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

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HENRY WILKES WRIGHT, 3 A IC Was graduated from Cornell University in l899. Ciraduate scholarship and fellowship in Philosophy l900-Ol. Studied at McCormick Seminary l902-03. Received the degree of Ph. D. from Cornell University in l904. lnstiuctor in Philosophy at Cornell University, l904-07. Member of American Philosophical Association. Published articles in Encyclopedia Americana, Philosophical Review, International Journal of Ethics, Journal of Philosophy, and American Journal of Theology. Professor of Philosophy in Lake Forest College since l907. R. EDW. BRUMBAUGH, A T sz Was graduated from Gettysburg College in l907. Director of Athletics and Instructor in Mathematics in Lake Forest College since 1907. ARTHUR BROOKS CLAWSON, zz E Was graduated from the University of Michigan in l904. One year graduate work in the University of Michigan and two years graduate work in the University of Wisconsin. Laboratory assistant in Ripon College, l902-03. Assistant in the department of Zoology in the University of Michigan, l904-05. Assistant in the department of Zoology in the University of Wisconsin, l905- '07. Experimenter in poisonous Plant lnvestigation, in Bureau of Plant lndustry, U. S. Department of Agriculture during summer of l907. Member of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. 17

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EDGAR WHITE BURRILL, an A o, fx: B K Was graduated from Amherst College in I906. Instructor in English and Public Speaking in Forest Forest College since I906. FREDERICK C. L. van STEENDEREN Graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure of Arnhem, Holland, ISS7. Holder of two Staats-examen diplomas, I887. Studied at the Universities of Utrecht, Paris and Bonn, I888-I 890. In- structor in Modern Languages at Racine College, I890-1891. Professor of Modern Languages at Penn College, I89l-I894. Degree of M. A., Penn College, I892, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Iowa, I894-I905. Degree of Ph. D., University of Iowa, I906. Acting Professor of French at Lake Forest College, l906. Professor of French since I 90 7. EDITH DENISE Was graduated from Ferry I-Iall, Lake Forest University, ISS5, and received the degree of B. L. Graduate student in Bryn Mawr College, I889-90. Student in Paris, I890-9I, in Cassel, Ger- many, l89I-92g in Leipsic, summer of I894g in Paris, 1897. Graduate student, Chicago University, summer of I889. In- structor in Modern Languages, Iowa College, l89Z-1905. In- structor in German, Indiana University, l905-06. Dean of Women and Instructor in French, Lake Forest College, l906. Assistant Professor of German, Lake Forest College, since l907. BERTRAIVI G. SMITH Was graduated from Edinboro, Pa., State Normal School in 1896. Principal of High School, Columbus, Pa., I897-99. Taught in Nvarren, Pa., I-Iigh School, I899-l900. Principal of High School, Du Bois, Pa., I900-l90I. Taught in Corry, Pa.. I-'Iigh School, l9Ol-03. Student in summer sessions, Cornell University, l899-02. Student in University of Michigan, l903- I907. Assistant in Zoology, University of Michigan, I904-I 907. Member of Michigan Academy of Science, and the Junior Re- search Club of the University of Michigan. Instructor in Biology in Lake Forest College, I907. 16

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I ill? Cur College Buildings He l ffl N l87l the Lake Forest Hotel and Manufacturing Company put up a six story hotel building on the land now occupied by Blair Lodge, the IEW! home of Mr. Walter C. Larned. After conducting the hotel for five .4 p years at a continual loss, the company transferred the property to the trustees of Lake Forest University. In this building, containing sixty rooms for guests, besides a number of larger rooms for public purposes, the college began its career on the seventh of September, IS76, with a L freshman class of eight young men and four young women. In the night of December I6-I 7, l877, this building was entirely destroyed by fire, and nothing was saved but the small library of several thousand volumes. When the winter holidays closed, classes were resumed in what was known asu the old hotel, a building that had been put up in IS57 on the triangular park between Deer- path avenue and Mr. l. P. Rumsey's residence. This buiding, though sadly fallen from its high estate, may still be seen at the northeast corner of Railway Park. During the summer vacation in l878 a new college building, designed for that purpose, was put up on the central campus, and was the only college hall for a number of years. This building is now known as College Hall . The wooden structure at present known as The Commons was built in IS79. ln l88l the building formerly used by the famous school for girls conducted by Dr. Baxter Dickinson, was bought to be used as a residence for the college women, and was named Mitchell Hall , in honor of the astronomer, Maria Mitchell. This building stood where now stands the home of Mr. Trowbridge. ln l893 the Academy occupied the new buildings erected for its uses by Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Reid and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Durand, and relinquished to the college the older academy building fbuilt in I879D now known as North Hall. ln the winter of l890-91 the present gymnasium was built and in 1892 the Durand Art Institute building was opened. This latter building cost S60,000, and is a most handsome addition to the town, facing as it does one of the main entrances to the campus. It consists of two stories over a high basement, is built of rough-faced Superior red sand- stone, and is finished in hard woods. The main floor contains the college offices and an auditorium-rising to the roof, which will seat five hundred, and is used for lectures, concerts, dances, and the annual commencement dinner. The Gymnasium was built of the same material as the Art lnstitute, and in the same massive style, at a cost of 530.000, It is well equipped for the best work. ln 1897 North Hall, of which the original cost was 520.000, was completely reconstructed, at a cost of Sl6,000. It is now a thoroughly modern and convenient dormitory of thirty rooms, and contains also the Y. M. C. A. assembly hall, and recitation rooms for Political Science, Mathematics, Philosophy and Biblical Literature. The Art Institute contains recitation rooms for the language departments, and College Hall accomodates the Biological and Chemical Laboratories, as well as the English and History departments. On the topmost floor of this building, also, are the halls for the two literary societies for men-Athenaean and Zeta Epsilon. ln i897 Mr. H. C. Durand gave to the college the handsome residence for college women known as Lois Durand Hall . The cost was 335,000 This building ac- commodates fifty young women, and has a well equipped boarding department-and an attractive assembly room, which from time to time serves the purposes of the literary society for women, the Aletheian. The older home for women, Mitchell Hall, was sold to the city of Lake Forest, and on another site is now known as the South Public School. 18