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

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s llliafiforlfd iigfiiiflfli Zlliofiilliliieli I tions-this building was College Hall Q, and the first of the many buildings still 5 V 1 left standing on the campus today. J A a t J- , l ' gigdyggsigq Q! The catalogue at this time reveals the Q9 ' four departments of study open. to L , students. These were the Scientific, 'A-E-zigffhf Ladies' Academic, Classical, and Pre- L L 7i,f g2f:f?fjij2:'-if 1 1: ei- i paratory. I ' Qi' ffhfe , 11,2451 After the erection of College Hall, College Hau1878 other building continued on a grand scale. 1879 saw the erection of boarding hall or the Old Commons . Academy Hall had burned and a new building was put up on the main campus. This was accomplished through the work of Reverend Daniel S. Gregory who had assumed the presidency in 1878, and it was also under him that the tradition of a close and personal relation between the president and every student which has persisted down to the present time was instigated. Under the presidency of William C. Roberts in 1887 a further effort to realize the university idea was attempted. Affiliations were made with the Rush Medical School, the Northwestern and Chicago Colleges of Dental Surgery and the Chicago College of Law. These relations were maintained until 1902 when the trustees decided to concern themselves only with the three branches of the university-the Academy, Ferry Hall, and the College. By 1889 and 1891 the William Bross and Jacob Beidler residences were built. The Henry C. Durand Institute and the gymnasium went up in 1890. In 1892 the academy had left the college campus and was occupying its own buildings further south. Therefore, in 1897 the old academy building was rebuilt for college use and became North Hall, a men's dormitory. In the same year Lois Durand Hall was secured for college women. Alice Home Hospital was erected in 1898 as a gift of Mrs. Henry Clay Durand and as a memorial to her sister, but it was not until 1944 that it was first used as a girls' dormitory by the college. The following year, 1899, the Arthur Somerville Reid 'I ' - -14,5 - Htvgft-fix f Ti: A ,A T J l g ' - N 1 11 17' ir .1-,4.'t 6+ l 'EH 4' et .E -Ll 3519- 5.55 e BB ii- , -Q 112'-we - ff? ' ,:33,,TT. Y , H5 t , IBJ QQQQ: we F5 Et 1,:v . i - I I: i n sn- :Qi X 2-15 Ti: lf' .fzfk -f Ystiiiz Lois Durand Hall-1897 Library was donated by Mrs. S. S. Reid. The problem of heat is not new to our day for there is a story of some boys who remained at school for the Christmas holidays in 1891 and found after everyone had left that there had been no provision made for any heat for them. Conse- quently, they were all forced to stay in one room of College Hall and try to keep warm. In the catalogue of 1892 two courses of study are revealed as being offered- the Classical and the Latin-Scientific. Two outstanding organizations included the Young Men's Christian Association and the Athletic Association. Prizes were awarded annually for oratory, essays, and declamation. The College offered degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Bachelor 11

