Lake Forest College Lake Forest College Publications Stentor 3-15-1898 The Stentor, March 15, 1898 Follow this and additional works at: http://publications.lakeforest.edu/stentor Recommended Citation "The Stentor, March 15, 1898" (1898). Stentor. Vol. 12, No. 16. http://publications.lakeforest.edu/stentor/694 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by Lake Forest College Publications. It has been accepted for inclusion in Stentor by an authorized administrator of Lake Forest College Publications. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE 5TENT0 LAKE FOREST, Vol. XII. COLLEGE NOTES. Hurrah for Spring! A. B. Lanranz went to the H. J. cit}' Hanson spent Sundaj' \Vednesda3'. at his home MARCH ILL. 15, No. 1898. 16. In spite of the weather quite a number of college students attended the Gamma SigTri Kappa indoor ball gaine Saturday evening and wore the colors of their favorite society. in A Chicago. W. W. Jaeger spent Saturday and Sundaj' student stocked with an enquiring mind, in the city. Went close to a fire with a student blind, The first got "an ej'e full" of the seething The Glee, Mandolin and Banjo Clubs will have their picture taken in the citj- Wednes- An fire. eye full of smoke roused the others ire. daj' afternoon. W. K. Herrick acted as manager pro teui team Saturdaj' niyht at It is reported that "Bennie" Hoagland has of the basket ball offered a gold Olivet Mission. who W. F. Jackson has been confined to his room on account of an operation performed on him Tuesdaj-. "Velvet" J. B. Tewksbury, W. Jaeger, R. B. Kyle and W. E. Hj-de attended the dance given at the Oakland Club in the city Fridaj^ even- The Varsity basket ball team played a gfame with Olivet Mission in Chicago Saturday. Olivet Mission plays a return game here next Saturday. "He laugheth A maxim best trite who laugheth we hear them last," state; So thinks the stolid English man, Who sees a joke an hour late. ball Fri- day evening at the Oakland Club, Chicago, and the game was followed by a very pleasant dance. A few college men were present. Lives of frat men all remind us Thej' can do their college hurt, B3' ever fighting, ne'er combining, Striving e'er to "do (then]) dirt." The "war spirit" market in Lake Forest has seen many fluctuations during the past week. At each new report of Spanish outrages the nutuber of would-be volunteers has risen or fallen. Numbers onljr prevent the organization of a company in L. F. watch as a prize to the him five one hundred wrappers; under the following however, that the aforesaid would-be-prize winner" share equally with him the contents of the said wrappers and defraj' all expenses that therebj' acrue from their purchase. Are there anj' takers? condition, Mr. W. A. Graff returned last week from his preliininarj' tour and has arranged for the spring trip of the Musical Clubs. The clubs will leave Lake Forest on Saturday, March 26th, and will give seven concerts during the vacation. The tour, which will include several important towns in Wisconsin, promises to be by far the best taken for several years, and for the successful arrangements thanks are largely due to Mr. Graffe. The Alumni played indoor base (?) will first present to The following is the itinerary as at present: Hebron, Sheboj'gan, Shej'boj'gan Falls, Plymouth, Fond Du Lac; arranged Oskhosh and Racine. The boj-a will probably spend Sundaj' in Milwaukee, and will return March 3o. Stephen Girard has donated to the Girard College $8,001,000, and the donations of John D. Rockefeller to the Chicago University amount to $7,000,000.