would give her. Are women represented on the bench of America? They know they are. Are they represented in the great departments of thought and philosophy? Yes. Yes, that plain fellow, man, is there struggling for her. 45 Represented! When did the race become divided? When did our interests become severed? This severance of sex interest is not a reas- suring political symptom. Is not man represented in the home? Yes, and by his wife and sisters. Is not she represented in the State ? Yes, and by her husband and brothers. He is represented in the home by one of superior sex morality, sex virtue adapted to the maintenance of the home. She is represented in the State by one of superior pecuniary and contractual honor adapted to the maintenance of the State. All this is according to the divine order. Away, then, with these comparisons! There can be none. The race is mystically one in the eye of Him before whom there is neither “male nor female, barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free.” I tell you the whole government is but part of the effeminate super- ficiality of this generation. This superficiality finds its consummation in the present masculine abasement now witnessed in America and here in Indiana. Women are more capable than men. Women are more honorable than men. Women live on a higher plane than men. Women are more moral than men. Women will purify the ballot. And so on ad nauseum. And when an obsequious sycophant is asked whether be would care to go to war at the request of a female President or a female Senator, he deftly avoids the issue by saying, “Woman is greater than the soldier because she produces the soldier.” What an answer. Those who approve this effeminate spirit of the age, why don’t they be right and just about it, why don’t they agree to turn this gov- ernment over to women, if they are indeed their superiors, why not have women justices, a woman President, women Senators? Ah, no, even they do not bow so obsequiously as this — their trembling knees will not kink thus far. They assert that female suffrage will accomplish tremendous things. I deny it. Tt is impossible. In political and pecuniary matters women are quite as selfish as men and in the broad, contractual matters of life they are really less careful. Denver, where for twenty years women have voted for everything from President to pound-master, is as corrupt as Philadelphia. Don’t think for an instant that I blame women for this. All, no, I speak of it because it denies the wonderful purity and excellence of female voting. Judge Lindsey’s book, “The Beast,” was written but a year ago. It tells of Colorado politics for the past ten years. And, mark you, he tells how Senatoress Alma Lafferty and the Hon. Mary Bradford, two suffragettes, stumped Colorado against him. When women exercise the governmental function, a change comes 46 quickly over her entire status. Now her fortune as a wife is immune from her husband’s creditors (for all family accounts). This was true some time ago in Colorado. It is evident that when women occupy our legislative halls side by side with men — when the wife’s vote may veto the husband’s — when she may vote for the war which men must fight, it is evident, I say, that when this comes about, her entire stage and status changes. She then becomes the pecuniary head of the house. Here in Indiana the wife has a dower interest in every piece of real estate owned by the husband. In Colorado she has no such interest. He can sell every acre he has free from the wife’s claim, save only the homestead. When she assumed the governmental function, she con- sented to enter the arena of the individualistic struggle where there is no sex known. The legal curtain fell from about her. Why, when women got the ballot in Colorado it took many years for the good women to meet and overcome the outcast woman’s vote. Denver has a large number of abandoned women. The prevail- ing political gang used to vote them by the hackload. It was merely another evil added to the electorate. Have we lost all confidence in the integrity of man, in his ability to manage governmental affairs? I am for the old man — mere man — tyrannical man. The old fellow who brings home the rent, who eats out of a kettle at noon, and fills it with kindling to carry home in the evening. The old fellow who pays for the food and heat and light, who puts up the insurance premiums, and occasionally wrestles with a chattel mortgage — and who does trifling things like that. The old fellow about whom little poetry is written, who buys the millinery and high priced clothes, and theater tickets, who gets black looks when the struggle gets hard and the money short. That common old fellow who has gallantly made a legal condition of refuge for women, who has secured for her an interest in his property, so that he cannot mortgage or dispose of his own without woman’s consent. The old duffer who has created a condition of refuge where she and her private fortune are immune even from creditors who have furnished her the very food she eats and Paris clothes that she wears — that old fellow — that tyrant, who has secured to her all rights of contract enjoy- ed by himself, all the privileges of civil life with few of its duties or responsibilities— the old codger, who furnishes the world with a meal ticket, who struggles on amid a harsh civilization while multitudes of (her) parade our streets, wearing beautiful clothing. T am for the old fellow who has hewn the wood, and drawn the water, who has tunneled our mountains, who has bridged our rivers, who has built our railroads, who has endured the privations of construction camps, who has breathed the compressed air in caissons, who has united our continents by mar- velous marine greyhounds, who has with infinite thought and back- breaking labor constructed the astonishing apparatus of civilization, and all that is worthy, up-to-date in government, and who now stands in 47 the presence of it all, wearing plain clothes, holding up horny hands, weary in body and mind, quietly receiving the assurances that he is indeed a tyrant. That plain old fellow 1 am for, who has fought the bloody battles of the world, who has filled the war trenches with his own body, who in times of peace and in hours ot prosperity has not sought for or married duchesses or princesses of the blood, who has married American women. Yes, him who has lied for and died for women, him who in America is so gallant towards her that a jury (of him) will not believe him when a woman is involved, though he knows full well that in court and out of it she is quite as capable of dissimula- tion as himself. Let me give you a picture of a true woman as she existed in Solo- mon’s day and lasted down to the time of our own grandmothers. Solo- mon says: “Who can find a helpful woman, for her price is far above rubies.” “The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.” “She will do him good and not evil, all the days of her life.” “She seeketh wool and flax and worketh dili- gently with her hands.” “She riseth also while it is yet dark and giv- eth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens.” “She laveth her hands to the spindle and her fingers hold the distaff.” “Her hus- band is known in the gates where he sitteth among the elders of the land.” “She looketh well to the ways of her household, and she eateth not the bread of idleness.” “Her children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.” A picture of a modern woman: “She laveth her hands to the spindle, and her fingers hold the distaff.” Not a bit of it. She laveth hold of a brick and assaulteth the Prime Minister. “She looketh well to her household.” Not a hit of it. She reacheth for the Home Secre- tary and pulleth his whiskers. “Her husband is known in the gates.” Forget it. He is the mollycoddle of the community, and doth the house work. He spendeth his leisure hours telling of her superiority. Oh, yes, the home is great and women are great, and our homes were great, yes greater, in former days — the days of our grandmothers, when there was no clamor for the ballot. Is the home today as great as in former days? Friends, pause! Be honest! The deplorable state of the home today is the doleful, sociological fact of this feverish hour. And when there is strife in the home, the State is thereby weakened, which is a weight on the advancement of our country. We need a mother’s love in the home, a brother’s love in the State, and our nation must have the love of both. Do we intend to weaken and tear down our prestige which our fore- fathers labored so valiantly to obtain, to satisfy the whims of a few? We must continue to move on ahead of the procession as we are 48 now doing. We must one and all be imbued with the love of country that inspired our own poet, Longfellow, when he wrote: “Thou, too, sail on, 0 Ship of State! Sail on, () Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o’er our fears, Are all with thee, are all with thee! WADE CRUM PACKER, THE MODERN CITY. ROFESSOK J. S. McKenzie has said, “The growth of large cities constitutes perhaps the greatest of all the problems of modern civilization.” It is the problem of the district schools, of city labor disputes, of tenement houses, of the municipal transit, of the country village, in short it touches or underlies most of the practical questions of today. It is, therefore, of