LAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
An Institution of learning comprising six distinct schools, via:
Lake Forest Academy
Ferry Hall Seminary
Lake Forest College
Rush Medical College
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Chicago College of Law
The three first named are located at Lake Forest, while the three professional schools are in the city of Chicago. The college charter was granted in 1857 but the institution was not opened until nineteen years later, and the professional schools, which were originally independent, were not associated until 1887.
In 1894 there were 316 undergraduates at Lake Forest, in charge of forty instructors. During the same year there were in attendance at the professional schools, 1,557 students, making a total enrollment in the University of 1,873.
While the institution is affiliated with the Presbyterian denomination, the Board of Trustees is self-perpetuating. The Academy and Seminary are preparatory schools for the two sexes, respectively.
Lake Forest College is co-educational and organized upon the elective plan, having seventeen departments, a certain number of studies being required for graduation, and work upon a major subject being required for three years.
The schools at Lake Forest, occupy fifteen buildings, standing within a campus of sixty-five acres.