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

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' The aim of the undergraduate experience tt comes from education will always be what is remembered of Millsaps and symbolized by the Millsaps Tower during a ceremony for the dedication of the Bell Tower on Oc- tober 15, 1987. The Franklin W. Olin Hall of Science was dedicated during Founder ' s Day cele- bration on February 13, 1988. Millsaps competed against 93 other colleges and uni- versities to be the first college in Mississippi to receive a grant from the Olin Founda- tion. The $5.5 million grant was evidence of Millsaps ' high degree of academic excel- lence. The building makes available sophis- ticated equipment for undergraduate use. It is possible to list many different pur- poses for a liberal arts education. Some have said that education is something that is left when we have forgotten what we learned. It is frequently said in regard to the classical education of British universities that the truly educated person should feel at home in the world anywhere in the world. In a book entitled. The Undergrad- uate Experience in America, Ernest Boyer concludes that the aim of the undergrad- uate experience is not only to prepare the young for productive careers, but also to enable them to live lives of dignity and pur- pose; not only to generate new knowledge, but to channel that knowledge to humane ends; not merely to study government, but to help shape a citizenry that can promote the public good. This is the goal for which Millsaps is striving, by David Pritchard Opposite: Dr. Coker. Top left: Chris Powell cheers the Majors on. Top right: Johnny Mitias on the Pearl River levee. Above: K-Paul Smith re- cieves a donation during the Food Drive. Right: Jerry Leonard breaks free from the line on a 28- yard touchdown run. 12