prime importance to know the development of the city. Nature’s laws, themselves, explain why the arctic have fewer inhab- itants than the temperate zones, why the mountainous regions are not so densely settled as valleys. But the distribution of population is only paitl explained by natural causes. With the same physical environ- ment, the American people are differently distributed from the native Indians. The latter lived in tribes and congregated only in villages because means of communication were too undeveloped and the popula- tion too small to permit of a division between the city and the country. The line of distinction between the urban and rural population was very easily drawn in ancient times. The ancient city was a walled town and easily distinguished from the rural districts. The distinction between the town and country was confirmed by law which conferred certain rights and privileges on the town as compared with the country. This distinction was based upon the pursuit of industry and commerce. ius it was that the separation of population into town and country came to signify a contrast between manufacturing industry and com- merce, on the one hand, and agriculture on the other. In the eighteenth century the line between the town and country was sharply drawn, and the opposition of their interests clearly marked. The towns with their 49 special privileges lived an isolated life and exerted little influence on the country. in the last half-century, all the agencies of modern civilization have united to abolish this rural isolation. The cities have torn down their fortifications which separated them from the country. The railways, newspaper press, freedom of migration and settlement all have tended toward eliminating the mediaeval distinctions between the town and the country. Let us now find out what a city is. According to the census of the United States, a city is a place with a population of 8,000 or over. A population of from 8,000 to 25,000 constitutes a small city; from 25,000 to 100,000, a large city; from 100,000 — on, a great city. It is the great city, mainly, concerning which I shall speak. The urban population of the United States is largely concentrated in a very few states. At the present time one-lialf the entire population of the United States is in the North Atlantic states and four-fifths in the territory north of the Ohio arid Missouri rivers. The states with a large urban population are the great manufacturing states of the union. Only one state with over one-fourth of its population urban is distinctly southern, namely, Louisiana. This is due to the fact that the south has been largely agricultural in its interests. At present it seems there is no end to this growth of urbanization in our population for the causes of this growth of cities seem imbedded firmly in our civilization. There are three essential causes for this growth of the cities, the first one of them being — the diminishing importance of agriculture in the life of man. Only a few years ago the American farmer not only raised his own food, but furnished his own fuel and sometimes made his own clothing. Now, however, he is a specialist and thinks nothing of going to the market even for table supplies. Formerly the farmer made his own tools. Now he buys implements made in factories. Those who yesterday reaped the fields of ripe grain and were bound to the soil, today live in cities and make machinery with which to reap the grain. Through the invention of labor-saving machines, fewer men are needed on the farm. Every improvement in the agricultural industry, instead of keeping men on the farm has tended to drive them from it. The second cause is the growth and centralization of manufacturing industries. In centralizing manufacturing plants in cities certain indus- trial economies are secured, some of which are: economy in motor power, economy in machinery, economy in wages, utilization of prod- ucts, economy in buying raw material and in selling finished products when many factories are grouped together. Along with this is the fact that those who labor in the factories must live close to them. The third and last essential cause is the increased trade and com- merce. Cheap transportation puts the large city on a level with the small towns adjacent to the raw material. We find all the great cities 50 located at natural breaks in transportation. Thus New York is located where goods, shipped to Europe, must be transferred from land to water transportation; Chicago located at the head of the water trans- portation of the great lakes; St. Louis at the head of the navigation of the Mississippi River. Of the great cities of the United States, only Denver and Indianapolis are not located on a river or some other navi- gable water. Certain social conditions in our cities are worthy of attention in advantages which the city offers and the great opportunities for pleas- ure and amusement may also enter into the growth of cities, but these are of but slight importance. Certain social conditions in our cities are worthy of attention in order that we may understand the effect of the city upon social and racial evolution. (1) People in the active period of life predominate in the city, that is, people from fifteen to sixty -five years of age. The cause of this predominance of those in the active period of life is undoubtedly due to the immigration into the cities from the country districts. (2) The great cities in the United States have over twice as many foreign-born in their population as the United States as a whole. (3) The birth rate is higher in the cities than in the rural dis- tricts. In the United States this is largely due to the presence of so many foreign-born in cities. (4) The death rate in the cities is also higher than in the rural districts, which is due to the poor sanitary and living conditions of large cities. (5) The physical condition of the city population falls far below that of the rural population. (6) In our cities the mental and moral degeneracy is much greater than in the country, as is shown by the following. A larger number of insane are found in the cities than in the rural districts. “It is clear that while city life produces, or at least maintains fewer of the severer physical infirmities such as blindness, deaf-mutes, and idiocy than does the country, it does favor the increase of insanity.” The suicide rate in the United States is two or three times as high in the large cities as in the rest of the country. Poverty and pauperism are much more common in the cities than in the rural districts. It is said that about one-third of the population of great cities may he safely said to live below the poverty line. The amount of crime in the cities is about twice as great as in the rural districts. (7) The educational and religious conditions in cities are better than in rural districts at present, the illiteracy is steadily growing less. 51 Our greatest number of white illiterates is in the mountainous regions of the south where civilization is primitive and the population very poor. The various religious denominations put forth their be st efforts in large urban centers and more is being done for the people, morally and religiously in these centers, than for any other portion of the world’s population. How can the evils of city life be remedied? Some say, make agri- culture more attractive, but 1 have already shown that this will not check the growth of cities. A second remedy akin to the first, is to make village life more attractive. Like the first, this would, instead draw the people to the city. A third remedy especially advocated by General Booth and other leaders of the Salvation Army, is to colonize the poor of the cities in the country. It is probable that in many cases the people would be worse off in the country than in the city. Administrative decentralization, that is, to scatter the state insti- tutions through the rural sections instead of locating them in cities would not be very successful, for do not the cities need them more than the rural districts? The most important remedy for the evils of city life is the super- vision and control by the city, of all those things which are used in com- mon by the people. It has been called “municipal housekeeping.” This implies that the city must own or control: its sewer system, its water supply, its streets; that it must control the housing of tlie people, the disposal of garbage, the smoke nuisance, general sanitary and living conditions; that it must provide adequate protection against fire, an adequate park system, an adequate free school system with public play- grounds for children; free libraries, free art galleries and museums, municipal theatres, public baths and gymnasiums. The last remedy proposed is the development of the suburbs through rapid transit. Probably the best form of rapid transit is the under- ground electric road or subway. With the problem of rapid transit solved, it would be possible to scatter a city’s population anywhere within a radius of thirty miles. The era of the city is just beginning. A larger and larger propor- tion of our population must come to live in cities, hence humanity must solve the problem of the city. “The complete regeneration of the city, through the gospel of planning, necessarily, will be a long time in arriv- ing.” Tn the meantime, the influence