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Vol. XVI APRIL, 1924 No. 4
Catalogue Announcements 1923-1924 1924-1925
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Published Quarterly by the Board of Directors of the Theological Semi- nary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
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C. 1924 CALENDAR 1924 1925 JULY JANUARY JULY 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST FEBRUARY AUGUST 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 30 31 SEPTEMBER MARCH SEPTEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER APRIL OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOVEMBER MAY NOVEMBER 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 30 31 DECEMBER JUNE DECEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 CALENDAR 1924 Tuesday, February 5—Second Term begins. Tuesday, April 22—Final examinations begin. Sunday^ May 4—Baccalaureate Sermon, 11 :30 A. M., by Kev. B. K. Lacy, Jr., D.D., Atlanta, Ga. Sunday, May 4—Missionary Sermon, 8:30 P. M., by Rev. J. P. Marion, D.D., Greenwood, Miss. Tuesday, May 6—Annual meeting of the Board of Direc- tors, 11 A. M. Wednesday, May 7—11 :00 A. M.—Delivery of Diplomas and Certificates in the Seminary Chapel. Wednesday, September 17—'Session of 1924-1925 begins; address by Professor J. B. Green, D.D., at 5 :00 P. M. ; matriculation of students. Thursday, November 27—Thanksgiving Day. Friday, December 19, 1 :30 P. M.—Christmas vacation begins. Tuesday, December 30, 9:00 A. M.—Christmas vacation ends. 1925 Tuesday, January 20—Intermediate examinations begin. Saturday, January 31—Close of first term. Tuesday, February 3—Second term begins. Tuesday, April 21—Final examinations begin. 3 Sunday, May —Baccalaureate Sermon, 11:30 A. M. ; Mis- sionary Address, 8:30 P. M. Tuesday, May 5—11:00 A. M.—Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors. Wednesday, May 6—11:00 A. M.—Delivery of Diplomas and Certificates in the Seminary Chapel. N. B.—It is of the greatest importance that all students be present on the opening day, since recitations begin in all classes on the second day of the session. BOARD OF DIRECTORS South Carolina Kev. W. A. Hafner, Gaffney, S. C. . .1924 Col. W. W. Lewis, York, S. C .1924 D. W. Robinson, Esq., Columbia, S. C. . .1925 Rev. D. M. Douglas, D.D., Clinton, S. C .1925 S. H. Edmunds, Litt.D., Sumter, S. C. . .1926 Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D.D., Charleston, S. C. .1926 Georgia J. T. Brantley, Esq., Blackshear, Ga 1924 Rev. E. L. Hill, D.D., Athens, Ga 1925 Rev. F. K. Sims, D.D., Dalton, Ga 1926 Rev. A. L. Patterson, D.D., Savannah, Ga 1927 Alabama Rev. C. M. Boyd, D.D., Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1924 Rev. A. G. Irons, Tuscaloosa, Ala 1925 Rev. S. E. Hodges, D.D., Anniston, Ala. . 1926 Florida Rev. L. E. McNair, D.D., Jacksonville, Fla 1924 Rev. W. J. Garrison, St, Petersburg, Fla 1925 Officers of the Board President of the Board—J. T. Brantley, Esq. Vice-President of the Board—Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D.D. Secretary of the Board—Rev. Hugh R. Murchison. Treasurer of the Board—C. H. Baldwin, Esq. Standing Committees Executive Committee—F. K. Sims, W. W. Lewis, A. L. Patterson, D. W. Robinson, W. A. Hafner. Committee on Material Property—R. C. Reed, Hugh R. Murchison. Investing Committee—D. W. Robinson, W. H. Town- send, C. H. Baldwin, Hugh R. Murchison, J. C. COPELAND, J. T. DABBS. FACULTY JOHN MILLER WELLS, A.M., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D. PRESIDENT OF THE SEMINARY PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY WILLIAM M. McPHEETERS, D.D., LL.D. PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS HENRY ALEXANDER WHITE, A.M.,Ph.D.,D.D.,LL.D. PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS RICHARD C. REED, D.D., LL.D. PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND CHURCH POLITY MELTON CLARK, A.B., B.D., D.D. PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION EDGAR D. KERR. A.B., B.D., D.D. PROFESSOR OF HEBREW AND COGNATE LANGUAGES JAMES BENJAMIN GREEN, A.B., D.D. PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY HUGH R. MURCHISON, A.B., B.D. INSTRUCTOR IN MISSIONS WALTER P. TAYLOR, Ph.D. INSTRUCTOR IN ELOCUTION PERKINS PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL SCIENCE IN CONNECTION WITH REVEIATION, AND CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS The duties of this Chair are distributed among the members of the Faculty. Smyth Lecturer, 1923-1924—Rev. Egbert W. Smith, D.D. Smyth Lecturer, 1924-1925—Rev. A. M. Fraser, D.D. Faculty Officers Chairman—John M. Wells. Recording Secretary—Hugh R. Murchison. Librarian—Richard C. Reed. Executive Secretary—Hugh R. Murchison. 