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

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F t F 'iTI'F'l Y ' THE STE'NTOR 251 Tl1e'Foolish,Maidens And, it. came to passvthat- several of the maidens who dwelt in the nan called Lois Durand, betook them- selves one day down townito lunch- eon, feeling much pangs of hunger' in theirkstomachs and having a desire to' appease the unrequited appetite. And lo! as they did sit amongst many viands--more than had been seen by them for many moons-there was a rumor breezed about that the War was ended. And the rumor grew and did flourish as it was caught from mouth to mouth-yea, even as a bit of scandal traveleth in Lois Durand Hall, so also this rumor was spread among the multitude. And the maid- ens, having keen ears for such, and not being of a critical mind in their pleasant state of content with food in general-caught up the general cry and carried it home to their Hall- mates-Jyea verily, with many cries and shouts of exaltation tore they homeward bearing the glorious tid- ings. Even as they had believed, so also believed the other credulous maidens -yea, even unto the dean of that Hall called Lois Durand. And not having room within for such cele- bration as occurred unto them they wont out into the open calling, Hail! the war is ended! Peace be unto us. Hail! Hail! And as they approach- ed unto the men of the S. A. T. C. they raised their cries lustily call- ing, Come, brethren, join with us. We hail the end of the war. But the men, being soldiers and strong men did resist the shouts of these maidens and did cry 'Tis false al- arm, and did turn their backs except such as could not resist the faces of such maidens as seemed fair unto them. And these did approach and listen unto these false utterings and did join their voices to the cry-and so the alarm did spread even unto the most unwilling listener. Then cried some one og the multi- tude- Hence-fetch the flute and cymbals-let us make merry and re- joice-yea verily, fetch ye the harps and bass drums and we will make a 'joyful noisef- .- So the musicians did bring their instruments a.nd.did strike up with singing. And as they sang they marched even- unto the village where were many ,more foolish people raising their voices,in song of jubil- .etion.- .And many children didvgather about with .banners .and did join. to the procession offyouthsand maids. Andas -they:were gathered singing, lo! appeareth the village ire-truck. with loud clanging of bells and many of the men of the town. And as the procession did take up its course so also followed the fire-truck adding to the loud commotion. And there were those who spake and said, Verily, this is folly, ye know not what ye do, for ye have gathered up news which is not ofli- cial. But their voices were as one among the many and their sayings were not muchly heard and such as heard did rather not believe. So the celebration lasted for many hours and such as became foot sore did hobble and hope for rest by the wayside. But the military men felt not the strain-being accustomed to many footsteps and did forget the maidens with high heels. And these did arrive home weak and weary and did have many cross and crabby hours from their feet which felt not as they used to-and these when they heard of their folly did rave and tear their hair and did say 'twas all for naught that they had lost their comfort and their good feet-and they did betake themselves to their cots for rest and the remainder of the multitude did disperse to make dates for the dance that night and to ponder over what had come to pass. Yea, verily, the wise are few and the foolish many, and the way of ru- mor is not dependable. Duke tells us his friends about town have been asking who the crazy fat man in the parade last Thursday was. We surmise that Chat will be more careful to prefix Lieutenant next time. He got away with it better than we expected, at that. Leave it to Chat. Doodes Carr, of the Fighting Twelfth at The Great Lakes, drops in 'most every night. Y Owing to the giving up of the frat- ernity rooms, the Brown Derby for the Company B dance has not been awarded. Tom Hale therefore re- tains the title. Ticklers' to right of them, A Flags ,to the leftof them, Mobs all around them, Pushed , and hollered. , Stormed at with, shots and confetti Boldly they pushed and well, Through the jeering crowd .lnto the mouth of Hell V They took the kaiser. A. S. The Band The baud which has been organized from the lllCl'lllJl'l'5 of the S. A. T. C. is making rapid progress under the elli- cient lf-adcrsliip of James ffrawforfl and Merle hleldvoy, with lY1lll.l'l' Brown as manager. The other members are XValter Kinney .... . Orville Kiltz ...,.. Arthur Seymour .... lfliflord llarris.. . .. Leonard Heuller. . . Howard Baldwin .... Henry Young .... Arthur Brisban .... Earle R. Ryan ..... Edwin Lamphere.. . . Ralph