Kenneth talks about his love for ham, which he would eat a lot and carry around in his pocket for snack. He tells about his use of zippers, which a man at an old shack had invented.
The young people at Kenneth's church were all college aged people but none of them ever went to college. Kenneth organized them into a club and had all kinds of activities going on for them. He managed to have them help out in producing the parish…
Kenneth explains how, from his earliest childhood, he had a free pass for any train ride South of the Mississipi, and he travelled often, as soon as he was old enough to use it.
Kenneth recalls his examination for ordination in April 1926. He recalls his ordination as well, an unforgettable experience in which so many hands were laid on him. He felt something was happening.
Kenneth was standing in line for more than an hour to get his car checked. The car passed the inspection and the man who was supposed to change the sticker on the windshield just ignored him. Kenneth pulled out a book and started reading, completely…
Kenneth recalls being called by "Dick" to parse a whole chapter of Hebrew in the Old Testament, unprepared. One day Dick invited him to tea at 10 o'clock at his home. He would work until 2:00 a.m. helping Dick in his work, and tea would come only at…
Kenneth tells of an important conversation with Margaret's mother, who didn't like him at first. She struck him as a wise and humble woman. The two became good friends.
Margaret reads from a letter to her mother telling her about the effective ministry that Kenneth was having. She tells about a sixteen years old boy that Kenneth had led to Christ and how this boy was growing amazingly in his faith.
Kenneth recalls an argument with Mr. Rigg, his head elder, who invited him to attend a church service given specially for the Masonic Lodge. Kenneth refused what was an implicit invitation to join the Lodge, and Rigg didn't like this refusal a bit.
Kenneth graduated from Wheaton in June 1924. His mother was ill and so couldn't come to graduation, but his father did. Kenneth worked during that summer to earn some money.
Kenneth tended to have little and get rid of things, but Margaret's habit was to collect and keep. This put the young couple on opposite ends as they entered marriage. Margaret was sometimes hurt by Kenneth throwing away things she would like to…
Kenneth's first semester at Princeton he studied Hebrew and Greek and worked hard to be part of the top ten who entered professor Robert Wilson's advanced Hebrew class after Christmas time.
Kenneth recalls a class fight in which he got at Wheaton. It was the first time in the history of the college that this was happening. Kenneth and his pals "stacked" the rooms of their adversaries, throwing everything on the floor.
In Columbus, NJ, Kenneth found a room to stay, at the house of Mrs. Townsend. He talks about how he managed to go from a small to a large room in Mrs. Townsend's house.
Kenneth recalls having a hard time getting Margaret Mortenson to go on a date with him because she was the darling of all the football players. Eventually, Margaret named a date when she was free and they had their first date. Kenneth describes it as…
Kenneth reads from his journal that on Oct. 16, 1927 his weight is 138 lbs, and he wrote to Margaret about it, joking that she now could marry him and he would look the best that he ever would.
Saturday was pay day and everyone would dress up and go to downtown. Kenneth would watch the men gambling and quickly learned the best way to win. He remembers gambling, playing the role of the banker and winning consistently.
When it came to procuring a marriage license in Wheaton, Kenneth learned it could be done the day of the wedding, and that only one of them needed to appear.
Despite his incomplete grade in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati, Kenneth had taken so many classes there that, following his transfer to Wheaton, he was told he would graduate in three years rather than four. This was astonishing to him.
Kenneth talks about his summer after graduation from Wheaton and his beginnings at Princeton. He remembers Eddie Love and Ding Darling, two roommates who shared the room next to his.
Kenneth talks about finishing his book sale in November 1925. His parents visited him and he took his mother for a tour of campus and to dinner while his father went his own way.
Kenneth once went in a new house on Park Avenue and inadvertently fell headfirst down the chimney. He was wearing a big straw hat which offered some protection to his head, but still he was knocked out for awhile. Once he realized what had happened…