of the idea is apparent in the manner in which communities are devoting themselves to the minor improvements. They are making good as places to live and work in, and they are devoting an unprecedented amount of their energies to the work of making better citizens. HELEN NEET. ALUMNI NOTES. ing: Xellie Bruns, Minnie Homfeld and Lillian Jungjohan. The others are in Valparaiso, occupied in various ways. Adeline Ainstutz within the last year lias been introduced into 1 lie Microscopical Society of Chicago in connection with her work in her father’s laboratory. The following are employed by merchants: Florence Van Ness, Mar- guerite Lembke, Rubie Mudge, Gertrude Falling, Frank Falling. Ray Dean, Harrison Steward and Ralph Parks. Simon Bushore is engaged in farm work and Ernest Bick is practicing medicine in New York. Of the class of 1911 the following are attending college: Kenneth Wolfe and Melvin Stinchfield at Purdue, Mildred Loring and Ruth Evans at Lake Forest, Mariola Cornell, Reginald Felton, Edward John- ston and Harwood Earle at Ann Arbor, and Dorothy DeWitt, Russell Doty and James McNiece at Valparaiso University. The following are teaching: Eda Lawrence, Laura King, Ninali Mann, Maude Green, Jennie Brown, Grace Mains, Elsie Marquardt (in a H. S. in the Philip- pines), Margaret Pierce (in Blanchard, Towa), Xellie Shinabarger and Grace Moore. The following members of the Alumni have been married within the last two years: Minnie Elam, ’85, to E. L. Langley; Gerald Stoner, ’93, to Laura Stoddard; Florence Van Trees, ’94, to C. W. Soule; Rebecca Sclinewind, ’95, to Carson Dalzell; Charles Reynolds, ’9(1, to Clara Leetz; Roy Bartholomew, ’9(1, to Louise Banister; Joe Bartholo- mew, ’97, to Ada Roessler, ’05; Florence Stoddard, ’97, to Roy Wheeler; Gordon Stoner, ’00, to Margaret X. McLauchlan; Grace Robbins, ’01, to Frank Moran; Harold Cornell, ’02, to Xatalie Farr; Ella Commer- ford, ’03, to Mr. Fudenski; Harry Carson, ’03, to Emily Sards; Arthur Hall, ’04, to Hattie Belle Turner; Kathryn Lederer, ’05, to Dr. O. D. Davis; Cartha Card, ’07, to William Ludetke; Blanche Fifield, ’08, to Owen Roper; Nancy Johnson, ’09, to Walter Votau; Zella Landis, ’09, to Harry Johnson; Finette Bartholomew, ’09, to Joseph C. Linsbeck; Flora Cobb, ’04, to Edson Smith; Margaret Bundy, 01, to Mical J. Rocke; Auretta Agnew, ’04, to Bruce Middlebrook; Franklin Cleve Stalbaum, ’05, to Hazel White; Marie Benedict, ’0(1, to Arthur Pad- dock; Phoebe Hess, ’07, to Mr. Fidholm; Jessie Ray, ’10, to Niles Biggs; 53 Minnie Leinster, ’10, to Guy Perry; Agnes Winnegutli, ’10, to Eiuo Sielos. Those who have passed away are: Grace Landis of the class of ’! (!; Alice McNav of ’96; Gordon Norris of ’04, and Helen Whitlock of ’ll. We are glad to note the recent promotions of some of the Alumni members. Neil Arvin of the class of ’96, is now a professor of lan- guages in Delaware College. Rudolph Bartholomew, of ’04 class, was called recently to a professorship in the Law department at Ann Arbor. Miss Jane Dalrymple, 06, is superintendent of the Blanchard, Iowa, schools. Miss Margaret Pierce, ’10, is teaching under her. Walter Cubing, ’07, was recently appointed prosecuting attorney of Porter County. Arthur Hughart, ’89, who was superintendent of our schools for eight years, is now superintendent of the Coffeyville, Kansas, schools. Dr. Harry Carson, ’03, is in charge of a hospital at Hornell, New York. t HE senior class of 1913, although usually very busily engaged in (study?), have succeeded in finding a few opportunities for pleasure. The first event in its social career was a much enjoyed spread at Flint Lake on June 1, in honor of the Seniors of 1912. The bunch was chaperoned by the entire faculty and a good time was reported by all. On Oct. 1(5 the high school and eighth grade were treated to a program devoted to the life of Shakespeare and his play, Henry VIII. Talks were given by several members of the class, and various scenes from the play were enacted with great talent by some of the most brill- iant members. Several of the Senior girls furnished the music which varied the program, and the entertainment was apparently enjoyed by all, and many complimented the class on its ability. One of the most thoroughly enjoyed evenings of the Senior year was that of March 19, when the class entertained its friends and several members of the faculty in Armory Hall. Dancing was the chief enjoy- ment of the evening, and various games were played in which Mr. Jessee and Mr. Blue gave merry aid. Light refreshments were served and the bunch enjoyed a lively time until twelve o’clock. On Thursday morning, April 18, the Senior girls, desiring to look childish, and also to give the Fre shies a little tip in hairdressing, came to school with their hair in heavy braids and yards of bright colored ribbon adorning their heads. In addition to this, ten packages of gum were distributed to the members, including the boys, and each carried a stick of red candy in their march around the assembly hall. Mr .lessee’s speech regarding the Seniors’ childishness was appreciated, but the most tun for the Seniors was Miss Benney’s peevishness about our gum chewing and stick candy in English class. Saturday evening, April 26, the Seniors enjoyed a hayrack ride and 55 tacky party out to Geneva Cobb’s country home. The bunch met at the home of Marie McNay and from there started on their jolly ride. They were royally entertained at Geneva’s spacious home, various games and music affording the evening’s entertainment. Many very tacky costumes were worn, and Lillian H. with her clown suit and clownish tricks caused much laughter. An elaborate lunch was served by the hostess and the good time lasted until midnight. The merry- makers arrived home at one o’clock and enough could not be said in appreciation of the gracious hospitality of the hostess. M. B. THE DEBATING SOCIETY. “Argument is the spice of life.’’ N THE fall of 1911 some of the boys asked Mr. Skinkle, then principal, if a debating society could be organized. Mr. Skinkle responded with a will and debates were held at vary- ing times throughout the year. There was a great deal of enthusiasm shown and the young orators were indulged to their heart’s content. Mr. Skinkle acted as critic, reproving the boys when their enthusiasm went too far, and, giving helpful talks at every meeting. The work of this year prepared the way for still more bene- ficial work the following year. in the following fall of 1912, the society was reorganized at the instance of those who were left of the previous society. This time it was organized on a permanent basis with Wayne McDaniel as president, Willis DetlefF as vice-president, and Mr. Jessee as secretary. Alter- nate Thursday evenings were chosen for the debates, which on the whole were an improvement over those of the previous year. Mr. Skinkle acted as critic, again reproving the mistakes in decorum (such as mounting the rostrum by a too direct route) and in grammar and pro- nunciation. The judges throughout the year with an occasional excep- tion were Messrs. Skinkle, Jessee and Blue. Mr. Jessee inspired some of his “vim and go,” and plans were discussed to organize the girls as well as the boys, next year, and to secure joint debates with neighbor- ing high schools. The writer would like to see these plans carried out and would like to see a great deal more enthusiasm and school spirit injected into the work. WALTER LLOYD. BASKET BALL. N 1910-11 the all star basket ball team of that season grad- uated, including also the second team. This left an entirely new team to be developed. The team of the following season seemed to have suffered as a result of this and also as a result of a new rule passed in regard to eligibility of players. But five games were played. Two with Hobart in which each team was victorious on their own floor. Two with Argos in which we were defeated on our own floor and won at Argos. The last game was with Crown Point and we were defeated a third time. 1 he basket ball season of 1912-13 was a marked success and the team brought up somewhat the standing of V. H. S. in basket ball. 1 welve games were scheduled and six out of the twelve were won by Valpo. This may seem a rather small percentage at first, but when it is considered that only four games were played on our own floor, it is a good showing. Also the team was greatly handicapped on strange floors on account of larger floors and high ceilings, a condition that was not afforded in the crib. Nearly all the best teams in Northern Indiana were played and in every game we had the ball in our territory most of the time and less defeats might have been registered against us had we used more judg- ment in basket shooting. 