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

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I0 THE STENTOR STYLES THAT PLEASE- L' H' IXQLSLFIDEL for COLLEGE MEN and WOMEN Gents,P-umishings RASMUSSEN BROS. BOOT SHOP TEL. 644 LAKE FOREST, ILL.- MARKET SQUARE ' EBC MANSL- i Perfectly pasteurized milk bottled in the country. Safeguarded from Cow to Consumer. BOVVMAN DAIRY COMPANY Telephones: Glencoe 70 Highland Paric 9 . 101-1.09 Vine Ave, I From an V time in the hands of the army barber. Training Camp tThe writer of the following letter is an Arab, a native of Bagdad, gradu- ated in June last. Rejoicing with his family in their emancipation from Turkish rule, he felt himself moved to enlist with the Englishj I am writing you these few lines to let you know of my whereabouts. I was in Camp in Windsor, Nova Scotia, till June 10th, then went to York Redoulet near Halifax, to wait for a chance to come over. I was as- signed to the K.A.M.C. I came here to Camp and after getting settled, I was given ten days furlough which I spent in London. I have been get- ting my training here all the time. The training consists of physical drills, company drills, bandaging, lec- tures on Sanitation, instructions in Physiology, etc. After two weeks we will go through our anti-gas training. I am sort of indifferent to being a soldier. I neither like it or dislike it. After I am done with my train- ing here I shall be given six days furlough, and then will either be sta- tioned at home or sent for foreign service. Going to Church is a mat- ter of compulsion in the British Army. The soldiers must go to their respec- tive denominations. If they do not, they will be put to fatigue work on Sundays. All the new men here must have army hair-cut or something like it, i.e., a very short hair-cut which makes one look like a convict. I had a hair-cut once here on Friday even- ing, the next day, on inspection the major thought it was rather long, so in order to avoid conflict, I Went and put my head voluntarily for the first I was sorry to see my long curly hair falling off so unceremoniously. That was my first and last time that I Went to the Army barber. I looked so much like a German. Never again! I am coming gradually to learn the English accent, I notice that some add H to Words beginning with a vowel, and some omit to pronounce an H when it is at the beginning of the word. Some say Heven and Hodd for even and odd, and some say t'Uns for Huns . I am longing to be in America again. There is no other country in the 'world that could be compared to the U. S. Please remember me to all the professors and students. I would very much like to hear from you. Respectfully yours, Sept. 1, 1918. Samuel E. Isa, '18. No. 155503, C Company, 5th Battal- ion, 3rd Camp R.A.M.C., Blackpool, England. C. C. Wenban 6: Son Taxi Cabs Phone 22 LAKE FOREST, ILL. 365.00 takes my 3250.00 size phonograph, one diamond, one sapphire point needle, and 200 steel needles and records. All new-- used two weeks. Act quick. 317 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette. 200 ft. from Llnden Sta. MII. Elec. FRANK BULOW Barber Under Jensen's Shoe Store RAILROAD TICKETS M3 The? Calvert Floral Co. o. TRu3BwAssER, Prop. Phone I7 Lake Forest, Ill. C. T. Gunn Co. I Grocers Agency Huyler's Candies Curtice Bros. Goods LAKE FOREST, ILL. LAKE FOREST LAUNDRY F. J. HELD, Prop. Phone l75 W hy? Ask any good dresser in Lake Forest California Fruit Store Candy and Ice Cream ' A Complete Line of Columbia Grafonolas and Double Disc Records Call at O'Neill's Hardware Store When in Need of NEW RECORDS for your Victrola KUBELSKY I?:::yuI:e?in Clothing and . Furnishings Cleaning and Tailoring a Specialty No Job Too Small None Too Large A. J. ITRICH Plumbing and Heating LAKE FOREST. ILL. Phones: Office 398 Residence 866 Fitzgerald Taxicab Company For Best Service Day or Night I Taxis at All Trains. Call Lake Forest 21

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THE STENTOR 9 From the French Front Since I last wrote I have been busy passing from the stage of a raw re- cruit to that of a seasoned veteran. I have at least smelled gunpowder, dodged a few Minnies and ducked a number of whiz-bangs, to say noth- ing of disguising my comely counten- ance with said life-saving gas mask which is much better than I should have done had I remained a Camp Lee Veteran. I've discovered that merely having been in France means nothing to a man who has been on the boards or over the bags . A week ago, when We came out last time, we came south to,the American Sector. We hiked along past a Y.M.C.A.and Corps School H.Q. and passed a regiment of North Dakota National Guard, who have been over here since January doing nothing but guard duty, living in fine barracks, bathing at least once, a week and having all ofthe comforts of home. They had just gotten their service stripes and felt pretty cockey Our men were carrying trench equipment-among other things, a petrol-tin per squad which is used for carrying water in the trenches. I'll admit that they are strange look- ing things if you don't know what they are for. These N.G's saw them and started kidding our men about them with such remarks as Look at the milk-can , Wait till you get your stripe and you'll get along with- out the extras , What are they for?', This last remark was enough for an Irishman near me who said Lord, when they finally get you weaned from milk to water and let you get away from the fire-place, you'll iind out . ' We're down here resting up now, but I hope they let us into it down here. I know that the Americans can do as good as the British fwho we were withl did up north, and they are some soldiers too. Of course we were with the best division in the British Army, but they were soldiers, every one of them. I know that this letter is rambling along without much sense or connec- tion, but everytime I start to tell you something, censorship interferes. I have a fine Boche pistol to show you some day which I got from a German Ofiicer up north. Chester R. Davis, '18. Sept. 1 fist Lieut.J Announcement was received of the marriage of Dorothy Lusk, ex '19, to Lieutenant Coulter M. Montgomery, on September 12, in Chicago. Mrs. Clarence Wetzel, formerly Gertrude Adkisson, ex '19, of New Haven, Connecticut, visited Sigma Tau last week-end. Sarah Moore spent the week-end it her home in Aurora. Sigma Tau entertained Jessie Carr and Hazel Clarke over the week-end. Mildred Gerlach entertained Kath- erine Horton at her home in Chicago. Marjorie Graves from Chicago was the guest of Helen Barnthouse. Katherine Horton entertained her :nother a week ago. ' Ruth Talcot visited Sigma Tau over the week-end of October 12th. Company A has exhibited a great tendency to entertain. Their first social activity was a dance given in Durand Art Institute. The music was 9Xff9Dfi0I121llY good and in every way the dance was a most enjoyable affair. Much credit is due to Com- DHHY A for a very pleasant and peppy evening, The following week-end they en- tertained at a. beach party. All of the guests reported delicious food and a Very good time in every way. Thrift Durand Hall every Tuesday and Thursday immediately after lunch- Son. For the men the Stamps are sold in Lois Y are on sale at the College Book Store on Wed- nesday afternoons from 4:20 till 4:45. f. B. Veselslgy Ladies' Tailor: Dressmaking Anderson .Building Phone 855' LAKE FOREST, ILL. Subscribe Now for I The Stentor It Contains News of College Happenings

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