Daniel Wallen
Reporter
September 16, 2005
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Milligan’s annual Rush Day offers all students,
especially freshmen, the opportunity to get involved with different
organizations, including two new clubs, on Sept. 13. -Photo contributed by Ryan C. Harris |
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When the student body, faculty and staff check their e-mail each day, they take a trip back into the archives of Milligan. Some students think of Phi Alpha Theta’s “Today in Milligan History” emails as informative, while others view them as an annoyance. Despite what students may think, there is more to Phi Alpha Theta’s history project than daily e-mails.
Phi Alpha Theta, Milligan’s national history honor society, is collecting a
database of Milligan-related events that have occurred throughout the history of
the college.
“The database does not yet have a Milligan-related event for each day of the
year, but that of course is our goal,” said Dr. Ted Thomas, the club’s advisor
and associate professor of humanities, history and German.
The society plans to bring their findings to the public in several other forms.
Thomas said, “We have speculated about including some of these dates in next
year’s student handbook and of producing a desk calendar based on our finds.”
Phi Alpha Theta has utilized many resources to bring together information. These
include old issues of The Stampede, yearbooks, building plaques, local
newspapers, official college documents and cemeteries.
Dr. Thomas does not believe there is a sufficient amount of interest in the
heritage of Milligan and hopes to change that through this project.
“So many are not aware of the colorful personalities who contributed to the
establishment and growth of the college,” Thomas said. “We have some truly
outstanding alumni, and it just seems a shame that our students and newer
faculty and staff do not know about the governors, pastors, spies and athletes
that are part of Milligan’s heritage.”
