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The manuscript reflects on returning to Wheaton College after approximately forty years and contains extensive recollections of the college\'s formative years, its educational philosophy, early campus buildings, President Charles A. Blanchard, Jonathan Blanchard, President Ferris, Professor J. B. Russell, Professor George S. Burks, alumni life, and the ideals that shaped one of America\'s most influential evangelical colleges.
The manuscript includes observations such as:
\"It is still a log unless there is the man who would gladly learn and gladly teach.\"
and
\"The student who is a student.\"
It discusses the college\'s growth, memorials to prominent faculty, and the enduring Christian educational vision that distinguished Wheaton.
The manuscript comes from the collection of William J. Jones, Wheaton College Class of 1925, later associated with PrincetonSeminary, J. Gresham Machen, Oswald T. Allis, Westminster Theological Seminary, and twentieth-century evangelical publishing.Original 1931 Wheaton College manuscript discussing President Jonathan Blanchard, Charles A. Blanchard, Professor J. B. Russell, Professor George S. Burks, Christian higher education, evangelical history, early campus life, and the ideals of Wheaton College. From the William J. Jones collection, Wheaton Class of 1925, later associated with J. Gresham Machen, Oswald T. Allis, Princeton Seminary, Westminster Theological Seminary, and twentieth-century evangelical publishing.