6 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Special Lecturers 1923-1924 Rev. G. G. Mayes, D.D., Winnsboro, S. C. Eev. C. Darby Fulton, Okazaki, Japan. Rev. J. Porter Smith, D.D., Campinas, Brazil. Rev. A. W. Crawford, Greensboro, N. C. Rev. J. N. Montgomery, Hwaianfu, China. Rev. H. W. Myers, D.D., Kobe, Japan. Rev. Plumer Smith, Mutoto, Congo Beige, Africa. Rev. J. J. Murray, Wilmington, N. C. Rev. James R. Graham, D.D., Tsing-Kiang-Pu, China. Rev. M. B. Lambdin, D.D., Washington, D. C. Rev. Winfield Scott Hall, M.D., Berwyn, 111. Rev. J. W. Skinner, D.D., Kingsville, Texas. Rev. H. B. Dendy, B.D., Weaverville, N. C. Rev. T. M. McConnell, D.D., Greensboro, N. C. Rev. Fritz Rauschenberg, Waycross, Ga. Rev. Egbert W. Smith, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. Rev. Homer McMhlan, D.D., Atlanta, Ga. Rev. R. F. Cleveland, Bulape, Congo Beige, Africa. Mr. D. McL. McDonald, Columbia, S. C. Rev. W. C. McLauchlin, Haichow, China. Rev. M. E. Melvin, D.D., Chattanooga, Tenn. Rev. J. E. Purcell, Chattanooga, Tenn. ROLL OF STUDENTS Junior Class Bowles, Samuel P., Clemson College Jacksonville, Fla. Suwannee Presbytery Brannon, J. D., Mus.B., S.W. Baptist Theological Seminary Columbia, S. C. Columbia Baptist Association Dendy, Marshall Coleman, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Seneca, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery Flanagan, John Arthur, A.B. Presbyterian College of South Carolina York, S. C. Bethel Presbytery Gamble, William Arnett, Jr., A.B., Davidson College Macon, Ga. Macon Presbytery Hodges, Robert Shiver, Jr., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Hodges, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery Meeks, Benjamin Alford, University of South Carolina Pine Bluff, Ark. Pine Bluff Presbytery Neville, John Coffee, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Clinton, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery Porter, William Salter, Jr., A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Georgetown, S. C. Harmony Presbytery Scott, William Simpson, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery Strickland, Laurie Curtis, Columbia, S. C. Columbia Baptist Association Tregler, Alois Edward^ A.B., Th.C. University of Prague Brno, Czecho-Slovakia Bohemian Brethren 8 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Middle Class Baker, Richard Thomas, B.S., Young-Harris College University of Georgia Danielsville, Ga. Athens Presbytery Bryan, Thomas Claudius, A.B., Hampden- Sidney College University of South Carolina Birmingham, Ala. North Alabama Presbytery Coates, Edwin S., Jr., Union Theological Seminary Angier, N. C Fayetteville Presbytery Crawford, Vernon Allen, B.S., Military College of South Carolina Georgetown, S. C. Charleston Presbytery Dendy, Samuel Wilkes, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Seneca, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery Doty, Arthur Francis, Ph.G., South Carolina Medical College Sardinia, S. C. Harmony Presbytery Douglas, Charles Kirkpatrick, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery Dulin, James Haskell, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina University of South Carolina Clover, S. C. United States Army DuRant, Marion Ashton, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Alcolu, S. C. Harmony Presbytery Elsberry, Arthur Tarrant, University of South Carolina Marion, Ala. Tuscaloosa Presbytery COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 9 Ellis, Irving Melville, Mercer University Oak Park, Illinois Mecklenburg Presbytery Grier, Thomas Franklin, A.B., Erskine College Gaston, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery Hay, Theodore Beckett, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Martin's Point, S. C. Charleston Presbytery LaMotte, Louis Cossitte, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina University of South Carolina Columbia, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery McDonald, Donald McLaurin University of South Carolina Columbia, S. C. Fayetteville Presbytery McFall, James William, B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute Anderson, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery McInnis, William Donald, Presbyterian College of South Carolina Little Rock, S. C. Pee Dee Presbytery Piephoff, Clarence