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Holiday Hours
December 8th, 2011 • Jason Fowler
The Archives will be open under it’s normal schedule until Friday, December 16. We will be closed from December 19 through January 2. We will reopen on January 3.
Intermediate Exams at the Seminary
December 6th, 2011 • Jason Fowler
[This article by Steve Jones originally appeared in the Dec-Jan 2012 issue of Towers.]
Today, the months of December and January mark a period of rest from studies or a focused class for students at Southern Seminary. That wasn’t the case for students in the 19th century. For students at that time, these months marked a trying period of intermediate examinations.
These exams were notoriously difficult, Read more …