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I I e3i.a'ifie4f:f J' mf . . , , A 1 Qi --s 1 '11vV 1 I lm iii' 2 fig' 1 -7 ,, v if 4 lf 5 filfg: 'Zi 7 I I -' r f C- -QQ f -2 if - . - -. YW!-?2'Q45?1 s 'ff f 1 .m:-.4i. Px- w S . -ff - 'lgv,5L?Q 9Z2' 'isa 1 an 'F X 3ii!'ja,gQ 1? , i.g!A,'A rig. 1 f J +X v :f!a5'154'M fi 3:1 fir' :S N if -141:72 1 gin - fl 'ff 1' a 1 , fslli ffsll' V f Avy ,lil .-im- 73 -' A J 'i Q4 5 The first few Lake Forest students are called away to the Civil War. By February 13, 1857, the university was approved by legislature under the title of Lind University with its purposes outlined as follows: To promote the general interest of education, to qualify students to engage in learned professions, and to discharge honorably and usefully the various duties of life. Lake Forest's natural beauty was early used as a drawing card as shown by this early description which was circulated to draw people to the newly-founded town- Lake Forest is finely located on the bluffs of Lake Michigan, twenty-seven miles north of Chicago. Its sylvan features, system of ravines and lake front give it real natural beauty which has been so far developed by landscape gardening as to make the place one of the most charming suburban towns of the north- west. It is a town of beautiful estates and Christian homes. Quietude and culture are eminently its char- acteristics, afifording advantages and lending those finer influences desirable. Instruction was begun in 1859 in an academy building, but the university led a crippled existence until about 1868 when the financial panics had passed. An act of legislature changed the name from Lind University to Lake Forest University in 1865. The college had a temporary start in 1861 with a class of four under Cornelius E. Dickinson, but the Civil VVar called away most of the likely candidates for college. A medical department was begun in Chicago which for a time was included as a part of Lake Forest University. Reverend VVilliam A. Ferry bequeathed funds in 1868 for the establishment of a seminary for young ladies. A building was erected and land sold to cover costs. In the catalogue of 1872 the problem of food in the dormitory is revealed and the solution which had evidently been reached for it- Along with suitable exercise, a well-furnished table is as necessary to the vigorous health of young ladies in school as at home. With a proper regard to this matter, we feel sure that sensible mothers will see good reasons for not sending articles of food to their daughters while here. The first Stentor was issued in 1857. It consisted of thirty-two pages containing news of the college, Ferry I-Iall, Academy, and Chicago professional schools. The Stenlor continued down through the ages and its existence was only threatened once in 1892 when intense rivalry between the college's two literary societies resulted in the production of another paper-The Rea' and Black. At this time enrollment was actually too small for even one paper and competition reached its highest peak. One writer for The Red and Black pawned his overcoat to meet the week's expenses. Finally the two papers reached an agreement and emerged again into one as the Stentor which is still in existence today. In approximately 1871 a hotel was erected which was donated to Lake Forest University after five years. With this building, Mrs. C. D. Farwell founded a co- educational school in 1876 which matriculated eight men and four women-a ratio of two to one which has been deliberately preserved down to this day. It was through her efforts that the college came to be a coeducational institution. In 1877 the college building was destroyed but classes continued in the old hotel. With improved financial conditions a new building was erected in 1878 consisting of 10

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of Arts, and Bachelor of Science. Here again the emphasis placed upon the indi- vidual attention afforded each student was stressed. A curriculum revision came about in 1893 which resulted in the subjects being placed in ten groups and work offered on a two-semester basis. The use of major and minor requirements also was set up for the first time and the rule passed that each graduate would receive a Bachelor of Arts degree. Our first yearbook was published in 1892. The students were very enthusiastic for its success and the city departments of law, medicine, and dentistry welcomed the enterprise as a means of bringing together all of the departments and introduc- ing a real university spirit. Since then, there - N h i - H, s-, ri has been a yearbook published almost every - 'L - ' 3 'S M year with only a few occasional exceptions. 1 - X it K? - In 1903 the trustees decided to give up Q ' I' , ,rg the university idea and concentrate solely , -J., '- 2 W1 4,1 on a college at Lake Forest. The name 2 9' if T ' fin Q- ' fs University is in the charter and must el - remain there, but stress is laid on the 7, , gf, g xgql f . character of the institution as a college and ' - ills suchl-jslseparated from the Academy and an 7 , fsygfil. -,L -. , p 2 erry a . - -'X 1905 marked the beginning of what is 5' ' fjfjf! U95 ff ff jf I A ,f 1 now one of our yearly activities. The tradi- A ' A ' tional junior bench ceremony began with Christmas holidays prove very wintry for these the presentatlon of two Wooden b?nCheS to boys in 1891- the school by that year's graduating class. These wooden benches were later replaced by the stone benches which are now standing south of College Hall and which are the scene of the junior bench ceremony each year. Also in 1905 began a custom which was practiced for a long time and later discontinued. The seniors took matters into their own hands in March 1905 by marching into the chapel services wearing caps and gowns. They announced their intention that thereafter they would wear them at Vespers on Sunday and at daily chapels. These two incidents are only a portion of the history behind many of the Lake Forest traditions, and in the old annuals and papers are found one amusing incident after another of early college life. For example, in one place the lowly status of the college freshman is seen in the treatment given them. They were always the source of fun for the upper class- 5: men and many of them had their heads doused in the pump that stood in front of College Hall. When the pump was removed the scene was changed to the pond , KV' west of the gymnasium. The freshmen were constantly warned of their lowly place in life and the consequences L dp' resulting if they outstepped that place. 1906 marked the erection of the final building on campus down to the present time. Mrs. Timothy Black- 1 stone donated funds for the erection ofBlackstone and Harlan Hallsg Calvin Durand for Calvin Durand ' Commonsg and Mr. Andrew Carnegie for Carnegie f ' ' Science Hall. By this time many schools were co-educational as was esgayg, and dgdamation, if Dli'lll:l,'j l ill. , 'fi l'g'lvwll4.7f ' y.lill M.fll ili l li Q s Y v l ' An annual award made to oratory, 12