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[Christmas Worship Service Program, 1990]
No full textProgram for the Perkins Christmas Worship service in 1990
Émilie Lamarsaude Interview
No full textÉmilie Lamarsaude (Class of 2023) was interviewed by Laura Narvaez via the Zoom internet-based video conferencing software on May 23, 2023. Ms. Lamarsaude was born in San Francisco, CA, on September 17, 2001. Her father was a French immigrant to the United States and her mother was the U.S. daughter of a German immigrant. At six months old her family moved to France, where they lived until she was five, at which point they settled in the Dallas area. After a traumatic family event, she transferred from a rigorous performing arts high school to a private school that accommodated her intense therapy schedule. She attended Austin College for her first two years of college, but didn't feel academically challenged. Her mom, an SMU alumna, suggested she transfer to SMU. She graduated from SMU in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Society and a minor in English. She was disappointed that the process of transferring credits to SMU was not as smooth as advertised. She suggested transfer students should have an orientation separate from freshmen Stampede and that there should be more events specifically for transfer students. She served as the social media chair for Pride Visibility Day and volunteer coordinator for We Are All Homeless. After graduation she got a month long internship at a mental health clinic in Athens, Greece, with plans to return to Dallas and pursue other internship opportunities and apply for master's programs in social work
Aiden Egbuchunam Interview
No full textAiden Egbuchunam (Class of 2023) (he/they) was interviewed by Laura Narvaez via the Zoom internet-based video conferencing software on May 27, 2023. Mx. Egbuchunam was born in Tarrant County, Texas in 2001 to two Nigerian immigrants. They describe their close relationship with their parents and three older brothers and how that relationship has continued even as they all grow older and move away from their childhood home in Cedar Hill. They discuss the white flight they witnessed as a young child and how that led to their school district having majority Black and brown students. This majority among their classmates contributed to an educational environment that was, over-all, nurturing and free from the racism they experienced in their first couple years of school when the majority of their classmates were white. This positive environment continued into the early-college high school they attended because of the small class size and the familiarity their teachers and professors had with teaching students from marginalized groups. While there were not many ''out'' queer students at their high school, Mx. Egbuchunam still describes it as a supportive environment. They sorted through a few different schools while figuring out where they wanted to attend university, eventually settling on SMU after being offered a place in the President's Scholars program. Their first experience with Connect, a program they attended all four years, caused a culture shock: when the rest of the student body moved in, they realized that the minority student population was significantly less than they had originally believed. Mx. Egbuchunam describes their first semester as ''turbulent'' as they attempted to find friends, adjusted to attending a Predominantly White Institution, and struggled with their parents' expectation that they attend medical school. However, they speak fondly of the ''forever'' friends they found and of the support the Psychology department gave them while they were transitioning from a medical program to the Psychology program. During their time at SMU, they took part in several different organizations. This includes Spectrum, which they were heavily involved in all four years, as well as the Association of Black Students (ABS) and Connect. Despite their initial wariness towards Greek life, Mx. Egbuchunam joined Sigma Lambda Gamma, where they learned about the McNair Scholars program, which they applied for and were accepted into. A trip to New York led them to apply to NYU's master's program and helped them better understand what they appreciates about SMU's hospitality culture. Mx. Egbuchunam participated in Black Lives Matter protests that were held on SMU's campus and in Dallas in 2020, and describes how SMU removing the Highland Park Police Department's jurisdiction over the campus helped lessen the amount of hostility minority students experienced from police officers while on campus. They also describe a situation, also in 2020, where the IFC pulled out of a joint letter of support for Black and brown students that the organization was going to sign along with the Panhellenic Council, MGS, and NPHC. This led them to distrust members of IFC fraternities. They