Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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fe fs EDDENE B. PETERSON Bode. Iowa Miss Eddene B. Peterson, usually called Pete by her intimate friends, made her first home on a farm in Iowa. Miss Peterson is one of strong person- ality. She is unusually energetic, very cheerful, can always take a joke, and possesses the rare characteristic of being a. friend to all and an enemy to none. After attending Humbolt College of Humbolt, Iowa. she taught for two years. She has been a student at Valparaiso University the past four years. receiving the B. S. degree last August and both the A. B. and Pg. B. degrees this August. Besides the regular work of these courses, she has been an active and promi- nent member of the Music Department. Next year she expects to enter an institution of music in Chicago to complete her preparation of Music a life work. WILLIAM SHAEFER Titusville, Pa. It was customary up in Pennsylvania to celebrate the birth of every child with sky rockets and other explosives. One quiet morning on Sept. 30, 1881, the neighbors noticed a ball of fire from a rocket ascending with unusua.l swift- ness into the air. It proceeded directly toward the heavens as if its message were unusual, and finally, dividing itself, seemed to bear sweet tidingsg for a dozen stars, as streaks of brightness, lost themselves in the distance. The purpose of this rocket was to announce to the community the birth of Wrii. S. Shaffer. He was graduated from Titusville High School, Pa., and later attended the Grove City College. In 1909 Mr. Shaffer graduated from Eastman Business College and later was principal of the school. Entering the Valparaiso University in 19lO'he has made many friends and associates. He was vice-president of the Classic Class the second term and is now Classic Manager for ,the Annual. 30

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5 1 J. CAYCE MORRISON Hanson, Illinois In the land of Egypt, the subject of this sketch first delighted his par- ents' eyes at a time known to them and recorded in the family Bible. His early life was uneventful. His training was a mixture of Sunday School and fishing spiced by taking watermelons and hoeing corn. In both the fishing and Sunday School he succeeded inditferently. At an early age he determined to be a professional bum. His purpose once fixed, he never turned from his course. For a time he served as a pedagogue on the banks of the Okaw, near tlle historic old town named from the mythical Vandals. Tiring of gazing on the pyramids of his native land, he went up out of Egypt into the town of Morocco, and took up his abode among the Hoosiers. At last he wandered into the Vale of Paradise, where he received a few finishing touches for his profession. His future is unknown. So long as hc travels in this vale of tears, or until the family parts with the old homestead, Hanson, Illinois will find J. Cayce Morrison. CECIL DAY PARRILL Fm-ina, 111- Cecil Day Parrill first favored this mundane sphere with his presence on Sept. 19, 1888, at Farina, Ill. After attending high school at Kinmundy, Ill., he herded kids, as he expresses it, for a couple of years. He then entered Valparaiso University as a member of the Scientific Class. Here he was an active and yelling disciple, receivinghis B. S. degree in 1911. He has been a prominent member of the Classic Class, having been president of the class the second term, a member of various committees, and an enthusiastic worker for a glorious Class Day. After receiving his A. B. degree he expects to teach for a short time and then achieve fame in some of the other pro- fessions. 29 Clagg' ig if VR it

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KENT STOTLAR Herrin, Ill. Kent Stotlar was born at Herrin, Ill., June 27th, 1890. Attended City Schools. Graduated from Herrin High School in 1907. Was chosen valedic- torian of class. Finished at Marion High School in 1908. Was a member of the debating team which was the champion team of southern Illinois. Entered Valpo Law Department in 1908. Returned and finished 191. VVas a mem- ber of the ball team. Deciding to go to Yale, he returned to complete the A. B. course. Also at this time he was a member of the University ball team, holding 3rd sack, and was known on the ball field and college grounds as 'lStotf' As to his popularity, it speaks foritself. Folks of German de- scent. Father a stock dealer and fariner. He hails from that part of Illinois called Egypt, near the city of Cairo, where the Mississippi plays the part of the Nile, overiiowing the lowlands and making the country very fertile, al- though destructive in its breaking levees and destroying life and property. LUCY C THOMPSON Anaconda, Montana ' Miss Lucy C, Thompson is quite confident that Montana is the best state in the Union. She was born ,Jan 4, 1890, at Dodge City, Kansas. She spent several years of her childhood in California and Idaho, attending the public schools of the latter state. But the greater part of her life has been spent at her present home, Anaconda, Mont. She was graduated from the Anaconda High School and later spent a year at the University of Utah. After teaching for a time in the public schools of her state, Miss Thompson decided that she would secure a degree from the far famed Valparaiso University. She entered here in September, 1910, and has since been in regular attendance. She coin- pletes, this year, both the Science and Classic courses. Her plans, at present, are to re-enter the ranks of the teachers, but ere long she expects to take up college work elsewhere. Her many friends here predict for her a bright future, not of success and happiness alone, but in a bigger sense, a future of achievement which is the reward of industry and inerit. 31 ci,,,C ln,