author: brooks blevins

... farewell speech to the tearful student body gathered in Alumni Hall . At his request the board granted the exiting president an indefinite leave of absence for the duration of the war . As he had done when William S. Lacy left in 1937 ...

... gospel singing community, in sharp contrast to their trendier and more ... piano, and her strong alto still stands out at the rural Missionary Baptist ... gospel- singing cousins were Pentecostals, for in the days of my youth in the 1970s ...