DOCSLIB.ORG

This Is a Complete Transcript of the Oral History Interview with Robert Brainerd Ekvall (CN 92, T2) for the Billy Graham Center Archives

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
This Is a Complete Transcript of the Oral History Interview with Robert Brainerd Ekvall (CN 92, T2) for the Billy Graham Center Archives This is a complete transcript of the oral history interview with Robert Brainerd Ekvall (CN 92, T2) for the Billy Graham Center Archives. No spoken words which were recorded are omitted. In a very few cases, the transcribers could not understand what was said, in which case [unclear] was inserted. Also, grunts and verbal hesitations such as “ah” or “um” are usually omitted. Readers of this transcript should remember that this is a transcript of spoken English, which follows a different rhythm and even rule than written English. Chinese place names are spelled in the transcript in the old or new transliteration form according to how the speaker pronounced them. Thus, “Peking” is used instead of “Beijing,” if that is how the interviewee pronounced it. Chinese terms and phrases which would be understood were spelled as they were pronounced with some attempt made to identify the accepted transliteration form to which it corresponds. Three dots indicate an interruption or break in the train of thought within the sentence of the speaker. Four dots indicate what the transcriber believes to be the end of an incomplete sentence. ( ) Word in parentheses are asides made by the speaker. [ ] Words in brackets are comments made by the transcriber. This transcript was created by Bob Shuster and Sharon Averell and was completed in August 1985. Please note: This oral history interview expresses the personal memories and opinions of the interviewee and does not necessarily represent the views or policies of the Billy Graham Center Archives or Wheaton College. © 2017. The Billy Graham Center Archives. All rights reserved. This transcript may be reused with the following publication credit: Used by permission of the Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. BGC Archives CN 92, T2 Transcript - Page 2 Collection 92, Tape 2. Oral history interview with Robert Brainerd Ekvall by Bob Shuster on September 18, 1980. SHUSTER: This is an interview for the Missionary Sources Collection of Dr. Robert Ekvall.... EKVALL: Leave off the doc.... I told you, I'm not a doctor! SHUSTER: Oh? Reverend? Mister? EKVALL: I've been Reverend, colonel, I've...everything. I've dropped all of them and I think prefer to be called just Robert Ekvall. [Chuckles] Excuse me. Go ahead. SHUSTER: This is an interview with Robert Ekvall for the Missionary Sources Collection by Robert Shuster. This interview took place at 11:30 in Wheaton. Robert, how did your recent.... What is the origins of your recent trip back to China? EKVALL: Yes. The matter of my going to China was broached about two years ago by the C & MA after William...Reverend William Kerr had been on a tour. That was a tour of...of the...of an airline in the big tour. He and another person were just two people who went along. But he...he arranged to...he arranged materials with the Chinese with great success and he started in leading tours himself. The matter was broached to me and at that time the...the sudden loosening of all pressure against religions had not yet come into the open. SHUSTER: About when was this? EKVALL: This would be...well that came into the open September of last year and this was in the early part of the year [1979]. There was a feeling...the idea was to create...try to have some kind of a...to try to have some kind of a chance to go to the C & MA mission field in the far north-west. It is a unique bit of territory in that it is against the Tibetan border so the Tibetans are included and there are about 3 or 4 other races of people in that area. SHUSTER: What races are they? EKVALL: Well, there's an ancient Chinese race, there are Moslems, there are [unclear] from Samarkand and there's a mixture of religions, there are Moslems who will become Buddhists, there are Buddhists who will become Islamic and this ancient...the ancient Chinese who reached there...almost 3 millennium ago three thousand years ago. SHUSTER: This is the Han? EKVALL: Well, they're called Han, see but they now speak such an ancient dialect of Chinese that the Chinese can't understand them. Now this is a very interesting area. Missionary work on that place...in that area started in the late 80s...19...1880. And then the evacuation... final evacuation took place in 49...47...between 47 and 49. © 2017. The Billy Graham Center Archives. All rights reserved. This transcript may be reused with the following publication credit: Used by permission of the Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. BGC Archives CN 92, T2 Transcript - Page 3 SHUSTER: And this is the area, is it not, where your family served and you yourself had served? EKVALL: Yes, now that was...evacuation because of the communist coming in. Now, before the...the opening of freedom for religion had started the idea was to find out...well the raison d'etre for going someplace. And, I had been sort of a kind of anthropologist uh...archeologist among other things and even when I was on the field I had a vacation from the Bible school for about two weeks. And I had the privilege and....of going along with the famous Swedish anthropologist G. G. Anderson and in the course of two weeks I learned more anthropolo....I mean, more archeology than you can imagine