Ferry Hall School - Ferry Tales Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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FERRY HALL N 1944 Ferry Hall will celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of its founding. Opening just after the Civil War, its work has gone on steadily through the Spanish American and World War I. Now it is in the period of World War II which is modi- fying its outlook and courses, as it is those of all educational organizations of the world. In times of such crises there is always a temptation to give up traditional courses and to stress only war subjects. More sober thinking brings the realization that sound founda- tions must be laid in the great fundamental subjects of English, the languages, sciences, mathematics and t.he fields of history, or the individual will not be equipped to be of value to the nation in the present war effort, and in the reconstruction period to follow. Although all teaching at Ferry Hall has the war in mind and brings before the students world events for interpretation, the courses at Ferry Hall still follow the pattern of a liberal arts program with deviations into special departments for girls not going to college or for girls with a desire to stress special subjects such as music, art, dramatics, business subjects, home economics. Fen'y Hall is today a College Preparatory School and jimior College oifering a broad and full educational program for girls. The work of the junior College is accredited by the University of Illinois, and by other universities and colleges that accept the ratings of the University. Graduates of the junior College, when recommended by Ferry Hall, are admitted without examinations and with junior standing by the large eastern col- leges for women. Well-known for so long for the beauty of its location and its buildings, the school stands now, as it has continually through its long history, for sound academic work, for emphasis upon character and character development, and for the growth in its girls of a capacity for usefulness to the society of our times. The history of Ferry Hall goes back as far as 1856, when a tract of thirteen hundred acres was set aside, for school purposes, in the beautiful forest land stretching out high above the banks of Lake Michigan, twenty-eight miles north of Chicago. On parts of this tract have grown up three educational institutions-Lake Forest University, Lake Forest Academy for Boys, and Ferry Hall for Girls. Fen'y Hall was founded in 1869 by the initial of the Reverend William Mon- tague Ferry of Grand Haven, Michigan. The ties of friendship which bound Mrs. Ferry to Mary Lyon, the founder of Mt. Holyoke College, connect the beginning of Ferry Hall .7.