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j ·1. 1 This Issue' is Respectfully Dedicated to Dr. and Mrs. D. R. ·Hodgdon

Dr. Daniel Ru · ·el Hodgdon was want of money r tard his progress. enough m ney t pay hi born in Winthrop, Maine, in the year He would go to coll~ge and earn his and put fifteen dollars in 1885. After fini bing hi preparatory own way and how hi f.ri nds that he Hi alary wa very . mall, but he did work in the grade , he entered the could step out into the world and not get dis ourag d. Wh n college Winthrop ,High School where he took cont nd in the open field. It ·eem opened he went up and re i tered. the regular four year · or work re- that hi parents doubted his ability Hi. p n s th first day were ev n quisite for graduation. In High and out·age to go out and mak even dollara and eighty-five ents. The hool Mr. Hodgdon play n the a start. This only t nded o whet fifl n dollars wa football team. He also won honor · him to his gr at purpo e and he ~ent a a debater. In hi Junior year of from hom d t rmin cl to e d or High chool he took the fir:t priz in go down in the fight. public peaking. Mr. Hodgdon' moth r wa ver de­ ti ·irou of having h r son , tudy for th h mini try, and this mi hl h "V com L to pa if it had not be n for a r - ver e in family affair whi h vre­ nted hi getting the anticipal d help for hi· bout a month before hi \ inthrop High s 1 fa in th VALOO Titters and Tatters By T. A. T.

Tke Fortune Tellers and the Fortune ed up, and in the transom, they saw tion of the proper atmosphere, aud Hunters a personffied picture of victory in a exchanged the desired osculation. Two young men, both known for frame. (This should have been plural). their ability to sling hash at one of Both reported at headquarters at Hobbs reports that he is well pleas­ our Greek Emporiums, became tired nine o'clock the next morning, and ed, and hopes that invitations will of their task when they saw a band upon explaining their situation were not cease to be forthcoming, as no of Gypsies earning a goodly amount reinstated to the Dean's classes. one has patented the process yet. of currency of the realm by telling --o- Moral: Buy a parlor lamp. fortunes. Incensed by these visions, ~- they resigned their positions, and The lllule and the Watet· Jterlock, Outlocked proceeded to practice fortune telling A Senior A. B. who has done con­ in one of the spacious rooms at siderable traveling, sometimes at his, One Jolin Tomlin, super-sleuth and Mound Hall. sometimes at the road's, and some­ fingerprint expert, suspicioned that Upon examining their qualities in times at the government's expense, someone was transgressing on his detail, Reed, one of the boys, discov­ must have at some time, gone through terri.tory, or to use the real term, ered that his hair was Ught, which, the State of Missouri. "butting in on his beat". From sev­ according to Gypsy love is impossi­ That state is known as the home of eral sources evidence was collected, ble. However his partner, Mr. Childs the Assinine quadrupeds, commonly and from all indications Dean Wink­ had all the required characteristics. referred to as donkeys and mules. ler ·was. the offender. So, in order to avoid complications, Both of these classes of ungalates are John procured a private interview Reed consented to furnish his palm famous for their contrariness, and and the· following dialogue ensued: as a practice table for Childs. In re­ this said honorable Senior must have "Now, see here, I'm from headquar­ turn, Reed was to be allowed to act absorbed some of this quality; for he ters. You keep, off'n my beat. I'll as advance publicity man for Mr. has a persistent habit of contradict­ take care of. these boys". Childs~ and receive half of the re­ ing Noa.h Webster, and the rules of "Now, who told you that? Wlb.o ceipts. the celebrated Wooley's and Century sent you up here?" This practice so enrapt the boys, Handbooks, which were imposed up­ "Never mind who, just keep out of that Dean Winkler missed them from on him with Slaters' Rhetoric, and it." his classes. College Readings in English Prose. John reports that as yet the Dean The Dean being a fatherly man, Last week, be