Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The college was founded in 1889–90 by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webster Millsaps, who donated the land for the college and 50,000.Dr.WilliamBeltonMurrahwasthecollege′sfirstpresident,andBishopCharlesBettsGallowayoftheMethodistEpiscopalChurchSouthorganizedthecollege′searlyfund−raisingefforts.Bothmenwerehonoredwithhallsnamedintheirhonor.MajorMillsapsandhiswifeareinterredinatombnearthecenterofcampus.ThecurrentUnitedMethodistChurchcontinuestoaffiliatewiththecollege.Millsapswaschosenasoneof131sitesforthetrainingofNavyandMarineofficersintheV−12NavyCollegeTrainingProgram.InApril1943,380studentsarrivedfortheNavyV−12programofferingengineering,pre−medicalandpre−dentaltraining.ThereafterMillsapsbeganacceptingstudentsyear−roundfortheprogram.Atotalof873officercandidateswentthroughMillsapsbetween1943and1945.TracesoftheNavyV−12unitappearintheBobashela(schoolyearbook)in1944.Thatyear,theBobashelastaffdedicatedtheyearbooktotheunitand"Dr.Sanders,"oneoftheunit′sadvisers.OnesectionmemorializedstudentswhohadbeenkilledinactionduringWorldWarII.MillsapsCollegestudentsprotestedtheshootingofJacksonStateUniversitystudentandcivilrightsworkerBenjaminBrown,whowaskilledbypoliceataprotest.TheMississippiSovereigntyCommissionphotographedtheMillsapsprotestersandidentifiedthem.TheSovereigntyCommissionspiedonandconspiredagainstcivilrightsactivistsandorganizedpressureandeconomicoppressionofthosewhosupportedthecivilrightsmovementinMississippi.1890:MajorReubenWebsterMillsapsfoundsthecollegewithapersonalgiftof50,000.
1901: Millsaps builds the first golf course in Mississippi.
1902: Mary Letitia Holloman becomes the first female graduate of Millsaps.
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