98 Covenant Church in South Chicago, which he served two years before going to the Broadway Temple in Minneapolis, Minnesoata. From 1915 to 1922, he pas- -~-~ -tored the Swedish Tabernacle in Seattle, Washington. During this time he . was intstrumental in the purchase o.f the Snohomish Bible Conference grounds, which has been famous as a Bible Conference center since that time. From 1922 to 1933, he pastored Bulah Tabernacle in Turlock, California. From there he went to the Lake View Mission Church in Chicago, which he was serv- ing when he became President of Biola. During all these years Dr. Rood be- came a prominent national leader in fundamental circles. After a tenure of three years, Dr. Rood resigned as President of Biola. The years of his presidency, like tl~se of his predecessors, were fraught with many financial difficulties. Biola was still deeply in debt, having experienced such a substantial loss of income from both the Macinnis Contro- versy and the Great Depression. However, some progress was made during his administration both in the areas of finances and of academics. Although Dr. Rood's resignation became effective October 1, 1938, he continued for some time as editor of the King's Business. Immediately upon the resignation of Dr. Rood, the Board of Directors turned again to Dr. Talbot, who agreed for a second time to serve as Presi- dent. His first tenure of office extended from November, 1932, to October; ยท 1935. His second, from October 1938, to September, 1952. These were, with- out doubt, some of the most difficult and frustrating years in the history of Biola. They were years of financial chaos; the School almost went out of existence when it was faced with foreclosure and the sale of its build- ings at auction, it was Dr. Talbot whom God used to bring the School out of its financial chaos and to put it again on a solid foundation. The de- tails of how this was accomplished are related in Chapter VIII. DR. TALBOT'S SECOND PRESIDENCY
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