said, "Dem dere has not trespassed. feared for the safety and health of statements is been taken from an an­ Moral: With apologies to Shakes­ the boys, instituted a search, with tiquated magazine that is very old". peare. Take counsel of Prudence. himself as the chairman of the "mon- Will some one "interpretate" this for The search led us? of Columbia Hall. --o-- he arrived at one of the doors, d the clinking of ivory chips, An 0 culatron Bargain swishing of paste board, slid- A certain young lady, prominent in on some smooth surface. school circles, office circles, and mo~ little scouting, our Dean tor circles, was in the cafeteria, when chair, and mounted to an a young man of equal prominence post. Through the tran­ made his debut to the steam counter. ed receive the slip of The debutante (masculine) was shy board, and Childs ac­ and his peaches and cream complex­ blue, white and red ion betrayed his ill at ea eness. This pleased our lady very much for she has an inclination to become a movie was to exact vamp, thi desire being born at the lady. Reed wa Schelling Theatre during the Theda the lady and the Bara regim . At all event , Alta in­ is Inquired . vited the boy to an exchange of oscu­ " returned lation . The invitee, feared to ac­ cept, le t the dean of his or her re- pected department or both, should uddenly appear from behind one of the numerou pictures on the walls, refrained, and Alta noticing embar­ ras ment a ked him to a more eclud­ ed corn r of her own parlor. Th boy responded to the stimula- ... Coach Keogan Ver! .f requently we have differences V r ~ODN - No v. J~w f of opm10n here at Valparaiso-argu­ ments for and against social activi- ties, controversies regarding elections VA -L,OON and varying ideas as to the adminis~ tration of the school work-but it can With Our Coach---Dr. Keogan be safely said that there is not a stu­ dent in the University who is not During t he past several years, nu­ whole-heartedly in favor with Presi­ merous discussions have arisen, re­ dent Brown' choice of the Director of garding the comparison of eastern Physical Education-Dr. George Keo­ and western football . .They have al­ gan. so compared the individual stars of A graduate of the University of the east with those of the west. In Minnesota, he almost immediately be­ fact, when Walter Camp makes his gan his work of teaching Physical Ed­ choice of the usual mythical all­ ucation, his first work in this line be­ American, we find them mostly from ing at Charles City College in Iowa. the eastern universUies. Being successful, he went to Locks­ The past season · it has been my port, Ill., and later he tu1·ned out two privilege as coach of Valparaiso Uni­ championship teams for Superior versity, to have my team meet Har­ State Teachers' College and won un­ vard University,' 'acknowledged one dying fame in that section. of the greatest eastern elevens. St. Louis University enjoyed un­ They are undefeated this season, and paralleled athletic successes for the were held to a tie score by Princeton. two years Dr. Keogan was at the helm They defeated every team on their of the physical t r aining department. schedule, except Holy Cross and St. Thomas College was the next Princeton, by a greater score than school having Mr. Keogan on its fac­ they did Valparaiso. It has also ulty, but he soon answered the call been my privilege, to have had my to the colors at the outbreak of the team play the great machine from war, serving fifteen months in the Notre Dame, ·whieh has been. ·termed Navy before being discharged. :_:__;:;;.~__:.....