Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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N I N ET E K N K L E V EN M I LE 1 I) K K EARLE RUSKIN BRYANT, A. M. Assistant Instructor in Biology The lames Millikin University A. B., [906; Special Studenl in Biology, [910; A.M., [910; Biology Assistant and Studenl in Plant History, [911. LUCILE M. BRAGG, A. M. Instructor in Latin A. B. The James Millikin University, 1909; A. M., same. 1910; Fellow in Latin, 1910. THEKLA SIEBENS, 1911 Student Assistant in German LAURA KRIEGE, 1913 Student Assistant in German HARRY HADLEY, 1911 Student Assistant in Chemistry Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. — Ellis Hudson. 21

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NINETEEN ELEVEN MILLIDEK ISABELLA T. MACHAN, A. M. Associate Professor of Ancient Languages Wellesley College, A. B., 1887; Columbia University, 1902; Wellesley College, A. M., 1905; Teacher Ancient Languages, Franklin School, 1888- 1889; Preceptress Hebron Academy, 1889-1898, Ancient Languages and History. M. ELIZABETH COLEGROVE, A. B. Associate Professor of Modern Languages New Windsor College, A. B. 1889; Heydrich Gesangschule, German and Voice, Halle an der Saale, Germany, 1900-1901 ; Professor French, German and Voice, Darlington Seminary, 1899-1900; Director Conservatory of Music and Modern Languages, Hudson River Institute, 1901-1902. JAMES DICKEY, B. S. Assistant Professor of Mathematics University of Illinois, B. S. 1898; Instructor in Mathematics, Alton High School, 1900-1904; State Normal School of South Dakota, 1904-1905. DAVIDA McCASLIN, A. B. X 2 Instructor in English Language and Literature A. B. Coe College, 1904; Teacher Public Schools. 1904-1906; Harvard Summer School, 1906; Fellow in English, James Millikin University, 1907; B. S. with Pedagogy, The James Millikin University, 1907. FRANCES E. NORRIS, A. M. Instructor in English Language and Literature University of Kansas, A. B. 1901 ; A. M. 1904; University of Chicago, 1905-1906; Ft. Scott (Kan.) High School, 1901-1903; Hutchinson (Kan.) High School, 1 903-1905. BONNIE BLACKBURN, A. B. X 2 Assistant Instructor in French The James Millikin University, A. B. 1908; Assistant Professor of French and German, Coe College, 1908- 1909. My only books were woman ' s looks And folly is all they ' ve taught me. — Loyal Petrie. 20

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NINETEEN ELEVEN MILLIDEK $f)p£tcal framing All time and money spent in training the body pays a larger interest than any other investment. — Gladstone. Two years of Physical Training are required of all men and women in the Academy as one of the requirements for graduation. College men and women are required to take the courses in the freshman and sophomore years. The courses in gymnastics for women are conducted in the East Gym- nasium which is equipped with light apparatus especially suited to the needs of women. The work consists of hygienic, corrective and recreative exercises, including free gymnastics, fancy steps, rythmic gymnastics, clubs, wands, dumb-bells, tennis, and other games. It would be difficult to overestimate the benefit derived by the women of the school from this work. The efficiency of the courses is proved by the artistic exhibtion, which attracts so many people each year, known as the May-Pole Festival. This work is under the efficient direction of Miss Mollie Grubel. The Physical Training for men is conducted in the West Gymnasium which is equipped with heavy apparatus. The class work consists of march- ing, calisthenics, apparatus work, dumb-bell and indian club drills, individual and combination pyramid building, and indoor games. The department has made a slight departure in its methods this year and the results have been very gratifying. The change has only been a slight one and is simply that all drills have started with exercises as simple as possible and gradually worked into as complicated a series as the classes were able to master. The object being to teach control of the muscles (and give exer- cises) rather than to develop additional muscle when the men already lack- ed in control of the muscle on hand. The men who come to the classes to a large extent have had no previous training and consequently are lacking in co-ordination, in other words their chief characteristic is awkwardness. Hence the work has been adjusted to overcome in so far as possible this defect. The results in several cases have been very striking. Men have come to the classes at the beginning so lacking in co-ordination that there seemed to be lost motion in their stearing gear; the execution of the simplest action with them was as complicated as the May-Pole drill, tho less pleasing to the sight. Numbers Of these men became creditable performers, an evidence of the efficiency of the course. There was never a fair woman but she made mouths in the glass. — Dorothy Shade. 22