57 The first candidates were mustered together Nov. 18, and after a week’s practice we journeyed to Hobart and easily won. Next we invaded Crown Point and after a hard fight were defeated. LaPorte was next taken on and again we came home with the small end of the score. The next game with Hobart was the first on our home floor and we easily won. After a week’s vacation with no practice we went to Lowell and were defeated by four points. This game was lost for us by the Lowell referee for he gave us one of the rawest deals that was ever handed out. The next game was the feature game of the season. We played the Alumni, made up of the best players of the old teams of the high school. The first half ended in our favor but on account of too much vacation the team seemed to relax in the last half and did not realize their mis- take until it was too late. This game resulted in one of the lowest scores ever played on our floor. Hobart wanted another try at us, so we next made another trip there and killed their hopes by bringing home another victory. The third game on our floor was with LaPorte and they were easily outclassed this time and beaten by a large score. Gary was the next defeat. This was no dishonor, for the Gary Quintet is considered one of the fastest in the state. The fourth and last game on our floor was with Michigan City. We scored at random and defeated the harbor city by a large count. Whiting had been after a game with us, so we next made the oil city and were defeated. The last game of the season was played at Michigan City and again we held the long end of the score over them after a fast game. The team next year should make a very creditable showing, as Crosby and Wade are the only players that will finish. There is also much promising material to he developed and together with most of the old team an excellent team undoubtedly will represent the high school next year. THE SECOND TEAM. first team owes much of its success to the second team, for was through them that we were able to get any practice, le second team generally does much hard work and receives tie in return, although there is always a chance of making the first team. The players on the second team were Ellis, Dodge, Loring, Dalrym- ple, Smith, Deardoff, Timmons, Schenk, Doliver, Gardner, Farrar, Hin- shaw. 58 C l C MR. H. M. JESSEE, Manager. The team was fortunate to have Mr. Jessee for their manager this year. He accompanied the team on all their trips and did everything in his power to help them. He refereed the games and his work was very satisfactory. He is also to be thanked for the treat he gave the team in the way of a chicken supper. Too much gratitude cannot be shown him in acknowl edgment of his work in the interest of athletics in the school. C 3 Cg3 t ?o o? i ? ] GARRETT CONOVER, Captain. “Garry” played a steady game through- out the season. His accurate basket-shoot- ing saved us from defeat more than once. His fighting ability and good judgment along with his experience at basketball make him able to cope with the best for- wards on High School teams. 0£3 D % 3 59 C C ) C HAROLD GATES, Forward. “Gates,” the star forward, always played a snappy game. He is one of the most aggressive players on the team. He al- ways made good in every game he played. He was always in the thickest of the fight and constantly working. P C 3 Cgl C ) c ] THOMAS CROSBY, Center. “Pipe,” the center and back bone of the team, is one of the best centers that Valpo ever had. He played against the best centers in Northern Indiana and in almost every case he outplayed his opponent. Crosby plays a fast, snappy game, and seems to be everywhere at once. It was probably through his good playing that the team won as many games as it did. He was also the best point getter. On one occasion he scored 13 field baskets ' on his opponent. The team will be greatly weakened by los- ing him. — (Contributed.) C 3 C£0 C J 60 C 3 C ) C J LeROY LIPPMAN, Guard. “Lippy” was there with the goods when it came to guarding. He also pulled off some floor work and basket shooting that he should be given credit for. He has all requirements of a good basketball player. % CgJ Cg3 ?o 0? ] [ ? ] JOHN CRUM PACKER, Guard. “Angel” did some of the best guarding that was ever done on any V. H. S. team. It was due to his guarding that we were able to hold our opponents to such close scores. In every game he always worked his hardest and showed exceptional fighting ability. He guarded some of the best for- wards in the state and held his own against them all. 61 C 3 C§ C 3 KENNETH WADE, Forward. “Kenny” certainly did credit to the for- ward position. He made good on the team by alternating with Gates and Conover. He was handicapped some by his light weight, but he easily made up for that in speed and aggressiveness. Taking him all around, he is considered a fast player. C 3 0 3 1 C 3 C ] ROBERT WARK, Guard. “Bob” has all the requirements of a good player. Whenever he played he was one of the best workers on the team. Owing to a disability caused by sickness he only played in two games during the season. C 3 C 3 C§ HALE CRISMAN, Guard. “Crisman” always played a scrappy game whenever he was on the floor. His work at dribbling puts him in a class by himself. As he only played in two games, he probably did not have a chance to show outsiders bis ability. Only those who have seen him in practice games are aware of it. F B Field Baskets F T Free Throws T Total Points 0 Games Played without Scoring X Games not Played sjuioj 8 g H H CO a © © 8 BAvojqx CO eg 8 o © © o O CO a C- ■’T CO © o © zi pa.tBtj SSIUB;) ® 05 CM H a CM eg © M X|J3 un npij F. B.3 F. T. 1 T. 7 pts X F. B.5 F. T. 2 T. 12 ps 0 F. B.l T. 2 pts X X F. B.3 T. 6 pts F.T. 2 T. 2 pts F. B.l T. 2 pts F. B. 1 F. T. 2 T. 4 pts o X X X ° o •«1!0 ueSjuaij F. B. 10 F.T. 1 T. 21 ps F. B. 8 T. 16 ps F. B. 13 F. T. 1 T. 27 ps o © X X X Oi XiBO F. B.2 F, T. 4 T. 8 pts F. B.l F.T. 1 T, 3 pts F. B. 1 F. T. 2 T. 4 pts o F.B. 1 T. 2 pts X X © 00 OIJOJB ' I F. B.2 F. T. 6 T. 10 ps X F. B. 11 F. T. 1 T. 23 ps eg 23 pj Q H F. B. 1 T. 2 pts ” X F. B.3 r. 6 pts ;jeqoH F. B. 6 F.T. 8 T. 20 ps X F. B.l T. 2 pts F. B.l T. 2 pts F. B.2 T. 4 pts © X © luiuniy X F. B.1 F. T. 3 T. 5 pts F. B. 1 F. T. 5 T. 7 pts o © © o © in IP.WO X F. B. 4 T. 8 pts F. B.3 F.T. 4 T. 10 ps o o X X © X B.F. 6 T. 12 ps F. B. 10 F.T. 2 T. 22 ps o F. B. 1 T. 2 pts X X F. B.2 r. 4 pts CO w N 2 • H F. B. 2 F.T. 4 T. 8 pts o X F. B. 2 T. 4 pts X © © T u !°d UAVOJ3 F. B. 3 F. T. 2 T. 8 pts F. B. 3 F. T. 1 T. 7 pts 05 n a . H o o | X X X )jbqoh F. B. 2 F. T. 5 T. 9 pts F. B. 3 F. T. 3 T. 9 pts F. T. 1 T. lpt © F. B. 3 T. 6 pts X X F. B. 2 r. 4 pts Conover Forward Gates Forward Crosby Center __ as H ! id : u J a. g E s Li 3 x O o Lippman Guard y S 3 ■E 1 as O O WARK Guard 0 u a 5 l S 63 TRACK. HE track team of 1912 was one of the largest that the school has put out in years, and considering the inexperience, and the historical lack of proper training and management, it was a grand success. The only meet of the year, with the exception of the Northern Indiana Meet at South Bend, was a triangular track and field meet with Michigan City and Laporte, at Laporte. Here Valparaiso tied Laporte for first place, each team scoring 44 points. Michigan City was a weak third, capturing but 23 points. Valparaiso carried off first place in seven events, Harold Gates being the individual star. It is hardly probable we could have won so many points had it not been for the fact that Brady Burns went along as official rubber. At South Bend, Valparaiso’s only entry was in the 220 yard dash which was won by Wade Crumpacker. Those on the team were: Ray Dean, captain; Harold Gates, Tom Crosby, Wade Crumpacker, John Crumpacker, Hale Crisman, Harry Martin, Ralph Parks, Walter Lloyd and William Jones. The team this year has organized with Gates as captain and about thirty recruits. It is the intention to have a meet with Laporte, and possibly a county meet at Valpo, but as the outcome of these will he decided rather late in the school year, we will leave to the athletic scribes of 1914 the unpleasant or happy task, whichever it may be, of recording the results of the meets of 1913. FOOTBALL. OOT-BALL is fast dying out as a high school sport in this part of the state. This is due to the objections of parents. It is also barred from other high schools because it is con- sidered too dangerous a game. For these reasons foot-ball in the high school was entirely inter-class; no outside teams were played. Two teams were formed, one composed of the Seniors and Freshmen, the other of the Sophomores and Juniors. But one game was played and it resulted in a nothing to nothing score. The sides were evenly matched and it certainly was a hard fought game. Both teams tried hard to score but the defensive play of the opponents was too much. The two teams were supported and helped by Mr. Jessee, who acted as referee, timekeeper and yard man. In all probability there will be two teams again next season as the boys all get the foot-ball fever along about the first of the season. It generally dies out after the first or second game. Good luck to the teams of the coming season. For Sale — My choice collection of rare jokes, many of which date back to 1850. Mr. Blue: “Mention an oxide.” Marguerite B. : Leather.” Mr. B. : “What is leather an oxide of?” M. B.: “An oxide of beef.” Wake up, what’s that noise?” “Lie down and go to sleep, that’s the bed-ticking.” (Beside the Babbling Brook) “Are you fond of Shakespeare’s works, Gus?” “Works! Naw, I prefer his plays.” Stern Mamma: “Young man, the milkman is beginning to make his round, the day is breaking and the roosters are beginning to crow.” Harry Stalate: “How punctual is na- ture in her workings.” Teacher: “Give me the name of a bird that teaches us all a useful lesson.” John C.: “The Swallow.” A Lesson in Manners. Mother: “Tommy, will you have an- other egg?” Tommy: “No.” Mother: “No what?” Tommy: “No egg.” Ethel P. (in Dom. S. class) : “Well, what’s Nitrogenous Foods? We’ve been talking about that all term.” For definition of a “round circle” ask Mr. Blue. “Suppose Barnum went to heaven when he died?” “Well, he certainly had a good chance, in fact he had the greatest show on earth.” In New Jersey, they raise sweet pota- toes. Irene H.: “Oh, they don’t either; they don ' t raise anything but mosquitos.” In Hist. I : Could a pig be sent by parcels post?” Roland K.: “Not unless it was dress- ed.” P. W. Clifford: “How does it come you get such low grades in History?” Bennett: “Well, Miss McIntyre doesn’t seem to be able to ask any questions that I can answer.” Mr. Skinkle (in Solid) : “I don’t un- derstand what you mean.” Jeanette B. : “I mean just what you mean, except you don’t mean exactly what I mean.” Good Enough. Wife: “I suppose if you should meet some pretty young girl you would cease to care for me?” Husband: “What nonsense you talk! What do I care for youth and beauty? You suit me all right.” — M. A. P. 65 “ Bis dat qui cito dat’. That’s Eye- talian, I guess. What’s it mean?” Literally — ‘He gives twice who gives quickly’. A freer translation would be: ‘He who gives quickly gives twice as much as he would if he had stopped to think it over.’ ” Embryonic V. H. 8. LeRoy Smith — an embryo hardware mer- chant and saw-bones. Raymond Shurr — an embryo druggist. Wade Crumpacker — an embryo lawyer. Wayne McDaniels — an embryo lawyer. Bruce Loring - an embryo lawyer. Orval Mains — an embryo lawyer. Mr. Skinkle — an embryo school superin- tendent. Joseph Horn — an embryo butcher. Earl Wilson — an embryo Brigham Young. Hudson Deardorf — an embryo music-can. Joseph Bradley — an embryo Y. M. C. A. director. Mr. Blue: “If an auto were going at the rate of two miles per minute where would it be at the end of three minutes?” Ruth K. : “In the ditch.” Mr. B. : “Correct.” “Tommy, if you’ll saw some wood I’ll tell you what I’ll do.” “What’s that, dad?” “I’ll let you have the saw dust to play circus with.” Prof. Blue (in Biology) : “Any mem- ber of the class got an extra hind leg?” How a Woman Hoes it. Woman with satchel enters car, sits down. Enters conductor, asks fare. Woman opens satchel, takes out purse, shuts satchel, opens purse, takes out dime, shuts purse, opens satchel, puts in purse, shuts satchel. Offers dime, receives nickel. Opens satchel, takes out purse, shuts satchel, opens purse, puts in nickel, closes purse, opens satchel, puts in purse, closes satchel. Stop the car, please. Lady customer: I’m so disappointed, last week you had such lovely side boards.” Furniture clerk: “I know, but my wife made me shave them off.” Arthur N. : “I’m going to have an op- eration on my civics book.” Holmes M. : “How’s that?” Arthur: “Going to have its appendix cut out.” “Why, James, what is the matter?” asked the H. S. girl, as her brother came in with his eye blackened. “Oh, had a fight with a couple of kids, but I’ll get at ’em one at a time and take it out of their hides, see if I don’t,” replied Jim. “O, James, don’t say, ‘take it out of their hides,’ that is vile slang. Say, ex- tract it from their epidermis.” “Why is a cornfield like a galvanic battery?” “Because it produces shocks.” Mr. Blue: “Can you tell the class the name of the belt north of the equator?” Earl S. : “Can’t sir.” (cancer) Mr. Blue: Correct.” Mr. Blue: “Any two bodies in the uni- verse attract each other,” (slightly blush- ing) “speaking of universal gravitation, now — ” Irene H. (in Dom. S.) : “What’s in your stomach when it’s empty?” Miss Bushell: “Now, Helen, can you name something that will not freeze?” Helen F.: “Yes, hot water.” Tommy came home from school very sad. “Well, my son,” observed the father cheerfully, “how did you get on at school today ?” Tommy said he had been whipped and kept in. “It was because you told me the wrong answer,” he added. “Last night I asked you how much was a million dol- lars, and you said it was a h of a lot; that isn’t the right answer.” 66 If an automobile came tearing down the street, would Howard Dodge? Miss Benney: “Stand please, Wade.” You can drive a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead. Dear Miss Fairfax : I am a young girl about eighteen years old and am considered good looking, al- though my feet are rather large. I am in the deepest despair because 1 cannot decide upon a very serious question. I am deeply in love with a young man who is working in Gary. Now I know ' that this young man loves me dearly, but he only comes to see me once a week and this makes me feel sad. Would you ad- vise me to ignore the society world dur- ing the week and be true to him or to accept a few invitations from my nu- merous suitors? Depressed, L. H. R. Prof. Jessee: “I am cruel only to be kind.” Prof. Skinkle: “I am just a hired man.” Prof. Davis: “My kingdom for a jolly widow.” Miss Welty: “Latin is not a dead lan- guage.” Miss Young: “Seniors ought to have common sense.” Miss McIntyre: “Be prepared.” Miss Bushell: “Married life for me.” Mr. Blue: ??? Miss Beck: “Pardon me, I’m talking.” Miss Benney: “My griefs cry louder than advertisements.” Miss Single: “Who dares to cross my path?” Overheard. “And while I was down there in the slums I saw a woman feeding candy to a baby that looked as if it were paint- ed.” “The cutest little boy was climbing a tree with overalls on.” I told John we ought to have oysters for company on the half shell” “He gave her the coffee while she was w ' aiting at the counter in a tin can.” “A big fat man rode by on a skittish horse with a red nose that was scared of the trolley cars.” “I just love to see the soldiers with their guns in khaki suits, don’t you?” I don’t know his name, but he was the lawyer who sat next to the lady in black with long sidewhiskers and a white necktie.” “He is the man that sells lace with such big hands and a lisp.” Jokes. Jokes were first imported to this coun- try several hundred years ago from Egypt, Babylon and Assyria, and have since then grown and multiplied. They are in extensive use in all parts of the country and as an antidote for thought are indispensable at all dinner parties. They were originally twenty-five jokes, but when this country was formed they added a constitution, which increased the number to twenty-six These jokes have married and intermarried among them- selves and their children travel from press to press. Frequently in one week a joke will travel from New York to San Francisco. The joke is no respecter of persons. Shameless and unconcerned, he tells the story of his life over and over again. Outside of the ballot-box he is the great- est repeater that we have. Jokes are of three kinds — plain, illus- trated and pointless. Frequently they are all three. No joke is without honor, except in its own country. Jokes form one of our staples and employ an army of workers who toil night and day to t urn out the often neatly finished product. The im- portation of jokes, while considerable, is not as great as it might be, as the flavor is lost in transit. Jokes are used in the household as an antiseptic. As scene-breakers they have no equal. Jokes are also used to fill up adver- tising space in Annuals. CALENDAR Sept. 2 — School opens. Sept. 6— School let out— temperature 95 degrees. Oct. 6 — Riley program. Oct. 8 — Rev. Johnson. Oct. 11 — Senior program. Oct. 21 — Inter-class foot-ball game. Oct. 22 — Election Senior class officers. Oct. 31— Hallowe’en— 1-2-3 grades parade in costume. Nov. 8 — Program English IV and VI. Nov. — Wade Crumpacker wears derby hat. Nov. 23— B. B.— Hobart vs. Valpo at Ho- bart. Nov. 26— Thanksgiving program. Nov. 26 t o Dec. 1 — Vacation. Dec . 5 — Dr. Monical — readings from Riley. Dec. 6 — Rev. Martin Luther. Dec. 6 — B. B. — Valpo vs. C. P. H. S. at Crown Point. Dec. 16 — Evangelist Evans and Rev. Knowlton. Jan. 4 — B. B. — Alumni vs. H. S. Jan. 9 — Lecture, “Let’s Stick to It,” by Prof. Skinkle. Jan. 20 — Freshmen: Average height of girls, 5 ft. 11 in.; average height of boys, 4 ft. 6 in. Feb. 2 — Ground hog day. Feb. 5 — Martin Luther. Feb. 4 -Mr. Jessee coasts down platform steps. Feb. 7 — Program, Eng. VI. Feb. 21 — Oratorical contest. Feb. 24 — Lecture on cigarettes. Feb. 28 — Program, Eng. II. (Note) Sev- eral speakers almost collapse. Mar. 17 — St. Patrick’s Day. Mar. 19 — Senior party at Armory. Mar. 23— M. C. vs. V. H. S. Mar. 28-Apr. 7 — Spring vacation. Mar. 29 — Organization of the “Bloody- Four.” Apr. 10 — Track team organized. Apr. 17 — Senior girls wear braids. Apr. 26 — Senior party. June 1 — Baccalaureate Sermon. June 4 — Commencement. June 5 — Reception. 