-~.,..... by football:. exp_e.tts the greatest west­ ern . eleven,. and. the r greatest t'eam Notre Dame ever: had. -Thetefore, L believe I can give a good view on the above subject. Harvard, like I otre Dame, ha a great abundance of material. The big Crimson school of the east had fully a hundred men in uniform. A big, husky, well-built group of men, a man than lo take green material you Indiana, and also Purdue: L t who outweighed Valparaiso several and build it from the start. u battle for that second position, pounds a man. This w~s also true any place, any time. at Notre Dame. Harvard ha several wo::1derful Eastern football has a finish and backfield men in Horween, Buell, polish that one does not find in the Hamilton, hurchill, and Owens. All u ky these backs, Wlith the exception of western game. Play work smooth­ Eckland: "F irmont Park, in Phila­ hurC'hill, are of the line-smashing ly, precise, and every man ha. a de­ delphia i. the best park in the coun­ typ . But I believe George Gipp of finite function and performs that try." Notre arne a greater back than any function perfectly. You don't notice Kercheval: " ix on that tuff. It's Harvard player. (He i more versa­ the ragged uncertain play so evident go nothing on ager's." tile, being a r a kicker, passer and in the west. The player are perfect­ Eckland: "It Why, it a wizard rr ing the ball. ly drilled in the fundamentals of the tak through game. The interference i perfectly The e tern defen ·ive play is it: moulded and each player, who form strange t featur . How ver, I be­ littl it, a master at the act of blocking. lieve Valparaiso has equally as This can be easily explained, for the trong a defen. ive as Harvard or No· eastern preparatory ·chools, are They the only two coached to the ea tern :tyle of play. bl goal The men are poli hed football play­ lin . h er when they rea h the e tern uni­ ver itie . In h we t our material Valpar i o-Notr i. drawn from the average high encounter. sh d in the sec- hool t am, which in mo t in tan e.·, • ·a re Dam i. truly ma.-t r are not of high tandard. In many diana f'O tball, having def a ed in tance they have been poorly and ana, Pnrdu . and Valparai. o. wrongly coached. When we get them fight for c nd pla e i betwe livin ." the rebuilding proce tart It'· parai o and Indiana. <=~aid· "l'm much harder o change and rebuild :cor rlon·, g-·. W ,I ......

Lesson From -a Great Punctuator I know of nothing baser than in­ ed in these particular§_._ __ T.4i.!>. is a ly of punctuation marks and these ·gratitude to those who have aided fundamental law which many able extra'S Will come in handy. one in mounting the ladder of suc­ punctuators seem to have overlook­ Don't be afraid to use plenty of ex­ cess. Many young writers who have ed. It is indeed a privilege to be the clamation marks. No matter how helped me ascend the heights of fame first to point it out and elucidate up­ rotten an· article is, if it is punctuat­ now apply to me for instruct 'on that on its subtle influence. .ea with exclamation marks. All they too may come up where the sun I never use ·the pronoun "I". If kisses should be punctuated with se­ shines twenty-four hours a day. you do use it people ~ill make fp.n of clusion inarks. Exclamation marks Those who have helped me become a you and class you with the late W. would make them too conspicuous. great author by reading my literary Wilson and his · coll~ague, T. Roose­ If any one should desire any fur­ work are now continually 'begging velt, and you do not want a thing like ther information upon thls subject I me to tell them how I have made my that to happen. If it is absolutely shall be glad to give it free, gratis success. necessary to use it, punctuate it with and for . nothlng. I mean that it exclamation marks. Use at least one won't cost anything; that is, I do it One of the questions put to me is. on each end and still less in the mid­ without pay. Address all corres~ "How do you punctuate?" It is a dle. Quotation marks should be used llOndence to Altruria Hall, Valpa­ pleasure for me to show others how to keep the soutli side of your article raiso, Ind. I usually spend my week I have climbed the ·golden stairway straight. Nothing makes writing .ends there. which has led me to the toJ) of the more acceptible than plenty of quota­ Egroeg Nospmits. glorious mountain of literary fame. tion marks. Always keep in mind For I too was once a youne: man with­ the general rule to use all points as out recognition fie:hting for a place often and as conspicuou~ly as possi­ in the sun of letters. To show my ble. Every fifteen words a dash and apnreciation I shall speak freely in two full stops should be employed. ree:ard to the methods of nunctuation Three semicolons and two colons in­ which I employed and by which T hP terspersed with