Eugene, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Spartanburg, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery Smith, William Epps, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Cades, S. C. Harmony Presbytery Swetnam, George Francis, University of South Carolina College Park, Ga. Congaree Presbytery Swetnam, Walter Stafford, University of South Carolina College Park, Ga. Congaree Presbytery 10 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY White, Robert DuRant, University of South Carolina Sardinia, S. C. Harmony Presbytery Wiggins, Birl Herman, University of South Carolina Cuthbert, Ga. Macon Presbytery Wilson, Parks Watson, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Due West, S. C. Norfolk Presbytery Wood, Elmer Donovan, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina University of South Carolina Valdosta, Ga. South Carolina Presbytery Wood, Ryan Lee, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina University of South Carolina Valdosta, Ga. Harmony Presbytery Senior Class Alexander, Hasell Norwood, A.B., Davidson College United States Army Belmont, N. C. Atlanta Presbytery Beaty, Ernest Albert, A.B., M.A. Davidson College University of South Carolina Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery Beaty, Walter Kirkpatrick, Moody Bible Institute United States Navy Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery Blake, William Kennedy, A.B., University of South Carolina United States Army Rock Hill, S. C. Bethel Presbytery Brearley, Cecil DuBose, A.B., University of South Carolina St. Charles, S. C. Harmony Presbytery COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 11 Copeland, William Creecy, A.B., Davidson College Rocky Mount, N. C. Albermarle Presbytery Dendy, Marshall Bertrand, University of South Carolina Hartwell, Ga. Athens Presbytery Dick, Anthony White, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Oswego, S. C. Harmony Presbytery Dickson, Robert Malcolm, A.B., B.S., North Georgia Agricultural College United States Army Seneca, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery Dillard, Edgar Archer, Presbyterian College of South Carolina Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery Dulin, Davidson Hafner, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Bowling Green, S. C. Bethel Presbytery Henderson, John Daniel, A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina Little Rock, S. C. Pee Dee Presbytery Langham, Frank Wyman, United States Navy Montgomery, Ala. East Alabama Presbytery Medlin, Clonnie Nathaniel, Presbyterian College of South Carolina United States Army Unionville, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery Morriss, Woodward Dale, LL.B., Cumberland University United States Army Memphis, Tenn Memphis Presbytery McGehee, James Clayborne, A.B., Roanoke College Charlotte Court House, Ya. Congaree Presbytery 12 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY McMahon, Albert E. S., Tusculum College United States Army Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery McMurray, Carl Walker, A.B., M.A. Presbyterian College of South Carolina University of South Carolina United States Navy Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery Polk, Lucius Eugene, University of Tennessee St. Louis, Mo. Knoxville Presbytery Smith, William Theodore, University of South Carolina United States Army Charlotte, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery Wilson, Charles Leroy, Presbyterian College of South Carolina United States Army Florence, S. C. Pee Bee Presbytery Graduate and Special Students H. B. Dendy, A.B., B.D Weaverville, N. C. F. B. Estes, A.B., B.D Lockhart, S. C. C. D. Fulton, A.B., B.D Okazaki, Japan George A. Hudson, A.B Kashing, China Charles Rees Jenkins, B.S., B.D Toe Cane, N. C. W. H. Johnson, A.B., B.D Jefferson, S. C. J. Sprole Lyons, A.B., B.D Winnsboro, S. C. J. N. Montgomery, A.B., B.D Hwaianfu, China W. T. Riviere, A.B., A.M., B.D Cleburne, Texas Summary Junior Class 12 Middle Class 26 Senior Class 21 Graduate Special Students 9 Total 68 GRADUATES IN DIVINITY Class of 1923 Graduates who received the Degree of Bachelor of Di- vinity : Anderson, James Weldon, B.S., B.D., South Carolina. Belk, George Washington, Jr., A.B., B.D., North Caro- lina. Cobb, James Venner, A.B., B.D.,* Mississippi. Foster, Harry Robert, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. Fulton, Samuel Hewitt, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. Hay, Samuel Burney, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. Jenkins, Charles