68 STATE BANK Thrift Trust Company CHECKING AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS VALPARAISO - - INDIANA Xmas Presents. Gretchen — A book on “How to Grow Tall.” Howard D. — A cage and plenty of bird seed. Wade — A complete volume on argu- mentation. Luise R. — Book on “History of the Dutch.” Marie — Oh, would that this too solid flesh would melt! Their Favorite Poets. For a dyspeptic Chaucer For a religious one Pope For a jouster Shakespeare For a fat man Goethe For a cook Burns For a paper hanger Longfellow For a diver Dryden For a philologist Wordsworth For a conchologist Shelley We have a most favorable selection of fine blue serge and black unfin- ished worsted suits for young men who are about to graduate. These suits reflect the newest style features this season in a dignified, yet differ- ent manner. They’re the Kuppen- heimer and Society Brand models at $18, $20, $22.50 and $25.00 Specht- Finney -Skinner Co. 69 GLENN HARDESTY Confectionery and Ice Cream Cleaning and Pressing ORRIS BOOTH Optometrist WEST OF DODGE’S INSTITUTE VALPARAISO, - - INDIANA Seasonable. In the Spring, the old maid’s Summer, fancy turns to Autumn, thoughts o f Winter, love. A joke from the Bush, is worth two from the Jingle. Tilings to lie Desired. A fire-crackerless Fourth. Advertisementless scenery. Cigarbuttless men in cars. Smokeless motor cars. Suffragetteless women. Noiseless ministers. Lieless newspapers. Salaciousless novels. A. C. Miner Co. FOR School Boohs DR. J. R. PAGIN Dentist and STATIONERY Phone 167 M Corner Main and Franklin Dear Miss Libby: I am a H. S. graduate and am desper- ately in love with one of my classmates. My hair is rather orange colored and this is the barrier that I fear is coming be- tween us. I once heard him say he adored blonde hair. Would you advise me to have mine bleached or keep on liv- ing in agony? Heart Broken, A. B. Well Meant. A description of a wedding in the Mes- senger explains that “the bride was charmingly though becomingly dressed.” It reminds us of the reporter’s note: “The patient is much better, though Dr. Brown is still in attendance.” — Black and White. Mr. Jessee: “What on earth were you boys doing in the gym last night?” The Vidette W. F. LEDERER DAILY - WEEKLY FINE PIANOS JOHN M. MAVITY, Publisher At The Right Prices 70 CJ It need not be a dream any longer, if you need something for the commence- ment gift or for any other occasion. Cl Come into our store and you will find the right thing, and you will also find our prices lower than elsewhere. Be- sides, we are here where you can walk right into us; and where your friends and our customers come to buy; so even if we wanted to, we could not afford to sell you anything but honest goods. These facts should surely be sufficient to insure us your patronage in anything you may need in our line. Please call at 19 East Main Street W. H. VAIL, Jeweler THEO. JESSEE, Optometrist Up-to-I)ate Mother Goose. The teacher was telling the story of Red Riding Hood. She had described the woods and the wild animals that live there. “Suddenly,” she said, “Red Riding Hood heard a loud noise. She turned around, and what do you suppose she saw stand- ing there, looking at her and showing all its sharp, white teeth?” “Teddy Roosevelt!” cried one of the boys. — Judge. Miss Benney: “Give me a sketch of Ichabod Crane.” Lillian: “Do you want it with his clothes on?” Motto of Hist. Ill class: “I don’t know.” Motto of some of the Seniors: “To seem rather than to be.” Bill said he loved the city life, but O, you oaky groves! 4 y h w HARRIET S. HELMICK Exclusive Millinery A 21 East Main Street VALPARAISO, INDIANA 71 Maurice (puzzling over a question in his examination in civics). It ran: “If the President, Vice-President and all the members of the cabinet should die, who would officiate?” Racking his brain in vain, he finally wrote: “The Undertak- er.” Wm. BRUNS SON Merchant Tailors 6 Indiana Avenue Advice to a Kaby. Exercise systematically the muscles of the throat and lungs. Remember that for this purpose the night air is the b est. Remember that bed clothes have but one use — to be kicked off. This exercise is also a fine preparation for foot-ball. When being bathed, suffer silently. There are some tortures that cannot even be expressed in yells. Always keep in reserve a certain amount of strength for the time when your mother or the nurse is obliged to go out, thus leaving you alone with your father. At these periods you can show what you really amount to. Regard all relatives with suspicion. But wear their clothes with complacency. insist upon being rocked to sleep ev- ery night. It will endear you more than ever to everybody. When on a railroad train keep as quiet as the grave until everybody has settled down to a quiet ride and the serious old gentleman in the next seat has remarked that he never saw such a good baby. Then begin to stir and settle down grad- ually to a series of blood-curdling yells. As you grow older and are taken out in your baby carriage try and break the springs by jouncing up and down. If you succeed, you will begin to make your parents see that they might as well reconcile themselves to paying for your damages. B. L. BRENNER DRUGS EAST SIDE OF SQUARE Don’t fail to ask permission to get a drink less than six times a day. Miss Beck: “What is ratio?” Gerald: “Proportion.” Miss B. : “What is proportion?” Gerald : “Ratio.” Miss B. : “What are ratio and propor- tion?” Gerald: “I can’t answer two questions at the same time.” S be jZ? VAN NESS ELECTRIC SHOP JOHN W. SIEB STAR Meat Market Higher Education. “What has your boy learned at school this session?” “He has learned that he’ll have to be vaccinated: that his eyes are not mates: that his teeth must be cleaned: and that our method of breathing is entirely ob- solete.” 72 MYRON J. DRAPIER The Abstract Man Office in State Rank B. B. : “Did you know that Mr. Skinkle hurt his foot?” A. B. : “No, how?” B. B. : “Why, he dropped the Saturday Evening Post on it.” Miss Benney: “The boy sat on his career.” Von Doehren Heating Co. PHONE 236 J 165 West Main Street The Incompetent Georgie. Little George was six years old at New Year’s, and the family was much inter- ested in having him start to school in February, but he insisted that he was not going. One day his grandmother said to him, “Georgie, you are going to school with sister this winter, aren’t you?” No, Grandma, I’m not going to school at all. I can’t read, nor I can’t write, nor I can’t sing, and I’d like to know what good I’d be at school.” — Woman’s Home Companion. M. A. McNIECE Grocer and Baker 79 Main Street Phone 26 VALPARAISO, INDIANA W. HUNTINGTON PIANOS Tuning and Repair Work Popular Music 10 CIs. 121 EAST MAIN STREET There are bills before the session Bobbing up at every hand; Bills to change the laws completely, Bills to leave them as they stand. Bills to make our taxes lower, Bills for traffic, autos, signs. Moving pictures, strikes and gambling, Garbage, paving, liquor fines. Housing bills, and care for children, Smoke, insurance, railroads, banks, Monuments and drugs and catsups, Public buildings, frats and cranks. Much indeed the session’s promised, And the energy is vast. But oh, where’s the man of valor Who’ll enforce the bills if passed? Eat Billings Bread and Pastry No. 13 E. Main St. Matrimonial Journal. A gentleman lately took the following meteorological journal of his wife’s tem- per: Monday, rather cloudy; in the after- noon, rainy. Tuesday, vaporish, bright- ened up a little towards evening. Wed- nesday, changeable, gloomy, inclined to rain. Thursday, high winds and some peals of thunder. Friday, fair in the morning; variable till the afternoon, cloudy all night. Saturday, a gentle breeze, hazy, a thick fog and a few flashes of lightning. Sunday, tempestuous and rainy; towards evening, somewhat calm- er. 73 •I Nobody likes the man who talks too much. Part of our service is to sell goods that speak for themselves; HART SCHAFFNER MARX and FIT FORM CLOTHES will give you more value for your money than any other clothes you can buy; made of all wool fabrics and hand tailored. •J They are guaranteed to keep their shape and give satisfactory wear. Many New Models at $15.00 lo $30.00 LOWENSTINES’ Mr. Jessee: “You may spell automo- bile.” Raymond H. (flushed and excited) : “I can’t start it.” Mr. Miller: “You’ve named all the principal domestic animals except one. It has bristly hair, it is grimy, likes dirt and is fond of mud.” James K. : “That’s me.” “Margaret, there has been something trembling on my lips for months and months.” She: “Yes, so I see, why don’t you shave it off.” Mr. Wedeking (in German) : “No, Amanda, that kiss was alright, and Kiss is in the dative case because it is the limit of motion.” Foster Lumber and Coal Co. DEALER IN All Kinds of Building Materials We will build your home Phone 66 74 r □ L l Our Ice Cream is Absolutely | Wholesome as well as delicious! r m Its fine flavor lingers until you simply have to pay us another visit. RAISLER’S n □ j u L J I saw two men shoot an eagle and as it dropped on the ground, I said, “You might have saved your powder for the fall alone would have killed him.” If two students see one Professor walk- ing with one young lady, how long will it take forty students to know it? “Whose team will we get to take us to Cobb’s.” Kenneth W. : “Let’s get the basket ball team.” Voice over telephone: “Hello, is this you, darling?” Miss Coquette: “Yes, who is this talk- ing?” Miss McIntyre: “I have here several pieces of jewelry that have not been claimed, and in addition some money” — a fearful shuffling of feet ensued. Miss Welty: “Give the principal parts of occido.” “O-kido, O’ kid-dearie, O-kiss-us-some.” Heineman Sievers A DRUG STORE A A r The Rexall Complete Line J Next Door to Farmers Bank 75 After the Funeral. It was just after the funeral. The be- reaved and subdued widow, enveloped in millinery gloom, was seated in the sitting room with a few sympathizing friends. There was that constrained look so pe- culiar to the occasion observable on every countenance. The widow sighed. “How do you feel, my dear?” said her sister. “Oh! I don’t know,” said the poor woman, with difficulty restraining her tears. “But I hope everything pass- ed off well.” “Indeed it did,” said all the