John Wesley Hughes

The life and writings of John Wesley Hughes

Chapter 12 - Asbury’s Conflicts and Conquests

Filed under: Asbury College — November 16, 2005 @ 7:16 am

Chapter 12 - Asbury’s Conflicts and Conquests. (15 minutes, 13.6MB)

Dr. Hughes decides to form a board to manage the school, and to relieve him of personal financial responsibility. The board promptly relieves him of his presidency. What I found interesting is that this is not the version of the story that I had heard before, and now I’m not sure where I heard the other version - ie, that Dr. Hughes was removed due to his financial mismanagement. Dr. Hughes’ version indicates that the board acted outside of their appropriate powers, and without reference to the actual facts of the matter. I will have to track down the rest of the story here.

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