Rees, B.S., B.D., South Carolina. Neville, William Gordon, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. Park, Russell White, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. Taylor, Arthur Thaddeus, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. Williamson, Malcolm Russell, A.B., B.D., South Caro- lina. Woodson, Marshall Scott, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. Members of the Senior Class who received Certificates of Graduation in some of the departments of instruction: Ayers, Stephen Edward, South Carolina. Batchelor, Alexander Ramsay, New York. Stogner, Daniel Coppedge, North Carolina. Yandell, Benjamin Franklin, North Carolina. *B.D. course finished and degree given October 10, 1923, Mr. Cobb having completed and received the degree of A.B. at the University of South Carolina in June, 1923. REPRESENTATION Literary Institutions Presbyterian College of S. C. Military Academy . . 1 S. C 25 Cumberland University . . 1 Mercer University 1 N. Georgia Ag. College . University of Tennessee . . 1 Tusculum College University of Georgia . . 1 Roanoke College Hampden-Sidney Col. ... 1 Union Theol. Seminary S. C. Medical College ....1 Clemson College Ala. Polytechnic Institute 1 S. W. Baptist Theolog- Moody Bible Institute . . 1 ical Seminary Erskine College 1 Columbia Theol. Seminary University of Prague 1 (Graduate and Special University of S. C 11 Students) 9 Davidson College 4 No Literary Institution . . 2 Number of Institutions Represented 21 Presbyteries Athens 2 Mecklenburg 4 Atlanta 1 Memphis 1 Albermarle 1 North Alabama 1 Norfolk 1 Bethel 6 Pee Dee 3 Piedmont 4 Charleston 2 South Carolina 5 Congaree 7 Tuscaloosa 1 East Alabama 1 Harmony 8 Knoxville 1 Suwannee 1 Macon 2 Hayetteville 2 Pine Bluff 1 No Presbytery 4 Graduate and Special Students, Presbyteries not listed ... .9 Number of Presbyteries Represented 22 States and Countries South Carolina 38 North Carolina 8 Georgia 8 Virginia 1 Alabama 3 Japan 1 Tennessee 2 Florida 1 Czecho-Slovakia 1 Texas 1 Arkansas 1 China 2 Illinois 1 Number of States and Countries Represented 13 ; COURSE OF STUDY Junior Class (Figures indicate the number of hours each week.) Old Testament Literature and Exegesis.—Exegetical propaedeutics ; hermeneutics 2 Hebrew Language.—Hebrew orthography, etymology, vo- cabulary, syntax of the verb; translation at sight in Genesis 4 New Testament Literature and Exegesis.—Practice in read- ing Greek ; Gospel History 3 Ecclesiastical History.—Church History from Pentecost to 1073 A. D. ; Biblical Geography 2 Homiletics.—Outline of Sacred Rhetoric; exercises in reading the Scriptures and hymns 1 Theology 1 English Bible 2 Elocution 2 Religious Education 1 Middle Class Old Testament Literature and Exegesis.—Exegetical praxis 2 Hebrew Language.—Drill in Hebrew syntax; translation of extended passages 1 New Testament Literature and Exegesis.—Gospel History Apostolic History begun 3 Ecclesiastical History.—From 1073 A. D. to the close of the period of the Reformation 2 Homiletics.—Sacred Rhetoric completed; Church Polity. . .1 Missions.—Chronological history of missions; the world religions ; kinds of mission work 1 Theology.—The theology of natural religion 3 English Bible 3 Elocution 2 16 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Senior Class Old Testament Literature and Exegesis.—The canon; principles of biblical criticism prophecy ; 2 New Testament Literature and Exegesis.—Apostolic His- tory continued; exegesis of Eomans, Hebrews, and Revelation 2 Ecclesiastical History.—History of doctrine ; history of the Presbyterian Church 2 Pastoral Theology.—A course of lectures ; methods of per- sonal work 1 Theology.—The theology of redemption 2 English Bible 2 Christian Ethics 1 Elocution 3 Apologetics 2 DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION Old Testament Literature and Exegesis Professor McPheeters The end ultimately aimed at in the work of this depart- ment is to establish in the mind of the student a well- grounded conviction that there is a science of interpreta- tion; to give him a clear conception of its "architectonic principle" and constitutent parts, the nature of each part, and its relation to the others; to open up to his mind the nature of exegetical propaedeutic, and make him aware of its practical bearing upon the work of exegesis ; to help him form and cultivate those mental habits that condition all real exegesis; and finally to give him such acquaintance with the principles, the apparatus, and the work of exegesis, and such skill in