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Published weekly by the Students of Valparaiso University,  Valparaiso, Indiana
VOLUME XXIII
VALPARAISO. INDIANA, OCTOBER 19, 1933
NUMBER 5
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PLAN HUGE PROGRAM FOR
HOMECOMING FESTIVAL
Hobo Day to be Friday, October 27—
Award Prizes to Beit Man and
Woman Tramp—Bonfire at Night.
14 FLOATS REGISTERED
The eighth annual Homecoming
celebration at Valpo will be held Sat.,
Oct. 28, with plans still in the making according to Lewis Lichtsinn,
chairman of the committee in charge.
Activities will begin with a bang
Hobo Day, Friday, Oct. 27. The men
will let their beards grow and don
their oldest togs. The women will
don sport outfits that they wouldn't
wear to dog fight—and like it. Fred
"Dempsey" Haug is chairman of the
enforcement committee to see that
all laggard "Lady Janes" and "Dapper Dans" will wear the clothes they
should have given away five years
ago.
The Frosh bonfire will blaze away
Friday night at Brown field for the
pep fest at 7 p. m. Following this,
prizes will be awarded to the best
male and female hobo and to the
owner of the longest beard. An announcement of complete details will
be made Friday morning in convocation.
To date, 14 floats have been registered with Lewis Lichtsinn. All
floats must be registered to compete
for the prizes given to the most beautiful and the most comical. These
awards will be made Saturday at the
V club banquet in Altruria hall. Dr.
E. G. Schwiebert will decide the
course of the parade which is to take
place Saturday before the game.
The frosh will "sack rush" with the
sophs between halves of the game,
the victors deciding whether or not
the freshmen will continue to wear
their green caps until Thanksgiving.
A banquet in Altruria will be held
under the auspices of the V club, at
6:30 p. m. Saturday. Only a limited
number of tickets for the affair will
be on sale.
A social sponsored by the Pan-hel-
lenic council, will be given at the
Elk's hall, Saturday evening at nine.
"Open House" will reign at the men's
Greek letter societies all day Saturday.
More plans are being formulated
daily by the University Student association. An information booth conducted for the benefit of alumni and
visitors will be in charge of Laura
Saeger. The V club is decorating
Brown field.
Valpo of 70's Recalled
By "Old School" Student
Evidently from its earliest days
Valparaiso was noted for the extremely economical college education which
it offered, as well as for the number
of men it turned out who later took
an active part and rose to prominence
in both state and national politics.
Just another evidence of this fact
is found in a communication from an
old friend, signed "W. F. S., Dixon,
111.", which was submitted to Harvey
T. Woodruff's Wake of the News column in the Chicago Tribune.
Do you Remember Way Back When:
"At the old Normal college, Valparaiso, Ind., where tuition, board,
room, light, heat, and all necessaries
were furnished for $35 per term of
ten weeks, many distinguished men,
including governors, senators, high
officials,' and judges were graduated,
and Prof. H. B. Brown was the wonder man and the guiding star in the
'70s?"
ED-PSYCHS TO HEAR
PROF. R. E. KEOHANE
LUTHERAN ASSOCIATION
SETS BUDGET AT $166410
SAGERS LAKE LOST
AS V. U. PLAYGROUND
Country's Foremost Educational Men
And Psychologists to Appear in
Series During Year
Note of Optimism Greets Reports by
Pres. Kreinheder and Chairman
Dickmeyer on Progress of U.
Opening a program of lectures by
the foremost educators and psychologists in the country, the Education
and Psychology Club will meet tomorrow night to hear Professor R. E.
Keohane, professor of social studies
in the University of Chicago high
school.
Professor Keohane will speak on
the timely subject of the revision of
social science curricula. Since this
topic deals with the practical presentation of present day problems of society it should be of interest to both
faculty members and students of the
University as well the teachers of the
county in general.
The lecture tomorrow night will be
the first of a series sponsored by the
Education-Psychology club in its effort to bring to those interested, facts
concerning the new scientific discoveries and methods in the fields of
both education and psychology.
Mr. Chas. 0. Williams, secretary
and treasurer of the Indiana State
Teachers Association, is scheduled to
speak on November 15, while arrangements are now being made to obtain
two renowned educators and a psychiatrist to speak at the three meetings following.
The sponsoring club invites all to
benefit by attending these meetings,
but it will be necessary to charge a
nominal admission fee to those not
members of the organization, in order
to defray the expenses incurred.
 V	
Yalpo Faculty Members
Attend Teachers' Meet
Dr. C. A. Serenius, Dr. W. E. Bauer,
Dr. E. G. Schwiebert and Mr. D. R.