ladies. “It was as large and respectable a funeral as I have seen this winter,” said the sister, looking around upon the oth- ers. Yes, it was,” said the lady from next door. “I was saying to Mrs. Slocum, only ten minutes ago, that the attend- ance couldn’t have been better — the bad going considered.” “Did you see the Taylors?” asked the widow faintly, looking at her sister. They go so rarely to funerals that I was surprised to see them here.” “Oh, yes, the Taylors were all here,” said the sympathizing sister. “As you say, they go but a little; they are so ex- clusive!” “I thought I saw the Curtises also,” suggested the bereaved woman, drooping- iy. “Oh, yes!” chimed in several. “They came in their own carriage, too,” said the sister, animatedly. “And then there were the Randalls and the Van Rensselaers. Mrs. Van Rensselaer had her cousin from the city with her, and Mrs. Randall wore a very heavy black silk, which I am sure was quite new. Did you see Colonel Haywood and his daughters, love?” “I thought I saw them, but I wasn’t sure. They were here, then, were they?” Yes, indeed!” said they all again, and the lady who lived across the way ob- served: “The Colonel was very sociable and inquired most kindly about you and the sickness of your husband.” The widow smiled faintly. She was gratified by the interest shown by the Colonel. The friends now rose to go, each bid- ding her good-bye, and expressing the hope that she would be calm. Her sister bowed them out. When she returned she said: “You can see, my love, what the neigh- bors think of it? I wouldn’t have had anything unfortunate to happen for a good deal. But nothing did. The ar- rangements couldn’t have been better.” I think some of the people in the neighborhood must have been surprised to see so many of the uptown people here,” suggested the afflicted woman, try- ing to look hopeful. “You may be quite sure of that,” as- serted the sister. “I could see that plain enough by their looks.” “Well, I am glad there is no occasion for talk,” said the widow, smoothing the skirt of her dress. And after that the boys took the chairs home and the house was put in order. — J. M. Bailey. In .lfenioriani. On the Death of “School Spirit” in the V. H. S. Died in the year 1913 — after a very feeble existence, extending over a few years. Its feeble existence was put to rest in an unequal contest before the Juniors on March 14, 1913. School Spirit died the same year as did Athletics. These went hand in hand through life and when School Spirit died, Athletics could not live without its com- panion and died despite the efforts of the Juniors and Seniors. School Spirit’s death, though greatly mourned, was expected as he had a feeble and oppressed life. It is hoped that the day of resurrection will soon come and will restore both School Spirit and Ath- letics to us. A Junior. Pater: “Son, does this young lady you are going to marry know how to bake, mend and clean?” Son: “Certainly not. I’m proud of Mil- dred: she only knows how to run a seven- passenger Bignix, put on a spare tire, fix a carburetor and read a taximeter.” 76 LILIENTHAL ' S Quality SKoe Store Kisses. Syllabuss — A kiss divided into sections. Rebuss — A kiss that puzzles you. Incubuss — To dream of kissing the wrong girl. There’s room at the top,” The Senior said, As he placed his hand On the Freshman’s head. 1 EAST MAIN STREET Mr. Blue (in Physics): “Some people have more sulphur in their bodies than others.” Ruth K. : Yes, that’s why some girls make better matches than others.” CHICAGO EXPERTS Will do YOUR CLEANING now at 19 East Main Street Goods Called For and Delivered Valparaiso Dry Cleaning Works Phone 105 Uncle Bill: “Bobby, come over here and see my new knife; it has six blades and a corkscrew.” Bobby from New York: “What are the blades for?” Niece: “Uncle, they say there are more marriages of blondes than of brunettes. I wonder why that is?” Uncle (confirmed bachelor): “Hm; nat- urally the light headed ones go first.” GoodJyear W. J. HENRY Hardware, Stoves, Harness and Automobiles DEALER IN Michigan Automobiles PHONE 163 M and 202-204 Main Street Goodyear Tires G. R. JONES DENTIST Iiidiunu Mr. Jessee: “You should wake up and do something; why at your age George Washington was a surveyor.” Binks E. “Yes, and at your age he was President.” i The, Up-To-Date STEAM LAUNDRY T. J. JOHNSON, Prop. 164 West Main Sired VALPARAISO, - INDIANA IS. 0 Suits TAILORED Moser Durand ( 1 College Hill ( ) Valparaiso, 77 Mudge’s Photographic Studio Finest in Northern Indiana “When 1 marry,” said the girl, “1 am not going to marry a man who drinks, smokes, plays cards or belongs to a club, still 1 want him to have a good time.” “Where?” he asked. Blunderbuss — To be caught kissing her. Pluribuss — Many kisses in one evening. Omnibuss — To kiss everybody. Miller’s Garage 157-159 MAIN STREET Entrance on Main St. Exit on S. L.a Fayette St. Repair Shop in Connection Phone, 9fi FRANK A. TURNER Teacher: “Who can distinguish be- tween “foot” and “feet?” Scholar: “One feet is a foot and two foots is a feet. The Cemetery’s Intentions. Jones: Where have you been. Brown?” Brown : “To the cemetery. Jones: “Any one dead?” Brown : “Every one of them.” Valparaiso Sheet Metal Works FURNACE REPAIRING AND TIN ROOFING 62 W. Main Street Phone 28 How do you parse, ‘Mary milked the cow ?’ ” Pupil: “Cow is a noun, feminine gen- der, singular number, third person and stands for Mary.” “Stands for Mary? How do you make that out?” “Because,” added the intelligent pupil, if the cow didn’t stand for Mary, how could Mary milk her?” 78 The Best Tailors I)K. V. I.. 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F1NDLING WILLIAM HARBECK Corner Washington and Indiana DEALER IN Flour Fppn flfoi’n ivUI y 1 V V Vl y VJ1 dill Hay and Straw Mr. Blue (inPhysics) : “By rubbing Mr. Wedeking, naming objects of mas- a piece of paper on wool it will stick to culine gender: “Devil, Sun, etc.” the wall.” Irene V.: “Yes, and Fool is masculine Liela B. : “Why it even sticks to my gender.” arm.” Mr. Blue: “Well, some people are more Arthur: “Why do they give the grad- attractive than others.” uates sheepskins?” Bill J.: “A sheepskin is used to make It’s strange that Luise gets so peevish a drum head, therefore it is a suggestion when she is asked to work chemistry ex- from the faculty to the senior class to periments for the V. H. S. beat it.” Albe’s Restaurant FRANK BILLINGS 59-61 W. Main Street GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Open All Night 22 North Washington Street 79 Only Two Cars FORD. and Can’t afford We sell the FORD. Better leave order today R. D. ROSS SON Very few Chemistry mornings slipped by without Alla, Bernice, Marie or Luise come strolling into the assembly room, with a filter paper, piece of rubber tub- ing or some such, draped on their hair or dress. Everybody’s doing it and some are overdoing it (in bookkeeping class). Miss McIntyre (in history) : “Now please do not raise your hands while some one is reciting, for one can not think with so many arms around one.” Stern Father: How do these B’s hap- pen to be on your report this month? You’ve been bringing home A’s.” Fond Pupil : “1 know it, but the kid in front of me had his seat changed.” CHARLES C. THUNE DRUGGIST Paints and Wall Paper Phone 173 W - Valparaiso J. H. ROSS HARDWARE STOVES m BUGGIES W HARNESS It can easily be seen that Marie is fond of flowers, for she is seldom seen with- out a Garland. Lillian R. (in English VIII): “I am not a chicken.” Miss Single (to the altos) : “I wish you would hold me (mi) in a little long- er.” Wade C. : “Gee, I wish I were an alto singer.” Mr. Jessee: “If we put Latin III at 9 o’clock, what is your conflict, Glen?” Glen R. : “With breakfast.” Mr. Blue (explaining the length of ether waves) : “The shortest waves we can see are blue” pause general laugh. When You Want THE OLYMPIA ICE CREAM GO TO FLOYD FOSTER 18 Washington Street Home Made Candies AND ICE CREAM Ealing with us makes life worth living PURDY’S HOTEL and RESTAURANT OPEN ALL NIGHT PHONE 212 80 R. P. WOLFE Tailor and Furnisher East Main Street Talcott’s Laundry OLDEST AMD BEST IM THE CITY Bring your laundry to the plant and get the benefit of our cash discount. Phone 88 3 55 Garfield Ave. Marie T. : “We never get tired of baked apples where I board.” Alla B.: “You don’t?” Marie: “No, we know if we did we’d get prunes.” Scientists need look no farther for the missing link between monkey and hu- manity — the answer is “man.” Miss Benney: “What would you say to Emerson’s aphorism, ‘If you trust men, they will be true to you.” Wade C. : “I would say that Emerson never kept a grocery.” Hazel K. : “Have you seen Al?” Martha: “Al who?” Hazel: “Alcohol, Kerosine him last night, but he hasn’t benzine since.” H. J. FOX J. W. HISGFN The FOX STUDIO Fine Portraits Amateur Work Neatly Done Enlargements, Crayons, Pastels, Water-Colors, Flash Lights and View Work VALPARAISO, - . INDIANA Z. J. McMAHAN B. D. McMAHAN McMahan bros. Flour, Feed, Hay and Straw CHICKEM FEED A SPECIALTY Main Street and Michigan Avenue Phone 378 R Valparaiso, Indiana His sister was asked by a young lady how he was getting along in school. “Oh, just grand,” she replied, “he’s half-back o n the foot ball team, and way back in his studies.” “All animals are not in cages; there are some dandelions on the lawn.” Mr. Jessee (in Civics) : “Under what department does the Life Saving Service come?” Martha K. : “Under the fish commis- sion, I think.” Miss Benney: “What play was Othello in?” Berniece B. : “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” CALL AND SEE US In our New Location. Headquarters for all kinds house furnishing goods, novelties, etc. 1 Try our fine Candies 10c. a pound. 