Lake Forest Academy - Caxy Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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QC IL T VHTH No school would be complete wtthout some devlatxon from the dally routlne and xt seems that thls coxnctdes wxth the feelmg as expressed ln the old proverb All work and no play makes Iohnny a dull boy At LPA the so clal events alded greatly 1n preventmg th1s by addmg that certatn some thing a rest from books and a relaxatlon xn a conservative versxon of wme women and song The school f1rst became conscious of an effort toward th1s end at the ftrst of the numerous chocolate partles whxch was held on the Sunday follow mg the openlng of school Thxs party was a good mdxcatlon of the many that were to follow as well as the good txmes which were ln store for us Also thms fust functxon proved to be a great stxmulant m gettlng the new and old boys acquamted and establlshmg a more congenlal relatxonshxp be- tween master and student At those whtch followed at regular monthly mter vals we were afforded the opportunlty to partake of prettlly prepared sand wrches and candxes m a home like atmosphere We are certain that all the boys 1o1n us ln thankmg the Wllkms sxsters Mrs Arpee Mrs Bergen Mrs Rendtorff and Mrs Shank for the wonderful partxes Wlth splrlts runnlng htgh because of the sparkling success of the Varsxty Football Team every one yomed ln puttmg up streamers pennants and words of welcome to return1ng alumnl for the annual Home-commg game Our opponent this year was new to our schedule Cranbrook by name and ln our deslre to be good hosts and yet keep up a burnmg Splfll of rxvalry we had a rather dxfhcult tlme However th1s was nothmg ln comparison wxth the struggle that was to follow But the detalls of the contest are cov ered rn another sectxon of the book the rmportant thxng was that rn our effort to spread a spmt of enthustasm we had xnsptred confldence ln the members of the squad whxch we may truthfully say accounted m part for the1r vlctory Also rn behalf of the team was the Football Dance whxch was held on the eve of December the fourth desp1te the fact that work on the decoratxons was begun only on the third However the almost perfect season s record of . .. . . I . . . . . . . n u , I ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I I I ' . . l - . . . . . I . . Q I ' I ' I ' , . , . . .. . . . . .. . . I I I . I I I . . . .. . I ' I . - . . . . . . I .. . . . . . I . . . I . . n A I ' I

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the squad in combination with the music of Iohnny Gilbert made the eve- ning memorable for the twenty-one men who received their varsity let- ters as well as the others attending. lt was indeed a fitting opening for the dances to follow. Then there was the Christmas vacation, and all the fun which came with it. Some of us returned to the campus on the twenty-fifth to see the party for the Poor Kids, and a good many more attended the Alumni Lunch- eon, for it was there that we renewed old friendships and in some in- stances formed new ones. Then it seemed almost before the vacation started it was over, and we had again resumed school and classes. Vacation sure was swell, but all thought of it was put aside in the mad rush to prepare for Mid- Winters. AS we look back, even How we can see nothing that could have been improved, that is except for the weather, for forty degrees is hardly hockey temperature. Other than this unfortunate cancella- tion all held to schedule. The first of the festivities-the Headrnastefs tea-served as a means through which boys could meet dates and chaperons, and the hostesses could meet them all, Then too it pro- longed the hour of arrival so that one might qrrive late and yet not be tardy. It does sound rather peculiar: but, nevertheless, it Worked. That evening we all assembled in Reid Hall to witness a satire filled with jokes and jests on prep-school life. As we recall now the narrative of the story, which was thought out and written by George Young, fol-