Millikin's Second Decade:
a Highlight of Events of Note

President William Howard Taft spoke at Millikin University on Feb. 11, 1911. He was enroute to Springfield to speak at the annual banquet of the Lincoln Memorial Club.

Photograph of President Fellows and his Inauguration program. George Emory Fellows was inaugurated as the second president of Millikin University on Dec. 9, 1913. He served from 1913-1915.

The Fellows Administration marked the only attempt to establish a school of agriculture on Millikin's campus. The six-week course elicited little response and, due to high costs, was cut.

In response to the first world war, a Student army training corps was established on the Millikin campus. Six green barracks, complete with mess hall, were constructed for the S.A.T.C. station at a cost of $30,000. The gymnasium served as an armory.

A simulated battlefield, complete with trenches and foxholes, was constructed north of the Conservatory in the area near the new science building and Kirkland.

The annual May Fete took place beginning in 1909. It included the wrapping of the may pole, and the crowning of a queen.

The Decatur String Quartet was established 1912 by Professor Edson Morphy, violin professor and conductor of the Conservatory of Music Orchestra. Members of the group are (L to R): Edson Morphy, George Schwartz, Dr. J.H. McDunnough, and Mary Hemenway, instructor of violin and 1911 graduate of Millikin Conservatory of Music. The picture was taken for their first performance together in January 1912.

Annual shows of student projects, open to the public, were an opportunity for students to showcase their creations. Dresses made by the domestic economy classes are featured in 1913. These annual exhibitions were held through 1913.

Millikin's third president was appointed in February 1920 and served in that capacity until 1923.