Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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It is easier to keep up than to catch up. We are constantly faced with this admonition intended to spur each individual to better achievements. To the school itself, however, the warning seems to be merely a pleasant combination of words. When are we going to start to catch up so we can keep up with the times and with our fellow colleges and universities? Too long have we been carried along by the accomplishments of a few notables and one or two departments. The red herring of the past can be dragged only so far into the present before it becomes stale. We have been promised too much with the realiza- tion of too little, and a once healthy attitude toward Millikin is fast being beaten into a state of lethargy by administrative complacency. Next year we mark JMU ' s 48th birthday . . . and a new science building. Is this a new beginning, or will this one accomplishment be considered enough to last for another 50 years while we sink further into a state of educational coma?