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

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-+17 gi 02' f: CHQ - 1912 - Foieesreie The Alumni in 1910-11 vgfs- H-' 2 i ' Q-.AJ The number of the living Alumni has been swelled tT W . 'T ' fi'- Qi ff. to four hundred and sixty-three during the past year by V the addition of the twenty-six members of the class of I9I0, and happily not reduced by even one, as at this writing no alumnus has died since the last Forester was issued. It is in this connection, perhaps worthy of men- tion, that this year for the first time more new students came to the College through the recommendation of Alumni than through any other agency, including even the undergraduates. A little reflection suggests three of four new and noticeable phases in the life of the Alumni corporate. The first of these is the return to Lake Forest of an unusual number of graduates and former students, both as individuals and in connection with class reunions. A special feature of the winner has been the presence on the campus and on the chapel platform of the two sur- viving members of '79, the first class graduated, Messrs. Chapman and Mills, as well as that of other visitors like Paul Bergen, '80: Graham Lee, '89g and George W. Wright, '92, Again, the Commencement of I9I0 was declared by those experienced in Lake 15

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Se e f C1-ie: - 1912i FoResTe-:R :J '5mUgQ Suum Cuique Lines suggested by recent criticism of educators and education I. We of the world are prone to do and get With small regard to ends: for self we strive- At best for nearest king the clearest fret We finger on life's viol sounds alive A note of gain: the rule of life we set ls good returns and works that richly thrive: And life's scant blood we freely give That we at ease may sometime live. II. Ere you were tainted by ideals of trade To you i-n youth the thought of service came: To mould the thought, ideals, of youth, then made A calling higher than success of fame. Though hope of gain were lost, that call obeyed, Your lives threw off their narrow ends: took name Of servant: 'iWho will greatest be, Will serve, said Christ of Galilee. Ill. ln after years the lessons that we learned May be forgot, in dollars fail to count: But rightly used, those years we spent all earned A right to be if they but helped us mount As you have done-above yourselves, who turned Your minds to help or guide some life: if fount Of honest thought of life it opeld To help young hearts which error coped. IV. ls yours a life-work we can do without? Some spen-d their days in trade: mechanic art Some ply, inventions prove which put to rout Discomfort of our bodies: but the part Of min'st'ring to the mincl to furnish out A man horizoned broader than his mart, Will this belittled be at last? ls man machine for piece-work cast? V. ln thoughtless years we vaguely felt your worth, Yet not for long thy thought for us was lost: In later years we sadly feel the dearth Of men so true: thy pains have left embossed On striving souls impress that things of earth Not all of life contains: we feel the cost Gf service, know the world will rate The nam-e of earnest Teacher great! -RICHARD HARVEY CURTIS 00 14

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1: eric-3-1911 FORGSTEZR Forest Commencement, the best attended and sustained in our history. This was in great measure due to the presence of a large number of Alumni, and especially to the institu- tion of several class reunions. About twenty-five members of both 1907 and l9l0 came back: 1895 and 1900 and l905 also made special efforts to get together again. We hope this marks the foundation of a regular custom of reunions one, three, five years after graduation, and every five years thereafter. The success of these reu-nions will de- pend in large measure upon the activity of the class secretaries. not only in working up interest in the reunions themselves, but in keeping class spirit alive in the intervals. A second special feature of the year has been the presence at two other and, in a sense, higher institutions of Lake Forest graduates and former students in numbers suf- ficient to form clubs or associations whose members have been linked together by their memories of Lake Forest and loyalty to its interests. The club at Harvard has seven members and that at Illinois University twelve. At both places the men have organized and made arrangements for occasional regular meetings, to some of the men, longer ab- sent from Lake Forest, a delightful renewal of youth, and to all a pleasant relaxation from the grind of hard labor in which they are engaged. Circumstances have made it possible for the President to meet with the men at Boston and for Professor Betten to attend one of the monthly dinners at Champaign. The Harvard contingent have al- ready supplied the copy for an issue of the Stentor and the Chambana Club are con- templating-but that is another story. Of course, a far more important phase of this gathering of our men elsewhere is the fact that they are seeking the best opportunities for advanced and professional study, and their good work abroad will redound to the credit of Lake Forest. 16