— Ex. Aunt Maria: Now, Tommj', you must not It will make you so tigly when you grow up. — Tommy: You must have cried a lot, auntie, when you was j'oung. — Ex. crj'. NEWS FROM ARISTOCRACY What was the matter with "Patsy" Saturday afternoon ? She was unusuall}' excited and jubilant all the afternoon. HEIGHTS. Madame P— 's business Miss Goodwin was is in tlie city Satnrda}'. know where Don't j'ou bridge s? The Bowery thriving. liglits are Seminarj' the ternoon. out at 10 p. m. and theatres closed. Miss visited her sister Edith sev- Murphy eral dajs last week. What islands do the ? '98 visited with girls take his most in- Sandwich. Miss Maude Douglas spent Saturday at her honie in Aurora. A party of six attended the opera of "La Traviata" Monday evening. Miss Olive Smith entertained Miss Cora Wells from Chicago, Saturday. Miss Lad}' Marion Ford of Waukegan was the guest of Miss Amy Diehl Saturday. Miss Jessie Smouse was called home by the death of her uncle on Tuesday last. Miss Mary Moffat and Miss Ethel Dewey spent Saturday and Sunday in the citj\ Rev. Mr. Harbaugh from Dakota visited his daughter Marguerite Friday and Saturday. Miss — m\' Copelin tertained day. Has bj' town from Chicago was en- the Misses Follansbee over the time-table for been changed or Sun Waukegan has T 's trains dentist left ? Miss Hammond went home Tuesday afteraoon to attend the wedding reception of her brother. Wanted— A few new boards and a box of nails to repair the east side third floor. verandah of the Miss Sargent returned from her trip Friday noon. She reports a very pleasant and satisfactory time. The Seminary I'hotographer has just renew line of all the latest cards for mounting pictures. Now is the time to give ceived a in your orders. Miss Taylor, Miss Sargent and the Seniors were among the guests at a very pleasant reception given b}' Dr. and Mrs. McClure Friday afternoon. Will the person or persons B. Williams daughters Saturda3'. Rev. M. terest in Miss Brown, Miss McClintoch and Mrs. Hawle3' attended the matinee of Mrs. Fiske on "Tess of the D'Ubervilles" Saturdaj' af- who thought- lessly or otherwise purloined a box of Sweet from the room of the City Engineer re- place them at once. The faint chords of a guitar awakened the corridor one evening last week, and "Mike" insists that "Tom" was playing the part of Troubadour to ; well, you all know. be interesting to old students Lawrence Crosbie, a student the Academ3' last Near, won fifth place general average for the first semester Exeter Acadeni}' and has been given scholarship of $180. It 11133' know that to at in at a Frida5- evening Mr. Earned gave a very entertaining and instructive lecture on "A Da3' In Antwerp." The lecture was illustrated by stereopticanj .'lews, among which were several pictures by Rubens and Van D3'ck. The most beautiful was the masterpiece' of Rubens, "The Descent from the Cross." The wonderful basket ball game is a thing of the past. The game was highlj' exciting, and good, close pla3ing was done Ver3' few fouls were made, b3' both teams. the girls keeping so cool and collected. The gaiue was pla3'ed in two ten and two At the end of the five-minute quarters. last quarter the score stood li to 12 in favor of the Sumus Septem the red and white. — meeting Sundaj' The evening was unusuallj' interesting and the monthl5' niissionar}' program was carried out. "Sketches of the were given bj' Miss Tarbell; "War With the United States," Miss Harriet Wilson; "Maxiiuilien," Ethel Dewey; "Customs of To-da3'," Grace Fallansbee; "Missions," Miss Moffat; a duet by Miss Eva Hollister and Miss Thatcher, and the song bj- the double quartet added very much to the enjojment of the meeting. Conquest of Mexico," ACADEMY NOTES. Go to Hanim for a hair cut. Have j'Oii heard "Doc." Myers and sing their new duet? Stark What's that dreadful noise? Oh, nothing. That's just Ratti's loud soxlets. The prospects for a second Cad team are very promising. Several last year's men are back, and with Walker Banning as captain and "Spiv" Holden as manager it ought to succeed. One game is already scheduled—April 16, McKee leads the Y. M. C. A. tonight. out and give him 30ur support. ALUMNI. Prof. Come "All's quiet along North night." Bill Welch has his Broadway (ostorm window Kenilworth at Lake Forest. Miss Mamie Skinner. '96, has been appointed lil)rarian at the state normal school, Oshkosh, Wis. off. The Academy seniors report a very enjoy- able time at Dr. McClure's last Friday afternoon. Gen. Sokenihard Huxy Baird Cuba next week, where he leaves for will fight against the Kubeans. Look out for "Doc." and his camera. "Doc." Myers visited at Ferry Hall Saturday afternoon. Campbell has rules a Remsen left the dormitorj' and now of victims in the select number