Place are attending the Indiana State
Teachers Convention held today and
tomorrow at Indianapolis.
The chief problem before the convention is the state program of public
education in Indiana for which the
Gross Income Tax law was enacted
at the last legislature.
Dean Kroencke will also be in Indianapolis Friday evening attending
the meeting of the American Philosophical society.
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LIBRARIANS IN ATTENDANCE
AT A. L. ASSOCIATION MEET
TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP
Mrs. K. E. Bowden and Selma
Kroencke, assistant librarian, attended the College and Reference Librarian's section of the 55th annual
meeting of the American Library association at the Stevens hotel in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 17.
Valparaiso university's budget for
the year 1933-'34 was set at $166,-
110.16 by the Lutheran university association at its annual meeting held
yesterday in the Auditorium. Of this
amount, $107,109.08 will be raised by
the university's estimated income and
the remaining $59,091.08 together
with a last year's deficit of $29,021.09
will be gained through the organized
efforts of the Association. Under a
plan presented by the Rev. Theodore
Andres of the department of public
relations a membership drive will be
staged during January and February
which is expected to yield $30,000.
This plan, as explained by the Rev.
Andres, would provide for the increasing of Association memberships in two
of the three general districts to which
the group confines its activities. In
Northern Illinois, Michigan, South
Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, memberships will be enlarged from the
present total of 4,500 to 10,600 and in
the states of Minnesota, Missouri,
Iowa, Central Illinois and Northern
Wisconsin the number would be augmented by 2000 to a total of 3,300
members.
In the financial report presented
by the Rev. J. C. Baur assets over
liabilities were placed at $1,301,220.07.
Despite the country's unhealthy economic condition the University deficit
actually decreased during the past
year.
This report, together with the manifestation of internal progress of the
University cited by Pres. O. C. Kreinheder in his annual address to the
Association, gave the two-day meeting a general spirit of high optimism.
"I should say," the Rev. Andres
remarked yesterday, "that the cordial
enthusiasm shown in the meeting this
afternoon was the greatest since the
formation of the Association."
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No longer will Sagers lake, which
has served for more than half a century as a playground for Valparaiso
university, be available for the enjoyment of appreciative undergraduates.
This pretty little lake with its surrounding fields and woods less than a
half mile south of the city will soon
be the scene of a modern "back to
nature" movement supported by a
group of wealthy Chicagoans. Contrary to rumors, the group will not
practice nudism.
The 135-acre estate was leased recently to a Chicago syndicate headed
by A. C. Terns, it was learned from
Chauncey Sager, owner of the property. The lessees hold a five year option entitling them to the right of
purchase at any time during the
period.
The participators in this "back to
nature" movement are a group of 45
Chicagoans, whose goal is the acquirement of healthier bodies by living and exercising in the open. They
will use Sagers as a recreation center
to be known as the Lake of the Woods
club, with the old farm house remodeled into a clubhouse and the entire estate fenced to insure privacy,
according to W. M. Wareham, onetime professor of electrical engineering at Valparaiso university, who is
now in charge.
Co-eds to Date Co-eds;
Annual Ball Next Wed.
NOTICES
I Meeting   of   the   Mask   and i
I Quill  will  be held in Altruria j
1 hall tonipht at 7:30. {
Debate Seminar Tuesday, Oct. |
| 24, at 7:15 p. m. in Aud. 6.
| Association     of     Engineers i
i meeting will be held at 8 p. m. |
j Wednesday in Eng. 32.
| W. A. A. meeting in Aud. 7, |
I Wednesday at 7 p. m.
Debate seminar will meet in j
[ Aud. 6 at 7:00 p. m. every Tues- j
I day.
Altruria reception hall will be the
scene of another formal co-ed ball for
all university women next Wednesday, October 25, at 8 p. m. A special
invitation is extended to the wives of
faculty members.
The "would-be men" will escort
their guests to the social, which will
be carried out with Halloween decorations. Contrary to the custom of
serving refreshments, this year the
"gentlemen" will take their friends
out for a bite to eat during the intermission of the program.
The committee in charge for the
evening has scheduled Art Werre and
his band to furnish the music.
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KAPPA PSI GIVES DINNER
FOR PLEDGES AND GUESTS
Ten pledges of the Kappa Psi organization were guests at a dinner
given by the members last Tuesday
evening at Wayside Inn. Other guests
were Drs. Lofgren, Thrun, Harwood,
Kaufman, and Dean Kumnick. After
the dinner an informal social was enjoyed at the Kappa Psi house.
