Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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James Millikin and President Taylor escort President Roosevelt between lines of School children. Dedication of James Millikin University, Decatur, Ill., June 4th, 1903. 14

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.J ' n-- sg A Brief Historical Sketch of the University and of the Decatur College and Industrial School On May 13, 1900, Mr. James Millikin, an honored f-itizf-n and success ful business man of Decatur, made a formal proposition ro In-, XY. J, Darby, secretary of the Educational Society of the 1'unilif-i-linifl l'l'o'4FlJYtQ- rian Church, and Rev. A. W. Hawkins. pastor of the t'llllll'H'l'l51ll'l l'rcsl-jv- terian church at Decatur, to found an institution uf le-rwiiiiifr in lr:--ratur under the auspices of that denomination. A ff-xv days aft'-r. thc proposi- tion took definite form, in Substance as follows: Mr. Millikin offr rfal to donate Oakland Park as a Site for the new f-villain? 1,1111 inf- mn, ..f 11-.-ft hundred thousand dollars in cash, provided the synodg of llltllmlifl. lllirm-is and Iowa of the Cumberland Presbyterian chin-ch would raisf- or-b lnn.'lr-'fl thousand dollars and the city of Dec-:itnr a similar :lnionnr for ns sup- port. A few weeks afterward he expressed his flctr-rininzni-in to -1-ntrilmte a still larger sum for its inaintenance which adfl.-fl gr.-.lily in thi- -'liil'.ll- sia-sim which his original proposition had zilrl-:nly :ironw-fl. A College Commission was appointed at tht- Hrtoli--r lll'f'lll:l1F of th-- synods named for the purpose of raising: the :inionnt l 'Illlll 1l from the church. It organized at Decatur, tictohcr 23. livfifl. A roininiixw- --f ci:- izens was appointed to solicit the city's quota which lll'llll 'lll'ltf'lj' origqnzizcll and proceeded with its work. On .l:nin:iry 1. 1901. Mr. Nlillikin uns 1--tififd that his conditions had bc-en mct. The Commission and a Vitizcns' t'onnnittcf-, aft--r sw-wliiiu nun-'h tins-- in negotiating with thc Board of 'Frnsii-rs of Lint-nln l'nix.-rsixy snr. i- f .erence to a union of thc two institutions. :igri -1-l l upon 1'-il.-in .nn--it-liiwr -. to the charter of thc llnivf-frsity. which provifl-wl that i1 sh-inlll -lennzc tw name to Lincoln Collcgre and along: with thc proposfwl lh mitnr -illvszo an-l Industrial School con1stitntc'l'ln- .lainrs Millikin l'nn.-1-sity .ls 1 .-- '- ig -' --1-1 Ccssor of Lincoln Uliivcrsityg that tho ltoiird of 'l'ins1----s -if 1h-- l'i ww-my should be nppoirrtoql lay tln- tlirw- synoels nnine--l. 1-r.i-iiirtllx ir tl- 1-.wo TTl!llll'lQl' as the trustees of Lincoln l'niN'vl'sity' had li i--' n .vi-iioint-2-l. ai -l tt it each collogc should lu- ll'UYl'l'llt'tl Ivy .1 lt -f-. il l-on--l --1' in lr ng- is 1:-1--' ' '- 1 ' the said Board of 'l'rnstc-cs. in ronjnnr-lion with the l'1f'si-l-111 --f it .X I -i versity. 'Vlicy also dcfincd tin- rights :intl prixilvi:-s of --,nah ...Thru i' l SD9f'lfiC:llly sol. fortll lllv tllllll'H of 1':l1'l1 lililllal qinil --f tin- l'iosi-l- it --' -' University. The :nncndvd chart--r xu-nt into opvrzition on il-- .l4ll'l'll .-ww Nrii' I-i 11'-ol The lncinhcrs of thc first lloard of 'l'lll?'l f--- s urn- as ff-ll--xi-. XY J lvzl-x lf: