Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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DEDICATION % .J — More than by adequate endowments, extensive libraries, well-equipped laboratories, and modern buildings — as significant as all of these are — the excellence of any college depends upon the abilities of its faculty members. Since 1920 there has been in the Enghsh Department of Millsaps College a teacher of great talent, a truely eminent professor, Dr. Milton Christian White. From the richness of his academic experiences and out of the overflow of his vital personality, he has kindled the imagination of many generations of college students so that they have been able to visualize English literature and world literature as a moving pageantry of men and human progress. Always scholarly in his teaching, he has caused his classes to love literature, delighting them with apt illustrations and timely anecdotes. His kindness and sincerity have inspired the confidence of his students. Much about life he has taught them, not only in the classroom but on the tennis courts as well. If we should list the teachers who have made Millsaps College great, the name of Dr. Milton Christian White would receive a prominent position. We wish to dedicate this volume of the Bobashela to this excellent teacher and friend. DR. MILTON CHRISTIAN WHITE

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NOW PAUSES TO REMEMBER WILLIAM EMIL HIECKEN After eaniiiiu; liis A. 15., A.M., and I ' li.D degrees at Indiana Uiii er.sity and teacliin; then ' and at otlicr in.stitution.s, Dv. Hiecken tanic to Milisai)s in 1934 as head of the Department of Bioh)gy. Jle hecaine Dean in 1939 and continued in Ijoth position.s until ill lu-altii forced hi.s retirement in 19.53. His pliysica! conihtion Ix ' came progressixcK ' worse, and lie died |anuar 20, 195.S. The 1947 Bohashela said of Dr. Hiecken: Dean of Men, Teaciier of Hiolog) ' , member of Flii Beta Kappa — these are just a few of the things w liicli make Dr. Hiecken a very ersatile person. An outstanding scholar, he is unsui ' passed in tlie fair execution of his duties. Iustincti c ' l ' , Millsaps students rcsi)cct and like Dean Hiecken. As this statement indicates. Dr. Hiecken was one of the most respected members of the college community. He was respected for his intellect, his industr -, but most of all for his integrity. His unswer ing lo alt ' , honest) ' , and sense of fair play were his outstanding characteristics. Students and facidty members might not always agree with his opinions anti policies, ])ut they always knew they could get a frank and cantlid answer from him, and they always respected him. Dr. Hiecken was not responsible for establishing the high ideals and standards characteristic of Mill- saps, but throughout his tenure as Dean he was prob- ably more responsible than any other person for up- holding them. His devotion to the college which he loved and the principles for which he stood won the admiration of all who knew him, and Millsaps today is a better place for his having been here. CURTIS MULLEN, III Millsaps College, on January 20, 1958, was sad- dened to hear of the death of Curtis Nhdlen, or Sonny, as most of his friends knew him. Curtis was one who had li ed but shortK among us, but one who had gained the respect and admiration of all those who knew him. He was a student well ersed in the graces of everyday living — one who thought of others more than himself; one who loved Cod and li ed a high e. emplar ' life. Millsaps has lost an inquiring student; journalism has lost a promising journalist; mankind has lost a fine friend and excellent companion. We all feel deeply the loss of this one who was so much a part of Millsaps College.