MEMOIRS BY DR. SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND PRESIDENT EMERITUS June 20, 1986 Page 13 - Tape 2
three days. The Chairman of the Examining Committee was President Cassasa, then the President of Loyola University, a Catholic institution. Some of us were a little fearful of his Catholic persuasion, but it turned out that he was the best friend we had on the team. He was impressed with the academic stature of Biola, compared with the previous ten years during which we were making plans for our move to the campus. There was a professor on the Examining Committee from Fresno State College who checked our fundamental stance position. He raised the question to the Examining Committee, "How is it that anyone could be considered intellectual and follow the fundamental teachings that we espoused?" President Cassasa spoke right up and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen (there were two nuns on the committee) we're not here to examine the doctrinal position of this school. We're here to determine whether they are doing a collegiate caliber of work in the classrooms. I believe they are. Let's leave out the
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