| Citation | Financing Christian Education in the Church of the Brethren, 1943, BC2010/49, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. |
| Bio History Note | Excerpt from the Forward: The Committee on Financing Higher Education in the Church of the Brethren is appointed by the officers of the General Education Board, consisted of Dr. A. C. Baugher, President of Elizabethtown College, Dr. Charles E. Resser, Curator, Division of Palentology, Smithsonian Institution, and Dr. A. G. Breidenstine, Dean of the Hershey Junior College. The initial session of the committee was held on Saturday, July 31, 1943, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The discussion of this first session continued from 2:30 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. The entire period of time was devoted to the raising of issues and the setting forth of techniques for the study. Following the extended discussion of the first session, twenty-four major issues and questions were set forth as a working outline for further deliberation. These issues were circulated among the committee members, and considerable time was consumed in their further refinement. Dr. Resser held a rather lengthy session, calling in some of his friends for advice, during which time numerous helpful approaches to the problem were suggested. From the outline proposed by Dr. Resser a preliminary questionnaire challenged all of the committee members to their best efforts, and the final questionnaire was approved unanimously before it was reproduced for mailing..... |
