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

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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

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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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Lake Forest and apparently the woman coed was not very well thought of in many places. President Harlan's statement in 1906 reveals the degrading influences coeds were apparently having in other schools, but he shows that this is not true at Lake Forest: At Lake Forest, we haven't any specimen of that awful creature called the 'coed' who is a very poor, unattractive, hoydenish imitation of the man student-instead we are blessed by the presence of a group of delightfully feminine women . Since the early 1900's Lake Forest has continued to grow and expand and has increased its prestige in every phase of its development. It has become a member of the athletic association, has increased its music and art departments as well as promoting larger departments in other fields. Lake Forest has attracted more students each year, but with the outbreak of World War Iadecline was noticed for the first time. However, after the Armistice and the return of veterans Lake Forest was once more able to continue in its expansion and in 1942 it was necessary to take over the old nurses' home as a new girls' dormitory. In that same year Lake Forest was again influenced by another war and by the fo ,Q ,J 'nf 'lg 'A 4 . . .E in E2 -u 'I v, 'ki l -Qi z LS Q - 1 , . .,-a- M-, 1 W1-ff jf, sm 1-1. pwi - lan.. A3 2 74' 1, 1 :M-:-,' ' ii' ,igsfl zgazazegissgesseell' f. -LJ -',. ' 4 4 an 4--la' 4 '-, xl. ': ' ' XZQ., I 'iiix 'L I , ,.. 'X ' ,I -'A if , ,p -1 , -. r if 1. ' UWT T1 'Q' :yy E I' J .ge - ' fl 1 ' ' Ifiv af' , -- I if iq Q Ag' I, 1 'GQTQ' .' ,r , , pl , L lg .-N. C. V ' S-.A .1 52,-2 1.2-2- Freshman orientation by the upper- classmen. end of the school year, 1942-1943, many men had left to join the armed forces. It was a sad experience in the history of the college as the young men left their studies to fight for their country. The next year a different school was found by those who returned for the ASTP had installed a unit and had taken over the fraternity houses and North Hall for their quarters. The sound of marching and drilling now echoed over the campus and the students soon became accustomed to the presence of servicemen pervading the school atmosphere. Again, the following year, 1944-1945, more changes were in store for Lake Forest. The ASTP had left the campus and a huge enrollment of women filled the college. Alice Home Hospital was taken over for a girls' dormitory, as well as North Hall. Only Harlan Hall was open to men and Blackstone was closed entirely. Life functioned in the usual way although social activities were seriously impeded. Service men were imported from nearby camps for social functions and frequent entertainments were given by the girls for their benefit. This situation continued throughout the year 1944-1945 and on into 1946. The fraternities were closed during this period and many responsible positions were relegated to the women. Finally the war was over and gradually the veterans began coming back to school. At the semester in 1945-1946 a large number returned and social and other ac- tivities once more took on a pre-war look. Progress was started on the reorganiza- tion of the fraternities and many other campus traditions which had been impos- sible during the war years were revived. During the past summer two new men's dormitories were constructed and houses were furnished for married couples in Farwell Field. The fall of 1946 saw an even greater return of veterans so that the day school enrollment was boosted to over six hundred. Lake Forest's tradition of men and women ratio was once more on 13