Lake Forest College - Forester Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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ALL After a summer's vacation of work and play, Lake Foresters return to the campus in Sep- tember full of ambition and interest in the work, social events and activities which Fill the college year. The freshman's thrill of moving in with a million and one articles from clothes to hot plates is contrasted with the senior's nonchalant air of knowing everything about everything. Who can forget the endless lines while wait- ing outside the Red Cross Mobile Unit for X-rays or to go through the business office at registration? The wise upperclassmen avoid Saturday and eight o'clock classes like poison- always for good reasons. During Rush Week classwork is set aside temporarily while the girls are attending open houses, teas, and formal parties. The excite- ment ofthe week is climaxed with pledging and those wonderful pledge dinners. Fraternity rush- ing and pledging are several weeks later ending with the traditional ringing of College Hall bell while the fellows, on the way to their respective houses, go down Fraternity Walk. The exchang- ing of gifts and singing of sorority and fraternity sweetheart songs add color to this event. Students were found attempting to make order out of chaos in their rooms in prepara- tion for Parents' Day on October 19, when the dads of the team members were honored between the halves of the football game. Wasn't it wonderful to have our parents see the campus and share a day of college life? Everyone dressed in jeans and old shirts to go to the Alpha Delta Pi-Phi Pi Epsilon Hobo Hoedownf' The Castle was decorated with corn stalks and bales of hay to set the mood for the affair. Homecoming on November 6 was one of the biggest events of the '48-'49 year. This is the time when l.l:f alums return and reminisce about the good ole days . Weeks of thought and preparations go into the construction of the humorous and beautiful floats for the traditional parade. Behind closed doors and in distant garages rosettes are sewn on sheets, slogans are conceived and chicken wire is nailed to Pi hayracks. This year the freshmen had a little difficulty in protecting their wood, collected for the bonfire at the ceremonies the night before the big game. Could it have been spontaneous combustion? Cold and cloudy weather didn't dampen the spirits of the spectators at the lllinois College-l.ake Forest football game. The biggest thrill of the entire weekend was the an- nouncement of the Homecoming Queen. Remember the free coffee and doughnuts at the Student Center quizzes when our so-called brains have the opportunity to show what they can do? lt's amazing how few 3.00 scholars know how many pillars there are in front of College Hall. This year the Student Center re- vived the lnter-Fraternity-Sorority Sing which was presented on November 17. For weeks strains of Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Rodgers and Hammerstein were heard all over campus. The old stage in the lnstitute, familiar to all Lake Foresters, was turned into a hospital ward in the South Pacific when Mr. Tommy and his Garrick players presented The Hasty Heart. During the fall the Foresters put into effect on Farwell Field the skills The Snapper had taught them. The dummies, scrimmage, and drill sessions of the practice field were replaced by the real thing when the teams of the C.C.l. pushed toward the Red and Black's goal. This year our band had new uniforms to add more color to LFC football games. Nlaiorettes in abbreviated costumes froze while those of us in the stands huddled under blankets and drank coffee to keep warm. lntramural football was sometimes more grue- some than varsity games as evidenced by torn, muddy clothing and the many bruises. No one cares though. A cup to add to the collection is worth the effort. The weaker sex also participated in sports. The Women's Athletic Association sponsored hockey, volleyball and ping pong in the fall. Experience has proved that a hockey stick in the hands of an LFC coed is a dangerous thing. We hope that the pictures that follow will help to remind you of all these events.

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FACULTY ERNEST A. JOHNSON, Ph.D, President KATHRYN R. KLINK, IVLA. WILLIAM E. MCP!-LEETERS, PhD. Deon of Women Deon of the College!