Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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THE BOARDS OF CONTROL The Board cf Trustees of the University W. H. Penhallegon, D.D., President . . Decatur C. E. Gullett, Vice President Lincoln H. E. Starkey, Secretary Lincoln J. C. Fischer, Treasurer Decatur Illinois Synod Hon. L. B. Stringer, 1923 Lincoln George B. Spitler, 1923 Mt. Zion A. H. Mills, 1923 Decatur J. C. Fisher, M.D., 1924 Decatur F. E. Bell, M.D., 1924 Mattoon W. H. Evans, 1924 Lincoln W. H. Penhallegon, D.D., L.L.D., 1925 . . Decatur C. E. Gullett, 1925 Lincoln C. S. Oglevee, Ph.D., 1925 Lincoln Indiana Synod W. F. Padgett, D.D., 1923 . . . Evansville, Indiana A. G. Bergen, D.D., 1924 Springfield Hon. J. E. Williamson, 1925 . . Evansville, Indiana Iowa Synod H. E. Starkey, 1923 Lincoln A. M. Kenney, 1924 Decatur R. L. Van Nice, D.D., 1925 . . . Waukon, Iowa The Board of Managers of the Decatur College and Industrial School A. H. Mills, President, 1922 Decatur G. A. Stabler, Vice President, 1922 . . . Decatur C. W. Dyer, Secretary Decatur O. B. Gorin, Treasurer Decatur H. M. Owen, 1924 Decatur J. S. McClelland, 1924 Decatur J. R. Holt, 1924 Decatur G. F. Moeller, 1922 Decatur A. R. Scott, 1923 Bethany W. M. Bering, 1923 Decatur W. R. McGaughey, 1923 Mt. Zion W. F. Hardy, 1925 Decatur Ex-Officio, Honorary, and Consulting Members The President of the University, the President and the Dean of Do- catur College, the President of the Board of Trustees of the University, the Trustees of the University residing in Macon County, and the Sec- retary and Treasurer of the Board of Managers,

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QUESTION There is a challenge in my inner scul, that bids me rise To Truth; nor dabble in the petty things of life, The base, the false, the lures in common guise, Nor let myself be bound about by prejudice of some former and now useless strife; I would not build my soul upon the glimpsings cf a vain nearsighted mind, Nor let it cower in the shades of idle pre-existcnt ties, Accepting thus the meagre measurings of what the multitude can find, Nor deem myself thus satisfied with what I can despise, Nor feel my courage falter at the thought of living deeply, And shrinking from a future in unpleasing guise, I chasten all ambition by holding life so cheaply, That in a universe thus full of beauty and inspiring might, I slowly sink to traffic in the lesser purposes of men, Of greed, or lust, or selfishness, or petty spite, Which blight and dwarfen into puniness a God ' s triumphant plan, Enslaving ideals known and loved, in response to some false sign, That leads aside seductively, as only falsehood can, From all emotions that are grand, or exquisite, or fine; But I would not seek the vision of a larger kingdom for my soul, And gain dominion in the lofty motives of a God created earth, Exalting reason to transcend its highest goal, And sieze the great, the good, the constancy of universal worth, That I may bind my sense of what is true and perfect as a guide, In flaming past the common circumstance of life and act, And make my deed with my aspiring vision coincide, While fancy and ideals thus magnify their service in achieving fact, And blend a whole existence into one supreme design. — . J. B.