MEMOIRS BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT EMERITUS
June 20, 1986 Page 8 - Tape 2
graduates at the Ramabai Mukte Mission. He met with Miss Carol Terry and raised this question with her. She had already known of our desire to go ahead into the collegiate program and was in favor of the idea. Dr. Talbot recounted the experiences he had had with other missionaries in Africa and other parts of India on his tour, and she encouraged him to write to me as soon as possible and assure me of his backing in putting over the concept of a good collegiate program. He said he would let me know when he got home. She said, "No, write him a letter right now." And so she sat him down at the desk and practically browbeat him into writing a letter that I received and which made not only my day, but my whole experience complete. He started out his letter with the phrase, "My Beloved Sam." When I read that salutation I knew something good was coming. When he wrote a formal letter it was always, "Dear Dr. Sutherland." When he just wanted to write a memo about some little thing it was,
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