Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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ADMINISTRATION The Deans 1 1 Mm admire the man who often stops to talk, who is interested in what you arc doing, who is absolutely just and ready to help you, then you admire Dean Wald, If you want advice concern- ing money, schedule, or vocation, if you have tnii many chapel cuts or want to be excused from classes, if you wish to consult a man a- a friend or a-- an instructor, the solu- tion is. Ask Dean Wald. It is a phrase that every Millikinite has adopted and says with all confidence and trust, that he is ready to carry out the advice or direction of the answer. fin- Dean Wald knows. As Dean. Arthur Wald has created an atmosphere ot co-operative and cordial relationship between students and fac- ulty, lie ' s not the sort of man to extend a friendly slap on the hack to all comers, hut he is unfailingly so reasonable, so modest and yet so appreciative, so square in all his dealings with students that he is loved by all of them. Dean Walker as guardian of all that is line and cultural of the University occupies a special place in the regard of the student body. And as a guardian she tries to influence all to gain perfection in those things which make charm of personality. She writes: In our eagerness to acquire knowledge and to attain high scholarship, we so often neglect our opportunities to gain poise, dignity, courtesy, and the little niceties of life. Since a man is the builder of his own character, he may execute at his own will those qualities which endow him with personal attractiveness. I le may cultivate in his nature those principles which make for truth, loyalty, sincerity, ex- pressing in his atitude toward his fellows those liner instincts which make him pleasing to his friends. We must distinguish between the fad- of the day and the real character which gives to one the true courtesy which charac- terizes his true worth and never goes out of fashion. We maintain that good manners en- hance our personal happiness, and he cultivat- ing those inherent traits which go to make up a well bred person, it is possible to break up cliques and caste, thus creating a band of sym- pathy with all mankind. And yet. when she can remind us of courtesy, of manners and all other things that are cultural we m ust not forget Mis. Walker ' s own personality — her delight in teasing and being teased, kidded. the fact that she can enjoy a practical joke, and most of all, her little kindnesses to others and her appreciation of favors and of kindness. DEAN WALKER rut-Ill;. I hi

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ADMINISTRATION DR. WILLIAM LAMBERT DARBY, K S Field Secretary of James Millikin University A B. Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1895; B. D. Cumberland University 1898; Graduate Work Columbia University, 1906-1908; B. I). Union Theological Semin- ary, 1907; President Cumberland College, Clarksville, Arkansas, 1914-1916. CALVERT WELCH DYER, K i Secretary and Auditor A. B. Cumberland University, 1900; Lockyear ' s Business College, Indiana, 1902. NORMA KATHLEEN RODGERS Secretary to the President James Millikin University, 1912-14; Millikin Conservator} of Music, Certificate in Piano Playing, l ' 12; Certificate in Pipe Organ Playing, 1914; Diploma in Piano Playing, 1914. Graduate of Brown ' s Business College, 1919. MARY ELLEN MUIR Assistant Secretary and . hiditor The lames Millikin University, 1917-18. Twenty-Two