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

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OF LAKE FOREST COLLEGE Volume XXXIII. LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, November 1, 1918. NUMBERS 1 822. Dr' Raymond The Students' Arm Training Lake Forest College was unusually fortunate this year in securing Dr. Raymond to fill the places left va cant by the absence of Dr. Halsey and Professor Burnap. Dr. Raymond is a graduate of Northwestern Uni- versity, but received his Ph. D. at the University of Chicago. For the last five years he has lectured in Political Science at the University of Cali- fornia. Previously he was a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago. Dr. Raymond has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. He has spent a year in India, and has visited Egypt, Asia, Japan and Tur- key as well as Russia, Finland, Ice- land, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Portugal. This year Dr. Raymond was engaged to lecture in New York City, Philadelphia, and other eastern cities and also at several western universities. He has canceled these engagements and is giving us the benent of his wide experience and knowledge in Economics and in the War Aims Course. Girls, War Work Organized Under the able direction of Miss Hamilton the girls of Lois Durand Hall have formed an organization for war relief work. Knitting, Red Cross work, Y. W. C. A. work, and buying of thrift stamps and liberty bonds are some of the things they intend to do. The organization is headed by an executive committee consisting of Harriet Harris, ex oflicio chairman, Ruth Stommel, Eloise Brown, Sarah Moore, Eleanor Goble, Sarah Fisher, Helen Lockard, and Lucy Knox. A start toward active work has al- ready been made. The girls have divided into squads and have signed up for regular hours at the Village Red Cross Rooms. Thrift stamps are being sold on the campus twice a. week. Owing to the quarantine the girls were rather late in getting started in the Liberty Bond Campaign but a committee of Lois Durand For over a month the Lake Forest unit of the Students' Army Training Corps consisting of about one hun- dred and fifty men, has been operat- ing under the new system prescribed by the War Department. With the unusual natural advantages and splendid equipment of the College, this unit should be one of the most successful ones in this part of the country. Visitors to the campus who have observed conditions at large universities and other colleges have been very emphatic in their expres- sions of surprise and pleasure over the unusually smooth and successful operation of the army system here. At present there are three commis- sioned odicers on the grounds: Lieut. Thompson, commander of the post, Lieut, Axelrod, personnel adjutant, and Lieut. Brown in charge of ord- nance. The courses of study have been laid out according to the plan pre- scribed by the government. The men are divided into age-groups and have a choice between programs of study preparing them for different branches of the service. Due to the unusually large number of students taking courses in the Department of Mathematics and Romance Languages it has been found necessary to ap- point additional instructors. Profes- sor McNeill has secured the assis- tance of Mr. Curzin, an experienced teacher of mathematics, and Profes- sor Van Steenderen has added Mr. Gould to the stan of his department. Through long residence and contin- ued study in France and Italy Mr. Gould has become an efficient teacher of the languages of the two countries. While many institutions have only hastily constructed wooden shacks for barracks and mess hall, Lake Forest has ample room in modern dormitor- ies and a finely appointed men's com- mons, large enough to serve as mess hall for the whole unit. The campus affords extensive grounds for pur- poses of drill, its broken and varied expanse, with deep ravines, making it possible to carry out many diner- ent military exercises. The gym- nasium is large enough for purposes of drill in inclement weather. Fur- thermore, the Fort Sheridan rifle ranges are within easy walking dis- tance. These advantages impressed one visiting odicer so strongly that he remarked with enthusiasm, I should like nothing better after the war than to be Professor of Military Science and Tactics in a college like this. A large part of the main door of College Hall has been taken over by the Military Department. At the north end are the offices of the com- mander and personnel adjutantg ad- jacent are Lieut. Thon:1pson's lecture room and an ordnance store room. It is now proposed to merge the Col- lege Book Store in a Post Exchange under army control where the usual small necessaries and luxuries will be sold. Military drill and campus life has been enlivened by music from the military band which has been organ- ized from the members of the S.A. T.C. It is being carried on under very efhcient leadership and is an im- portant factor in producing the spirit and pep necessary for carrying out the army routine. girls succeeded in selling 51800 worth of bonds to sixteen subscribers. The girls are all earnest and en- thusiastic about the work. They all feel that with conditions as they are it is up to each one to make the most of every bit of her time. We are ex- pecting great things from them this lyear. 7 .CDC-lg, Mildred Zenos spent last week-end at her home in Chicago. Ruth Bridgman's father visited her last week-end. Doris McDowell was the guest of Lorraine Maclay. Ruth Kennedy entertained her mother last week-end.

