Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Teachers play an important role Millsaps got involved with the outside community through the Student Sympo- sium entitled Changing Values in Amer- ica, the symposium dealt with the question of whether the American value system was changing or if it still reflected traditional American concepts and values. The sympo- sium featured a range of speakers including Dr. Ronald Sider who spoke on Evangeli- cal Theory of Public Policy; Reverend William Fore who spoke on The Replace- ment of the Modern Day Value System; and Reverend Donald Wildmon whose top- ic was People Change, Values Don ' t. In developing a sense of community at Millsaps, teachers play a vital role. While having command of the material which they teach, the Millsaps faculty also had an enthusiasm about the abilities of their stu- dents and their potential for understanding ideas. The faculty also steps-out into the intellectual community outside Millsaps. In 1 987 one teacher in particular showed com- mand of his field of history by writing a book entitled, The End of the Conservative Era. Dr. Robert McElvaine, a professor here since 1973, looked at popular movies, music and television to predict a swing back to liberalism. The broader social community also played an important role at Millsaps this past year. The Millsaps Tower was the gift of McCarty Farms in honor of the com- pany ' s founder and chairman, H.F. McCarty, Jr., his wife and their children. President Harmon offered the hope that the essential idea of Millsaps College and the inspiration which Continued on page 1 2 El i II ■ 4 ' $ 11 11 Top left: Eric Bufkin and the art of tye dye. Top right: Tony Moore shields that ball from a Centenary player. Left: Arun and Sunanda Gandhi meet with Senjay Mishra. 11