40c. Chocolates, 20c. a pound. THE FAIR 17 Main Street Shedd ' s Old Stand MOX HUGE, D. I). S. Dentist 5 Hast Main Street IMione 602 VALPARAISO, - - INDIANA 81 The Valparaiso National Bank THE FIRST TRUST COMPANY Solicit Your Checking and Saving Accounts CHAS. W. BENTON, President A. J. LOUDERBACK, Cashier Mr. Jessee (in Civics) : “No, the Ger- man army will never be able to whip us; why, if necessary, I could whip two of them myself.” Glen R. : “Ever get that tired feeling in spring?” Binks E.: “Yes, an’ it catches me in the summer, fall an’ winter, too.” Willis won first prize at the Waveland Corn Show for having the biggest ears. Luise R. : “Haven’t you girls went up to Lou Cartha’s yet?” Did her went, did her gone, Did her leave I all alone, Oh, why did it? W. L. Wilson Lumber Coal Co. Corner Washington and Monroe Streets LUMBER and COAL BUILDING MATERIAL OF ALL KINDS We handle only the Best Goods Telephone 106 J You’ve been thinking diamond and talking diamond. Maybe you’ve figured a bit on the question. q You’d really like to have a diamond. Now is the time. tfl The rings illustrated run from $10.00 to $150.00. Come in and see them. GEO. F. BEACH, Watch and Diamond Merchant B □ Q □ Q East Main Street Q 0 □ 0 J.W. McNAY Tohe Tailor OVER. POST OFFICE Can You Imagine? Wade not ready to argue. Irene not giggling. Earl separated from Gretchen. Gretchen separated from Earl. Lillian with unbecoming hats. Marguerite without a frown. Ruth not ready to slam. Harry using simple words. Tom not shuffling his feet. Marie Me. not talking. Willis wide awake. Marie T. on time at classes. Margaret without her lessons. Mable’s face not powdered. Wayne not orating. Amanda fat. Helen not Neet. Raymond not sitting backwards in Eng- lish class. Bernice B. sober. Luise skipping school. Alla not ready to have fun. Bennet C. thin. Freshmen intelligent. Sophomores not stuck up. Juniors meek. Seniors stupid. Verna S. playing anything but the “Chariot Race.” The Seniors with money to loan. Glen R. on time. Bernice with Marie’s nose. Marie with Bernice’s nose. Glen a student. John C. behaving himself. Liela B. cutting up in school. Bernice W. with a general average of 36. Martha K. with a general average of 96. Seniors handing work in on time. Anna as principal in a country school. Maurice running for Senator. Geneva Cobb a suffragette. Helen F. “dunking” in Latin. Mr. Clifford: “Bennett, what does this zero mean on your school report?” Bennett: “1 think that’s a report of the last cold spell we had.” Luise R. : “Say, I wish you’d tell me something 1 can’t quite understand.” Well?.’ Luise R. : “How do you get soft water from a hard rain?” 3 Chicago Street Phone 1 86 W HORN BROS. W. E. FARRAR DEALERS IN Chiropractor Fresh and Preserved Meats, Vertebral Sublaxation Sausage, Etc. IS THE CAUSE OF ALL DISEASE Also Buyers and Shippers ol Live Slock 83 L. M. PIERCE ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE Stinchfield Fehrman Dealers in Furniture, Stoves, Pianos, Sewing Machines, Etc. Undertakers and Embalmers Prof. Jessee talks to a few V. H. S. boys (not mentioning any names) : “Now, fellows, you are almost hopeless and you’re here for that purpose. You are wasting your time. Get what you can out of school while you are here. A good education is the best thing a fellow can have. I spent several years in Valparai- so University — Look at me — I am teach- ing school and get $45 a month; Snyder, the janitor gets $90. But we are on an equal. We are all equal. The poor man has health without wealth, the rich man, wealth without health. The rich man has ice in summer time, the poor man has ice in the winter time. Now to get there some of you must make 1.50%. You can do it, so we’ll adjourn.” Miss Single: “If you want to make this song successful, you must sing loud- er.” Berniece B. : “I’m singing as loud as I can, what more can I do?” Miss Single: “Be more enthusiastic, open your mouth and throw yourself into it!” Perverted Truths. Mr. Skinkle especially encourages loit- ering in the halls. The Seniors have money to loan. Freshmen should not fail to eat their lunch in the Assembly Room. The Basket Ball players never have their hair cut on Saturday. There was a tie between Lou Cartha Pierce and Berniece B. in a Gum Chewing Contest held by Miss Benney in her room. That this Annual is the Best ever is- sued. Anna Finn : “What’s the meaning of the word ‘Goo Goo?’ ” Bessie B.: “I can’t explain it, but for example watch Earl and Gretchen.” Senior: “Hurrah for the SENIORS.” Freshy: “Hurrah for the seniors, hur- rah for the lunatics.” Senior: “That’s right, everybody for his own class.” Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but also makes the marks grow rounder. Jno. McGillicuddy M. La FORCE MONUMENTS AND CUT STONE SHOES 63-65 Indiana Ave. Valparaiso, - . Indiana 21 Main Street 84 A Bully Job. A circus came to Valparaiso, and the small boys hurried down to the circus lot to get jobs that would let them in free. One young hopeful came home. Did any of the boys get in for noth- ing?” his mother asked. “Yes’m.” “How?” “Oh, some of them carried water for the elephant and some of them ran er- rands — and all that.” “Did you get in?” “You bet! I had a bully job — I washed the snakes!” What is a relief? The bell. Miss Welty: “All girls but Seniors, walk up the stairs single file.” The perpetual cry of the new pupils: I never got such low grades in my life.” Miss Benney: “Anybody here absent?” Mr. Blue: “Kenneth, how many are 100x1? Kenneth: “100.” Mr. B. : “How many are 100 x zero?” Kenneth (very bright): “100.” Mr. Skinkle (in Geom. Ill) : “Bessie, you have a very neat figure.” Oh, girls, don’t you think John S. and James K. are cute? Admiring Youth: “What would you ad- vise me to do first in order to become an orator?” Wade C.: “Get a job addressing let- ters.” Resolved: That the Superintendent has more hair than the Principal. John S. : “Bait the hook well, this fish will bite.” Miss Benney: “What can you say of Shelley, Marie?” Marie T. : Well, he had two sides to him.” Marie Me. : “Bacon was too lean and salty to write “Hamlet” and Othello.” “Pat, is ebony a tree?” “No, it’s a tree.” English VI, discussing men who did great things, but received no praise. Marie Timmons: “Well, there are lots of presidents who have — there’s Colum- bus.” Holmes: What’s the difference be- tween a Jew and a banana?” Arthur: “I don’t know, what is it?” Holmes: “You can skin a banana.” Thomas in Eng. VIII: “Keats wrote the “Ode to a Grecian Churn.” Earl W. : “Would you mind my not waiting for you this noon?” Gretchen: “Why?” Earl : “Oh, I just want to experience the agony of being away from you, so that afterwards my joy will be more in- tensified.” Mr. Hughart: “When Cincinnatus left his plow standing in the furrow, where did he go and what did he do?” LeRoy S. : “Went off and had a good time, I suppose.” Mr. H.: “Don’t you remember, he went and raised an army and saved his coun- try?” LeRoy: “Yes, I read that, but I thought that was just what he told his wife.” Press of Wade Wise VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY (Accredited) VALPARAISO, INDIANA One of the Largest Institutions of Learning in the United States Forty-lirsl Year will Open Scpl. 16, 1913 I n 1873 the school had 3 Departments, 4 In- structors and an annual enrollment of 210 differ- ent students. Now there are — 26 DEPARTMENTS 135 INSTRUCTORS and an annual enrollment last year of 5525 Different Students Excellent Equipments The reason for this remarkable growth j H j n the fact that the Institution is constantly increasing its facilities, strengthening its courses of study and offering additional advantages, without mak- ing the expense to the student any greater. DEPARTMENTS: Preparatory, Teachers ' , Kindergarten, Primary, Education, Manual Training, Scientific, Hiology, Civil Engineering, Classic. Higher English, Ger- man, French, Spanish, Italian, Elocution and Ora- tory, Music, Fine Art. Law, Pharmacy, Medical. Dental, Commercial, Penmanship, Phonography and Typewriting, Review. THE DEPARTMENT OF DENTISTRY of the University, is the well-known Chicago College of Dental Surgery, one of the oldest and best equipped dental schools in the country. Dr. Truman W. Brophy, Dean, Chicago, Illinois. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE The course of study in the Medical Department is the same as that of the best medical schools. The University owns its college and hospital buildings both in Chicago and Valparaiso. Two years of the work may be done in Valparaiso, thus reducing the ex- penses, or the entire four years may be done in Chicago. THE NEW MUSIC HALL enables the School now to accommodate all who wish work in music. CIVIL ENGINEERING The Revised Course in Civil Engineering is proving a most valuable acquisition. No extra charge. The expenses are made so low that any one can meet them. Tuition, $20 per term of 12 weeks, or $65 per year of 48 weeks if paid in advance. Board with furnished room. $1.70 to $5 per week. Catalog mailed free. Address, H. B. BROWN, Pres., or O. P. KINSEY, Vice-Pres.