In Which Two Semites Sell Out To Chillicothe
Two gentlemen of undoubted Semitic ancestry had invested in a play.
Unfortunately for them their enthusiasm had overcome their better judgment, and long before opening night
they ran short of funds.
There was a time when the spectacle of gentlemen running short of
money might have been considered
humorous. Since 1929, however, perspectives have altered. Today we
merely sigh and murmur, "Life is like
that. Why doesn't Roosevelt do
something?"
Unhappily, the show must go on
... or go out. Our two gentlemen
could not wait for Roosevelt. So they
sought solace from other sources. Enter the hero, fresh from Chillicothe
(Ohio), and as dumb as a matinee
idol.
With evidence of new life the two
Semitic gentlemen pointed out to our
hero the advantages of the show business. Dubious at first, he finally waxed enthusiastic, dug into the inevitable sock, and bought 49 per cent of
the show. Whereupon, with new
blood coursing through its veins, the
production was taken to Syracuse for
an opening performance.
It was a flop. We will not say that
the farmers went so far as to throw
vegetables, but we^ have it on good
authority that they stamped their feet
and booed. At any rate, the management was left with a feeling of failure in its avowed aim to entertain.
Came the usual after-the-show
party, which in this case resembled
an undertaker's convention. Blood
ran hot, and soon our hero, embroiled
in an argument, bought the other 51
per cent of the show. This left him
in complete control of probably the
world's worst play. So he took it
to New York . . .
And to find out what happened
there, you'll have to see "The Butter
and0 Egg Man," when the Players present it at the Memorial theater, Nov.
2. With the hero in control of the
show, it isn't hard to see how the play
ends; but there's many a twist and
turn to this clever plot before the
happy fadeout is reached. Better be
there!
UHLANS FACE BALL STATE
FRIDAY NIGHT AT MUNCIE
Estate Leased to  Chicago Syndicate
To Be Used by Naturalists,
Interview Discloses
Valpo Rates Slight Edge by Virtue of
Better Record—Strong Muncie
Line May Give Trouble.
RUCINSKI DOUBTFUL STARTER
The Valparaiso university eleven,
back on its feet again after a decisive victory over Grand Rapids, will
be in Muncie tomorrow night for the
continuance of a short but interesting
rivalry with Ball State. The tilt will
mark Valpo's first appearance in two
years under floodlights.
Under the Christiansen regime the
Uhlan gridders have split even in two
games with the Muncie Teachers. A
14-0 victory which the Cardinals scored at Valpo's expense in 1980 was
equalized by a 20-0 Brown and Gold
triumph in 1932.
Valpo has the better record this
fall, having won three of four starts
while Ball State was picking up a
lone victory and a pair of defeats.
The fact that the Cards' losses were
by close scores to Butler and DePauw,
two of the strongest secondary college elevens in the state, indicates,
however, that the Muncie boys have
more on the ball than just grass-
stain.
Larry McPhee, Cardinal mentor, is
getting along this year with six lettermen from the 1932 varsity squad,
and sixteen freshman numeral winners. He has an 180 pound line featuring two 195 pound tackles, Light
and Shroyer, a 205 pound end, Wilson,
and another good end, Henry, who is
an important cog in a well-developed
passing attack.
Coach J. M. Christiansen, expecting
trouble from the Ball aerial game,
emphasized pass defense in early
drills this week. Wednesday afternoon was spent in polishing the running attack, with special attention being given to Willie Karr, freshman
back.
Karr was being prepared to step
into the breaeh created" by Pete
Rucinski's absence. The veteran
halfback and leading ground-gainer
has been ill at home since last weekend. He was to return to school today, but could not be expected to be
strong enough to stand much game
action.
Valpo needs a decision over Ball to
carry further its plans for the vanquishing of all Hoosier opponents.
The locals started nicely by trimming Indiana State, and have Gary
and Butler to contend with after the
Cardinals. Victories over all four are
necessary if Valpo is to renew its bid
for the state title gained last year.
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Debaters to Get $225
For Season's Expenses
The Student Council has provided
$225 for debating purposes to cover
expenses for a minimum of nine debates in addition to the Manchester
tournament, it was learned at a meeting of upperclassmen interested in debating held Tuesday night in Auditorium 6.
The following questions for debate
were announced at the meeting.
Midwest for Men—Resolved: That
the powers of the president of the
United States be substantially increased as a settled policy.
Midwest for Women—Resolved:
That substantial grants be made by
the Federal Government for public
elementary and secondary education.
Indiana Debate League for Men—
Resolved: That the policy of Japan in
the Far East be approved.
Indiana Debate League for Women—Resolved: That capital punishment be abolished.