Excerpt from Crusader, 1981 During the dark days of the Depression the college found ah other leader of self-denial in w.e. Holcomb, appropriately a businessman in those years so lean for business (1932 Holcomb brought denominational expertise as well as economic awareness to his eight years as president and helped the college walk a financial tight-rope for two college generations before the bleak situation of 1940 forced it to close. In all, these six able presidents have demonstrated unusual faith and courage: to found ...
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Excerpt from Crusader, 1981 During the dark days of the Depression the college found ah other leader of self-denial in w.e. Holcomb, appropriately a businessman in those years so lean for business (1932 Holcomb brought denominational expertise as well as economic awareness to his eight years as president and helped the college walk a financial tight-rope for two college generations before the bleak situation of 1940 forced it to close. In all, these six able presidents have demonstrated unusual faith and courage: to found, in the first place, the oldest surviving col lege in south Mississippi; to continue it after two closings; to be come the first all-white college to voluntarily admit blacks; to move into the center of New Orleans with an ambitious nursing program; to buy an entire campus on the beaches of the Gulf Coast; and always to live the motto of William Carey himself, Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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