Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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NINETEEN ELEVEN MILLIDEK ALBERT R. TAYLOR ALBERT R. TAYLOR, Ph. D., LL. D. Philosophy, Ethics and Pedagogy Lincoln University, Ph. B. 1872, Ph. D. 1882; Cumberland University, LL. D. 1906. Professor Natural Science, Lincoln University, 1872- 1882. President State Normal School of Kansas, 1882-1901 ; President of James Millikin University, 1901 — . Old foxes are not easily caught. — Faculty. 12

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NINETEEN ELEVEN MILLIDEK S cf)ool of Uttierat arts; The aim of the School of Liberal Arts is twofold, cultural and vocational. By its varied courses in Language and History, Science and Mathematics, it brings the student into touch with the main activities of his own times, and at the same time broadens his outlook through a knowledge of the character- istics, achievements, and ideals of the great nations of the world today and yesterday. The study and contemplation of the great thoughts of the great thinkers of the ages tend to counteract the tendency all too common in this commercial age to lose sight of the spiritual forces through the pressure of material interests. On the vocational side the Liberal Arts course prepares for many pro- fessions. The ranks of teachers are filled most largely from the graduates of this course. It also prepares for professional literary work, for the writing of DEAN ROGERS ' STUDIO history, of fiction, of biography, for the newspaper profession. Witness the number of A. B. students who have secured positions with the Herald and Review. The great publishing houses in looking for men to fill the most responsible positions, turn to the graduates of the A. B. course. Of late the great technical concerns, such as the Bell Telephone and Electric Companies are bringing into their offices an ever increasing number of literary trained men from the colleges. The course in Liberal Arts at Millikin requires the student to specialize for four years in some study of his own choosing,, and to take at least two years in some foreign language, and one year in Science, Mathematics and History. About one-half of the course is elective, but abuses are guarded against by the provision that at least one-half of the work of Junior and Senior years must be in advanced subjects. In this way it is hoped that a golden mean may be obtained between the perils of the free elective system, and the rigors of the prescribed course. Women are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of man. — Coeds. 14