Beddoes ..... Otis Chatfield-Taylor .... Kenneth Mason .... George Winther . . . Albert Hale .... Thomas Hale .. . .. Charles Boehner . . . George lVatson .... Clark Greenlee ..... Hlfrcuch lloru ....... .lflutrr ...,Bass lloru . . . . . . . .f'nI'llf't Trap Drummer . . . . .Trombone . . . . .Clarinet ... .Bass Horn .....Cotnet . . .Cornet .......Drum .. . .Bass Drum ... . .Cornet . . . . .Cornet ......Flute ... . . .Cornet . . . .Saxophone . ...Saxophone .. ...Clarinet ' 9 Girls Gym. Our gymnasium work this year prom- ises to be most interesting and benefi- cial. YVe are beginning to realize the great importance of physical efliciency and so are resolved to get the most out of our work. Our schedule this year is slightly dif- ferent from last year. Three hours are offered and but two hours a week are required. Swimming is compulsory. This class meets for one hour on Friday at tbreethirty and at four-thirty at Ferry Hall. The two elections are dancing and reg- ular gym work, including exercises, hockey and basketball. The' dancing classes meet for one hour on Tuesday. One at three-thirty, the other at four- thirty. However, since the weather is so favorable for outdoor work, Miss Turnbull has decided to discontinue the dancing and devote that time to hockey work. So, since the regular gym work which occurs on Thursday is also devoted to hockey, should be plenty of time to practice in preparing for our games. These games we hope to be able to arrange with the Ferry Hall teams. Lois Durand Hall has always had every reason to be proud of its hockey teams and this year is no exception. Though the teams haven't been definitely picked as yet, the prospectives are very prom- ising. Our instructor Miss Turnbull is a most able and ellicient teacher. She, we are sure, will make our gymnasium work very interesting and beneficial and under her supervision we hope to accom- plish niuch in our physical education.

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My thots they fled and left me 22 THE STENTOR Guest at Lois Hall Would you know the weight, height, and appearance of your fu- ture spouse-just for preparedness sake? Would you like to know how soon your next check is coming? Or how many letters you are going to receive in the next mail? Or how soon the kaiser will perish from the earth- or- or well anything? If you would then consult the teeming or- acle at Lois Durand-the never fail- ing-soul satisfying prophet- Sib's ouija board. Anytime day or night, it is always ready for business. In fact there is scarcely a girl in the hall who has not had her entire life mapped out at least three different times. Thru the transom we hear- Oh! oqoohl d-a-r-k! How grand -one of those tall dashing brunettes with a little moustach! Oh-my dear-don't you simply adore dark men? But it never said tall, it might have been- Ouija, now tell me truly -fin sepulchral tonesj ls he tall? Oh -'No'-you pushed it-I felt it- honestly Why, I never did-I just concentrated. Ask it something else- Ouija-what are we going to have for lunch-hash or spag- hetti? Ouija, are we going to have a real Xmas vacation? Ouija is Van feeling good today? Oh! grand! What's the latest scan- dal? T-H-E-O Now don't push! O, girls that can't be the bell-the last one-oh run! Oh girls-do you suppose Sib settles his love af- fairs with the 0uija? -it-1. J ack Straw After strenuous competition alld lnany try-outs, the following cast has been chosen for XY. Somerset BIaughn's 'llack Straw. Jack Straw ...,...... Paul Oppcnheiser Ambrose Holland .... F. XV. Chamberlain Rev. Abbott ............ Arthur Nichols Mr. Withcr ............ Howard Dickey Mr. Parker Jennings .... Edwin Johnson Vincent Parker J0lllllIlgS.Le0Il3.1'll Huffer Lord Serlo ................ F. L. Wilson Count von Brewer .... Philip Speidel Footlllall .....,........ Vernon Huffman Waiters ........ SRUSSEH Rice I 2Horace Emerson Hrs. Parker Jennings ............... .... . . . . . . . . . . . .Gwendolyn Massey Ethel Parker Jennings ..... Anne Merner Rosie Alilina .............. Elsie Engle Lady Vifanley .......... Lorraine Maclay Mrs. lVithers .... ..... G ertrude Gifford New Men , . The following men have arrived' and registered in' the past week: ' Ackmann, Alvin Frederick Elgin. Brennan, Walter James ' Elgin. Brewer, Herbert Archie Hammond, Indiana. ' 5 Carlson, Marshall, J. Kenosha, Wis. Chapin, Earl Bernard Elgin. Christman, Edward Robert Elgin. Christensen, Irving Carl Chicago. Cobb, Warren Alfred Aurora. Eric, Erickson Harold Rockford. Fredberg, Clifford Walter Belvidere. Funk, Edward Bramwell Warsaw, Indiana. Garman, Ray Benjamin Elgin. Gurney, Lyman Fox Highland Park. Illinois. I-ledges, George Braid Elgin. Heffson, Harold Thomas Rockford. Helm, Gordon Haeger Elgin. Hurbitz, Samuel Elgin. Johnson, Arvid Einar Elgin. Johnson, Paul Lee Elgin. Lillis, Norman Kenneth Rockford. lfrlck, Paul Louis