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1-23 the recruiting of a qualified faculty, not easy in view of the stringent financial conditions. Dr . Monroe, however, had a measure of success; per- -· haps, this was his greatest achievement during his tenure as Dean . During the ,summer of i9-41 , Dr . Monroe ' s marrtcfi)ge t~ his former secre- tary, Miss Peggy Hacock, caused a flood of criticism, because his first wife had divorced him~. years earlier . Not desiring to create a difficult problem for Biola , Dr . Monroe resigned his position , effective immediately . The Board of Directors accepted his resignation, expressing their sin cere appreciation for his splendid attitude and for his loyalty to Biola. Dr . John A. Hubbard , a long-time member of the f~ty , was apointed as Acting Dean for the fall semester of 1941. The account of Dr . Sutherland's many years of successful service with Biola University has been detailed in Chapter VI; therefore, here only a few of his acheivments during his tenure as Dean from February 5, 1942, until September , 1952, when he was promoted to President, will be mentioned, such as the following: (1) Director of the Extension Department and later of the Practical Work Department, which involved seeing that each 'student was engaged in some type of practical Christian service in various churches and other Christian organizations ; (2) faculty member, teaching Personal Evangelism, Dispensations, and Homiletics; (3) . his relationship with the entire student body and with the Board of Directors . DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND
DR. JAMES H. CHRISTIAN
Dr • .James H. Christian , the sixth Dean of Biola , was born December· 12 , 1919 , in Los Angeles, California . His early life was spent in the vicinity of ?anta Monica and Melrose Boulevards, one of the older sectio~s of the City, and predominately a jewish neighborhood . Jim remembers arguing with
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