more moderate attitude and thus, ironed out _some of the former
difficulties; but, undoubtedly, Mrs. Milton Stewart's pressure
to save the Hunan project was a major factor in achieving a
workable solution.
Fiscal problems had some bearing on the school's future
academic direction as well. Keller, in the late 1920s, began
to seek a well .trained Biblical scholar to replace him, as he
plarih~d to ~etire ih ' the - ~arly 1930s.~ ~e returned to Los Angeles
in 1927 and met with a family friend, Mr. Richards, who suggested
I c~t~\
that a young scholar, Rev. E.F. Harrison from Princeton, might
Harrison accepted the Hunan offer but was
be just the man.
delaye~ in his sched~_led 1928 departure because of civil strife
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in Hunan. · He then .~ccepted a ca1i to teach Old Testament at
Dallas Theological Seminary for a year . . Harrison finally . made
his way to. China in 1931. Chinese dialect difficuities prev~nt~d . ct• t h. 79 apy,_ ;+mme 1ate . e~c . 1ng. : A more serious obstacle was the lack \ ' .. of ~: fi~~nc.~a~< suppo~"t promised :to,,the Ha:rrisons ,_ who '. had their ~ ._. • .-- . . • ·- I j. • • ·• ~ . ~" _., ._,, !. - •....._ ..L - .. - _.:, .J,...I " - • - j . . • ...i, ~ • {t- ( (, Q \r ~ ~., fi-!~ .t ~~hi,ld. , w{J.J-le _ in China :. 80 .... _:In_ ad~_i_tip~, :: ,so~e ·s_taff . had \ expected that Charles Roberts, the then assistant superintenden)>( should assume Keller's post of superintendent - as Roberts was J extremely popular with the Chinese. Feeling that his. appointment
would ultimately not materialize as initially designed, Harrison
left China to accept a second call to teach at Dallas Seminary
in 1934. Subsequently, he received his Ph.D. in New Testament
studies at Princeton; his academic career culminated at Fuller
Theological Seminary in Pasadena, where he became Chairman of
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