Elgin. Kuhlman, Edwin William Elgin. Meyer, Edwin Harman Elgin. Myers, Merlin James Elgin. Okerson, Clarence Ebert Elgin. Rea, Richard Spalding Elgin. Saunders, Clair Frank Elgin. Schmid, Albert Adolph Elgin. Schweitzer, Jr. Edward C, Chicago. Shultis, Louis Henry Antioch. Stone, Richard Gail Elgin. Taylor, William Jackson Kenilworth. Thayer, Myron Alden Rockford. Vorbau, Elmer Edward Chicago. Wallace, LeRoy Jason Aurora. Death of Wakefield Sergeant Coberly has just received word tllat his roommate during his lirst year here, Maurice IVakeIield, ex-'20, died of pneumonia resulting from influ- enza ir. the S. A. T. C. unit at Anles, Iowa. - --9.1. Letter from Maplesden Lieut. Lawrence Maplesden is com- manding oflicer at Kenyon College. Gambier, Ohio. He writes that he is very busy, his usual hour for retiring, being between 1 a. ln. and 3 a. nl. The ilu hit Kenyonl College ratllerl-llard. We lost two of our men thru pneu- monia, out of over forty cases. 'Now we have it down to three casesfand expect allJ to'pull thru. The quaran- tine is still on, howeverL . V I also 'received ai card about a week ago, saying that Bob had arrived' safely overseas. So I am the-only one' left over here, and supposeyfll be 'just uri lucky enuf to ,never see France'-f If ' A In English III' ' The Freshmen are doing remarkably well, along lines-of expressibn, in Mr. Troutman's Oral Q Composition course. There is, however, a certain tendency with some of them, while' ezihibiting their Denlosthenesian powers, to show signs of nervousness. This takes a dif- ferent effect on almost every individual. Some have difficulty in keeping the knees stiff, others have a peculiar gasp- ing for breath, while a certain few sway from side to side giving the audience nie impression of being lnlled to Asleep in a motor boat. Oh, it's IVednesday morning when a feller needs a friend. Instructors have always told us that tllis fear and trembling grows less with experience, yet we students have failed to notice any diiierence since we recited memory gems to our latest appearance in college. But screw your courage to the sticking post and you will not fail. My name was called, I shook with fear A public speech! Ah me! Oh! Mr. Troutman not today I'm not prepared you see. Next week I could not shirk the deed And wllen lily name was called I blankly walked up to the front And nearly Went and bawledf' blank My voice it sllook with fear I talked of what, I know not now I felt my Doom was near. I'stamme-red thru some rambling notes And tllen I book my chair And as the criticisnls flew I prayed I would die there. B-U-T The First Hundred Years Hardest are the Cheer up Fresh. Who Will Manicure? Mr. J. A. Brisbin of Elgin is to start a. barber shop on the campus. 'Thelnew shop will probably be located somewhere in College Hallf It will 'be up widiife in every particular, and 'will be ablefto take care of every i11an in the S.-fl. T. C. witllout his -goingf ofi'i'tIle' campus. We have not been .informed whether' Mi. Brisbin will be- prepared to cut 'bangs for the Lois Hallers-or-Snot: MrLBris- bin. will also 'be 'band-1 instructor, 'for which position' -lie is .fitted by 'years of experience. e -' H ' . 7 Q

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24 THE STENTOR THE STENTOR Published weekly during the collegiate year by the students of Lake Forest College. Board of Editors: Lillian Evans, 'l9. Harriet Harris, '19, Gwendolyn Massy, '19, Lydia Sprecher, 119. Ruth Stommel, '19, Mildred Zenos, '19. Ralph Stewart. '20, Eleanor Goble, ,2l. Business Managers: Agnes Hoffman, '19. Margaret Horton, '19, Reporters: Sara Moore, '21, Otis Cliatiield-Taylor, l21. Paul Offenheiser, '21. Eugene W. Tucker, '21, James Crawford, '22, Howard Wood. 522. Prof. W. R. Bridgeman. Faculty and Alumni. Subscription Rates: One Year . ,....... .... S 2.00 Ten Issues .................... .75 Entered at the postoflice of Lake For- est, Illinois, as second-class matter. . HE war is over. There is no mistake, no false alarm this time. The drastic conditions of the armistice are sufficient guar- antee that Germany will not 'begin again. The big task seems to be completed. But is it? The morning papers of the coming days and weeks, and perhaps months will be eagerly sought after, for they will bear the news of what will be clone in the great work of reconstruc- tion. How, and how soon will the 'Ae-ray be demobilized? Who is going to rebuild France? What is going to be done with the S. A. T. C. These are' questions the answers for which we may have to wait weeks or months. Meanwhile let us not slacken up our determination to do our best in the work before us. The man who is at present inducted into the S. A. T. C. and the man who had intended toenlist may feel that there is no longer a necessity or opportunity for him in the work of the S. A. T. C. It is not altogether surprising if such rt feeling