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

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year. The strength and scope of the college is showing in the following excerpts taken from the college catalogue. Am. .-XS indicated in the printed Basis of I'nion. the aim of the College is to give a lilwergtl education of a distinctively Christian character to young men. chietly from Christian families. I may tvrxt mrs. The College is organized into tive departments. as follows: I. The Tlepartment of Religious Instruction. The foreign memhers of the faculty all share in the work tt. Department of Chinese Language and Literature. In charge of Rev. Il. lt. Bergen, M.A.. ILIJ.. assisted hy III. l'lepartment of the Natural Sciences. In charge of Rev. 5. Couling. M.A.. assisted hy Messrs IV. Department of the Mathematical Sciences. In charge of Rev. H. XV. Luce. IS..-X.. assisted by and XYang Tien-Chu. V. Ilepartment of Philosophy and History. In charge of Rev. E. XY. Burt. M.A.. assisted by IfN't'R.-xxvi-3 Iix.xxttN.x'r1oxs. Students desiring to enter the tirst College class will be I. Repetition and elementary exposition of the Four Hooks. 2. Repetition only of Book of History and the Hook of Udes. 3. Outlines of Old and New Testament History. Eot'tt'xtr:x't' Messrs. Mr. Liu of this Department. Messrs. Re Ruehu an-l Lo Sheng-yin. Sung Chwan-dien and lie Yu-djang. Liu Gwang-diao. XYang-ltjilr-tljung. Yu-feng. previously examined on the following sulriects: The College is equipped with hiological. chemical. and physical apparatus, suthcient for the pur- pose of instruction in these departments. The College possesses an astronomical observatory. titted with a ten inch retlecting telescope. The main College building is heated hy steam. lighted lmy electricity. and has a good water supply. Students have daily access to the College library and reading room. Medical attention is rendered without charge. llaily physical drill is compulsory. Rev. Bergen while at I.al-ze Forest was a charter member its tirst president. of Zeta Epsilon and Im.. OE-SLRVATORY PD l2LRt,EN fn-5iELt., AND FACULTY MAIN ElJ4LDllNG. SHANYIJNG UN Dt. CO.i3i .ZW

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The year IQOI-2 was signally marked by this happy condition. In it the Foot Ball Team defeated Northwestern, Illinois and Beloit and the springtime saw the Base Ball boys readminister the dose, securing the pennant of the Northwestern College League. The Field Day was characterized by good events and records. The Art Institute and Gymnasium were commissioned. The Zeta Epsilon Glee Club successfully toured the state and the HAlbino Club barn-stormed Lake County. No collegiate or intercollegiate contest was too sharp for a Lake Forest line-up and her fame spread. But her sons dreamed dreams and were troubled. Her neighbors issued annuals in which the deeds of heroes were glorilied and the quixotic campus dwellers lam- pooned. The cry was for glory and lampoon. The pressure was too strong so the demand was met. The literary societies were still the centers of student endeavor and after one society announced early in the year its intention of publishing the annual a general scramble ensued, the outcome of which was the better judgment that the book should represent and be published by the whole college under the direction of the societies. Athenaean was represented by F. C. Sharon, '93, L. E. Zimmerman ,Q2, B. R. lXlacHatton '95, W. B. Brewster '92, and R. H. Crozier, '93g Zeta Epsilon by W. H. Matthews, '92, fl. W. Wright '92, C. Davies '93, H. W. Harris, '94 and H. L. Bird, '94. Invaluable assistance was giy en by the artists. Miss Hallie Hall, Ferry Hall, and Mr. Forest Grant, Academy. , As was proper the Board had a fair quota of drones, but all answered roll call at meetings where ideas and opinions were tossed into the air amid beating of tom- toms and menacing gestures, even to the shedding of coats and measuring of muscles. On one such happy occasion a point of ethics and veracity being debated by two 'iBoarders -now clergymen-the coat shedding preliminary was introduced, eye glasses held and floor cleared by a willing workerfafterward a candidate for the clothvwhile the lay members Hattened themselves on the walls to insure fair play and plenty of it. The incident closed after the manner of the French duel, to the satisfaction of allgit was but a misdirected manifestation of the real zeal which through many difliculties nnally gave Lake Forest her Hrst annual. Two names were submitted: Rouge et Noir, prompted by the recently selected college colors, and The Forester. carrying the name of the college itself: as the first smacked too much of Monte Carlo the latter was chosen. The usual division of labor was mademeditorial, illustration, subscription, ad- vertising, etc.-and the product was thoroughly representative and worthy. Its editors may now well look on it as something contributed to the sum of Lake Forest life, accepting satisfaction in the coin named in their salutatory, If by our labor we shall establish a precedent and make the road easier for future editors we shall feel repaid. This lirst Forester was the sire of many honored sons and the family grows in number and worth-but there must always be a beginning.. R. H. CROZIER, ,Q3. PAUL DAVID BERGICX, '8o. To show how universal our alumni are, the location of Rev. Bergen in Wei Hsien, Shantung Province, North China, need only be cited. Rev. Bergen was at first engaged in mission work but has since been elected to the position of President of Shantung Union College, one of the best colleges under mission control in China. This year I28 students have matriculated and a large increase is looked for next 28

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