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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

Dr. Jones, one of the most polished and cultured men on the faculty,
head of the school of English, carried on the work of administration in a

highly satisfactory way.

In the meantime, the trustees met and elected Dr. A. P. Montague, then

president of Howard College, Birmingham Alabama, to the presidency
of Columbia.

Dr. Montague, a member of that distinguished Virginia family, came to

the institution after a long life as a successful educator, ripe in
scholarships, vigorous and hearty.

He took hold in mid-summer and conducted a campaign for students that

increased the attendance over previous years by more than 25%. He
gathered about him a strong faculty, and there was no doubt as to the

future of the college.

It was the pleasure of this writer to become associated with the college

in a new capacity. I had served from the beginning as a trustee. Now I
was invited to take over the Bible department, and along with it, the

business office. I became business manager and purchasing agent for the

college, besides my classroom work.

As the times grew harder and the money scarcer, the faculty had to be

cut down and the extra work shouldered by the members remaining.

It became very taxing on one’s strength, but I count the Five years in

which I was associated with Columbia College as a teacher and business
manager as the happiest period of my life.

It was a joy to be associated with Dr. Montague, and the other members

of the faculty, and to have part of the training of those fine boys and
girls who were struggling for an education.

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