Margaret reads letters from her mother about building a house and selling it for profit. One letter mentions the people she trusted for the buying of a lot and the building of the house. It turned out that she entrusted her resources and her projects…
Margaret reads from her journal about learning that she had been elected as freshman class patron. She tells about her first duty--to chaperon freshman outings.
Margaret tells about her mother Adelle trying to start a Café (it was very hard to find a place to eat in Wheaton). But the owner of the bakery where she wanted to do it would not spend the money needed, so Adelle gave up the idea.
Miss. Torrey arranged with Margaret's mother to spend the day at her home because she lived too far from the college. This was good for Adelle to enjoy some company, especially after the death of her husband.
Margaret tells about Miss Torrey, a brilliant but eccentric Bible teacher at Wheaton College. She had very acute hearing--she once heard the whispering conversation of two boys in the back of her classroom who were discussing the affairs they were…
Adelle and the girls went for dinner on New Year's day. They stayed for a concert and then went on to call on the McShanes. Mr. McShane revealed to Adelle the plans for Balanchard Hall and other renovation projects.
Margaret recalls the coming of J. O. Buswell to the presidency at Wheaton College, replacing interim President Welsh who wanted to keep the position. She tells how Buswell's involvement in College Church split the congregation. Buswell himself was…
Margaret tells about her mother writing her about the completion of the Pierce Chapel, which did not have a balcony at the time. She remembers the building of the church and its beginnings.
Margaret was on the committee to write the school's new song. They used Northwestern's battle song as the melody. After they had all sung the song she remarked that she didn't think highly of it.
Kenneth quickly adjusted to Wheaton's strict environment despite the fact that he had had a wild youth. He had gone through a deep spiritual transformation following the death of his brother. He always quickly absorbs when he takes on a new interest.…
Kenneth's decision to become a minister was rather sudden, as most of his decisions in life. He had subconsciously made that decision before his relationship with Margaret began.
In the summer of 1924 Kenneth and his friends would go swimming. He worked an early morning shift at a restaurant. He would pull ice often. Red Grange, a Wheaton boy, would come up and pick up a 100-pound blocks of ice to load for delivery. Kenneth…
Kenneth and Margaret Landon tell of the controversy at Princeton Theological Seminary involving J. Ross Stevenson, Charles Erdman, Robert Dick Wilson and J. Gresham Machen.
Margaret remembers the first time she and Kenneth met. It was at the registrar's office, where Lois McShane was with Margaret. Kenneth had met Lois before, so she was a very important factor in Margaret and Kenneth's meeting.
Kenneth and Margaret went to talk with missionaries from Siam to prepare for their assignment. With Kenneth, Jr. they discuss missionary training and new ideas in preparing missionaries.
Following Kenneth's graduation and summer work he moved to Princeton for study. Margaret held an engagement luncheon while Kenneth was away. Margaret reads a letter Kenneth's mother had sent her welcoming her into the family. In his first year…
Margaret and Kenneth tell about their summer in Bordentown, NJ, staying again at the Hutchisons' home. Kenneth was busy with church ministry, and Margaret was busy keeping the very big house of the Hutchisons. She reads letters giving a detailed…
A Gospel preacher was invited by mistake to speak at Princeton. The students booed him but he managed to quiet them and give his sermon. It was an unforgettable experience.
In February 1926 Margaret was very sick and Kenneth had to care for her. He would cook, iron their clothes, and provide her with various kinds of care. It turn out that the sickness was in fact the symptoms of her pregnancy.
Kenneth started working with seven evangelists and started firing them one by one. He had caught them lying to him and being dishonest. He remembers one of his evangelists turning at night the church into a "disorderly house." Margaret explains that…
There was a young police lieutenant in Trang, slender, inconspicuous, not at all the kind you would expect to arrest a "tiger bandit." Yet he was absolutely fearless and quite courageous, without ever showing a sign of these qualities. He managed to…
Kenneth reads letters to his dad telling him about his trip with Margaret to Bangkok to get the children. He talks about Peggy's complexion, Bill's birthday, the pictures and movies he took, and his first game of golf with Richard W. Post. He also…
In a letter to his father Kenneth talks about Mr. Alan and the pictures they took together, especially the ones at the King's palace. Margaret tells the story behind the piece of land where the mission station was.
Kenneth tells about a life-insurance plan he bought in Bangkok. The plan was to have 11,000 worth policy by the time he was 52. They ate up that money during a year long unemployment (Margaret believes they kept part of it). Kenneth and Margaret talk…