Editor’s Note: As SAGLRROILYBYGTH are sick of hearing, I’m just about finished with my book about the history of evangelical higher education. As always, there was a ton of great material I couldn’t fit in. I’ll share some of the archival gems here.
What did life look like at Moody Bible Institute in the 1940s? Thanks to one student scrapbook preserved in the archives, we have a couple of great souvenir postcards from the era to give us a hint.
Students fought hard to be able to eat with members of the opposite sex.
Getting those dispensations right…
Big plans for the future…
Rah rah.
I Love You but You're Going to Hell 
Agellius
/ August 29, 2017Those are so great. It looks like the three-piece suit was the school uniform.
Adam Laats
/ August 29, 2017And it stayed that way for a long time. From the Moody Memo, August 1, 1969, pg. 3:
“Blue jeans and T-shirts are to be worn only for sports activities or employment that demands such dress. Conventional haircuts are acceptable, but long hair, long sideburns, beards and ‘Fu-manchu’ moustaches are not allowed. Shoes or sandals are not be worn without socks.”