of course and I was in on several digs. And we discussed whether I should talk about wanting to go back and see the arche...archeology things and then I proposed what I called (this sounds cynical) the Chinese card. And it's all true. That I wanted to go back to see the grave of my father. I wanted to go back to where I spent my childhood up to fourteen years. I wanted to go back to another place where I was born. I wanted to go back to a third place right on the border where my wife was buried. SHUSTER: And what place....what was the name of that? EKVALL: Uh... SHUSTER: What were the names of these places? EKVALL: Name? SHUSTER: ....names of these places? EKVALL: Names of these places. Titao was where my father was buried and I was a child, Min ch-in was where I was born, Taochow was a border station and close to Taochow is a little place where there's a mission cemetery and where my wife was buried. So, with the thinking of that the next step that they wanted to have me take was to get in touch with Chinese officialdom whom....the ones whom I knew. During the Marshall Mission I had become acquainted with Yechien Ying and he is now the oldest man in the government and of course given great honor but I don't suppose he does very much. SHUSTER: How is...how is that spelled; Ye.... EKVALL: Yeh... Y-E-C-H-I-E-N. And Ying. I-N-G. Yechien Ying. I also, at that time, become acquainted with a man named Wang Wah. He was an assistant of Yechien Ying, an interpreter indeed because he spoke English. He now is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China. And I wrote letters. I didn't hear anything for a long time then I received a very pleasant letter from Wang Wah. And he...to the effect that they wished to expedite my visit and do everything that would make my visit most pleasant and comfortable in China. On that basis, Reverend Kerr in Hong Kong wrote the letter which I had sent...of which I had sent a rough copy of ideas to him saying what that... they...they and I or I would want to go to the area where my parents were and would they fix up visas to that effect. Well, just before I started for Hong Kong the Foreign Affairs office sent back a very polite letter but turned thumbs down on the idea of my going so far and their reason given, © 2017. The Billy Graham Center Archives. All rights reserved. This transcript may be reused with the following publication credit: Used by permission of the Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. BGC Archives CN 92, T2 Transcript - Page 4 which is a valid reason, that accommodations were very rough...rough and rude. This was outside the routine tour areas and roads and they didn't want to expose me to such, to such hardship. Of course this...this is Chinese politeness. So, I arrived in Hong Kong with the...the matter had been sort of blocked. But, in Hong Kong I met a Chinese scholar, he has a PhD from Columbia, he's a member of the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, Peking, he teaches in Victoria University in Hong Kong when he happens to be around, he knew...was in contact with some people there who were greatly interested in Tibetan and all of them had read some of my books. And they...this man sort of encouraged me. He said, "This idea of you going to where your father was bor...buried...." He said, "This...this is a real Chinese thing, in fact I'm going to try to get the government to make it into a...a show that they'll send a crew there and take pictures and it will be the foreigner coming back to his grand...to his ancestors.” And I said, "Well, that's kind of...." This man has his own long Chinese name his surname is Wang, but he has also a foreign name to ease things up and he's always called Jimmy Wang.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Qatar's Young Players Impress Coach Sanchez with B'desh
    Bottas bounces back to edge Russell for pole position at Sakhir GP PAGE 14 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 Qatar’s young players impress coach Sanchez with B’desh win Qatar coach Bangladesh’s Day Felix Sanchez. positive despite defeat AFC DOHA HEAD coach Felix Sanchez praised the performance of the younger players after Qatar cruised to a 5-0 win over Bang- ladesh in Group E of the Asian Qualifiers on Friday. The 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts sealed the three points thanks to a brace each from 2019 AFC Player of the Year Akram Afif and 2019 AFC Asian Bangladesh head coach Cup top scorer Almoez Ali, after Jamie Day. Abdulaziz Hatem had scored the opener. “I’m happy with the return of official matches along with the big win and the perfor- mance of the young players,” said Sanchez. “They had a good match physically and mentally. “All I wanted today (Fri- day) from the players was to give their best and have a good performance. However, we for eight months.” of Group E of the Asian Quali- could have scored more than “We were expecting to con- fiers, which serve as the quali- five goals.” cede more goals because of the fication path for both the FIFA The 44-year-old Spaniard difference in experience be- World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC said he was happy that the young tween the two teams. We learnt Asian Cup China 2023. players performed well and Bangladesh players walk across in disdain as Qatar players celebrate one of their five goals during the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 qualification a lesson from this defeat but As FIFA World Cup hosts, showed great concentration.
