doc summers on Tiger Mountain

Before he joined the army as a chaplain in World War II, L. L. Morriss was a very young pastor of several Texas Baptist Churches. A former student at the College of Marshall (now ETBU), during the academic year 1941-1942 at Baylor University, he had this to say about the value of journalism studies for pastors:

Because I was weary of getting out the church bulletin with a duplicating machine, I led the church to begin using the back page of The Baptist Standard for their church page. This was started February 26th. Bear in mind I was continuing to carry my load at Baylor and drive back and forth from my preaching appointments. While at Baylor I had taken a course on journalism under Professor Burckhart. It was one of the most refreshing courses I took because it was practical and pointed out the need of pastors having the right relationship with newspapers and how to write articles for the paper and get them printed. This course has been a great help to me through the years. I would say that any pastor needs to have the right relationship with the local paper and he will get a lot of publicity and can promote his church.

[Excerpt from Dr. L. L. Morriss' web biography, in progress.]