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Show CAPTAIN HOGAN A POPULAR MAN Vale Mall Captain Is Well Liked. Stands High in His Classes and Is an Athlete of Exceptional Ex-ceptional Ability. Has Worked His Way Through College Col-lege and Earned the Kespect of His Classmates. Capt. Hogan, the muscular giant of the victorious Tnlo team of 1901. is one of tho most popular athletes that ever went to school In New Haven, as ho has won every ono of his laurels honestly and la entitled to all tho glory that Is coming to him. An Irish lad, without friends to aid him, or wires to pull, ho has captured tho great athletic prize, and tho Ynlo students stu-dents are proud to point to him as strong proof that tho democracy of Yalo Is not dying out. Aside from what tho captain has dono in tho last four years on tho team, Hogan Is popular with everybody because of his personaL qualities. During hl3 threo and one-half years at Vale, Capt. Hogan hes been so busy that ho has scarcely had tlmo to mako many closo friends. Ho earned a largo part of Ms oxpenses, and this work, combined with tho extra work that ho took in order or-der to shorten his courso, and his athletics, ath-letics, have mado him the busiest man ln the college. "Jim cats, drinks, sleeps, studies and plays football b schedule," said his roommate, "and ho has followed this plan over since I knew him." It Is this systematic sys-tematic arrangement of his time that has enabled him to rank high ln his classes and tako cara of much outsldo work. Hogan prepared for college at Exeter, and Mike Murphy, tho Yalo trainer, who was a friend of his family In Torrlngton, advised him to enter Yalo. Hocan was desirous of working his way through and was anxious to enter tho university which could aid him best ln gaining an education educa-tion as well as a livelihood. Ho was the captain of tho football team at his preparatory pre-paratory school, and also manager of the baseball association, being ono of the most popular men that ever went out from Exeter. Ho finally chose Yale, as it was nearer homo and his mother was greatly ln favor of the blue. His roommate, room-mate, Coonoy of t he Princeton eleven, went to tho ?cw Jersey college. After four years ho and his former roommate met fpr the second tlmo on tho Prlncoton gvldlron fit the Yale-Princeton game this year, and Cooney was matched to play directly opposite Hogan. Tho greeting between tho two men was ono of the sldi plays of tho gamo that the spectators did not appreciate. "Hollo, old man!" said Hogan as tho teams lined up, and Hogan, who was playing right tnckle. found himself opposite oppo-site his old-llmo chum, who was playing the left position. "I'm mighty sorry to have to punish you tho wuy I shall bo-foro bo-foro tho gamo Is over." When Ho Jlet Cooney. "Well, Jim, I'm glad to hco you," replied re-plied Cooney. "Do you know that when wo broke up at Exqter I stole your straw hat us a souvenir? It's been on my mind over since, and If I live throuirh this gamo I'll meet you afterward and buy you another, but It needn't bo a straw one." "You'll not need any hat when this game Is over," laughingly replied the Yale tackle, as ho plunged Into tho game as tho ball was kicked off. For tho last throe years Hogan has been one of tho greatest lighters on the Yalo team Ho has Indomitable courage and unlimited pluck, which have stood him In good stead both seasons. Posseted Pos-seted of ti dogged determination whon onco ho makes up his mind, tho Yalo officials offi-cials have learned that he can bo depended de-pended upon In any emergency. Just beforo be-foro the players went on tho field last year at the Yale-Harvard game, when it was cenerally feared that the blue was gclng to bo punished. Mike Murphy called tho players together and gevo' them a llttlo advice. As they turned to lcavo he looked around at Hogan, saying: "Go In thcro and do something If you can. I never yet had an Irishman on tho tenm that amounted' to anything." Hogan was angry at his speech, and after the .gamo the man who played op- RL'Slto .him on tho Harvard side was eard to siy that tho Yalo man must have had It In for him especially, because be-cause he hammered him straight through the game as If ho wero settling a grudge of long standing. A Good Student. .41, Tn spite .of all outside divisions Hogan has maintained a very high stand in his class since entering Yale. A lnrge amount of lilu tlmo has been given over to tutoring tutor-ing and other, ways of earning monoy, but for all this his scholarship standing has been a great surprlso to his professors. profes-sors. When ho first entered college ho nsl cd permission to lake extra work, and then consulted President Iladloy ubout the advisability of finishing his course ln threo years Instead of four. His proposition proposi-tion was not considered tcnablo at first by tho university officials, but when the . rouprts of his first term's work came In they changed their minds and full permission per-mission waB given him to undertake it. Finally, after consultation. Hogan decided decid-ed to take extra law school work with his undcrgraduato studies, take four years for his B. A. degree and shorten up possibly two years ln his law courso. He has won several prizes during his course and has rocelvcd1 tho John Bennett Ben-nett scholarship, tho Income from for two years This scholarship was given to the university uni-versity by th class of fS7 ln hlemory of cno of tho mombers, and Is annually awarded to a student of strong and sound character, marked al.lllty and high standing ln tho collogo world and In the estimation of, his classmates. Mason Trowb.-ldga of Chicago was the first winner win-ner of ihh scholarship and Hogan Is tho second. When at preparatory school he used to walk twolvc miles to church every Sunday, Sun-day, and during his college courso ho has maintained tho same allegiance to his curly religious training. Although he enjoys en-joys mooting with tho fellowH down at Mory's or tho other Yalo meeting pluces, he never drinks or smokes. |