    [Show full text]
  • Hey Boomers, Dust Off Your Backpacks Travel the World on a Limited Budget
    HEY BOOMERS, DUST OFF YOUR BACKPACKS TRAVEL THE WORLD ON A LIMITED BUDGET HEY BOOMERS, DUST OFF YOUR BACKPACKS TRAVEL THE WORLD ON A LIMITED BUDGET Or AROUND THE WORLD ALONE ON SOCIAL SECURITY By LINDA J. BROWN A Hey Boomers Media Book 2011 Broadway Ave. Clearwater, Florida, 33755 Copyright 2008 by Linda J. Brown All rights reserved. This book or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission First Edition, 2008 Visit our website at www.heyboomers.com Brown, Linda J. Hey Boomers, Dust Off Your Backpacks: Travel The World On A Limited Budget/ Linda J. Brown ISBN 978-0-9820049-5-1 1. Baby Boomers 2. Around The World Travel 3. Social Security 2. 4. Budget Travel 5. Backpacking/Hostelling 6. Senior Travel 3. 7 Traveler’s writings, American BISAC # TRV026050 To intrepid travelers of every century, no matter what their age. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS … v WHEN FEAR FELL AWAY … vii PREFACE … xi SLEEPING WITH GUYS HALF MY AGE … 1 SLOVENIA … 5 Ljubljana, Dreznica, Bled HUNGARY … 13 Heviz, Budapest BULGARIA … 25 Sofia, Varna SERBIA … 47 Belgrade SLOVAKIA … 51 Kezmarok POLAND … 57 Krakow, Auschwitz/Birkenau, Salt Mines, Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw CZECH REPUBLIC … 79 Prague i SLOVENIA … 89 Piran CROATIA … 93 Rovinj Rijeka BOSNIA … 99 Sarajevo CROATIA … 107 Dubrovnik MONTENEGRO … 111 Podgorica ALBANIA … 115 Shkoder, Tirana MACEDONIA … 125 Skopje TURKEY … 131 Istanbul, Cappadocia, Olympos Part II … 145 Egypt, India and Thailand EGYPT … 147 Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Nile River Felucca, Mt. Sinai, Cairo ii INDIA … 167 Mumbai,
    [Show full text]
  • Steffen Peters and Ravel Are Stunning!
    USET Foundation NEWS UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION • VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 2 • SPRING 2009 WINS AT AACHEN After Success in Vegas Steffen Peters and Ravel Are Stunning! BY JENNIFER WOOD t was a historic week at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO 5* in Aachen, Germany, for United States dressage. For the first time, an American horse and rider duo swept all three classes to win the Grand Prix Dressage CDIO. For Steffen IPeters and Ravel, it was another extraordinary career high in just three short months. Peters and Ravel, an 11-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Akiko Yamizaki, came into Aachen on top of the world after their performance brought down the house at the 2009 Rolex FEI World Cup Finals. Peters and Ravel won both legs of the World Cup, setting their first historical precedent with a win in Las Vegas. Competing at the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas, NV, Steffen Peters topped Anky Van Grunsven (NED) and Isabell Werth (GER) in the Grand Prix and Steffen Peters celebrates his win Freestyle classes. With his win, Peters became the second man to ever in Aachen with Ravel. Their win the World Cup in its 23 years of competition. victory was historic, as they Peters and Ravel scored a career high 77.915% for the were the first American duo to win the CDIO. momentous win in the Grand Prix, and there was a feeling of electricity in the crowd as they entered the ring for their Photo © Arnd Bronkhorst photography Freestyle. They put on an amazing display of dressage www.arnd.nl that brought the crowd to their feet and received an extremely high score of 84.950% for their beautifully performed Freestyle.