is encountered. But there are several excellent rea- sons why we should not get into that way of thinking. The first is that American soldiers may have to sit on the lid in Europe long enough for things to quiet down over there. More troops may have to be sent to Russia to straighten things out. Secondly, in order to obtain the real- ization of his principles of a perman- ent and just world-wide peace,- President Wilson will need the sup- port of the United States Army. Any slackening of our efforts here will undermine that support just so much. If universal military training is in- stituted in this country officers will be needed. What is more natural than that these otiicers should come from the S. A. T. C. Finally, the opportunity to go to college with all expenses paid and thirty dollars a montlrbesides, is the greatest thing in an educational way that has ever been offered. The gov- ernment has the use of this college contracted for until the first of next July. We will all be here until that time. You may consider that an ad- vantage or an unavoidable necessity. That depends on your point of view, and ,whether or not you realize the wonderful opportunity which the S. A. T. C. is offering. But it is a fact which must be faced, and he who is wise will make the best of it. So let's put the best there is this thing-as if the war starting. in us into were only igi. n Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees, Sweet freedom's song, Let mortal tongues awake, Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. L. F. C. has been singing this with more or less vigor all year. But none of us realized until last Thurs- day what real enthusiasm meant. We have all shrieked ourselves hoarse at football games and mass meetings, but these have always been pre-ar- ranged and more or less cut and dried. Last Thursday, however, will long be remembered in L. F. C. his- tory. The enthusiasm was spontan- eous. No one wanted to see what any one else would do. Music swell- ed the breeze of its own accord, and mortal tongues awoke with much en- ergy. Ferry Rocks, Acad Rocks, and College rocks burst forth with loud sounds, and the few walking mauso- leums that refused to brake silence were 'unwept, unhonored, and un- sung'-in fact they weren't even missed from the parade, -QT ' Patronize our advertisers because they are the leading dealers of our com- munity. They are patronizing our product-let's patronize theirs! Turn 'about is fair play -now let's do our part and show them how much it pays to stand by the Qollege. ROBABLY almost everyone who ever took a pen in hand for the expression of his ideas will write something concerning the ef- fect of peace and the problems of re- construction, but we will not be pre- sumptuous enough to attempt to tackle such a large question. We will merely attempt to give our idea of what should happen here in the Lake Forest S. A. T. C. Almost every man at Lake Forest College is now being paid by the government for receiving a good education. Therefore, the cessation of hostilities should have absolutely no effect upon the efficiency or the spirit of the Student's Army Train- ing Corps. We should consider our being educated as an investment that our government is making and should deem it a point of honor to make the investment pay. The idea of those responsible for the S. A. T. C. plan was never solely to train soldiers. If it had been, we should have been sent directly to a camp devoted ex- clusively to getting troops in condi- tion to go overseas. The need for educated men to carry on the work of reconstruction both here and abroad was foreseen, and the unexpectedly early signing of the armistice should serve as a stimulus for harder work rather than as a cause for letting down, for we will be needed all the sooner to help in solving the great problem of readjustment in the period following the declaration of peace. .-0.1 The Stentor edits are doing their best to give you a snappy college paper. Crab all you want about our mistakes. We know they are there. But help solve the problem by giving us the news as you know it. Try handing us an editorial-a. bit of news-a breezy story-or even a poem. Do it now and see if the Stentor doesn't improve won- dcrfully. , --o-- . There has been some misapprehen- sion upon.the part of the men as to when they could use the gymnasium. The impression seems to have been that the women had the use of the Gym every afternoon. As a matter of fact, they only have it-on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3-:30 to 5:30. The men are urged to take advantage of the gymnasium at all other times. The swimming pool has been empty so far this year because the city water is not adapted for this purpose. The college has opened up a new well and Mr. Hahnke promises us that 'the pool will be filled, pro- bably by the time this Stentor is is- sued. '