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

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uf? The University Club 1 I907-8 JOHN SCI-IOLTE NOLLEN . . . President VVM. MATI-IER LEWIS . Vice-President MISS MABLE POWELL . . Secretary G. A. FERGUSON ..... Treasurer EXECUTIVE COMMITTE john M. Clapp fChairmanJ, Miss C. Brown fI'Iouse Committeej, with Miss Carrie Ripley fMusic Committeej. PROGRAMME November 7, Professor I-I. W. Wright November ZI, Professor Alexander Smith December I2, Christmas Party january I6, Mrs. Theodore Thomas Music by Vilini Trio February I3, Rev. Z. B. T. Phillips February 27, Mr. D. C. Crawford March IZ, Professor Edward Baillot March l9, Lois Durand Hall Glee Club---Cantata April I6, Professor Toffteen May I4, Professor Paul Shorey The Bross Lectures for I907 By the terms of a fund established in l879 by the late William Bross, Lieutenant- Cnovernor of Illinois in I866-1879, the Trustees are enabled to appoint distinguished men from time to time to deliver courses of lectures on the connection, relation and mutual bearing of any practical science, the history of our race, or the facts in any department of knowledge, with and upon the Christian Religion. The first series of Bross Lectures was given in l904 by President Francis L. Patton, of the Princeton Theological Seminary, on Obligatory Morality. The second series was given in l904 by Professor Marcus Dodds, D. D., of Edinburgh, on The Bible, it's Origin and Nature. The Bross Lecturer for 1907 was Professor Arthur Thomson, an eminent British naturalist, noted for poetic imagination and charm of style as well as erudition in the field of biology. A His live Bross Lectures were upon The Wonder of the World. The Order and Progress of Nature, The Method of Animate Evolution, Man's Place in Nature. and The Spirit of Nature. I-Ie also delivered two popular lectures -one upon 'LThe Biology of the Seasons, the other upon the subject, Some Wonders of Bird Life in Great Britain. 20

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fn l898 Mr. and Mrs. Durand added to the two Durand buildings located on the north campus a third, which is known as Alice Homef, This is a model infirmary, open to the service not only of students of the University schools, but also to the residents of Lake Forest and neighborhood. Here, in residence, is a trained staff of nurses, and the local physicians give their services continually. In l899 Mrs. S. S. Reid presented to the University two most beautiful buildings, as memorials to her daughter and son, at a cost of S570,000. The Lily Reid Holt Chapelu is a nfodel of its kind, and is justly admired by visitors from many lands. It seats two hundred and fifty persons, and in the choir is a window by Lewis Tiffany. This Gothic structure is in perfect unison with the forest surroundings. Here the daily chapel service and the Sabbath vespers are held, and here also the debate and oiatory contests take place. The Arthur Somerville Reid Library is built with the same kind of stone and in the same style as is the chapel, and is connected with it by a cloister. Ir has space for thirty thousand volumes, and now holds nearly two thirds of that number. ln I907 Mrs. Timothy B. Blackstone of Chicago gave two beautiful residence halls for college men, which are known as Blackstone Hall' and Harlan Hall. These up-to-date and convenient residences cost 372.000, and accomodate seventy men. Their opening, in the fall of I907, has done much to create a new pride in Lake Forest College among her graduates and students. Durand Commons , a new dining hall for men, will soon be ready for occupancy. This handsome building modelled after old English patterns, is the gift of Mr. Calvin Durand, a brother of the late Mr. Henry C. Durand. The cost of this building is fB30,000. It will be, when completed, one of the most artistic buildings in the town, and will do much to concentrate college interest on the campus. The latest addition to the college equipment is Carnegie Science Hall , the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie. It will cost 330.000, and when completed will be occupied by the Physics Laboratories. It is, although still incomplete, an imposing building. JOHN j. I-IALSEY. Presentation of Keys to Blackstone and Harlan Halls 19

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