c V\ M- LAKE FOREST COLLEGE BULLETIN V olume 1 APRIL 1921 Number 1 -. '" ' K ■ ?%> •;."■■ • "" ■ - ;«*''" -H ' : * I . £*? " r j -«-*Kfe .-- ■....-; Lake Forest Campus Life Published every month by authority of the Board of Trustees of Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois. Application has been made for admission as second- class matter under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE SOUTH GATE LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE ALMA MATER Lake Forest dear, our Alma Mater, Thy praise we sing with heart and voice. Thy Red and Black floats proudly o'er us While in thy glory we rejoice. We gather knowledge at thy feet; As stand thy brave old trees about thee, Strong as thy lake's fierce waves in storm So stand thy children to defend thee, While love in every heart beats warm. Beneath thy forest shades reclining, We gather knowledge at thy feet, The happy days pass all too quickly, With friendship bright and pleasure sweet. And though, in after years, life's striving Shall change our joys to care and pain, The love and friends of Alma Mater Our richest treasures shall remain. 2 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE LOCATION OF LAKE FOREST Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, is situated 28 miles north from the center of Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan between Great Lakes Naval Training Station and Fort Sheridan. It is on the main line of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and also on the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Electric Rail- road, between Chicago and Milwaukee. HISTORY OF LAKE FOREST In 1855 a number of prominent citizens of Chicago and vicinity conceived the idea of creating a new residence suburb and establishing in it an educational institution that should be near the city, and yet always retain the great advantages of a quiet situation in the country. Accordingly on Feb. 28, 1856, they formed an incorporated land and college company under the title of "The Lake Forest Association. " A site was selected along the high wooded shore of Lake Michigan, 28 miles north of Chicago. Here the Association purchased about 1,300 acres of land. A charter for an educational institution, under the name of Lind University, was obtained on Feb. 13, 1857. By act of Feb. 16, 1865, the name was changed to LAKE FOREST UNIVER- SITY, which has since remained the legal title of the corporation. On Sept. 7, 1876, LAKE FOREST COLLEGE was opened. The first class graduated from the College, in June, 1879, entered as Seniors in 1878. The first class to enter Lake Forest College and complete the four year's course was graduated in June, 1880. The charter of Lake Forest University conveys the broadest pow- ers for the establishment and maintenance of every grade and kind of institution for higher and professional education. A medical de- partment was organized in Chicago as early as 1859, but discontinued in 1864. Some years later alliances were made with certain prominent professional schools in Chicago: in 1887 with Rush Medical College, and the Northwestern College of Dental Surgery, 1888 with the Chi- cago College of Law, in 1889, with the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. These relations were subsequently severed; and in 1902 the Trustees of Lake Forest University unanimously decided to abandon all efforts to maintain professional departments, and to con- fine themselves to the development of Lake Forest College. 3 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE THE COLLEGE CAMPUS Lake Forest College campus consists of 50 acres fronting on Sheri- dan Road, a splendid boulevard which connects Chicago and Milwaukee. The campus is bounded on each side by beautiful glens and a third cuts through the campus, forming north and south campus. Not far away is the shore of Lake Michigan. John Morley, the distinguished English statesman and author, de- clared as he saw Lake Forest, "If I were going to live in the United States, I would want to make my home in Lake Forest." Those who come to Lake Forest are impressed by the beautiful homes and grounds and agree that it is unsurpassed in the beauty and healthfulness of its location. In the center of this beautiful en- vironment are situated the buildings of Lake Forest College. GYMNASIUM EQUIPMENT The College has the following buildings: College Hall, the first building erected on campus. In it are located the biological and chemical laboratories. Gymnasium, a brown stone structure well equipped with apparatus. Carnegie Science Hall, occupied by the departments of Physics and Mathematics. 4 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE HARLAN AND BLACKSTONE HALLS Arthur Somerville Reid Library, containing 35,000 volumes. Lily Reid Holt Chapel, a gray stone structure seating more than 500 persons. North Hall, occupied by the Lake Forest University School of Music. Calvin Durand Commons having accommodations for 250. All modern equipment. Harlan Hall, dormitory for men. Accommodations for 35 men. Blackstone Hall, dormitory for men. Accommodations for 35 men. President's House, occupied for a number of years by the Presi- dent. Now used as a dormitory for girls. Seven houses for the professors. Swift Heating Plant which supplies heat for all buildings. All these buildings are situated on the south campus. The follow- ing are on the north campus: Henry C. Durand Art Institute, a brown stone building occupied by the administrative offices. It also has a large auditorium with a stage. There are seats for about 600 people. In this room are held plays by the Garrick Club and various social events. Lois Durand Hall, girPs dormitory accommodating 70 girls. 