the use of them as can only be acquired by practice. Exegetical propaedeutic and hermeneutics will engage the main attention of the class during the Junior Year; the praxis of exegesis during the Middle Year, and such subjects as the Canon, the principles of Biblical Criticism proper, and Prophecy, during the Senior Year. In connection with the class- work there will be assigned to each class a reasonable amount of paralled reading, and to each member of each class a thesis on some aspect of the special subject under consideration. Hebrew and Cognate Languages Professor Kerr The aim in this department is to put the student in a po- sition that will enable him to use to advantage the Hebrew language in interpreting the Scriptures of the Old Testa- ment. Accordingly, stress will be laid upon a mastery of the principles of Hebrew etymology and syntax, and the acquisition of a vocabulary as copious as possible. 18 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Junior Class During this year the attention of the class will be occupied principally with etymology and the acquisition of a vocab- ulary. Middle Class In this class the principal aim is to acquire a working knowledge of Hebrew syntax. There is careful study of selected passages, and rapid reading of more extended pas- sages, for the purpose of illustrating principles of syntax and further enlarging the vocabulary. Elective Courses Elective courses in this department are offered to members of the Senior Class or others qualified for the work ; the par- ticular nature of the course, to be determined upon con- sultation with the professor, as follows: A.—Advanced Hebrew Syntax. B.—Hebrew Text Criticism. C.—Biblical Aramaic. D.—Elementary Arabic. New Testament Literature and Exegesis Professor White The regular courses of study in this department are in- tended for students who have acquired a working knowl- edge of the Greek language. A special course of instruction is given, however, for the benefit of beginners in Greek. This preliminary course includes the grammatical study of New Testament Greek and practice in reading. In each of the three regular classes the Greek New Testa- ment is used as a textbook throughout the session. Junior Class The work in this class is based upon a study of the Greek text of portions of the Gospels, including a review of New Testament Grammar; practice in reading; Gospel History, ; COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 19 including literary and historical criticism of the Gospels, Jewish life and thought in New Testament times, and the life and teaching of Christ until the close of the Galilean ministry. Three hours a week during the session. Middle Class Gospel History continued ; the life and teaching of Christ during the later part of His ministry on the basis of the ma- terial contained in the Gospels; the Kingdom of God; Apostolic History, including the literary and historical study of the early chapters of Acts, origin and early history of the Church, and the beginnings of the Pauline Mission critical exegesis of selected portions of Galatians and 1st Corinthians. In this class instruction is given with refer- ence to the canon, the Greek text of the New Testament, and the principles of textual criticism. Three hours a week throughout the session. Senior Class Apostolic History continued, including the chronology of the Apostolic Age, the later period of the Pauline Mission as set forth in Acts, and the order and grouping of the Paul- ine Epistles; critical exegesis of portions of the Epistle to the Romans, the Epistle to the Hebrews, and the Apoca- lypse; development of Apostolic teaching concerning the Holy Spirit, the Church, and the Kingdom of God. Special papers prepared by the members of the class furnish the basis of discussions in the classroom. Each student is ex- pected to become familiar with the various commentaries found on the shelves of the working library. Two hours a week during the session. Didactic and Polemic Theology Professor Green The study of Systematic Theology is begun in the Junior year, and prosecuted through the Middle and Senior years. 