Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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. ,f , ,Q Mrs. Effie White Clark, from the class of 1903, left Rock- ford Collegelthe funds for the Arts Center. ws Martha I-Iillard MacLeish, mother of poet Archibald Mac- Leish, served as the second president of RC . turf' X. NEXT OF lilN IN MliNlORlfXNl Ulf ll.1r lJrf'.n11,,1-w.' Rfviqrifl I m9 'mls' hU4 'llfC-ll- ill lolv un mln lining hum was prsllsirlutl lu tlilrilx :mu mlm carried thc grim rul-sr.nv't'.l lrxrssilgu ui mglml-Q Img-,S mit. Wl'.bTI,liX l NIC JN LAZS SA GUN T- WXSPQINUTON ll 3 EVM MKS FANNIIQ li Sl X LRSUN- 1979 HARLI M IHA mga XDR Q ui mi KKXNKFURD, ILUNUIS ' THI1 SHIRLTARY OF WAR lil SIRIS Ml TU l,XPRl 55 llli DI l P lil krlil il THAT YOUR iw-UN PFC KOH! RT U51 X LKSUN WAS Kll.Ll,Dl'Q R4 TINY IN ul li' MANY lr- MAR 45 LUNFlRMlNLi U 'TTI R FUl,l.0Vv'S ,yn run mx my mv. From .Ya Lang, Km, hy Hun-.ml Vintcnt Ullriuiz ' Gm: who gms that ml-starred xclcgmm from che Atlyumm Cmmr.1l:'Tlw Sena-nm of WJ! desires to express his dccp regret . f is plunged into the valley of :hc sl1.ulim' You ram hrncc yourself for that llicsxugc. You mn, in A wuay, he ready Bur ir ruth you lr takes you off your fear, no mrmcr how lirmly :hay have been plrmrtd .ngnnxr rr Farm SX' mmf' lhxfgcissrrcr. Cicrrmrny August if. rggg Nu doubt thc War Dcparmlcnt has gucn you most uf thc details mam.-rvinzig mm' sun Ruhcfris mlcxrh. I was platoon guide at thc :imc xml had daily gonna wlrh Rolwrl and the urhcr mm since l usually was :hr unc that served rhc mm their lhuxv' .mtl mul. care of other administrative mzrrcrs. As a rcsulr, l go: ro know Rnlxrr quite well .md thought a grunt deal of him, as did all of :hc nrhcr mah who go: m know him 'ilinhcrt was amimg rho'-c who ncrc killed instantly during thc L-.crly .lap Jim' ut grossed the Rhine Rivcr A'Alrhough l know rlur vnu are happy :har pr.-ao: lux returned ru thc world, ! rr.xli1t- that :hc ending nf the war has An cnrirtly dillqrcul nxuining fur those uf you mlm g.iw .1 son that wah a day .rs :hm migln rf.-turn no :hr xmrlrl, l .un rlmnking Kimi lul'i1u'ing us prim: again, but l shall mu-1' forgo! ilu- lim' mm ulmw lives nmdc this yung pmwlvlc Smrh was Knlvcrr-mu' ol' :lic ixnmz sulditi-. I lux. Imrl :ht pleasure uf Mumiug timing: my ftillr wary. nl' s4,'rx'zu ',i' R vi' fl Kaul , 81,111 Ny .'SS, Severson Auditorium in Scarborough Hall honors the mem- ory of a young soldier killed in World War II. john Barnes labovej and Ralph Emerson gave their names and their support to two of our residence halls. 'QF' jr ,,...uunuf 4- i Blanche Walker Burpee sectu-ed the land for the present RC campus and left her name to its student center. ae.,

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I Remember . JANE ADDAMS AND CLASSMATES--Jane Addams, winner of the Nobel Peace prize, founder of Hull House, and no- ted lecturer and writer on social reform, was a member of the Rockford Female Seminary class of 1881. This picture includes, STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT, Nora Frothingnam Haworth, who was salutatori an of the class and who became a missionary in japan, Laura Ely Curtis, whose husband was a college professor, Kate Tanner Fiske, the class beauty who became an opera starg jane Addams, who as president of the senior class delivered her oration in Greek. SEATED, Phila Diana Pope Campbell, Ella Browning Tucker, Well known as a church worker and philanthropistg Mattie Tho- mas Greeneg BOTTOM ROW, Helen Harrington Alderson, and Annie Sidwell, recognized as an outstanding teacher. ABOVE: RC faculty in 1890- 1891. STANDING AT BACK, LEFT TO RIGHT, Sarah L. Gregory, Lillian Jacoby, julia Gulliver flater presidentj, and Florence Bascom. OTHERS LEFT TO RIGHT Ms. Lanagan, Elizabeth Herrick, Elizabeth Eastman, Jessie Spaf ford, Sarah Anderson, julia Lathrop, Ms. Sherman, A. A. Berry, Ms. Burlon, Lena Leland, Ms. Hulburd, RIGHT: A Rockford College dorm room in 1896- 1897. 2

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Until 1960, the Rockford Col- lege campus was located near the center of Rockford. The old campus had ivy-covered Walls and many cherished traditions. Gur present campus, 304 acres on the east edge of the city, boasts spacious, mo- dern facilities and a setting of great natural beauty. . . . in Winter, 4 if