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

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O one who glances at tl1e past history of Lake Forest College, will come the thought Xvlltll' tl1ere'sa will, there's a way. For he would see that during a period of twelve years before its assured existence the plans of friends were frustrated, first, by the financial panic of 1557, then in 1365, by tl1e breaking up of the tirst regular class at the end of its sophomore year. Thirteen years afterward, eight young men and four young women entered the Freshman class of Lake Forest College. XVhen in December, IH77, the college building burned, the future of the institution seemed very dark indeed. But owing to the energy and interest of friends, the following September saw the new college hall smiling serenely at the thirty-seven students who were i11 the healthful pursuit of knowledge. And the work then begun so earnestly and bravely has progressed until, at the present day, there are three commo- dious recitation halls, a line gymnasium, a handsome library and chapel, and a su1111y hospital to meet the student needs. The four years course, under the direction of sixteen as efii- cient men as can be found in any institution of equivalent size, offers a thorough and liberal education to the earnest student. The school year is divided into two parts, known as semesters, the unit of work-a credit -being gained by a semester of daily recitation. Twenty-five credits-fourteen of required work, six along the line of a major subject, the remainder elective-are necessary for graduation. In the busy world of industry at home or abroad, in all the realms of thought and action, Lake Forest's students are proving men and women of sterling qualities Ellltl honorable purpose, and beyond the misty veil of the future gleams the light of fairer, brighter days, for Knowledge is IIOXV no more a fountain sealed. I I

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DEAN HA LSEY

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V I. I . , ,,-1,.,,q NC- t 'WW ' 'l ' ...om K ., 1 ,Ira . . . 5 EQ? I -i ' ' . T-' tt' 'ii' 24. ' ITHIN the past year, great strides have been made in mate- rial lines at Lake Forest. H. C. Durand, the President of our Board of Trustees, is one of the prime movers in this line of progress. In addition to the Art Institute building, and to the Anne Durand Cottage at the Academy, he has bestowed happi- ness on the college women and secured a fine tribute to the memory of his mother, by his recent gift of the elegant dormitory, Lois Durand Hall g and Mrs. H. C. Durand has given a boon to suffer- ing humanity in the shape of our neat sunny hospital, Alice Home. Our new library and chapel, now nearing completion, will ever stand as monuments to the generosity of Mrs. Reid who gave them for memorials of her children, Arthur Somerville Reid, of the class of '98, and Mrs. Lily Reid Holt, a graduate of the class of '84, It was through Mrs. Reid that the Academy recitation hall became a reality, and to her good taste and beneiicence is to be ascribed the beautifully furnished Y. M. C. A. room. Recently the endowment fund has received renewed attention. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, who in 1888 -gave fIO0,000 to the College, has offered 325,000 on condition that fIO0,000 more be raised before january I, 1901. Mr. H. C. Durand immediately reduced that sum to gSSo,ooo. At this rate Lake Forest will be enabled to keep abreast with the other educational institutions of the XVest in all the various lines of development. 'sf . -4. lx .FREN if-Egffi Aff-A ELK1 - uQ'f,:':. eb Ti? V' --.- ww. ':-xsf. av? 355,591 ' 'eb ' N5 .I I2