cottage. "Three — ten— thirty — Col. Bill voices .from room 204. What was the "luckv number." it? wins the that come Bill holds the zoology class that owes another gentleman four sheets of drawing paper. Gentleman No. 2 wants it back, as it costs 10c a dozen. The Academy boys feel greatly gratified that the Seminary girls so appreciate their attendance at the Seminary that they have constructed a sidewalk leading towards the Academy. There is all Miss Grace Linnell, ex '96, of Colden, III., ill with typhoid fever, is very who has been much better. Miss Myrtle Titus (ex Ferry Hall), of Kansas City, Mo., has been visiting in Rockford with the Misses Alta and Blanche Barnum. The following clipping from an Eastern paper has reference to a member of the class of '90: "Wilmington, Del., March 5.— Society was surprised on Thursday to hear the noise on third floor. Terrible Prof. investigates and finds that it is Mc nothing but "Spiv" falling asleep. chair!" are the gentle Miss Lela Phelps, ex '99, is attending the state normal. Cedar Falls, Iowa. Iowa announcement of the engagement of Miss Blanche Weldin, the daughter of C. Wesley Weldin, of this city, to Rev. W. Frederick Lewis, of this city. Both are well known in social circles. Mr. Lewis is pastor of Rodney Presbyterian church, one of the most prosperous churches in the northwestern part of the city. Numbered among his congregation are some of the most fashionable people in the city, and tlie announcement of the engagement created no little stir. The prospective bride is prominent in both musical and social circles. She has a sweet and carefully cultivated soprano voice, and is a member of the quartette choir of Rodney street church. The date for the wedding has not yet been fixed. ART INSTITUTE. kinds of excitement at the "cad" now as the contest draws near. Ever3' fellow is sporting a large bunch of either pink and maroon for Gama Sigma or old gold and crimson for Tri Kappa. "Spiv." Holden has found in looking' over his account for the last month that he is short one cent, and Stark owes him a two"That's what I get," says cent stamp. "Spiv," "for living sporty all week. How can I account for these expenditures?" This evening- there will be an open meeting of the Art Institute at the Durand building at 8 o'clock. This open meeting promises to be especially interesting to all, because of the speaker and the subject of his discussion. The speaker will be Mr. David P. Jones, ex-chief engineer of the LTnited States navy (retired), and he will speak of the United States navy, a subject which of course he will capably handle. All are invited to attend this meeting. STENTOR nr"pT"p Published weeklj- throngli the school jear b}' the students of Lake Forest University. MITCHELL HALL NOTES. Miss McLean, of Chicago, spent Sunday with Miss Steele. Jonathan Jackson Robertson Brown Editor, Associate Editor, Associate Kditors and Reporters. Richard Curtis May Rogers Maud Everett K. S. Ha mm - Mitchell Hall Ferry Hall " Academy Du Bridge Athletics ) A. H. Millar F. A. Colleg-e \ Alumni Exchange Sarah Williams J. B. Tevvksbury Business Manager, Advertising Agent Entered 111., We Post Office at Lake Forest, as second-class matter. feel that appearance of is due for the late week's Stentor. This an apologj' last lateness was due to rush of work in our publishing house, combined with carelessness on the part of the staff in handing" in copj'. This slip is the first one we have made this jear and we hope not to repeat it. On Thursdaj' evening' of this week a massmeeting of students is called to discu-ss a matter pertaining to Athletics. The inatter under consideration will be the adoption of some system by which the Aluinni of Lake Forest will be able to help in furnishingcoachers for our various athletic teams durThe Chicago Club of Lake ing- the jear. Forest Alumni have for some months past been considering' plans bj' which the^' maj' best aid the under-graduates in an athletic wa}', and several of them will be present at the mass-meeting to express the sentiments of their organization. As this is a matter which deeply interests both Alumni and Undergraduates, let us have a