seven _commas, is the carne one of the first writers of the general rule for informal writing century. Tnoue:h I am one of the such as love leters and telegrams. ahle~t men in the country, yet you This rule ought to be learned by never hPar me brae; aobnt it or even heart and repeated at least twice ev­ refer to jt in conversation. I have ery ground'"hog's day. nn p·e-otism ~hout mP. ::~nd I wonld not I recall a very appropriate quota­ tell vou about mvself 1f it were nnt tion in William Caesar· by Julius for thP. faf't thl'lt I W::lnt you to know Shakespeare which is . ~s follows: about me and how great I am: ' . "Avoid, 0 .Brutus, all . ~arks which The flrst punctuation mark i"' t'he punctuate, they are like the serpent's dash. Th~re has been manv ·a vo~ng t. 1 't:~ convey have never yet ~e-en the artiale that I tlie meaning which we 'fraW in mind ,conM nnt nnnotuate if I had -a goon could' be 'selected' af " i·andom from supply of dashes. Sears; 'Roebuck's 'catalog. · · There is a general rule' of punctua­ - If you do not' have time' to insert tion which may be relied''.on as a your· own' poinfs~ ~ jus tt's(md a bunch Prove It guide for all noirrts · of nunctu~tion . along With' your C'~;h~ ~cie . a.i{d "liave the Mrs. utshaw: "W'hy, he called you The rule is to use as manv as nossi­ 'editor' of the ' Vaiooflnb~t~em in. Be a gorilla, didn't he? I wouldn't stand 'ble. If vou _d

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The Season' Crisis by Capt. "Moose" Conley While the majority of football perhaps prayers, they spurred us on teams in the middle west are hanging to drive down field - and over that up the mud-stained moleskins and last white barrier to a glorious vic­ reviewing their respective successes tory? or failures, we at Valparaiso are still fo llowing the pi·gskin in preparation J\LP HRL 0 TE T I 0 for the coming crisis. I consider the North Dakota University contest to ' The Valoon is conducting a contest be played at ary, Thanksgiving Day, which will determine the Valpo Girl. the critical period in our 1920 sea on. T ad ~. niott nd Marion Kuciemba are The oort ritics are reviewing the . couling th campus for photographs "dope" for mythical eleven , picking of th fair co- d . If you have a All-Western, All-State combination friend whom you think hould be and in consequence the eyes of the among the • cont stants, please gi v sport world are focussed on Thurs­ h r pi ture to either of the e men or day's battle. Our place in the grid­ o am. The contest will be conduct­ iron record depend upon the out­ d by vote which are on sale at the come. Star who wear the Brown Togg ry, olleg Pharmacy, and Pal­ and Gold are ure to win re ognition m r & Eicher' . Vot s are one cent and last but not lea t, we will try to your votes in the box wr st from the North Dakotan a Rainbow R staurant. Base victory that will pla e old V. U. above rit.' of the Valpo Girl on the the many eleven that faced the rain , eauty, and Pop­ North Dakotan and lo t. conte t will be decided We play a feature role, too, on r Everybody vot Thur, day, in the elaborat program fot your fa orit . V te. Vote! Vote! arranged by the director of the En­ dowment Drive. Thou and of luk - -v arm V. . alumni will be tran - Mi formed to red-hot upporter if we repeat our . terlin performan es of m n and with a hard-earned cham­ th pa ·t. pion:hip title to defend. Will the In clo ing, I app al for whole­ h k r of h grid men r peat their hearted, lOO r;.. uppor -. ·orth Dako­ trauitional performance or 1 t the funny ta i coming trong, outweighing our Thank giving, when by cheer , and bone." I' I 6 VA LOON Brain Brushes

If you don't like crab apples, don't plant crab apple trees. -o-- ~tand on your head and the world will be upside down. -a- He who boasts of his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is Ul}derground. -o- WbeTe . tb.ere is honey, there you w'm :fi;n.d bees.. -0-

. The· h~nd · that igns the check book n,1les ~ the world. -o- Real ed.ucation begins when you leave ., chool. , -o- Re who does nothing is seldom without helpers. -a- It's ea y to poke another man's fire but how about your qwn.? -a- One lie needs a dozen lies to wait on it.