20 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Junior Class This class is occupied, throughout the year, with the West- minster Confession of Faith and the larger and shorter Catechisms. The object of this course is threefold: (1) to acquaint the students with the doctrinal symbols of our Church; (2) to furnish them, at the outset of their studies, with a convenient body of divinity for their use as teachers and preachers during their undergraduate years; (3) to prepare them for an easier and larger comprehension of the topics treated in Didactic and Polemic Theology. Middle Class The Middle Class takes up, at the beginning of the year, Introductory Theology, embracing the definition of theology, and the method of its distribution, the source of theology or the rule of faith and duty, and the inspiration of the Scriptures. This class studies during the second term the Theology of Natural Religion, embracing such subjects as the names, nature, and attributes of God, the trinity, the decrees, crea- tion, providence, angels, men, the covenant of works, the fall, original sin, the pollution and guilt of sin. The textbook is Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology. Three hours a week. Senior Class The Senior class studies the Theology of Redemption, em- bracing such topics as the plan of salvation, the mediator, the covenant of grace, the person and work of Christ, the person and work of the Holy Spirit, vocation, grace, re- generation, faith, justification, adoption, sanctification, the means of grace and the last things, Hodge's Systematic Theology is used throughout the course. Instruction mainly by question and answer. Three hours a week. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 21 Christian Ethics and Apologetics Apologetics Proffessor Reed Junior Class This course aims to show the reasonableness and authority of the Christian religion. It treats of and compares the Christian and anti- Christian theories of the universe, show- ing the Christian to be preferable on both Scriptural and philosophical grounds. The other general questions of apologetics are also treated. Instruction is by textbooks and lecture. One hour a week. Christian Ethics Professor Green Senior Class This course shows the nature and content of the Christian ethical ideal, its authority, and its superiority to all other standards. It deals with Christian duties both toward God and toward man, and in individual and social relations. Its aim is to put into practical life the teaching of the Spirit of Christ, "to live according to Christianity." Instruction by textbook and discussion. One hour a week. Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity Junior Class Professor Reed Beginning with Pentecost the class follows the unfolding of the Church's history to the culminating point of the Middle Ages. The contrast is noted between the persecuted Church under the Pagan Emperors and the persecuting Church under the Christian Emperors. Another striking change is considered, that of form, from Presbytery to Episcopacy. The early councils receive attention, especially as the sources of our creeds and theologies. The disintegra- tion of the Roman Empire under the impact of barbarism, 22 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY and the conversion of these barbarous tribes to Christianity furnish a study of much interest. Middle Class During this year the class follows the course of the Church's history to the close of the Eeformation Period. Interest centers in the complicated relations of Church and State, and the struggle resulting therefrom ; the climax of the Papal power; its Mohammedan method of propa- gandism; the development of doctrinal perversions and ad- ministrative abuses ; the Crusades ; the Eenaissance, the in- creasing degeneracy of the Church; the waning power of the Pope; the many elements of discontent, preparing the way for and prophesying the revolt of the sixteenth century. Senior Class With the Eeformation the history of the Church becomes more complicated. The Protestant Church splits into na- tional branches, and into many minor bodies. Some atten- tion is given to the whole field of the Church's history, both in the East and in the West; but special attention is given during the Senior year to the Presbyterian and Ee- formed churches of all countries. The great Wesleyan Eevival with its consequences on both sides of the Atlantic is considered; also the origin and expansion of the many religious denominations in the United States. The method of teaching throughout the whole course is by textbooks with supplemental lectures. Church Polity is studied during the second term of the middle year. In addition to a series of oral lectures, dis- cussing certain general principles, instruction is given in connection with the Book of Church Order, and Dr. Withe- row's "Which is the Apostolic Church?" Church Polity is emphasized as a matter of no inconsiderable importance. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 23 Natural Science in Connection with Revelation and Christian Apologetics This chair is vacant for the present. Its field is occupied by Professor Green in Philosophy, Professor Reed in Apolo- getics, and Professors White and McPheeters in Introduc- tion and Criticism. The English Bible Professor Clark The object of this course is to guide the student in the discovery and mastery of an effective method of Bible study. Incidentally there will be taught the theology and ethics of the sacred Scriptures, and these will be presented in the form in which they are developed in the word of God. So far as time will permit, the facts and doctrines of God's word will be studied, for these furnish the substance and material of the minister's message, and there can be no substitute for biblical theology and biblical ethics. The main purpose, however, which will be constantly kept in the foreground in the work of this department, will be not to furnish facts from the Bible, and to formulate Scriptural doctrines and rules for the student, but to en- able him to acquire a method by which the truths of God's word may be known and appreciated. The ultimate aim of the course is to arouse in the heart a permanent and passionate love for the Book. Junior Class The Pentateuch and the later historical books of the Old Testament are studied in the American Revised Version. The method is by syllabus of the professor and the first year's course includes Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Hebrews, Joshua, and Kings. Two hours each week for two terms. 24 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Middle Class The Psalms, the Wisdom literature and the Major and Minor Prophets are studied by the use of the same methods that are employed in all the classes. The second year's course will include Esther, Job, Psalms, 2nd Chronicles, Jonah, Hosea, and Jeremiah. Three hours each week for two terms. Senior Class The third year's work deals with the books of the New Testament, and the course includes a study of the Gospels, Acts, Romans, Philippians, James and 1st John. Two hours each week for two terms. Practical Theology President Wells Work in this department continues through three years. Homiletics The Junior Class gives one hour a week to Homiletics. The textbook is Broadus' "Preparation and Delivery of Sermons." This is supplemented by lectures. The preacher, his call, his message, his personality, his equipment and his preparation are discussed. Sermon briefs are required during the second term, and are criticized and corrected by the professor. The Middle Class gives one hour a week for the first term to Homiletics. The textbook is Breed's "Preparing to Preach." The time of the class is largely given to sermonizing. Sermons or sermon briefs will be required almost every week. The whole work of the class is directed toward teach- ing the men how to preach. Pastoral Theology The Senior Class gives one hour a week to this subject. The teaching is mainly by lecture. The minister is studied : COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 25 as the leader of his people. His relation as pastor is care- fully considered. The complete organization of a modern church is shown. Every effort is put forth to fit the young minister to face the problems of today in his pastoral work. Missions Mr. Murchison This course is designed to meet the needs of pastors and prospective ordained missionaries. Whether the minister expects to spend his life in the homeland or on the foreign field he needs a comprehensive view of missions. The or- dained minister is the key man at the home base as well as on the mission field. To be informed, therefore, of the most approved methods of conducting this great task of the Church, and of the preparation best adapted to the needs of the workers, is a matter of first importance. The books used for guidance in this study are 1. The Foreign Missionary, by Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D. 2. The Preparation of Ordained Missionaries, being the report of a Committee of the Board of Missionary Preparation, Robert E. Speer, Chairman. 3. The Fourth Report of the Board of Missionary Prep- aration, giving attention to the reports of the commit- tees on the special preparation needed for missionaries appointed to (a) China. (b) Japan. (c) Latin America. (d) Africa. 4. The reports of the executive committees of Foreign and Home Missions to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. 