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

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The First Stentor My copy of the first Stentor l laid up for safe-keeping at home, so I cannot now refer to it but must depend upon old memories, memories that come across weary miles of land and sea and through many years of sunshine and shadow. My memory of that first paper is dim indeed compared with that, fresh and tender, of those who worked with me upon it. -- of French, G. A. Wilson, Linnell, Welch, and Becker, two of whom have gone on before. Though l try to brush the dusty cobwebs from my memory, l really cannot recollect what was in the first Stentor, but l remember vividly what was on the outside. L. M. Bergen had conceived a Buonarottian cartoon for the front cover including, among other things strange and wonderful, a young lady in classic attire. ln being assisted from Bergen's drawing to the engraved cover of the Stentor this unfortunate female apparently susstained a dislocation of a limb. We suffered with her a few months, and then clothed the Stentor in a dress severely plain. l remember some later issues: one that called forth the criticism from one of the professors that is was Umeaslyng another long-delayed while waiting for some black-letter type, and the resulting clamor of impatient fellow students, When's the Stentor coming out? The Stentor would not have been in our day, l fear, if we had not had the encourage- ment and advice of Professor Kelsey. The venture was of benefit to us editors at least, giving us a chance to test our crudities on a public critical though small. The memories of those days are pleasant indeed, and if after twenty years I should attempt moralizing for the benefit of Stentor-makers and Stentor-readers, it would sum up thus: Carpe Diem. JOHN J. BOGGS, '88. Canton, China. The Making of Vlfomen among the Ndau Tribe Wanted - A letter from Africa. What shall it be? just a scene from the home of an alumna. It is a bright, cool morning and some one knocks. Upon opening the door l see a native girl clothed with a dirty drape. She wants to work. Coming from a home which is a bee-hive shaped hut with only one opening for a door, which one enters on hands and knees, she knows nothing about civilized ways. Reluctantly l tell her she may stay, but at first cutting grass, pulling weeds and bringing water is all she is allowed to do. If she proves faithful she is given a dress and is next taught to sweep and dust. When she has learned to set the house in order she is taught to make beds. At first she is inclined to put the coveis on so that they cover my head and leave my feet exposed, for when she rolls up in her blanket she covers her head and leaves her feet uncovered and does not know there is a better way to sleep until taught. Laying a table is her next ac- complishment. Why does the white man need so many forks, knives, spoons and dishes? What difference does it make if the tablecloth is put on crooked and the food and dishes bunched together? Many other such questions undoubtedly arise in her mind, but after a time she does learn the niceties about table-laying and will even gather flowers to brighten the table without being told to do so. If our novice proves very capable she is granted the privilege of reigning in the kitchen, an opportunity not given to every girl, as cooking more than one thing at a time is too much for some of them. Those who are not taught to cook are trained in laundry work which furnishes them a source of income when they marry. The girls who have been in our home are in two classes: those who are betrothed to 24

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The World as l Have Seen It No specific antidote has been discovered which will eradicate the germs of Wander'- lust. Since leaving Lake Forest in '95, I have spent most of the time in foreign lands. I have operated as a mining engineer and in commercial pursuits in al- most every State of the Union and in Mexico, japan, China, Manchuria, Korea, Siberia, Malay, Burmah, India, the South Sea Islands, Africa, Con- tinental Europe and the British Isles. Within the past two Arthur D. Coulter in China months' I Completed my thirty- eighth voyage. No other land offers the bounteous opportunities which are olfered by our own glorious country. The American expatriate who earns a fortune in a foreign field does so at the expense of sacrificing the best that life may hold for him. One who is not imbued with the missionary spirit may find favorable fields for monetary gain by taking advantage of the unfavorable conditions of the laborer in other lands. It has given me, however, far greater satisfaction to pay for one day's work of eight hours to an American Workman in the mines than to pay a Chinese Coolie for a month's work of thirty days of twelve hours each. There are splendid commercial opportunities abroad, but the occupancy of the Philippines by our government, and the exclusion of their products from our markets offers the E.. D. of my argument. There is no country in the world, save certain countries of South America, notably Argentine and Brazil, whose inhabitants do not regard America as the country of blessed privilege and of golden opportunity. The experience of an expatriate should cause his patriotism to multiply and grow by geometrical ratio: especially so if his expatriation be diversified, Do you stop to think that discontent is the most potent factor of progress? One 15 so prone to desire that which the other fellow has, but does not in reality want. If my present plans do not prove abortive, l shall, during the coming twelve months, travel from here to Boston and return, then sail north to Alaska, navigate the Yukon river 2,300 miles and return via the Pacific, and then sail for a trip through Peru and Bolivia. This will necessitate I8,000 miles of travel. Do some of my alumni brothers or sisters envy me? Did you ever hear of the little boy who undertook to eat a barrel of sugar? I-le came to a place where it was not sweet. It is all in the game. Stay at home Be a good American. ARTHUR D. COULTER, '95. Seattle, Washington.

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Christian young men who want the girls educated, somewhat at least, before they marry themg and those who, being forced to marry Cusually old menl, rebel and come to us as a place of refuge. As yet there is no Boarding Department for Girls, so they live in the homes of the missionaries. ln the five years I have lived here we have housed twenty-three girls and out of this number, fifteen are church members. With three girls to direct one can get along comfortably, but with nine, as l have had, one is inclined to say too many. When, however, you know that each girl who is even partly trained probably goes out to set up a Christian home, whose influence will help hundreds of people to a clearer know- ledge of what is good and true, can you say it does not pay to help each girl who asks for work, even if it means the sapping of your strength? JULIA lVlcKE.E. CMRS. C. C., FULLER, '95. Mt. Silinda, Rhodesia, South Africa. The Korean ldea of Sport The Korean mind is a poor place for the development of the idea of sport. The Korean has the faculty of imagination, has a passion for making fun, as also a passion for display, so among Christian boys sport does and will thrive. l shall confine my remarks to the non-Christian Korean, asking my readers to remember that the Korean is a highly civilized man. Their games and sports are similar to many of our own. The bovs have their kites. tops, pitching pennies, blind man's buff, game of leopard - about the same as our game of tag, all out of doors. The young men enjoy hunting pheasants with falcons, wrestling, tug-of-war, stone fighting and widow steal- ing, all of which imply the gathering of a crowd. The old men play chess, fish, and practice archery. There is no sport for women. The Koreans recognize no reason for the existence of a sport except as pastime. l-lence small boys are for the most part not only discouraged, but forbidden to play even their harmless games. Whether this attitude against children's games comes of a dog in the manger feeling or a hatred of children makes little difference, the fact remains that though the older ones have their sports they hold a pronounced attitude against the sport of the youngsters. But boys will be boys. So they deceive their elders, lie, steal, and have their sport. But as is its beginning, so the sport itself is full of the practice of deception, fraud and meanness. There is an utter lack of fair play, much cowardly action, and an immense amount of so-called bullying. The puny son of the big man of the village may break all sorts of rules and then kick a lad twice his size out of the game because he does not use proper language to himself. So although there are lots of rules they are so little practised that sport is lawless. It is also cruel. Watch a lot of small boys, who are dividing into two parties perhaps for a stone light, perhaps for their kicking game -- two of the most popular games -in either case there are few rules, people are maimed for life and skill is not required. The Korean idea of sport is as the idea of government - anarchistic. Pyeng Yang, Korea. WILLIAM B. HUNT, '84. Wm. B. Hunt U