Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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PRESIDENT A. R. TAYLOR 'l'aylnr. .Xlhcrt Reynolds, educator. born Magnolia. Ill., Oct. 16, 18465 son John and Mary .Xnn talillsl Taylor: educated lllinois State Normal Univ., Knox College, and l.incnln Univ.. graduated 1872 Ph. IJ., Lincoln, L.L.D. Cumberland Univ.g special studies in Pcdagugyg married Oct. 16, 1873, lirances Minerva Dent. Prof. natural sci- ences, Lincoln Univ., 1872-82: pres. State Normal School of Kansas 1882-19013 pres. ,lznnes Millilcin Univ. since 1901. Lectures before Chautauquas, etc. Member Nat. Council Ed'n. Cpres. 18895, Nat. l2dn'l Assng Republican, Cumberland Presby'n. author: The Church at XVork in the Sunday School, 1892, Civil Government in Kansas, 1894g The Study of the Child, 1898g Apple Blossoms, Cjoint authorj, 18995 Among Ourselves, 1900: The Government of the State and Nation tjoint authorj, l90lg contributor to MRS. A. R. TAYLOR etln'l. journals. lirances Minerva Dent of Ntlfenona, Illinois, was married to President Taylor, October 16. 1873. Mrs. Taylor is a woman of wide culture and noble impulses and has been an invaluable aid to President Taylor in his administrative duties. She has shown marked interest in the students and a spirit of sympathetic co-operation which is warmly appreciated. Because of her great force of character, her loyal, loving spirit which have been an inspiration to so many, she will ever be held in the highest esteem. 16

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C 3 filtltlliflil Sl l-L education is an effort on the part of one generation to enable the next 235: generation to adapt, tirst, its responses and, thereby, its nature, tothe dominant life relations. In doing this there are two basal elements l t which must be considered: C15 the knowledge and experiences acquired is 1 t by the race in its history, and C25 the present environing conditions of MR life, natural and artilicial. The so-called liberal education, for which the 9595! Q old-time college stood, looks more at the first of these great, necessary departments of education. lt has sought knowledge of the past, of human acquirements, of language, of letters, of philosophy, of activities. It has purported to give scholarship, culture, poise, understanding. The special and technical schools, which have arisen in such numbers in recent times, look chiefly to the second set of data, and use them more largely as the subject INHIICI' of their training. This new development is, of course, because of the over- whelining material, industrial, and social organization, and divisioniof labor of the age. founded on the great progress of the natural sciences. The purpose of this train- ing is. primarily, eldiciency. Because of this recent development and appeal of the mere conditions of life, there has been something of a conflict between these ideals of education. Une type looked Zu the adjustment of the new generation to the acquirements and ideals of the pastg the other looked to a special adaptation to present needs and practical ends-often largely material. lt has been questioned whether the liberal education can give efficiency, or adapt the individual to real life, it has been equally questioned whether the practical, technical education adapts men to real living-to the abiding verities of human ex- I'l.l'llCi'. James Millikin University stands for the belief that the complete adjustment to life is the real purpose of education, and that this is more than 'being in 'touch with a mass of knowledge of history of the progress of the human race, is more than the culture of personal qualities, and is, likewise, more than skill and efficiency in man- ipulating successfully the conditions under which life is to be lived. It is the belief here that sound education means the best possible adaptation to the whole of life, 18