Title

The Western Christian Alliance, 1945-1948

Creator

Dordt University

Interviewer

KDCR staff

Files

Description

In this segment, B. J. Haan describes how the junior college movement idea was brought up by the Western Christian Alliance after World War II. The term "six-week-wonders" is mentioned, referring to teachers with only six weeks of training before their careers in education began.

Named Persons

Kuiper, Herman; Van Grouw, Arie; Bronkema, Ralph; Plesscher, Diedrich H. "Dick"; Bouma, Louis; Hanenburg, John; Bos, Ralph J. "R. J."; Ten Harmsel, John; Hoekstra, Peter A.; Spoelhof, William; Bos, B. H.; Steen, Samuel; Bere, Lambert

Date Recorded

1978

Document Type

Oral History

Original Format

Audio tape

Current Format

Mp3

Length

28:29

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Publisher

Dordt University

City

Sioux Center, Iowa

Keywords

Midwest Christian Junior College, Dordt College, Dordt University, Western Christian Alliance, six week wonders

Disciplines

Higher Education | Oral History

Comments

Tape 1 Side 2

Recommended Citation

Dordt University, "The Western Christian Alliance, 1945-1948" (1978). Oral History of Dordt President B. J. Haan. 1.
https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/oral_history_haan/1