5 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE . ' . ■■■" ■ - LIBRARY LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE COLLEGE HALL FACTS ABOUT LAKE FOREST Lake Forest University founded 1857. Lake Forest College established 1876. Total endowment, $1,192,115. Value of library, scientific apparatus, etc., $92,530. Value of grounds, $331,000. Value of buildings, $606,000. Volumes in library, 35,000. WHAT LAKE FOREST COLLEGE OFFERS YOU Unusually complete equipment in laboratories, library, dormitories, commons, chapel, and gymnasium. An experienced teaching force throughout. Faculty lives on the campus, thus giving the opportunity for close personal contact with the student body. There is one teacher for every ten students. Presi- dent and Faculty take a personal interest in the students. Proximity to Chicago offers opportunity for sight-seeing, recreation, aesthetic advantages. The College is easily accessible to visitors. An environment unexcelled for beauty. A picturesque suburban town over-looking Lake Michigan with some of the finest examples of landscape art in the country. Musical and dramatic advantages. Affiliation with a first class school of music. Effective dramatic club producing plays frequently. Opportunity to become acquainted with Chicago business life. Atmosphere of a Christian college and associated with well or- ganized churches of the community. A chance for the development of personality. 7 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE STUDENT ACTIVITIES College life at Lake Forest is very enjoyable as all the students live on the campus and so come to know one another. A great deal of college spirit is developed. The athletic teams always have been strong and contests each year are carried on with such colleges as Beloit, Knox, Northwestern, Car- roll, James Millikin, and Monmouth. There are two athletic fields; one a practice field near the dormitories and gymnasium; the other an exhibition field where games are played with visiting teams. This field is equipped with a baseball diamond, football field and one-fifth mile cinder track. There are a number of tennis courts. A great deal of attention is given to the athletic life of both men and women. There are two physical directors on the faculty; one for women and one for men. The Garrick Club, which is the dramatic club, gives plays frequent- ly during the year. There is a forum under the direction of the department of English, through which the students learn to debate, practice public speaking, etc. There are five fraternities for men and four sororities for women, one of them honorary. Throughout the year parties are given for all the students. The effort is being made to develop this element in student life. Through the School of Music, opportunities are offered to hear concerts by noted artists. 8 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE THE COLLEGE CHAPEL Each morning the students gather in the chapel for a few minutes for a definitely inspirational service. On account of the nearness to Chicago it has been possible to bring to Lake Forest a great many prominent men to speak in chapel. Some of the men we have had this year are: Commandant Wurtz- CLOISTER baugh of Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Col. Johnston of Fort Sheridan, Professor Cleland McAfee of McCormick Theological Semin- ary of Chicago, President James G. K. McClure of McCormick Semin- ary of Chicago, and Judge Harry Fisher of the Municipal Court of Chicago. 9 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE REID MEMORIAL LIBRARY THE FACULTY Lake Forest College has been fortunate in having in the past years a strong faculty. Such men as James H. Hyslop, Mark Baldwin, Robert A. Harper, John Y. Coulter, Wm. A. Locy, James G. Need- ham, Cornelius Betten, Francis W. Kelsey, Andrew C. Zenos, Lewis Stuart, and John J. Halsey were members of the Faculty. w*~" '■■ """"- CHAPEL TOWER The Faculty at the present time is maintaining the reputation that was established by these men. The majority of the members of the present faculty hold degrees from the leading universities. There is now a faculty of nineteen men and women. 10 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE THE BROSS FOUNDATION In 1879 the late William Bross of Chicago, Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois in 1866-70, desiring to establish a memorial of his son, Nathaniel Bross, who had died in 1856, entered into an agreement with the Trustees of Lake Forest University, whereby there was finally transferred to the said Trustees the sum of forty thousand dollars. The income of this fund was to accumulate in perpetuity for successive periods of ten years, at compound interest, the accumulation of one decade to be spent in the following decade, for the purpose of stimu- lating the production of the best books or treatises "on the connec- tion, relation and mutual bearing of any practical science, the history of our race, or the facts in any department of knowledge, with and upon the Christian Religion." In accordance with the terms of the deed of gift, the Trustees of Lake Forest University established THE BROSS LIBRARY, to con- sist of books and treatises of the above-mentioned character, to be selected by the two following methods: 1. The Bross Prize Once in every decade a prize is offered for the best book on any of the lines above indicated. The manuscripts are sent in anonymously, and the award is made by a committee of distinguished scholars chosen for the purpose. 