large attendance at the meeting to show our appreciation of the action of the Alumni have taken. The aggregate annual value of the eighty scholarships and fellowships granted by Ch.icago Universitj' amounts to about $20,000. and now undei' appointof Misses Miss Aimee Sickles last week gave two informal teas at which she entertained a few college friends. The college faculty and their wives have been invited to attend the regular meeting of the Aletheian societ3' next Friday evening. W. A. Graff Cyrus Knouff -n the '96. ment to Korea, has been the guest McClenahan. BASKET BALL. - Subscription: For the school year, $1.50 in advance. Single copies, 10 cents. member Miss Gertrude FitzRandolph, a of the class of The basket ball tenm met another defeat Saturday night at the hands of the Clybourns, of Chicago. Our men played very good individual bail, but the team plaj' was a minus quantit3'. This lack of team play with the disadvantage of being in a strange building kept our score down. Kemp pla3ed his usual good game. Herrick was a surprise to his own men and the opponents, and played very good ball. Jaeger was troubled with his knee and compelled to leave the game earlj- in the second Dr. B. M. Linnell, L. F.'91, and N. B. W^ Gallwey, '9i, were umpires of the game. The treatment our boys received from the half. Clybourna was gentlemanly and much appreciated. The line-up and score were as follows: Cljbourns. Position. R. F. Kumle Baumann L. F. C. Niegand Bach R. G. Lake Forest. Tewksbury J. Jackson Jaeger W^. H. Miller Wirth L. G. J. Kemp Goals from field: Baumann, 8; Wiegand, Kumle, 2; Bach, i; Sloan, 1; Jaeger, 1. 8; Fouls: Clybourns, 8; Lake Forest, 2. Referee, O. FJckebrecht. Lake Forest At herst Score: Universilj', 3. meeting of the faculty was decided that all cases a recent it Clybo\jrns, il; of Amof dis- honesty in examinations, when discovered, should be at once reported to the facultj', and in no case suppressed, and that the minimum punishment for each offense should be suspension for one college term. Y. M. C. wiU probabl3' take A. Mr. S. M. Sayford, a business man from Boston, who has done a great work among- the men in Eastern cities, is to visit Lake Forest text Wednesday and Thursday, March 16 and 17, under the direction of the International Committee of the Youn<)Men's Christian Association. Mr. Sayford is a whirlwind of earnestness, and those who heard hiin at the recent student convention at Cleveland saj' tliat his visit to Lake Forest should be hailed as an exceptional event. EXCHANGE. The facnlt3' of the University of North Carolina recentl}' abolished the system of awarding honors to the freshman, sophomore and iunior classes. Berlin University, owing to the large of foreign students, has established a chair in elementary German to enable them to understand the lectures. number After receiving the ford University will times as great as that the richest American The The U. of C. library contains 330,000 vol- umes. Have you a "crush." Then do, by all means, get one. First sem.: 3'ou I've met Mr. T ? Sec- heard him laugh. Great Britain has eleven universities with a total of 344 professors and 13,400 students. Ex. following- for teaching in is a one Stanford estate, Stanhave an income three of Harvard, at present universitj'. sign upon an academy of the far western states! "Freeman and Hug-gs, school teachers. Freeman teaches the boj'S and Huggs the girls. Have ond sem.: No, but a trip to the south. Vidette Reporter. — Ex." To any preparator3' school sending five students to the University of Virginia in an3' one 3'ear, a scholarship is awarded to a member of the next succeeding class at said school. Columbia Universit3' has issued John D. Rockefeller has recently donated half million dollars to Des Moines col- a lege. The crews of Pennsylvania and tlie An- napolis naval cadets will meet at Annapolis May 20. Professor (in logic): "Mr. Smith, what is the universal negative?" Smith: "Not prepared, sir." — Oberlin College, Ohio, was the first college in the United States to admit (emale students. -Ex. The seniors in the University' of Ohio have adopted the cap and gown as their distinction. — Ex. The