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

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22 in obtaining a large house next door to the hospital as a Maternity Hospital. Two other houses were also acquired as convalescing wards. The clinics, especially those of surgery, have always been large-almost as great as the capacity of the building would allow, the construction of the hospital and additions have filled the College clinics to the utmost. A year ago the surgical clinics were considered greater than any otherin the country and equal to the greatest in Europe, and at the present time they have increased wonderfully owing to the renown of the surgical staff. In 1888 the Faculty lost the first member in thirteen years-Professor Gunn. He knew not that in the space of three years four of his colleagues would follow him to ever- lasting rest. Several necessary changes were made at this time. Professor Parkes took the Chair of Surgery so recently vacated, and Dr. Bevan, an eminent graduate, entered the College as Professor of Anatomy. Almost immediately after this an invitation was extended to Professor N. Senn to fill a new chair-of Principles of Surgery and Surgical Pathology, which was accepted. At this same period negotiations were opened between Lake Forest University and Rush Medical College to formulate a union of the latter as medical department of the former. Soon after Professors Knox and Brower entered upon their duties with full professor- ships. Subsequent to the death of Professor Allen, in the fall of '90, Professor Holmes became president. As the class of ,QI were about to graduate, and all was going joyously, a great shock was received in the sudden death of Professor Parkes. As the Chair of Surgery was considered too great for the work of one man it was divided into the Principles of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, and Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery. Professor Senn, who held the Chair of Surgical Pathology, took the Professorship of Practice, and J. B. Hamilton, M. D., LL. D., late Supervising Surgeon- General of the Marine Hospital Service, accepted that of Principles. New professors were elected to the following positions: William A. Locy, A. M., Professor of Physiology, Sanger Brown, M. D., Professor of Hygiene and Medical Juris- prudence, W. T. Belfield, M. D., Professor of Bacteriology. R. W. H.

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21 At this time Professors Blaney and Ingals resigned-their chairs were immediately filled by Professors Lyman and Etheridge. Professor Freer succeeded as president of the College. So diligently did the stall' of professors labor that very few lectures were omitted. Immediately a recovery took place-the amphitheatre of the old Cook County Hospital was obtained until suitable quarters were found. A temporary building was soon constructed in the hospital yard, the College Under the Sidewalk, as it was then called, from the en- trance being some feet below the street level. There the instruction was given until the close of the term of '75-'76, The following term saw the present edifice completed and lectures begun by Prof. Allen, who delivered the opening address. Their anticipation of success was not equal to the achievement of renown! When the new College was completed it was thought ample for years to come. The lecture rooms had seats for about five hundred, the laboratories were thoroughly equipped. ' 'lust as this building was commenced the College gained new strength in obtaining Drs. Chas. T. Parkes and W. S. Haines, the former as an anatomist, the latter as a chemist. But the next year brought new sorrow, President Freer entered into eternity. To fill this oftice Prof. Allen was elected. Prof. Byford, after many years' absence from Rush, returned in 1879. He left at the time some of the Faculty seceded to form a new school with graded instruction, but the reputation Rush had obtained was sufhcient induce-ment for him to return when the Chair of Gynecology was offered him. The following year welcomed a new chair, Skin and Venereal Diseases, to which J. Nevins Hyde, A. M., M. D., was called. Prof. Bridge entered upon his duties in 1882, and Prof. E. Fletcher Ingals in 1884. For some years before both these gentlemen had been lecturing in the institution upon their special branches, Medicine and Laryngology. In 1884 also was noted a great addition in the College accessions. Through the untiring exertions of the late Prof. Ross the Presbyterian Churches of Chicago built a hospital on Wood Street, just back of the College, the Medical Board to be under the management of the College Faculty. When completed, the wards and private rooms gave accommodations for eighty patients. The munilicent gift of SBroo,ooo of the estate of Daniel A. Jones gave the means of completing a large addition in 1889. Last year Prof. Knox was instrumental

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23 Class of '92. HISTORY. Nearly three years ago we crept up those tiights of stairs leading to the upper amphi- theatre, with fear and trembling, lest when we reached the top, we should immediately be seized and passed into the arena, or some unregenerate senior should yell D. J. when we hove in sight. NVe took a seat on the berch quite surprised by our modest reception, and waited for the ceremonies to begin. We were very quiet and our high foreheads did not attract universal attention, as we had vainly hoped 'they Would. We even forgot to yell when the Professors came in, and when the meeting was over, we walked home with a heavy weight of care resting upon us and wondering if we would ever stick it out for three years. We have, however, and some of us are crying for more, but with an earliest if not devout wish that we won't have to make it four years. Life is too short for such luxuries. At the beginning of this year we met, full of vigor, all firmly resolved to stand by ,Q2 to the last and gather in the sheepskin on March 29th. To this end we have labored. Long ago we gave up such childish amusements as yelling D. -I. and passing up promiscuous members of that great family. Always free to express ourselves and not being deficient in original thought, many valuable additions have been made to science by certain members of the class. One of us nearly caused the entire class to go into epileptoid con- vulsions by informing the Professor that 'iembolism and trembolism were causes of cerebral anaemia, at the same time illustrating in a decided manner, the aforesaid trembolism and cerebral anaemia. But time would fail and space would not permit, should we wish to record the various happenings of our existence. , In a short time we will be gone, 11071 jfzzifzzzzz .ve1z'z'm'ty9f1z11z.',