2. The Bross Lectures Besides providing for a large prize to be offered in each decade, the terms of the Bross deed of gift enable the Trustees to appoint distin- guished men, from time to time, to deliver courses of lectures on one of the many lines suggested by the deed of gift as quoted above. Such lectures are afterward to be expanded into books to be published and distributed as volumes of The Bross Library. Lecturers The Rev. Mark D. Hopkins, D. D., Williamstown, Massachusetts. The Rev. James Orr, D. D., of Glasgow, Scotland. The Rev. Thomas James Thorburn, D. D., LL. D., Hastings, Eng. The Rev. Francis L. Patton, D. D., LL. D., Princeton, N. J. The Rev. Marcus Dods, D. D., Edinburgh, Scotland. Professor J. Arthur Thomson, Aberdeen, Scotland. Dr. Frederick J. Bliss, Beirut, Syria. Professor Josiah Royce, Harvard University. The Rev. John Neville Figgis, D. D., Litt. D., Mirfield, England. Professor Henry Wilkes Wright, Ph. D., Lake Forest. The Rev. John P. Peters, Ph. D., Sewanee, Tenn. 11 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE ADMISSION Students coming from high schools and academies accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools are admitted to Lake Forest College without examination, on certificate of scholarship and good character, in so far as they meet the entrance requirements specified below. The same privilege is generaly ex- tended to the graduates of schools on the accredited lists of other ENTRANCE TO HENRY C. DURAND INSTITUTE institutions having similar entrance requirements. Students from other colleges must present official certificates of honorable dismissal. Students who do not present satisfactory certificates from accredited schools may be examined in any or all extrance requirements. All applicants for admission to the College, either to the Fresh- man class or to advanced standing, will be furnished with blank forms of application. These forms should be filled out by the proper persons, as indicated on the forms and returned promptly. 12 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS The admission requirements are based upon four years of second- ary school work, with four daily recitations. A daily recitation throughout the year is used as a convenient unit of measure; hence in the four years of secondary school work there are ordinarily six- teen units. For admission without condition, therefore, a certificate of graduation from an approved school must be offered. EXPENSES PER SEMESTER Tuition and General Fees: Tuition $62.50 Athletics 5.00 Library 3.00 Entertainment 3.50 Departmental Fees: Chemical Laboratory 5.00 Chemical Laboratory Breakage - 2.00 Physical Laboratory 3.00 Physical Laboratory Breakage 2.00 Biological Laboratory 5.00 Biological Laboratory Breakage 2.00 Board and Room: For Men: Room $36.00 to 72.00 Board 126.00 For Women: Room $63.50 to 138.50 Board 125.00 Laundry (12 plain pieces) 10.00 Fees for music in the Lake Forest University School of Music and fees for courses in the department of Expression are extra and will be stated on inquiry. 13 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE COURSES OF STUDY The curriculum at Lake Forest College includes a well selected group of courses in the departments of instruction found in all first class colleges. A student desirous of a general cultural education will find numerous and attractive electives in a dozen different fields and can shift the emphasis as his inclinations direct by the selection of major and minor subjects. This system combines the breadth that is essential to a liberal education with the possibility of special preparation for a student's future vocation. Thus a man contemplating engineering can get a thorough grounding in mathematics and the sciences while working for his bachelor's degree. The pre-war course emphasizes history and LOIS DURAND HALL political science; the pre-medic course affords extensive training in the fundamental sciences; prospective theology students will major in Bible literature and give special attention to classical languages, history and social science. There is a separate department in Business Administration for those seeking a business education so much in demand today. The curriculum covers the full four years and gives a very thorough gen- eral business training as well as special preparation for particular lines of business activity, government work, social service, and teaching of commercial courses and secretarial work. 14 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE ALMA MATER Lake Forest, when farewell we bid thee, And from thy college halls depart, As when by land and sea divided, The love of country fills the heart; When courage fails and hopes are dying, Our thoughts shall ever turn to thee; Our watch-word be till time is ended, "For God, Lake Forest, Victory!" 15 LAKE FOREST CAMPUS LIFE 16 3 0112 105683111