enrollment in the State University at Iowa City has increased from 571 students in 1887 to 1,134 in 1897. On the recent southern trip of the Yale basket ball team four games were played, Yale winning three and losing one. logue of all persons a cata- who have matriculated at the universit3' and have not graduated since 1758, when Columbia was known as King's College. The total amount expended for school text-books in the United States is $7,000,000 annuall3-, or about ten cents for each inhabitant, and the net profit to publishers is about ten per cent. Cornell has received challenges for a four mile boat race from Columbia, Harvard, PennS3'lvania and Yale. All challeng-es are without conditions as to time and place, except the one from Yale. A map Jerusalem in mosiac, over 1500 has been found at Madaba, Palestine. It was discovered in uncovering the ruins of an old church about to be rebuilt. — DePauw Palladium. of 3'ears old, The total amount expended for school $1,200,000 for the erection of a United States is $7,000,000 annualU', or about ten cents for each inhabitant, and the net profit to the publishers is about ten per cent. — Central News. The Yale basket ball team will play about twenty games during the season. The team Minnesota is contemMinds, Penns3'lvania's famous full-back, as their coach for next The George M. Pullman has left manual training school in the town of Pullman. late text books The in the LTniversit3' of plating engaging season. Pennsj'lvania was, witliout doubt, the champion this season, and if their football nianaoement can secure the services of Mr. Minds, a rise in Minnesota football may be expected. The undern^raduates of the Universitj' of Georgia have established a colles;e dail)' to be called The Red and Black. With the addition of this paper, the number of college dailies in the United States is increased to line up for examinations Between the years 1872 and 1893, the number of students in colleges and technical schools in the United States had increased from 23,.392 to 81,392. The former total gives one student to ever}' 2,000 of population; the latter, one to ever}' 48i institutions, 386 of to The total shows which admit women 909. undergraduate courses. From eleven. The about eighty will in New Haven. true wa.v to be humble is not to stoop until thou art smaller than thyself, but to stand at thy real height against some higher nature that shall show thee what the real smallness of thy greatest greatness is. —Phillips Brooks. The sophomore and freshman classes at Amherst have been asked by the faculty to pay certain bills for damages to dormitory fixtures, alleged to have been destroyed by of the classes during the early part of the fall term.— Ex. members The annual Yale-Princeton debate March 25th, and the subject take place will will "That national party lines Reso.'ued, should be disregarded in the chair of the councils and administrative cities." Yale be: will take the aflirmative side.— Kx. The Pennsylvania University Athletic Ashad cleared enough last year to pay off its indebtedness of $11,000 and have a balance of $20,000. The total receipts from the football games on Franklin Field last year were more than Sf9J,000. — Ex. statistics compiled from AppleEncyclopedia of America it is seen that one man in everj' forty graduating from college attains distinction, while the proportion of men not college graduates who attain distinction is one in every tea thousand. The proportion in favor to college men is 250 to 1. The Vidette Re- ton's — porter. Coach Courtne}', of Cornell, has decided disband the newlj- organized Law School crew. Schliecker and Torre}', of last year's football teain, are the only two of the Law School men retained. The Freshman canto didates show better material than the Law School. No weeding out will be done for several weeks among the Freshmen. The combination of 'Varsity men, the four squads, have kept together for the past week with practically no change.