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  • Tags: Kenneth Landon's College Years 1921-1937

Kenneth remembers people in the small community of Wheaton praying for him and a girl named Isabel Mann. The two of them were discovered several times walking arm in arm. This was not done at the time in the community.

In his senior year at Wheaton Kenneth worked on the Tower yearbook. He reads in a letter about his work late at night to get the job done.

Kenneth purchased his first car, a Ford, at the end of his first year at Princeton Theological Seminary. He later bought another car, which he shipped to Bangkok on the mission field. This car would be sold at the end of their first term when they…

Kenneth remembers never accumulating things or celebrating a birthday or Christmas. When he married Margaret she came with much stuff and enjoyed having many celebrations, which was quite a shock to Kenneth. This accumulation of "things" continued…

Brad was amazed that Kenneth got his doctorate in one year. He himself had an honorary doctorate, but it was earned mostly through doing something at Cooper Union.

Kenneth recounts a sermon he once delivered while he was a divinity student at Princeton Theological Seminary. He went on about guardian angels to the point of moving a certain congregation member, Eliza Ridgeway, to wanting to publish the sermon.…

When Kenneth was a student at Wheaton, there were Gospel teams, and Kenneth joined one. The team would go out to testify in big black churches and white churches, and one church they visited was the Christian Science Church right there in Wheaton.…

Kenneth tells how he asked Margaret to marry him back in 1924. Kenneth was working at a restaurant and was saving money to buy an engagement ring for Margaret. He bought an expensive ring, but the problem was that Margaret didn't seem to want to be…

Margaret comments about Evan and Evangeline's troubles with money. Evan had a history of misuse of money and this affected his marriage with Evangeline. She recalls things that the Landons did not know about in the history of the Welsh family…

Kenneth reads his letter to Margaret about his final exams and the Bible conference. He studied about 24 hours a day for his exams. He was so tired and slept a lot after the exams were over.

Mrs. Stevenson, the wife of the president of Princeton seminary, was taking interest in the Landons. She invited Margaret over for tea and asked that she stayed the whole afternoon. Margaret found herself among women more formally dressed than she…

Kenneth tells of the time he and Margaret were driving home at night, and they almost had a head-on collision with a huge car coming at a very high speed. Kenneth managed to instantly get their small car out of the road. The two of them couldn't…

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 and Margaret entertained the clique, a group of young people that Kenneth had organized. Kenneth and Margaret tell about the sermon contest at Princeton that all students had to participate in before the faculty. Kenneth didn't know he was in…

Margaret reads a letter to her mother telling her about Kenneth's parents' visit, the poor health of Kenneth's mother, and her struggle with the weather in Princeton. She writes about Ned Stonehouse, a bright young man at Princeton seminary. When Ned…

Kenneth tells about his last year at Princeton, his studies, his church, his plans to go into missions, and his new wife. It was a great year in his life. He tells how they learned that Margaret was pregnant, another great event. 

Margaret reads Kenneth's letter to her mother about describing their first Christmas together, the gifts, and the atmosphere. She also reads a letter from her mother explaining their celebration of Christmas without Margaret.

Margaret started making plans for Christmas very early, as she had done since childhood. She planned and managed to buy a $60 typewriter for Kenneth and hid it in her trunk. She was afraid that Kenneth would figure out what she had gotten him.

Margaret wrote to her mother that she and Kenneth were going to the Wrights for Thanksgiving. She talks about the turkey they were going to eat. In those days turkey was still a luxury meat that you never had more than once or twice a year. 

Margaret reads a letter from Kenneth to her mother telling her that Margaret was the best wife in the world. Kenneth writes that he loves Margaret more than when they first married, and he reveals the things that he likes the most in Margaret.…

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 Princeton Kenneth and Margaret lived on a street nicely situated between the seminary and the university. 

Kenneth's parents decided to help him pay for the car. They sent a check for $20 every month for a year. 

Kenneth and Margaret remember trying to get Adelle to visit. Margaret reads from her letters to her mother and realizes that in each one she asks how soon Mother was going to come.

Margaret reads a letter from her mother telling of the engagement of Evan Welsh and Betty Sherk. Evan's mother managed to break the engagement by using Evangeline, Margaret's sister, as a "replacement." But when she realized that Evan and Evangeline…
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