criticize how SMU leans on a small group of people to represent different marginalized groups, causing them to speak for people who have disparate opinions and experiences, and state that reaching out to more people will help SMU better understand the needs of their marginalized students. They also stress the importance of building relationships with adult staff members other than the professors in one's department, stating that doing so will help students learn more and gain more support than they would have otherwise. Mx. Egbuchunam graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and minors in Human Rights, Women's and Gender Studies, Statistical Science, Cognitive Science, and Ethics. They are attending NYU's master's program for Psychology and hope to also attend their doctoral program for either Social Psychology or Cognition & Perception
Sean Cordobés Interview
No full textSean Cordobés (Class of 1991, J.D. 1994) was interviewed by Laura Narvaez in the Oral History Studio of Fondren Library at Southern Methodist University on July 14, 2023. Mr. Cordobés was born in Santa Barbara, CA, on July 17, 1969. His father immigrated to California from Cuba and his mother grew up in Washington State. His father was transferred to Texas by his employer, Exxon, from California when Mr. Cordobés was nine. He discussed his father finding their new house trashed when he went to close on it, as a result of the previous owners' discovery of his ethnicity. In high school, Mr. Cordobés began to play football. He attended one year of college at Baylor University before transferring to SMU, where he also played football. He discussed the first football game SMU played after the death penalty as being one of his most memorable experiences at SMU. He received the Sarah T. Hughes Diversity Scholarship to attend law school at SMU. He received his Bachelor of Arts from SMU in 1991 and his Juris Doctor from SMU in 1994. He did not begin practicing as a lawyer for some time after receiving his degree. While practicing law, he also acted in many local Dallas theater productions. He interned at Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade in Chicago so he could attend comedy classes for free, then moved to New York City in 1999. He discussed his experiences during the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. He met his wife in New York and they married in 2008. They have two young daughters. In 2017 he and his family moved back to Dallas. At time of recording, he is working as a technology and privacy attorney for Ryan
Mary Margaret Carrillo Interview
No full textMary Margaret Carrillo (MLS 2017, DLS 2023) was interviewed by Michelle Ma via the Zoom internet-based video conferencing software on September 29, 2023. She received a Master's of Liberal Studies Degree from the Simmons School of Education with an emphasis in Communication in 2017, and a Doctorate of Liberal Studies Degree in 2023. She was also working as a Director in Alumni Engagement for SMU at the time of the recording. Dr. Carrillo was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, and spent her childhood moving around the city because her father was a student. Her family had always emphasized higher education, which caused her passion for education as well. After receiving her Bachelor’s, Dr. Carrillo took time off working and taking care of her family until deciding to go back to school. As a Latina student in higher education, Dr. Carrillo felt that her classes weren't very diverse, so she has a strong passion for representation. She believes that students from all backgrounds should be given the ability to tell their stories. Dr. Carrillo’s dissertation focuses on the cultural educational narratives told to Latina students pursuing higher education and the impact it had towards their decision making. She emphasizes the power of narratives, and in the future she wants to continue telling the stories of the untold. One day, she hopes to be able to publish these stories as well
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1782 October 22]
No full textnear London
October 22, 1782
My Dear Alleck,
You judge exactly right. That whole affair entirely slipped my memory. So entirely that I do not remember to have once thought of it from that time till I read your last.
The epidemic distemper has had the same effect on many in various parts of England; especially where the Peruvian bark has been given in any considerable quantity. This has turned the fever in a few days or weeks into a true, pulmonary consumption. And I do not recollect any instance wherein a consumption caused by the bark has been cured. But I trust all this will be mercy to her and hers. For I doubt not she will witness a good confession, before her spirit returns to God that gave it. O how ready he is to save! To save both her and you! Yea and to save you to the uttermost! Look up! All is ready!
