Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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.Untrnhurinrg 15119111 lt's the awfulest job we've ever struck- This Millidek To get so many pages of any old truck For the M illidek! So many pictures. and so many ads, So 'many 'write-ups, and so many fads, So many dollars, For the At the iirst of the year we were young and g1'een About Millideks, Thought it would be the most fun ever seen To pnint Millideksl So we gaily sailed in, with a dash and a vim, Thought we were getting right into the swim, XfVith never a care for the specter grim That haunts Millideks. But now we are drooping, dejected, forloirn. COh! ye Milidekll Our faces are haggard, our tempers are worn VVith the Nillidek. From the fathomless depths wherein we lie, We lift up our voiees and feebly ery, VVhy on earth did we ever try This Millidek! -the must-be-l1ads M illidelcl Just look at that calendar! See the date? A COI1! ye Millidek'D Another week and it's all too late For the Millfidek. So hustle around! Sit up till one, Grind out verses and jokes by the ton! , Forget to eat! lt has to be done For the Millidek! But since we've started, we'll see it through, That Millidek! Th-ough our brains eongeal with the torture screw Of the Klillidek. And when we've Iinished, a marty1 s erown And a plush-lined seat in the heroes' town Await us! So banish the feeblest frown! 'tllless tlie Millideklu 7 Uhr illllillihrk 1 HHH

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lireuihvnt A. lR. Uaglnr Albert Reynolds Taylor, born at Magnolia, Illinois. Member ofthe following, among other organizations: The National Council of Educationg The National Edu- cational Association, -being ia life director in the same: The lllinois Sclioolmasters' Club, The University Club, Decatur, of 'which he was the originator and lirst presi- dent: The National Council of the Presbyterian Brother- hood of Americag the T'reshyterian Church. llc has been president of many Ol'g'2llllZ2ll1llll1S, among them the following: The National Council of Iiducation, 1896, The Kansas State Teachers' Asssociation, 1885: The University Clnh, Decatur, 1901-1904, The Illinois State Sunday School As- sociation, 19055 The 'Illinois College Federation. 1905-19063 The Normal Section of the National Educational Associa- I tion, 18863 The College Section of the Illinois State Teach- ers' Association, 1906g The Educational Commission of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1906-1907. I-le is now Chairman of the Illinois Synodical Commit- ice and 'thc Springlielcl Prlesbyterial Committee on the Brotherhood, and President of 'the local llrotherhood of the Cumberla-nd Presbyterian Church at Decatur: Member Board of Directors of McCormick Theological Seminary. 'He is the author of the following works: The Church at VVorllc in the Sunday School, 18923 Civil Government in 'K'ansas. 18943 The Study ol' 'the Child. 18983 Appl-e Blossoms tjoint anthorl, 18993 Among Ourselves, 1900, The Government of the State and Nation tjoint authorj, 1901. Uhr :millihrk 1 H11 H