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2 THE STENTOR THE STENTOR Published weekly during the collegiate year by the students of Lake Forest College. Board of Editors Lillian Evans '19 Harriet Harris '19 Gwendolyn Massey '19 Lydia Sprecher '19 Ruth Stoniinel '19 Mildred Zenos '19 Ralph Stewart '20 Eleanor Goble '21 Business Managers, Agnes Hoffman Margaret Horton Reporters Sarah Moore '21 Philip Speidel '19 Otis Chatiield-Taylor '21 Prof. W. R. Bridgeman Faculty and Alumni. Subscription Rates One year .................. .... 5 2.00 Ten issues .............. .. . ..,.. .75 Entered at the postofflce at Lake Forest, Illinois, as second class matter. T the moment of writing this editorial the papers are full of the plea of the new Ger- man chancellor for an armistice dur- ing which peace terms are to be dis- cussed. All the leading men of the country seem to be united in de- nouncing this plea as merely another German trick, this time with the purpose of negotiating peace while Germany still holds Belgium and other conquered and outraged terri- tory as a pawn. There can be no peace until the German armies are all driven back onto their own soil. On this point the allies seem to be agreed, and it is to be hoped that they will stay agreed. A peace drive by Germany is bound to have one effect, whether or not it is successful otherwise. This effect is to make some short-sighted in- dividuals slacken up in their efforts to win the war, believing it has al- ready reached. the beginning of the end. It is to be hoped that none such are enrolled in Lake Forest Col- lege, and that we are all going to pull together and work' our hardest for a threefold object. First, to train to help bring the war to a speedy conclusion which will leave no doubt as to the absolute defeat of Prussian Militarismg second, to make the S. A. T. C. at Lake Forest the best to be found, and third, by application to the work in hand to make the most of the opportunities which are here in such abundance to 'make ourselves better and more useful men. .l0L. Ruth Bridgman had as her guest Jeanette La Torce from the Univer- sity of Chicago. Sigma Tau Sorority announces the pledging of Lorraine Maclay. Squabs Right! The Carrick Club Hootchl If a pun were not the lowest form of wit, and this column were not a purveyor of distinctly high grade hu- mor, we should be tempted to start out the good work by remarking that Mc Evoy has a Bea in his bon- net, or something like that, but,-- oh what's the use? There have been numerous cares and worries attendant to the change of dear old Lake Forest College to a military, but the thing that has made us lose the most weight has been try- ing to figure out what keeps Corporal QI beg your pardon, Sergeantb Bos- worth from falling through the rath- er ample neck band of his blouse. A story is current to the effect that shortly after Admiral Locke blos- somed out in his full regimental re- galia, that the following ensued: Locke walked past Lieutenant Thompson and failed to salute him. The lieutenant reprimanded him at which Locke replied, Yes, I knew I should salute you, but I've been doing it for a week now, and I thought I knew you well enough so I didn't have to any more! The lieutenant was a bit taken aback by that, but being a patient man, started to ex- plain, but with the necessary military gruffness. Pointing to the insignia on his shoulder he said, Don't you see that? Yes, said Locke, but what are you crabbing about? Look at the uniform they gave me! On Sunday there were many ru- mors flying about to the effect that the war was over, and we went to bed with a feeling of elation and re- lief. This feeling was however ab- sent at six o'clock Monday morning when we were awakened from dreams of peace by the clarion tones of the bugler sounding first call. Some- body's always taking the joy out of life! O. C. T. -ig-iw The Garglers' Union of Lois Dur- and Hall respectfully submits the fol- lowing touching ballad: D-doebels', measley d'doebels' That's the only, only stuff that I adore When, the m-moon shines o'er the - pest house I'll be g-gargling doebels' like a t'troubadour. 1,1 Gladys Armstrong, ex '22, visited on the campus for a few minutes last week end. Beatrice Worthley spent last week- end in Ottawa. Under the able leadership of its new director, Mr. W. Chilton Trout- man, the Garrick Club promises us an unusually successful season. Mr. Troutman graduated from the East- ern Illinois Normal School in 1912. He taught in a high school from 1912 to 1915. From 1915 to 1917 he did graduate work at the Univer- sity of Illinois, taking his Masters de- gree last year. A more complete ac- count of the Garrick Club's plans for the next year will appear next week. L-gl HE GIRLS of Lois Durand Hall have been roused from their slumbering and passive- ness. They are wakened every morn- ing by the bugle which blows out in the cold grey dawn, but their great incentive to action is their new dean, Miss Hamilton. All of us have within us that great desire to be of service but the life at the Hall has been the same for so many years that it has been hard for us to accept any ideas which were radically different from our accus- tomed habits. Consequently o ur deans have had a hard problem in trying to help us out of the rut into which our school life had fallen. This year, due partly to the ur- gent need of the times and to the realization that We have been idling away our time, we have decided to be of some use. We have come to know Miss Hamil- ton well. VVe recognize in her a woman of the ideals for which we all are striving and one who is capable of leading us to our goal. She sees that our faults are numerous and with her aid in pointing them out and prescribing the remedy, we in- tend to make them fewer. She real- izes that even though we are women of college age, we still give fun a big place in our curriculum. She does not discourage this part of our life but rather encourages us to see the still greater possibilities for en- joyment iu some service. Now is the time for action and under the leadership of Miss Hamil- ton We intend to make this year at Lois Durand Hall, a year never to be forgotten, a year in which greater things are to be accomplished than ever have been before. .-lgl. Anna Glenn was the guest of Mar- garet Mills and Marian Preston in Chicago last week-end.