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

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-...Q-nuff ' 9 0 Wg ROBERT L. SI-IARVY, M.A. MRS, ANNA SMITH ARNOLD THOMAS, M,M. Instructor in Sociol Sciences Director of Dining Rooms Director of Music URSULA woiyms, MA, ,SUSSEEI ,IOML fIg0NfhA'Bd ,ARTHUR yoss, PhD. Instructor in Modern Longuoges SSOUC' e rolbicisricgtfls P995 on Associote Professor of English RONALD B. WILLIAMS, Ph,D. STERLING P, WILLIAMS, Ph,D. CI-IARLES A, YOUNT, Ph,D. Professor of Romance Longuoges Professor of Philosophy ond Professor ofEngIish Psychology I

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Cfadfieri EPTEMBER, 1947, and with mixed feelings of regret and expectation the four classes re- turned to campus. The freshmen orientation period was followed by the confusion of regise tration, then rushing, and finally the college was able to settle down both to Worlc and to play. ln most cases pseudo wisdom was replaced by a real understanding and appreciation of classroom opportunities. The veterans were still a steadying influence on Lalte Forest life, Seniors loolced baclc on their college years with a sense of pride as well as with a feeling of loss for the soon-to-be-broken friendly ties that had held them so long. This class of '48 differed marlcedly from the one which had entered as the green freshmen of '44. They had started college in the troubled, uncertain war years, they were finishing college in still troubled times, but they had hope and faith in the future. As the seniors guided the other classes through the year they, with three years of experience behind them, set the pace and standards for the Foresters to follow. Under senior leadership the Student Council became a more important influence than ever before in the affairs of the college. The Student Center Committee, under a senior chairman, made concrete steps in the re-modeling and im- provement of the Coffee Shop, student gathering spot. Homecoming, College Day, and other events were carried off successfully underseniorleadership. The juniors reveled in their first taste of being upperclassmen but they took life more seriously than when they were sophomores. The high- 14 light of their year was the presentation of the junior prom. Juniors were active in all campus groups, gradually assuming more and more of the responsibility which they lcnew they would have as seniors -campus leaders. The class of '50 had become worldly sopho- mores. A few suffered from Sophomoritis , which turns friendly wide-eyed freshmen into lordly upperclassmen before their time. perhaps they played harder than they worl4ed, but they gave some serious thought to the future and tangled with the perplexing problems of de- claring maiors. They also became activity minded and worlced and waited eagerly for the day when they would be editors, presidents, and chairmen of the numerous organizations which add to the experiences of college life. As they struggled through the early weeks, first overcome by parties and then by red cards, the freshmen wondered if they would survive. Slowly the confusion lessened, with typical freshmen energy and drive they started on the long road to college prominence. As the puzzled pledges became actives and watched some of their hard-fought-for Cs change to Bs , they were spurred on to even higher pealcs. They loolced forward enthusiastically to the college years ahead. Every class had a part in the success of this college year. They worlced together towards a common goal, It is not one group of individuals or one class that malces Lalce Forest, it is the student body as a whole. For this reason the Forester proudly presents each class in pictures, their officers, their classmates, and their in- formal gatherings.