Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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English Department Instills Appreciation of Literature Emphasizing creativity while instilling in students an appreciation of great literature of the world, the Department of English has three major pur- poses: to give all students proficiency in the writing of clear and correct English; to give to all who wish to pursue electives in this department a deep under- standing and appreciation of selected authors and periods of literature,- and to provide, for those who wish to teach or to enter graduate school, adequate preparation and a thorough background for specializ- ed study. In addition, the English Department had this year an added intellectual outlet. Miss Eudora Welty, the first lady of contemporary American letters, agreed to accept the first Writer-in-Residence posi- tion at Millsaps for the 1964-1965 session. Miss Welty conducted a semi-weekly seminar on the art of fiction. She also presented one lecture-reading per term, which was open to the public. At her winter lecture she spoke on The Southern Writer Today before a near-capacity crowd at the Christian center. George Wilson Boyd; Professor of English; Chairman of English Department; B.A., Murray State College; M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., Columbia University. Paul Douglas Hardin; Associate Professor of English; B.A., Millsaps College; M.A., Duke University; advanced graduate work, University of Southern California. Mildred Lillian Morehead; Associate Professor of English; B.A., Mississippi State College for Women; M.A., Duke University; advanced graduate work, University of Colorado, Coumbia University, University of Wisconsin. [ 14 ]

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Frank M. Laney, Jr.; Associate Professor of History; B.A., University of Mississ- ippi; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia. William C. Harris; Assistant Professor of History; B.A., University of Alabama; advanced graduate work, University of Alabama. Courses Stress Intellectual Consideration of Situations Contributions of ancient civilizations, atrocites of the French Revolution, Americanism of 1776, prin- ciples of constitutional law— these are some concerns of the Department of History at Millsaps. History courses have been so planned that the student may follow the causal relationship in human development. Upon a thorough factual foundation emphasis is placed on the progressive organization of social, intellectual, and moral ideas of peoples and nations. In the approach to an understanding of historical phenomena, literature, religion, racial factors, economic conditions, and social institutions, as well as forms of government, are considered. Ross Henderson Moore; Professor of History; Chairman of History Department; B.S., M.S., Millsaps College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Duke University. Mrs. Madeline McMullan; Instructor of History; B.A., Trinity College; M.A., Johns Hopkins. [ 13 ]

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Robert Herbert Padgett; Assistant Professor of English; B.A., Texas Christian University; M.A., VanderbMt; advanced gradu- ate work, Universite de Clermont-Ferrand. Mrs. Marguerite Wat kins Goodman; Associate Professor of English; B.A., Agnes Scott College; M.A., Tulane University. Eudora Welty; Writer-in-Residence; B.A., University of Wisconsin; twice winner of first prize in the O. Henry Memorial Contest; recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships; member of National Institute of Arts and Letters. Mrs. Lois Black well; Instructor of English; B.A., M.A., Mississippi College. [ 15 ]