Word: taeusch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dean William Taeusch of Ohio's little (1,000 students) College of Wooster, the new history instructor seemed just about perfect. He was a suave, scholarly Briton named Robert Peters. He had an impressive Oxford accent and an even more impressive array of credentials. A letter from Oxford's Magdalen College stated that he had an M.A. He apparently had another master's degree from the University of Adelaide in Australia. His specialty was medieval church history...
...Dean Taeusch could see, Peters lived up fully to his credentials. His Western civilization lectures were so polished that students flocked to hear them. He spoke at the Wooster Kiwanis Club and dazzled the local chapter of the American Association of University Women. He entertained graciously, and his personal library was rated excellent. An accomplished organist (he happened to mention, in passing, that he had a music degree from the University of Durham, England), he played during several services in the college chapel. Since he also let it be known that he had studied at St. Aidan's (Theological...
Word to the Wise. One day during spring vacation, Dean Taeusch began boasting about his find to a friend in Pittsburgh. To his surprise, the friend had already heard about Robert Peters. Back in 1948, Peters had been employed as a publicity secretary in the office of Bishop Austin Pardue, but his behavior became so erratic that he had to be fired. That, however, was not all that was a bit irregular about the man. It might be wise, said the friend, for Dean Taeusch to look into the matter further...