    [Show full text]
  • Praise for Say Goodbye
    praise for say goodbye “Shiner has written a fine novel about rock ’n’ roll by believing more in musicians’ human nature than in their mythologies.” —Mark Athitakis, New York Times Book Review “Say Goodbye resonates like a blue note heard and remem- bered in a smoky, late-night club. Lewis Shiner has written the Citizen Kane of rock and roll novels, a human and mov- ing piece of work.” —George P. Pelecanos, author of The Sweet Forever “Gritty, funny, cynical, and sentimental; a sharply focused epic that brings welcome revision to the sunny, pop-culture success gospels that have led so many naïve talents astray.” —Kirkus Reviews “Every band has an inner momentum like this, its entangles and wreck-tangles, moments of bliss mixed with the jar- ring reality of life in the belly of the music business, and the shared song which makes it all worthwhile. Lewis Shiner sings the tale with harmonic compassion.” —Lenny Kaye, guitarist, Patti Smith Group “Engrossing...Shiner competently vivifies the uncertainties and boredom of the musician’s life, but more impressively, he manages to convey the almost indescribable joy of bringing an audience from a state of apathy to the edge of hysteria...A revealing look at today’s music business.” —George Needham, Booklist “A spare and remarkable book resonating with heart and bittersweet reality.” —Mike Shea, Texas Monthly “[A] soulful elegy...fresh and original...Shiner’s extensive research gives the story an authentic feel and keeps it from becoming a soap opera or a wearisome cover version of every other rise-and-fall parable.
    [Show full text]
  • December 6, 2020
    Sport SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 2020 MercedesM star Bottas on pole as 'super ssub' Russell qualifies second at Sakhir ItI was a different situation today. I just wanted to focus on my owno doing and I managed to do that. We're in a great place as a team and it's good to be on pole. I am happy with that. Valtteri Bottas Sport |06 AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (EAST ZONE): TODAY'S FIXTURES Beijing vs Tokyo (1pm), Ulsan Hyundai vs Melbourne Victory (5pm) Qatar players celebrate after defeating Bangladesh 5-0 at Al Duhail Stadium on Friday. Qatar's young players impress Sanchez with bold tactics Juventus’ American midfielder THE PENINSULAPE – DOHA with the performance of the "We succeeded in controlling we have not played any interna- Weston McKennie scores a goal young players and the good level the match from the beginning tional matches for eight months FelixFelix Sanchez (pictured), they provided in terms of physical until the final whistle. We wanted and have been training for five coachcoa of the Qatari football and mental readiness. They to score many goals and even the weeks. The Qatari team has been Late headers team,teamm has expressed his showed a high focus. I wanted to defensive style of our opponents training for a long time and this delightdeli after the hosts sealed give them this opportunity so that made us focus on building our has given them a big advantage. give Juventus a ddominant 5-0 win over they gain confidence for future attacks well. It is difficult to attack when you BangladeshBan on Friday night matches." "I congratulate all my players compete with the Asian cham- dramatic at AlA Duhail Stadium in their Sanchez added: "All I wanted for what they had presented in pions.
    [Show full text]
  • Letter of Recommendation Golf Course Player Coordinator
    Letter Of Recommendation Golf Course Player Coordinator graduatedHow facete and is Aldrich unexamined. when perishing Pinnatiped and Mikel dreamier never Tremain upbearing fluidizing so adversely some aggressor?or james any Dioramic subfloor Lionello nocturnally. scrouges very bulkily while Stephen remains KV: From Missouri, you transitioned to Oklahoma State. The driving range and practice facilities are overseededduring winter months to provide the best possible playing service for our guests. Here is a link to the posting. There is no better family sport than golf. Canadian Shawn Clement takes first place at San Luis Rey Downs Golf Course. Memberships often come as with a subscription fee that needs to be paid as instructed by the institution. When students have unreal expectations and you do not meet these expectations, your students will be dissatisfied, and perhaps not return. Thank you again for a wonderful week in Killarney! Another difference was said to be that teachers teach basics while coaches teach more advanced concepts. The explanation my tutor gave, was that it was historically used, and considered a formal means of starting a letter, but is now redundant due to how obvious the context of the situation is? And BTW Pat our driver this week was fantastic! Use the golf cart paths or the rough whenever possible. Sample Letters from College Coaches EXACT Sports. Use our free Membership Letter to help you get started. IMG Academy offers youth camp and educational academy programs in a variety of sports, as well as athletic and personal areas of development. The primary goal is to move students through the admissions process and grow the College in High School community.
    [Show full text]
  • Kvitova Claims Falcon Trophy a Second Time
    Germany’s QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune Ovtcharov, QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune Japan’s Mima win WTT Doha Contender titles PAGE 14 SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021 Nasser Al Khelaifi praises great success of Qatar Total Open 2021 QNA Al Khelaifi considered that DOHA the technical success of the current edition of the tourna- THE President of the Qatar ment coincides with the or- Tennis, Squash and Badminton ganisational success in light of Federation Nasser Al Khelaifi the great efforts made by the praised the success of Qatar organizing committees despite Total Open year after year, con- the great challenges posed by sidering that as a natural result the COVID-19 pandemic, as well of the unlimited support from as providing all the factors that the wise leadership for sports contribute to the success of and athletes. the event in a manner befitting Al Khelaifi said, in a press the global position of Qatar in statement, that the competi- organising sporting events. tion, in the 19th edition of At the end of his state- which is currently being held ment, Al Khelaifi valued the at the Khalifa International efforts made by the medical Tennis and Squash Complex, staff in light of the great work is witnessing very high levels being done to preserve the of competition with some of safety of everyone in the face the most prominent players in of the pandemic. the world. He pointed to the com- He added that the tourna- mitment of the organizing ment’s competitions this year committee to take all precau- were strong and exciting since tionary measures to ensure their first rounds, and then safety, whether for players, the level increased further in technical staff or workers, the quarter-final and semi- as well as the fans and all final rounds.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report and Financial Statements 2007/2008
    KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Authority ANNUAL REPORT 2007/2008 Annual report content framework 2007/8 1 1. MEC’s message 2 2. General information 2.1 Vision 4 2.2 Mission 4 2.3 Objectives 4 2.4 Chairperson’s foreword 6 2.5 CEO’s report 10 3. Programme performance 3.1 Marketing and communications 14 3.2 Tourism information services 37 3.3 Tourism development 44 4. Corporate services 52 5. Annual financial statements 64 1. MEC’s message It is with pride that I associate myself with the 2007/8 Annual Report of the KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Authority (also known as Tourism KwaZulu-Natal – TKZN). It covers a year that will be remembered for its delivery on many of TKZN’s strategic objectives as well as important decisions and planning that will lay the foundation and plot the way forward towards some of the most significant developments in the history of tourism in this province: the construction of the new King Shaka International Airport, the hosting of the 2010 Soccer World Cup and meaningful transformation of the tourism sector in terms of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) and the upliftment of previously 2 marginalised communities. TKZN is a public entity with a mandate, amongst others, to market as well as develop tourism in the province under the Arts, Culture and Tourism portfolio. In order to fulfil this mandate effectively, it has established benchmarks in marketing, information services, skills training and tourism development based on the tourism strategic plan for 2006 – 2011. Globally, institutions like TKZN have evolved from being Destination Marketing Organisations to Destination Management Organisations.
    [Show full text]
  • December 13, 2020
    Sport SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER 2020 CoachC Misbah ul-Haq: Pakistan cconsidered abandoning NZ tour WeW did discuss (pulling out of the tour) but then finally decidedd to say no to this option because when you invest this muchm time on this, then you have got to give it a shot. Pakistan cricket coach Misbah ul-Haq Sport |06 QATAR SENIOR MEN'S BASKETBALL LEAGUE: Al Sadd Sports Club beat Al Shamal 79-75, Qatar Sports Club beat Al Khor 78-72 Unstoppable Al Attiyah clinches Hail Baja 1 THE PENINSULA – HAIL, SAUDI ARABIA Jubbah and headed west of Hail before Denis Krotov (Mini) and into eighth in issues thwarted Lorenço Rosa. looping through the desert to finish the overall standings, but the Saudi Czech driver Martop Prokop had Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah held his nerve close to the village of Q’na. There were driver had the superb consolation of been unable to start Hail Baja 1, but to set a second successive fastest time two passage controls after 147.29km a useful victory in the FIA T3 category the former WRC star was permitted and seal victory in Hail Baja 1, round and 261.46km. in his Can-Am. to take part in the second leg of the four of the FIA World Cup for Cross- The leading quartet were closely Dutchman Kees Koolen finished National Rally for testing purposes. Country Bajas, yesterday. matched through the opening check- in 13th place and first in the FIA T4 Yamaha’s Adrien van Beveren Despite opening the road on the points with Al Attiyah holding a slight section in his South Racing Can-Am delivered another polished per- 275.54lkm stage and having the extra advantage over Sainz, despite opening Maverick X3.
