Milton College - Fides Yearbook (Milton, WI)

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v v W 212 M at-1 gh W W 4 ga Sita it A A A 4 112 .fttfmf-A A M A 'mm Oratorical Association, under whose auspices the oratorical contests are held yearly and debates at intervals. The past year has seen a revival of interest in intercollegiate debating which bids fair to attain the place of importance which it once held in college activities. XVith the declaration of war in 1917 many students enlisted as in Civil lVar days. Once again the campus 1'esounded with the tread of marching men. Once again as in those olden days the bugle sang out its challenge and Milton's sons rose to answer the call. Some never returned, and the names of Lloyd Perry, Carroll XVest, Kenneth Randolph, Paul Randolph, l'aul Kelly, Clinton Lewis and Floyd Van Horn, gleam brightly on the roll of the honored dead. In autumn of 1918 the Students' Army Training Corps was opened as a unit established in connection with Whitewater Normal School, under the command of Lieut. Stephen W. Dawes. Goodrich Hall was used as a barracks to house the fifty-live who enrolled. The organization disbanded before Christmas, and of those students who came expressly to enter the S. A. T. C., scarcely any re- mained-. lt would be impossible to write an account of the history of this institution without speaking of certain teachers whose lives have been so interwoven with the college as to be a part of it. Probably no one has exerted a deeper and more lasting influence upon the history and policy of the college than llrof. Albert XVhitford, next to his brother. As an instructor he was a potent factor in the development of the academy of early days, and later he gave his services to Milton College until 1911, when he was made professor emeritus, with his for- mer title. Another faithful teacher was l'rof. .lairus M. Stillman, who for nearly forty years devoted his life and talents to the music department of the college. I-lc was an able chorus leader, and it is to him that Milton owes its renown in choral singing. Dr. Stillman held musical conventions in several states and was widely known as the composer of the State song of NVisconsin, the Badger Song. At his retirement in 1909 his work as director of the school of music was ably con'- tinued by Miss Alberta Crandall, who with her sister, Mrs. Iillen C. Place, had had charge of the teaching of instrumental music since 1903. It is only within ZTXXZHISZ XXXII Page Twenty-eight

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V V W ,gg gf-KRW: W W V 455 31.211 QW: -5. A A A f'AfWf 't A A A was about this time that the library was founded by the Rev. Daniel Babcock, who at his death, left to the college his private library and one thousand dollars with which to buy books. At the death of l.'resident XVhitford on May 20, 1902. Dr. XN'illiam C. Daland, who was then pastor of the Seventh Day Paptist Church of Leonardsville, N. Y., was called to take up the work of the lamented former president. Few men were better equipped by ability and character to assume this of- lice than Dr. Ualand. and his self-sacrificing devotion to the interests of the col- lege has been rewarded by the affectionate regard of hundrds of students whose lives bear the imprint of his influence. At the commencement of 1902, it was suggested that the most fitting me- morial to the late president Whitford would be the Science hall which he had so earnestly advocated. The cost of the building which was about thirty thou- sand dollars, was met by subscriptions. A gift of live thousand dollars was received from the widow of the late George 1-1. Habcock, and six thousand live hundred dollars from Andrew Carnegie through the influence of Dr. james Mills, a graduate of the college. The building was finished in October 1906. and was dedicated at Commencement of the next year. For some time the need for a gymnasium had been pressing and in 1909. with the gift of one thousand dollars from the class of that year, pledges were made amounting to over eight thousand dollars. The building, which cost over twenty-two thousand dollars was iinished.in 'Iune 1911. lt is used both for a gymnasium and an auditorium. The old Christian Association was reorganized in 1907 and formed into two societies, the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. NV. C. A. In 1910 a new woman's literary society was formed, known as the Miltonian lyceum. Among other student ac- tivities are the Athletic Association which includes all college students, and the EEHHM WHERE Page '1'wenty-seven

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W 'W V W W V the last year that the plan has been adopted of giving college credits for thc applied study of music, although the musical courses have always been popular ones. Prof. Ludwig Kumlien was head of the Natural l-listory and Physiology department for thirteen years until his death in December 1902. He was a graduate of Albion Academy and had studied at the University of XVisconsin. He had been a naturalist in the l-lowgate Polar lixpedition in 1877-77, and arti- cles of his relating to North American birds and fishes frequently appeared in scientific journals. At his death his work was taken up by Prof. Albert R. Crandall, who after his graduation from Milton College in 1873, spent live years in study at Harvard, was assistant in the Geological Survey of the state of Ken- tucky, and was a professor in the College of Agriculture of that state. The President's Home Another devoted instructor was Prof. Edwin Shaw, a graduate in 1888, wh: ivas ,l rofessor of Latin and chemistry in the college for eighteen years and who is .now Secretary of the Sabbath Tract Society, and of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. Dr. Albert XV. Kelly, Doctor of Philosophy of Otterbein University, Ohio, was professor of chemistry in the college for eight years. a period of service which was ended by his death in 1916. Other former instructors in the college were Mrs. limma T. l'latts, teacher of the- French language from 1898 to 1907, Miss Agnes Babcock, instructor in ClOClltlOl1 and English from 1904 to 1907, Mrs. Janette Day, instructor in elocu-- tion from 1907 to 1909, and Miss May B. Smith, instructor in French and ling- hsh from 1907 to 1910, and also librarian. D Qf Milton students a considerable number have attained distinction in var- ious tields of endeavor. Especially is this true in educational work, for Milton Lollege has furnished more teachers to the state in proportion to its size than any other institution. Among these were Prof. Albert Salisbury deceased, a EHBBBISZIEBBHE Page Twenty-nine