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MOOSEHEART MAGAZINE
The Junior Order of Moose
A Page Devoted to the Interest of the Juniors. Edited by Dean J. A. Rondthaler, Supervisor.
A Generous Rivalry Without Enmity
A Father and Son Embrace
At Rochester a great concourse of Seniors filled the spacious hall and when the Junior candidates for institution were ushered into the presence of their fathers and friends, they stood up and with that intensity of affection that one often sees when father and son reach each other after a long separation, the eagerness of welcome gave to the young men the assurance that they were coming into a home association that would guard them, and hold them, and give to them every opportunity for growth and development that a true home offers to its boys.
A Welcome That Was Almost a Riot
At Milwaukee there was the characteristic rollicking welcome of the Middle-west. Led by one of the Degree Teams of the Milwaukee Senior Lodge No. 49, the long procession of Juniors entered the hall where several hundred of the Senior Lodge awaited their advent. Such a racket! The Band played, drums predominating! The Seniors shouted,—and the glow of confidence came into the faces of the young men, and true family love was born in those earliest first moments of the life of the Milwaukee Juniors.
The Juniors Who Bought Their Way Into Fame
Then there is the DeKalb, Illinois, Moose combination that illustrates another advantage of this fine co-operative spirit between the Senior and Junior Lodges. Even during the time of the institution of the Juniors the young fellows, who had only gone as far as to sign applications for charter membership in the Juniors, began to work on their fathers and elder brothers and brought them to the threshold of the Senior Lodge, and in consequence it needed not that DeKalb Seniors should be implored to give countenance to the Juniors, for they already had pocketed the profits of the young Junior salesmen in their list of candidates.
THE JUNIORS IN
THE CONTEST GAME
The Junior Lodges whose members read the second article in our Moose-heart Junior page last month on the opening of the Contest for prizes were quick to respond to the letter requesting the Lodge to enroll itself amongst the contestants. Evidently there were a few lodges that did not read that article, or if they did they thought it wasn’t for them, and created at once that aloofness of mind that always kills an opportunity of progress when to the individual, or to the group, or to the association, a plan is proposed for enlargement and success. So many lodges have entered this contest that it is due at this time that a very full and explicit explanation should be given them as to the method of the conduct of the contest.
Five classes have been made which have been determined by the population of the town according to the 1920 census. They are as follows:
Class No. 1—Four thousand and under.
Class No. 2—Four to ten thousand.
Class No. 3—Ten to twenty thousand.
Class No. 4—Twenty to seventy-five thousand.
Class No. 5—Seventy-five thousand and over.
There is an average of eighteen lodges in each class and the division of these classes was made with the intention of giving each lodge the same number to contest with in its class as with any other class
The winners will be determined by the actual number of new members (Continued on -page 17)
things that Governor Woodlall lists. Take that sentence,—“Not only are the boys enthused, to go out and work, but the Senior Lodge is waking up to the importance of its adjunct.” Now the combination of these two things is a fundamental requisite for every successful growing Junior Lodge. The peculiar family life that signalizes the whole of Moosedom makes it essential that there shall not only be a toleration between the various expressions, but that there shall be the heartiest co-operation between the Seniors and the Juniors, Legions and Lodges. In two late experiences in Rochester, New York, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the time of the institution of a Junior Lodge the tremendous, and what was to the writer an overwhelming assurance of the success of the Juniors, was the hearty, enthusiastic and fraternal welcome the Seniors gave to the Juniors. The Seniors made a festive occasion of the institution ceremonies.
will be a merry battle here on the shores of the Delaware River, for Governor Gardner’s boys have a fine lead at present and they are hustlers. But, as stated, we mean to go into first place and hold it, so here is a bold, fraternal, good-natured challenge which I hope all the other leading lodges of the Order will accept and get after us. Howdy!
Yours fraternally,
HARRY R. WOODALL, Governor. Quaker City Lodge No. 32, Junior
Order of Moose.
Now the reason we publish this letter is not so much to glorify Governor Woodall’s literary ability, as to celebrate his success in promoting a Junior Lodge. The stunts that Philadelphia Lodge No. 32, J. O. O. M., is putting on are suggestive to any one of the Junior Lodges now instituted or in process of institution. The smaller lodges, of course, can not put on everything, but they can put on some
“From times immemorial!” That phrase has been introduced into the literature of Moosedom by Secretary Brandon. With him something gets very old in a very short time, and if it has existed for a year he labels it “from time immemorial,” tucks it in that prodigious memory of his, and when that particular thing crosses his path it receives a “times immemorial” treatment from him. The cities of Philadelphia and Camden are older than any of the present inhabitants can remember. When an ancient mariner,—who used to live in both York County and the Lehigh Valley,—in his passage from home to home had to pass through Philadelphia coming and going by the old Tacony Steam Boat route,—he enjoyed the delightful rivalry between Camden and Philadelphia. All big towns existing opposite to smaller towns on the other side of the river have to learn the proper way of dealing with the suburban town of smaller dimensions. If the big town plays the bully and the swagger game, the little town gets spiteful and malicious. But if the bigger town keeps teasing the smaller town in that good-humored gentle spirit of raillery the smaller town gets into a sort of boxing attitude and isn’t afraid of the big fellow, and in consequence there is between the two a very delightful rivalry, just as you see when a big fellow in a boxing match gets to fussing with a little fellow.
Now from “times immemorial” there has been this delightful rivalry between Philadelphia and Camden, and as the adjoining letter will show this has crept up into Moosedom as represented by the great big Philadelphia Lodge and the splendidly big Camden Lodge. Here is Governor Harry R. Woodall’s letter about the Philadelphia Juniors. When you come to the last paragraph you will understand the reason for this lengthy introduction of the Woodall letter.
Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. J. A. Rondthaler,
Mooseheart, Illinois.
Dear Sir and Brother:
I hope you will not ascribe any intentional discourtesy on my part for not replying to your very kind letter of a month ago in reference to the Junior Lodge in Philadelphia. I was just preparing for a strong play in behalf of Quaker City Lodge No. 32 before the Board of Officers of No. 54. The play came up in good time, a committee was appointed to investigate and report back, and as a result I can report to you that No. 32 has reached the turning point in its career and is now on the up-grade with a boom that promises to land us back in first place by the time the Convention opens.
We have been granted several concessions which really determine the life of the Lodge, and not only are the boys enthused to go out and work, but the Senior Lodge is waking up to the importance of its Junior adjunct.
We have our own orchestra, the degree team is in harness again, a minstrel troupe is being formed, base ball is talked of, socials are held once a month, a Mother’s night will be held quarterly, and our Annual Benefit Dance on April 8th gives promise of being a rousing success. We have our hall every Thursday evening now instead of twice a month as heretofore, and the House Committee of No. 54 will shortly place a pool table and a bowling game table in the room and fix the hall up to make the surroundings more cheerful.
For some time we have been jealous of the lead which Camden Lodge No. 8 holds over us, and we are now out to regain our rightful place. There
Not Only the Home of Camden, New Jersey, Lodgre but the Home of the Largest Junior Order.

At Present Writing the Ten Largest Lodges Are:
No. 8—Camden, N. J__________________________________536
No. 32—Philadelphia, Pa.____________________________236	|
No. 12—Ft. Wayne, Ind.______________________________139	|
No. 25—Indianapolis, Ind.___________________________134	^
No. 60—Grand Rapids, Mich._________________________  96	|
No. 7—Chicago, 111.----------------------------------90	|
No. 9—Collinsville, 111.___________________________  81	|
No. 10—Aurora, Illinois------------------------------65	|
No. 34—Baltimore, Md.____________________________    61	|