Donald F. Ebright

              A Dramatic Speaker with a Fine Sense of Humor


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DONALD F. EBRIGHT
 


Just Back from Six Interesting Years in India … As An Unofficial Observer He Covered Much of India, Meeting and Interviewing Many Leaders, including Nehru, Prominent Mohammedans, Several Native Princes, while Serving as an American Teacher and as Acting Chaplain to the British Troops … Gives an Unbiased Presentation of the Indian Situation as It Is Today ...




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DONALD F. EBRIGHT



DONALD F. EBRIGHT
 spent six interesting and exciting years in India as an American teacher.  He left India February 5, 1942, on a freighter and arrived in New York in early April, after fifty harrowing days dodging submarines and torpedoes.  His ship was twice reported 
sunk
 by Tokyo.  En route to United States they made stops at Durban, Capetown and Trinidad.  Among those on board were many interesting personalities—A. V. G. pilots, Burma Road truck drivers, American business executives, American sailors, and also one of the world's richest men—Sir Victor Sassoon.  Of course, Ebright met and talked with them.




During the time he was in India, Donald Ebright was a lecturer in Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow, U. P., dean of the U. P. Youth Camp from 1936-1942; Acting Chaplain to the British troops, Cawnpore Garrison, until 1942.  While his work took him from Kashmir to Hyderabad, he lived some of the time in Cawnpore, U. P., the great industrial city of northern India.




As an unofficial observer, he met and talked with people in all walks of life.  He had interviews with Nehru, important Mohammedan leaders, and Indian native princes.  He has first-hand knowledge of what has taken place in India during these critical years.




A native of Kansas, Mr. Ebright got his B.A. degree from Baker University, his B.D. degree from Drew University; his M.A. from Hartford Seminary Foundation; Urdu Certificate, Landour Language School, Mussoorie, India.  At present he is a fellow at the University of Chicago, specializing in anthropology.




Mr. Ebright's success on the platform has been phenomenal.





Lecture Subjects



INDIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT


INDIA AS AN AREA OF CULTURAL CHANGE


TREKKING WITH A FAMILY IN KASHMIR VALLEYS





Highest Praise for Mr. Ebright as a Speaker



University of Pennsylvania Christian Association, Howard A. Brettle




A very fair presentation of the Indian situation as it is today.  Mr. Ebright won our critical college group by a mastery of the Indian problems and his earnestness and humor.  While not attempting to tell what the people should believe about India he sketched with dramatic clarity the mighty forces sweeping through India.




University of Chicago, The Dames Club, Adele Rice Sharpe




Mr. Ebright's program, India in the Spotlight, was charming and we greatly appreciated his gay, informal manner.  His talk was so different that we forgot the Spring Dance and let the orchestra wait as we deluged the speaker with questions.




North Town Kiwanis Club, Chicago, Paul W. Grimes




Mr. Ebright held our members spellbound as they heard more of India in thirty minutes than they could read in a week.  He talks with a dramatic punch in a language all can understand.  His story of Capetown, Durban and Trinidad in war-time was thrilling.




Ner Tamid Congregation, Chicago, Dr. Benjamin Birnbaum, Rabbi




It was a thought-provoking and stimulating address.




Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Founder's Day Banquet, Indianapolis Athletic Club, William H. Martindill




The best talk we have had at a state banquet.  His story of India is dramatic, exciting and different.




Retail Merchants Assn., Chicago Heights, Ill., Robert J. Johnston, Jr.




Best we have ever had.  It was so interesting we could have listened to him all evening.




Hyde Park Lion's Club, Chicago, Harry Green




Best speaker of the year.  A new slant on the Indian scene.  Vivid flashes of a world at war.




Ray School Parent Teachers Assn., Chicago, Mrs. M. Rodgers




We are getting reverberations on all sides from Mr. Ebright's splendid talk on India.  His discussion of India as an area of cultural change was significant.




High School, Wyoming, Ill., Office of Principal




His address on India captured the students.  He has humor, sincerity and the facts.




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