Peace be with all your spirits! I am, dear Alleck,
Yours most affectionately,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1780 December 23]
No full textLondon
December 23, 1780
Dear Alleck,
You are very ingenious in finding out arguments against yourself. And if you set your wit to it, they will never be wanting. Besides, there is an old sophister, who has been puzzling causes for these six thousand years, that will always be ready to supply you with reasons for every kind of unbelief. But ‘God will not give faith to the double-minded, to him who asks what he does not desire to recover.’ No, not while he is double-minded. But he will first take away your double-mindedness (perhaps while you are reading this!) and then give you the faith to which all things are possible. ‘Yes—tomorrow, or at some other time.’ No time like the time present! Today, if you will hear his voice, he says, ‘I am thy salvation.’ Why not today? Is not one day with him as a thousand years? And whatever he could do in a thousand year, can he not do in one day? That this cannot be done without a miracle is absolutely certain. But why should not you expect that miracle? This is no presumption, it is an expectation that the God of truth will not be worse than his word. He will not, Alleck! He will not! Do not imagine he will. He knows your simpleness. All your faults are before him. And it may be the word is just now gone forth, ‘I will heal him, for my own name’s sake.’ Do not reason, but look up! Let your heart (dull and cold as it is) cry out, ‘Be it unto me according to thy word!’ I am
Ever yours,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1777 July 29]
No full textBristol
July 29, 1777
Dear Alleck,
I am just returned from a journey through Monmouthshire and other parts of Wales.
No, God has not forgotten you. You must not say, ‘He hideth away his face, and he will never see it.’ Surely God hath seen it. And he cannot despise the work of his own hands. But he frequently delays giving bodily health till he heals soul and body together. Perhaps this is his design concerning you.
But why do not you go to the salt water? If you are short of money, let me have the pleasure of assisting you a little. Meantime I give you a word for your consideration, ‘Why art thou so heavy, oh my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God! I shall yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.’
Peace be with all your spirits! I am
Yours affectionately,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1778 August 16]
No full textLondon
August 16, 1778
My Dear Alleck,
You have long been under that temptation of despising the day of small things. Although indeed they are not small things which God has done for you already. That you are still too lukewarm is most certain. You have need to stir up the gift of God that is in you. And you have need to praise him that his hand is still over you for good, preserving you from presumptuous sins. You ought to be sensible of this, and to be thankful for it, which you may be without ‘applauding yourself’.
That you have ‘no right to expect the continuance of your health’ is undoubtedly true. That is, you cannot claim it from God’s justice; you do not merit it at his hands. But is this the measure whereby he deals with his poor creatures? Does he give us no more blessings than we deserve? Does he treat us in all things according to his justice? Not so; but mercy rejoices over judgement! Therefore expect from him not what you deserve, but what you want [i.e., lack]: health of soul and health of body. Ask, and you shall receive. Seek, and you shall find! Not for your worthiness, but because ‘worthy is the Lamb’.
Teach my little George all that you can. Then, if need be, we can take him to Kingswood. I would put Sally to school too, if your mamma could trust her in England. For I look upon you all as my family.
I am glad your little class meets duly. The peace of God be with all your spirits! I am, dear Alleck,
Yours affectionately,
[J. Wesley ]Letter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1785 July 10]
No full textDublin
July 10, 1785
Dear Alleck,
The letters will do exceeding well. You are a very tolerable translator, and use will make perfectness. The more you translate, the more accurate you will be. Melanchton was a truly great man. None of the German Reformers was equal to him.
What I advise you to is this: every fair day walk to, if not round, the churchyard. When you are a little hardened by this, you may venture at a convenient opportunity (suppose on a Sunday morning) to attend the public worship. Till you do, I cannot say you are in God’s way; and therefore I am not sure you will find his blessing.
You may wait till February. But you must think of less than forty by twenty-two or twent-four. Contract with a builder before you lay the stone—no after-claps! If it comes to two hundred and twenty pounds, fear not! God will provide. Observe! No roof ought to rise above one third of the breadth of any building. If it does, the builder wants either skill or honesty.
Peace be with all your spirits! We are to sail tonight.
My dear Alleck,
Adieu!Letter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume