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

Page 29 text:

to put on the brakes as we came into Lake Forest. On very rare occasions the train got to Lake Forest so early as to allow me to be on time for the first recitation. Sometimes the freight train did not come along and the passenger train would be late and I would miss the first class entirely. As the college discipline was at a yery low ebb lit was in 1881-2l none of the faculty seemed to care particularly about my short- comings. The last two years I boarded at College Hall and managed to pay a little more atten- tion to college life. but that does not mean very much as I might go a long way from my favorite pastime of rushing along the top of a moving freight train putting on the brakes and still not come very close to what is called HCollege Life. There were one or two things, howeyer. that I did yery well in College, if I do say it myself but shouldn't, and in spite of my irreg- ular attendance. I took particular interest in Logic which I studied under Dr. Gregory. I got a foundation in this one study which I think was more than most men get out of four years of college life with all its joys. has I 333322213 ,Emmet anggngggggg I gflwrnmung ' aaliinmmmmg 9-Uililiilmmn I aa an an 11 33 3 Wiillliiua 3 2229 55223 , 3 JUJBHWIIJJ ill 3 UNITED STATES EXPRESS BUILDING. VIIIIEKJINIJRIC S'i'.-xRRE'i 1', 'S.t. nr - M A-1, Wei... nun A-.s W,-.f. I- .1 .J-. , ls, l. -. 1 fail xl.-,aa J. IYILHCR CHAPMAN, .TQ Dr. Chapman's fame as an Iiyangelist leaves little to be said that is not already known. While in college Ilr. Chapman was one of the charter members of Zeta Epsilon Literary Soci- ety and graduated with that famous class of 1879, which was the lirst class to Iinish the col- lege course. After leaving college Ilr. Chapman's lirst pastoral work was done as pastor of the Re- formed Church. Albany. X. Y. He afterwards took charge of Bethany Presbyterian Church at Philadelphia, and later of the Fourth Presby- terian Church of New York City, which charge he held until ,lanuary 1, 1903. when he engaged in his present work as lixecutive Secretary of the General Assembly's Committee on livan- Dr. Chapman has also been the author of '77 gelistic Work for the Presbyterian Church. numerous books, some of which are: The Lost Crown, Hliadesh Barneaf' The Surrendered Life, Present Day Parablesf' To show his devotion to Lake Forest as well as show how a famous man regards his college work at Lake Forest as inlluencing him toward a great work: we need

Page 28 text:

I looked through all his works. essays, philosophy. hishiography and photographed forever on my memory the appearance of his books. The next day I spent two hours looking through Robert llurns. pulling out the good things by the hair of the head. lfor three years I continued that work, and one night I ended at the lower right hand corner. having handled and glanced through hurriedly six thousand vol- umes. I do not mean that I read these booksfl did not. There are two methods of reading one very slow and analyticalfand this is the method that I have found most useful: the other is rapid reading, and is born of necessity and the shortness of time. Read slowly if you can, analyzing as you close each chapter. Read rapidly if you must. Read every word in the book from title page to the end of the index. if possible. If you cannot read every page. read the important ones. If you cannot read the pages. read the table of contents. Handle the book. See what it looks like. If you cannot become a personal friend of the president. or the guXCl'1iU1', or dramatist. go to the public reception. and shake hands with him. For something is better than nothing. just as certainly as everything is better than some- thing. Remember that importation must go along with exportation. The preacher, the editor. the jurist, who is always exporting intellectual goods. will soon come to want, unless he is always importing material, through those events and argosies that convey the riches of civilization across the centuries. -From an address on 'iBooks and Reading. Newell llwight Hillis, 'S+ THICK JIM IRIS STA RRIETT. '84 Theodore Starrett of the class of '84 is one of the most prominent architectural engineers in the country. He is president of the Thomp- son-Starrett Construction Company which is the builder of many of the famous skyscrapers in our large cities, two of which. that are now being constructed are the Cnited States lix- press lluilding. New York, and The Northern Trust Building. Chicago. The home office of the firm is SI Wall St.. New York City. That Nlr. Starrett has always been an enthusiastic alumnus is shown by the fact that he is president of the New York Lake Forest College Alumni Association, and has done a great deal to make that organization what it is. Mit. S'i'.xRi4R'i r's Rmiixiscsxcics or Inks I-'oiuzsr lluring the first two years of my attend- ance at I.ake Forest College I lived at High- land Park and originally went up on the morning passenger train, which, if on time, enabled me to get into the first recitation about fifteen minutes before its close. I found later that there was a way freight train which went up sometimes as much as an hour ahead of the passenger train. and I used to go to the station at Highland l'ark very early to catch this freight train in case it came along first. My most pleasant recollections of l.ake Forest College are connected with riding on this freight train. I got to know the conductor very well and a great deal of the time I rode free, but I made up for it by working my passage, because I always helped luifoirolci- hixxirici-'i 1, ha l'rf:s. I liornrmrn-Narrert Coxrsiiwiciioii Co. 34

Page 30 text:

only repeat his statement, All my experiences at Lake Forest seemed to tend towards preparation for the work to which I have given my life. Tut: lxrrvsxcri or lake FoREs'r l'OI.I.Ii4'LE Fvox lla. UH.-XPMAN,S I.1i-'E Woak. Some of the deepest impressions ever made upon my life were made during my College days- My preparatory work was done in Oberlin and I entered Lake For- est in the early days of its history. In both of these institutions the impressions which have tarried with me the longest and which have been the most effective in shaping my character were made in connection with the religious life of Oberlin and l,ake Forest. I was greatly moved by the service held in the Second Congrega- tional Church at Hberlin, Ohio and was led to take a stand from which I hope I have not in all these years receded. but it was at I.ake Forest that an impression was made which is as fresh in my memory today as ifthe occurrence had been yesterday. The Rev, John M. Worrall. ll. ll., then Pastor of the Eighth Presbyterian Church of Chicago came to l.ake Forest during the week of Prayer for the students and preached each day. His sermons greatly moved me. If I am not mistaken it was at that time that the hope was born in my soul that I might some day be an livangelist and have a mission to the student bodies of our country. In the early days of the I.ake Forest history the students were so few in number that it was quite possible to come into close personal contact with the Professors, and much of my inspiration to be helpful to others I gained in those days when every member of the Faculty seemed to take a personal interest in me and strove to help me not only in my college work but in the building up of my character. All my experiences at I.ake Forest seemed to tend towards preparation for the work to which I have now given my life. l went in one day to Chicago with B. Fay Mills to hear ID. I.. Moody and I heard him six times in one day. It was from him I learned the first lessons of evangelistic work and also from him that I learned what it meant to have assurance as to the fact that I was a Christian. He tave me -lohn 5-24 as his verse. I afterwards saw it marked in his Bible. and later l saw Mr. Spurgeon's liible in his home and the same verse was marked on the margin by that distinguished preacher by the words, My Text. However strong the scholastic life of a college may be, I have no hesitation in saying that the institution which does not exalt religious instruction is failing to accomplish that for which educational institutions are supposed to be established. nl. Wii.i:t'ic Cimmisx. Class of '97, l-lx yxolal xsi IV Mi-i rrxi, oi- Yorxo Miix, Coxorrrvo ny lik. Cimru.xx .-yi Ilol'1-,KA, KAxsAs.