    [Show full text]
  • THE JERRY GRAY STORY – 1955-1960 [Updated Jun 15, 2018 – Version JG.008E]
    THE JERRY GRAY STORY – 1955-1960 [Updated Jun 15, 2018 – Version JG.008e] Circa 1955: Jerry Gray and his Band of Today, with Linda Lee. AFRS/AFRTS Series EN-315. Jerry Gray appeared on at least six programs of this Series. He was interviewed on at least three of these programs, likely at the Hollywood Palladium. Bud Widom was a disc jockey/interviewer on this Series. It is unknown whether the versions of the Jerry Gray recordings used were the original Decca commercial releases or other versions. Buds Bandwagon was a 30-minute record program produced and hosted by Bud Widom. There were approximately 655 programs distributed by AFRS/AFRTS. The Billboard, Jun 4, 1955, Page 18: 3 AFRS Live Segs Axed for Economy HOLLYWOOD, May 28. – A move to eliminate all Armed Forces Radio Service productions that emanate live this week resulted in the termination of contracts of three civilian AFRS employees, disc jockey Bud Widom, sports announcer Fred Hessler, and Dave Young, announcer-narrator. Move reportedly came as a result of a recent government order to “effect a drastic budget cut,” with possible future plans of eliminating commercial AFRS shows. Widom, best known of the trio, conducted a successful disk jockey show for AFRS for the past four years, “Bud’s Bandwagon.” _______________ The Billboard, Jul 23, 1955, Page 3: Bernstein, Widom Set Up B&W Outfit HOLLYWOOD, July 16. – B&W Productions was formed here this week by packager Bud Widom and producer Richard Bernstein. First show, “Bud’s Bandwagon,” a five-day, 15-minute Hollywood interview and news strip, is now being packaged.
    [Show full text]
  • Tracy's Travels
    The Quarterly Tour Catalog of Personalized Tours, Inc. TOUR PROGRAMS Join Personalized Tours as we host presentations on the tours we are co-sponsoring with two of America’s most respected tour companies. Meet the representatives, see the videos, and learn all about these amazing tours. Mayflower—August 7 @ 6PM Collette—August 14 @ 6PM • Gems of Eastern Europe River Cruise • Reflections of Italy • Iceland; Land of Fire & Ice • Memorials of WW2 • America’s Canyon Country • Rediscover Cuba • Seine River Cruise • Pacific Northwest & California • Oberammergau Passion Play • Antarctica • Europe & Oberammergau Please RSVP by calling our office. Tracy’s Travels Joy’s Jaunts Over the past several years Personalized Tours has expanded I actually took some time this year to travel the number of international and “fly” tours we offer. Often these “solo” to research some great places that I want tours are run in conjunction with other tour companies, thus to offer. My favorite was Nashville and the CMA allowing us to utilize regional experts and combine our group Fest last month. The week was absolutely fabu- with others from around the country and the world. Yet, you the lous and filled with some of the best entertain- traveler, still receive the “personalized” local service we pro- ment and Southern cooking all in one place. vide. This arrangement gives you the best of both worlds. It Five nights at the Opryland Hotel and over 100 country artists to enjoy. Wow! This week will be eliminates the minimum number of passengers required for a so much fun, but deadlines are early for good tour, therefore preventing cancellation of the tour.
    [Show full text]
  • One Step Away: Life in Minor-League Golf
    Syracuse University SURFACE Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects Projects Spring 5-1-2013 One Step Away: Life in Minor-League Golf Kevin Michael Prise II Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone Part of the Sports Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Prise II, Kevin Michael, "One Step Away: Life in Minor-League Golf" (2013). Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects. 92. https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/92 This Honors Capstone Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects at SURFACE. It has been accepted for inclusion in Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of SURFACE. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Introduction One hot summer night when I was 11 years old, my dad took me and my friend Kyle to play golf at Bob-o-Link, a par-3 course located less than five minutes from our home in a Buffalo suburb. The course was unique in that it was lit for night play, so my dad was able to take us for an enjoyable excursion when he got home from work. Up to that point, I had been to the driving range a few times but had never set foot on the course, so the chance to finally play some real holes gave me an interesting combination of excitement and nervousness. That is, until I made it to the first tee. After Kyle stepped up and knocked his opening shot onto the green, I approached the ball and missed.
    [Show full text]