--()- We are not a. harned for _what we have done, but for what others know we have done. -a- ,.. ' - -(St. Louis Globe-Democrat.) Learn to say good things about oth· Head of Student Council Elected ers; it will do you good. --()-- For the first time in many years, no one could tell but everyone won­ Better to run a clean ond than dered. Finally, it was announced that the students turned the ca~~s into an unfair first. a political convention halt:- . Keen Pierce had won. Credit must be given to b is campaign managers, for they - a- rivalry was displayed by both sides. worked with untiring efforts. Pierce Whatever you do ·hall live with Men of high calibre were running for is a man of sterling character and you; good or bad. You ·ball suffer the executiv~ qffice , of the dent will no doubt make a good executive. damage only from your own fault , blame not other .. Co~ncil. Jac Pierce, a senior ' It i over, fellow ! Let us all get be­ . r ~ W,CJn _by a close margin from ~i op- hind Jack and help him carry out -o- ponent, LaureQ.ce (Dad) Elliott. It his dutie . Forget the pre-election Help the fellow who is just :tart­ rivalry. It' all in the game. Let ing. You wer a beginn r on e your­ was a hotly conte ted fight from start the lo er be good losers. Let us If. to finish, for the · men had many practi e a. · we preach. We have friends on the Hili. It wa at fir t demon tr·ated our ,!:portsmanship in ervi e render d is cau ·e, athletic , now let us demonstrate lt thought that Dad would carry, then De. erved r ward i eff t. in a few hours the sentiment went to in politic . -o- Pierce, then next it was Dad all over The Valoon behind you, Jack, th Hill. Arguments, debates, stump and wi hes yE>u uccess. To you, T ay, "You are wrong" i. not speeches, posters and everything Dad, we congratulate you on the nough. Prove it! which goes to make up a real pre i­ ' plendid bowing you made and trust --()- dential election was displayed. On you will carry out your dutie in the Rem mber you are univer ity the day of election, it seemed an even future a faithfully a you have in the man or univer ity woman. Ac lik break. The moments were intense, pa t. one! r; VA LOON 11 Life of Dr. llodgdon I (Continued from page 1) In 1911, Mr. Hodgdon became Prin­ [Farmers cipal of the High School at Parson, this letter the Pres.deut offered to New Jersey. Te later accepted a po­ help him in every wa that h~ could. sition in the State Normal School of This was one of the \};tPP~e~t mom­ Restaurant ents of M.r. Hodgdon' l ~e. 'fltis let­ New Jersey. He spent live years in ter was what determ d ll' subse­ this position, after which time he was quent career. The p,.)l who wrote asked by the trustees of the old New­ the letter was no les a persop. than ark Technical School in the· same 0 ldest, Busiest George Colby hase. President of city as the New Jersey State Normal, Bates College he had, a great influ­ to direct the work in re-establishing and ence on -:- Mr. Hodgdon's life. the school and re-organize its cour­ Mr. Hodgdon immediately returned ses. Doctor Hodgdon established a Most Popular to college and made up the time College of Engineering, both chemi­ which he had lost teaching. With the cal and electrical. He turned the in­ Restaurant help of the institution and what he stitution irtto a co-education school had earned teaching, he had enough and introduced vocational training in In money to pay his expense for th the ev ning for those working during rest of the winter term. He received the day. Much of. Dr. Hodgdon's hi scholarship also the same term. Valpo. time at Newark was spent at indus­ He was asked by the ecretary of the trial work. In October, 1919, he ac­ Congr~gational hurch . to ! act as a cepted the position of President of the · supplement in the pulpit. This he Hahnemann Medical College and did until the · end of the school year. Quick service, Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Hodgdon Mr. Hodgdon was at this time only was getting his work well under way nineteen years of age. At the begin­ when he was called to the greater reasonable price ning of the summer vacation he was r~sponsibility of heading the faculty offered a church. He accepted the of Valparaiso University. A short position and held it until the end of time later he was elected President his Junior year in college. While Mr. of Valparaiso. Hodgdon was attending college he a 1 ·o was at different times principal Be ides the work mentioned in the of the Abbott and Strong High different institutions, Mr. Hodgdon Schools. received the degree of Doctor of Sci­ Mr. Hodgdon was married in his ence in Potomac University. He d.id Junior year and left chool to accept supplementary work in the Univer­ M t y< ur the place of Principal of the Freeport sity of New York in 1917, and was a schools. Later he became Principal lecturer in the In titute of Arts and . tt d nt fri nd of the rinna Union A ademy and cience the same place from 1917 to h ld that 1 osition for two year . 