John Wesley Beeson As Well As The Beeson Colleges

I stumbled across a reference to James T. Dawson's hardcover history of John Wesley Beeson several days agone in addition to am delighted to larn to a greater extent than well-nigh the Beeson family's involvement alongside higher instruction inwards the South.

The majority volition sure enough involvement anyone who seeks specific data on East Mississippi Female College, Meridian Male College, or Meridian Woman's College.  Dawson weaves together a narrative alongside numerous photographs, architectural sketches of campus buildings, in addition to selections from diverse yearbooks.

Dawson is likewise successful on only about other degree inwards describing only about of the approaches used yesteryear J.W. Beeson in addition to other members of his identify unit of measurement involved inwards the management of the institutions.  A brother, Malcolm Alfred Beason, served equally president of Meridan Male College until 1914, afterward serving equally a faculty fellow member in addition to dean of agriculture at Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College, Stillwater, OK.  J.W. initially focused his unloose energy on Meridian Women's College in addition to ultimately moved from Meridian, MS.  He pursued other successful ventures after 1919, especially alongside insurance, though he in addition to his heirs maintain to bring a pregnant touching on on higher instruction equally reflected inwards major gifts to back upward Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and the Beeson International Center at Asbury Theological Seminary.

The majority tin survive purchased from the Lauderdale County (MS) Department of Archives in addition to History inwards Meridian, MS for $20 addition shipping/handling.