Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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NINETEEN TEN MILLIDEK ®t)e ikftool of Commerce anb Jf tnance THE business of the United States has rapidly, almost sud- denly, multiplied many fold in volume, organized itself into vast systems, developed powerful methods, based its operations upon carefully ascertained facts. The changes are so radical and extensive as to make the enterprises of a generation or so ago seem primitive in their simplicity, such as any diligent apprentice might master. These elaborate organizations, reas- oned methods, systematized masses of fact, afford data for a course of studies of high educational value. The present clay interest, the practical importance, the wide range of the things to be considered, engage the student ' s earnest attention. The mat- ters set before him are the outcome of keenest thought and com- petitive effort on the part of multitudes of business men, lawyers, scientists, and require for their comprehension acute analysis, wide information, careful comparison, and judgment. At the same time, the demand grows general and insistent that young men be trained in the schools and colleges for business careers, as they have hitherto been trained for the ministry, law, or medicine. The response being made to this demand is a most significant feature of recent educational movement. The James Millikin University is among the leaders, and appears yet to be the only institution offering a four year Academy course, similar to that of the Commercial High Schools established in several laige cities, and a fuil collegiate course in Commerce and Finance, re- quiring for admission as thorough preparation as the School of Arts or of Engineering, and conferring the bachelor ' s degree. The sponsors of this school contend that the cultural purpose of college life and study is not sacrificed by substitution of mod- ern subjects for much that has long had place in college curri- cula. Language, history, science, philosophy, are made essential but not dominant parts of the course. The characteristic studies in economics, accountancy, finance, and law, are not less efficient in giving the student a true and broad outlook upon life. The aim is to intensify the effectiveness of a college course, putting forth graduates possessed of liberal education but also equipped with a kind of knowledge immediately and permanently avail- able in their vocations. The technic of a particular employment and its current de- tails must be learned by apprenticeship, but an understanding of fundamental principles, ability to interpret occurrences, the art of organizing and using facts affecting his business, can be ac- quired only by the college student, so as to qualify him to rise rapidly to positions of responsibility and administrative character. We took it to the woods, we two. — Fairbanks and Stevens. 24

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NINETEEN TEN MILLIDEK HAROLD ORDWAY RUGG Instructor in Civil Engineering Dartmouth College, B. S., 1908; Thayer School of Civil Engineering, C. E., 1909; Tutor in History, Dartmouth College, 1906-07-08, and Instructor in Graphics, 1908; Practical work as surveyor in New Hampshire; Assistant Engineer, Missouri Pacific Railway, 1909; Member Soc. Pro. Enge, Ed. JAMES B. SHAW, D. Sc. Professor of Mathematics ROBERT J. KELLOGG, Ph. D. Professor of Modern Languages GRACE PATTEN CONANT, A. M. Professor of English Literature and Language BENJAMIN B. JAMES, A. M. Professor of Physics JOHN C. HESSLER, Ph. D. Professor of Chemistry W. W. SMITH, LL. D. Professor of Commerce -nd Finance M. ELIZABETH COLGRJVE, A. B. Associate Professor of Modern Languages RALPH JONES, 1910 Student Assistant in Electrical Engineering Ye are the Salt of the Earth. — Class of 1910. 23

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NINETEEN TEN MILLIDEK €l)e ikfjool of Commerce anb finance ALBERT R. TAYLOR, President JAMES D. ROGERS, Ph. D., Dean of the College WILLIAM WILBERFORCE SMITH, LL. D. Professor of Commerce and Finance Lafayette College, A. B. 1880, LL. D. 1905. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1 881 -1882. Instructor Lawrenceville (N. J.) School, 1882- 1885. Headmaster, Englewoocl ( N. J.) School for Boys, 1885-1895. In business. New York and San Francisco, to 1904. Headmaster Berkley School, New York City, 1904-1905. President Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1905-1908. ELMER A. RILEY, A. B. ATA Assistant Professor of Commerce and Finance A. B. Baker University, 1905; Graduate Student and Fellow, History and Political Econ- omy, University of Chicago, 1905-1908; Required work for Ph. D. completed, except thesis. In- structor Baker University Academy, 1903-1905; Assistant in History, University of Chicago, 1905-1906; Fellow, 1906-1908. PR . W. W. SMITH CALVERT W. DYER, A. B. K S Secretary and Instructor in Commerce and Finance Cumberland University, A. B. 1900: Lock- year ' s Business College. Indiana. 1902. HENRY C. STANLEY, A. B. Assisant Professor of Commerce and Finance Fairfield College, 1887- 1892. A. B. and Professor of Book-keeping and Commercial Law : Northwestern University of Xebr.. 1894- 1896. M. S. ; Fairfield College. 1896, M. Acct. : Peru State Normal. 1 899-1900. State Certificate. Principal Manhato Commercial College 1901- 1903. Illinois College of Law. 1907-1908. ALBERT T. MILLS, A. M. Professor of History and Political Science ROBERT J. KELLOGG, Ph. D. Professor of Modern Languages GRACE PATTEN CONANT, A. M. Professor of English Language and Literature JOHN C. HESSLER. Ph. D. Professor of Chemistry Thou happiest thing alive. — Florence Page 25