1919. He was a charter member of Mean while he attended the Univer­ the New Jers y h mical ocirty and t sity of Maine and received his degree was a member of th . · w J rs y in Liberal Arts. Previously he had Tea hers' A · ociation. r iv d th . am deJ?"ree from Bates Dr. Hodgdon i author of two text­ ollege. books on Gen ral ien . They are Valparaiso While h wa Principal of th work d ut upon th principle of Academy at orinna he wa offer d the " o ial recitation" and are a ·a ood po i ion in Bangor but the in­ r dit to th author. Billiard : titution of whiCh he was at the head Th po ition that r. Hodgdon now 1· fu ed to accept hls resignation, and holds is one of gre t respon ibility h remained in orinna. In 1908 he and it is the duty of every one int r­ became Vice-Principal of the State ted in Valparaiso Univer ity to get all -·ormal School of Maine. Here he behind him and o-operate with him r mained until he became head of th in hi work. Preparatory epartmen of Science in Rutger olleg . During the tim ·n spent at Rutger he did work in Co­ lumbia Univer ity with the view of I r· getting his Ph. D. degree. In thi work he pecialized in education a~~ini froti~n in thA Toonhorn' ~"---~~~~~~~~;;~~~~...... 1111111111111111111111111111111 12 VA LOON

Indoor Sports Wlteu I a Slumb'ring Am Certain young ladies ( ?) of Altru­ Once upon a morning early, ria desire publicity to such an extent When the mists were thin and curly, that they meet in one of the roop:1s And the world was all asnore, night after night, near the midnight And while I was sweetly napping, hour, and pose in half-nude negligee Suddenly there came a tapping, for flashlight ,photographs. So that all As of some one rapping, rapping, late-hour pedestrians on the streets rapping at 1ny chamber door. below may be assured of a perfect Then rose 1 in wrath and nightie, view, the lights are left on, and the Feeling quite truculent and flighty, window shades remain at the top of Crying~ "Id"iot, let me smite thee- the casements. Thou hast done the trick once Lembke girls have taken up the in­ more! door sport. Should any one see inter­ Like the whole blamed tribe of bell Here's where the joke comes in. In mittent flashes against the dark sky hops, the picture. No joking in our busi­ of an evening, hereabouts, he need Hast thou knocked the wrong man's ness. Straight statements of facts not fear that the weather man has door!" about our service to all who intrust their wants to our care. become mixed in his dates. These -0- flashes do not indicate a coming thun­ : Tit for Tat DRUG SUNDRIES der storm- they are merely vivid Speed: "Wlell, old thing, I have at symbols of young wom{m at play. last -got me a girl." CONFECTIONERY -o­ . $am: • "I knew you would. You Football Via Trig know the old saying, 'There's a per­ ICE CREAM A. A. (reading some angles off to simmon for every possum.' " himself in Trig. Class: -0- SCHOOL SUPPLIES "18-31-29 ,.... 0ne co-ed: "'l'hey say Jack's father 27-42-53 was a fisherman." 49-17-10" Second co-eel: "Maybe that's why Ed Curtin: "Signals off!" ' Jack has uch a strong line." Palmer & -o-­ --Q- Stude: "I love to dance." At tlle Wedding Co-ed (after fourth struggle): He: "Have you kissed the bride?" Eicher ''Why don't you try it orne time?" Him: "Well, not lately.'' 472 College Avenue --o- --()- One On Doc Peschel: "I didn't know they make Dr. Fyfe: "Young lady, you havr in­ books out of water." FOR A HOT J)RINK digestion. You mu t chew your food Prof. Muldoon:. "Who said they Go To properly. What do you "think God gave did?'' "KANSTEIN'S you tho e teeth for?" Peschel: "Well, Arny says some- .\LSO FIXE STATIO :rERY Grace Thorp: "God didn't give them thing here about an immen e volume to me. I bought them." of water." HROCERIES SJIOKI G .\R'riCLE GET YO R SAMPLE AT AP'S EXTRA

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