- Penasylvanian. sociation The College of History, the first of the buildings to be erected by the new AmerUniversity at Washington, has just been completed. The building is one of the best college halls in the country. It is ican built of wiiite marble and cost plaj'ed at cards on the yellow sand, the iields and trees were green; thought that the trump was in her When She hand. He though that he held the queen. But winter has come and they both have strayed Away from the throbbing wave He finds 'twas only the deuce she played. She finds that he played the knave. — Brown $150,000. The annual Yale-Princeton debate take place March 25th, and the subject will will "That national party lines should be disregarded in the chair of the councils and administrative cities." Yale be: Resolved, will take the affirmative They side.— The Penn- sylvanian. A canvass of the leading preparatory football schools of the east by the Yale Alumni Weekly, in the interests of the Yale team shows that of football players who will go to college next year forty-one out of Magazine. We have heard of people being "snatched bald-headed," but never of a sane person tearing a whole tuft from her own head. 'Tvvas the voice of the "Baby" We heard her declare: " 'Twas down in the gym. that 1 plucked out my hair. To be right in the style I will comb it back straight, And so cover up The bald spot on my pate." STUDENT DIRECTORY. Athletics: Board of Directors, President— Prof. M. McNeill, — R. B. Kyle, Secretary Treasurer — Jonathan Jackson. ACADEMY DIRECTORY. Athletics: Board Foot Ball: Foot Ball: Captain Captain — Will Jackson, Manager— W. A. Graff. — Charles Whitney, Manager— P. Terwilliger. Base Ball: Base Ball: Captain— W. Jaeger, Manager—J. of Directors. — Prof. Strong, Secretary— A. H. Millar, Treasurer — E. H. Johnson. President Captain B. Tewksbury. Track Team: Captain— H. Capiain— W. Jackson. Indoor Base Ball: Captain— VV. Jackson, Manager— F. A. DuBridge. Basket Ball: Captain— Will Jaeger, Manager:— R. B. Kyle. C. Stark, Manager— E. G. Banta. Literary: Gamma Sigma President — F. C. M5'ers, Tri Kappa President — John Biggs. Religious: Y. M. C. A., President E. — S. Hamm, — S. C. Foote. Musical Clubs: Manager— W. A. Graff, Asst. Manager— R. B. — P. Terwilliger, Manager— E. G. Banta. Indoor Base Ball: Secretary Kyle. Glee Club: Leader—Robertson Brown. Mandolin Club: Leader— H. J. Hanson. Banjo Club: Leader— A. B. Loranz. Literary Club Presidents: Aletheian — Miss Sarah Williams, Athenaean--Hugh Miller, Zeta Epsilon— Will Rice, Science— J. A. Anderson. Religious; Y. M. C. A., JSrtng 'gout President—J. H. Rheingans, ( C. T. Hannant, Secretaries| j ^ Kennedy. the Smithsonian Professor Institute, has made the startling statement that all crime will eventually be stopped by He thinks that if a man has a science. desire for stealing or murder, his brain may be cut and the portion containing this desire taken out.— Brown a"nd White. Gates, 3^ob Hbrintino of I was a little maid, played all by myself; I washed one cup and saucer, And put it on the shelf; Now I am an old maid, I still play by myself, I wash one cup and saucer, And put it on the shelf. totbe Xake ifotestei: ©tftce* Once I -^r WISE AND OTHER\A^ISE. "He Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer, has been honored by Knox College with the degree of L. L. D. Knox is the only American college that has so honored the explorer.— Ex. laniilielh best \\lio Jaii£>lietli last," trite we liear them state. A maxim So Knglishman, pun or joke lionrs late. tliinks the stolid Who sees a Tomaso Mandolin Orchestra & School A student stocked with an inquiring- mind, Went close to a fii"e with a student blind. The first g-ot "an eye full'' of the surging fire, An eve full of smoke roused the other's ire. We can make Leave your order it. 21 Central Music Hall, Telephone Main 1155, Chicago. 1861 WAR for anythin<j' in onr line of business. All home made and strictly fresh goods, delivered at any part of city. Ice cream a specialty. "Mrs. A. W^illiams' Restaurant, 1898 PICTURES IK BEAUTIFUL COLORS. Lake Forest, "MAINE" Battle=Ships 111. and "INDIANA" When first I kissed sweet Margaret, She blushed rose And (Latter cleared for action,) each 12x18. red, sternly said, "You mustn't! NORTH JiTLMTlG SQUADRON, Stop!" 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