Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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CALVERT WELCH DYER Secretary and Auditor Kappa Sigma. A.B. Cumberland University, 1900. Lockyear ' s Business College, Evans- ville, Indiana, 1902. LUCILLE MARGARET BRAGG Recorder Instructor in Ancient Languages Kappa. A.B. James Millikin University, 1909; M.A. 1910. NORMA KATHLEEN ROGERS Secretary to the President Lambda Tau Delta. James Millikin Univer- sity 1912-14; Millikin Conservatory of Mu- sic, Certificate in Piano Playing, 1912; Cer- tificate in Pipe-Organ Playing, 1914; Diplo- ma in Piano Playing, 1914; Graduate of Brown ' s Business College, 1919. MARY ELLEN MUIR Assistant Secretary and Auditor Lambda Tau Delta. The James Millikin University, 1917-18. Twenty-four

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THE DEAN OF WOMEN If the Dean of Women gave her attention exclusively to the educa- tional problems of the day, one could easily specify what are her duties. If it were her work to give her time to scholastic records that would be an im- portant task. While she is deeply in- terested in these lines it is generally conceded that she should spend the greater part of her time in solving prob- lems such as the professor does not have to consider. While her position in a certain sense is administrative, this is but a small part of her task. The Dean ' s workshop is the whole college. She is interested in the curriculum, the social life of the student, the housing problem, the commissary department, sanitation, physical culture and the religious life of the student. There is not a phase of the college life that does not closely link itself with her work. There are many factors which enter into the education of a young woman. There are many problems to be solved and many details to be worked out which are not apparent to the casual observer, but which enter into the composite of a successful student. The Dean of Women must be worthy of the confidence of her stu- dents. Frequently the young woman needs words of commendation, en- couragement and occasionally helpful and constructive criticism, as well as restraint. The individual needs of the student must be studied. She must know her young women. Their physical, mental and spiritual welfare should be her care. She must have their interest in reference to their general conduct, manners and morals. The Dean of Women also has a most important duty to perform in seeking to inspire her students to the high ideals of Christian char- acter and scholarly attainments. The public judge a college by its personnel in fac- ulty and administrative officers. They expect the Dean of Women to be an example of dignity and poise not assumed but of the heart which unconsciously becomes contagious so that her students imitate and adopt her standards. All of these things and many more are the daily routine of the Dean of Women ' s life in a Christian college. To summarize her work, it is that of character building which after all is the most vital thing in the college curriculum, and it is distinctly a permanent part of the task of the Dean of Women. Lillian Walker. Helen Parkinson, Assistant to the Dean. Twentj

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EUGENIA ALLIN Librarian and Professor of Library Science Phi Delta Psi. B.L.S. University of Illinois, 1903; Extension Commission, 1910-14. MARYBELLE PRICE Assistant Librarian Pi Beta Phi. A.B. The James Millikin Uni- versity, 1917. ALBERT TAYLOR MILLS Professor of History and Political Science Kansas State Normal School 1893, 1896. A. B. University of Michigan, 1899; M.A. 1908; University of Chicago, 1899, 1922. WILLIAM CORNELL CASEY Professor of Government and Political Science Tau Kappa Epsilon. Illinois State Normal University, 1909 11; A.B. James Millikin University, 1916; M.A. University of Illinois, 1922.