. The Forester. ENGRAVINGS FOR THIS BOOKBY ®{je ^Electric (Uit\) $rn££abmg ( Rogers PrintingCompany^ Dixon and Chicago, Illinois Our long experience, modernequipment and attention todetail has won for us theconfidence and business ofcolleges throughout theCountry, who appreciate QUALITY PRINTING Continuous Patronage Means Satisfaction ?*C. The FORESTER Published by the Junior Class ofLake Forest College Volume XX May, 1916 4 THE FORESTER—1917 New Endowment Fund forLake Forest College A campaign for more adequate endowment was started about three yearsago when the General Education B
. The Forester. ENGRAVINGS FOR THIS BOOKBY ®{je ^Electric (Uit\) $rn££abmg ( Rogers PrintingCompany^ Dixon and Chicago, Illinois Our long experience, modernequipment and attention todetail has won for us theconfidence and business ofcolleges throughout theCountry, who appreciate QUALITY PRINTING Continuous Patronage Means Satisfaction ?*C. The FORESTER Published by the Junior Class ofLake Forest College Volume XX May, 1916 4 THE FORESTER—1917 New Endowment Fund forLake Forest College A campaign for more adequate endowment was started about three yearsago when the General Education Board of New York City voted Lake ForestCollege a grant of $50,000 on condition that $350,000 additional be raised byJune 30, 1914. Even before that the trustees had given and secured pledges for$100,000 toward a new endowment fund. Because of the financial stringency of 1913 and 1914 only half the totalamount of $400,000 was in sight in June. The European war came soon after,and though the time limit was extended to January 1, 1916, the raising of sub-scriptions seemed a hopeless task. Then, in the spring of 1915, one of thetrustees magnanimously raised his pledge from $30,000 to $130,000, on conditionthat the whole endowment, besides all other deficits should be completely coveredby subscriptions by the end of the year. Other trustees doub
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