5. The Religions of Mankind, by Edmund Davison Soper. This course is taken by the Middle Class for one hour a week. 26 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Religious Education Professor Clark The aim of this course is to adapt the general principles of education to the special work of the Sunday School. After a survey of the historical bearings of the Sunday School, the nature of the pupil is studied with some fullness. Then the following topics are treated : The curriculum, the principles of method as applied to the Sunday School, the organization, management, government, program, external relations and general means of success of the Sunday School. Textbooks : Weigle : The Pupil and the Teacher ; Law- rence: How to Conduct a Sunday School. Elocution Instructor Taylor The purpose of the work in this department is to train the student in the art of proper and effective oral expres- sion; to render his thoughts naturally and forcefully; to read intelligently; to use his voice and body to the best advantage; to eliminate mannerisms and faults, both in speech and action. Delivery is not here considered as mere physical per- formance. Eather it is the liberation of thought and feeling through the voice and body. This implies that there must be the proper co-ordination between the actions of mind, voice and body. To improve delivery mental processes must first be stimulated. In connection with this the voice and body must be so trained as to be responsive to all thinking. Proper exercises are given for strengthening the voice and for improving the quality. The primary modulations of the speaking voice are taught and insisted on from the beginning. Articulation and pronunciation are not neg- lected. The importance of interpretative reading of the Scrip- tures is emphasized and especial attention is paid to the reading of hymns. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 27 Annual Course of Lectures on the Thomas Smyth Foundation Through the generosity of the late Thomas Smyth, D.D., of Charleston, South Carolina, a Seminary lectureship has been established called the Thomas Smyth Foundation. In accordance with the conditions of the bequest, some person who is of worthy character and distinguished for learning and ability is chosen each year by the Board of Direc- tors and the Faculty of the Columbia Theological Seminary to deliver a course of lectures before the students of the Seminary. This series of lectures will deal from year to year with the fundamental principles of the Christian faith. The funds bequeathed to the institution by Dr. Smyth to found this lectureship, according to the terms of the bequest, were allowed to accumulate until they amounted to $10,000. For the past ten years distinguished lecturers have filled this lectureship, treating a large variety of themes doctrinal, critical, practical, archaeological and historical. Extension Work at Columbia Seminary The Professors of the Seminary are constantly engaged in preaching and lecturing in various communities within the bounds of the four Synods. Courses of lectures are de- livered by the Seminary professors in response to the re- quests of particular churches and communities. Graduate Work For those who desire to continue their course of study for a longer time than the regular period of three years, or for those who wish to take special studies, no fixed cur- riculum is prescribed, but each student is free to devote him- self to those branches which he wishes especially to pursue. Such students may attend any of the regular classes, or they may pursue advanced courses of study and conduct original investigation under the guidance of the professors in the Seminary. 28 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Optional Courses Optional courses may be established for students who wish to equip themselves in a manner more complete and thorough than that which is permitted by the regular curriculum. On request, such courses will be provided by the professors of the several departments. The professor will reserve the right to say whether any applicant shall take a desired course, basing his judgment upon the recognized ability of the student and the prob- ability of interference with his regular work. He reserves the further right to determine, from the number making application, whether the course shall be offered. University-Seminary Course The University of South Carolina is located in the city of Columbia. The following has been adopted as the basis of credit for the combined Seminary and University of South Caro- lina courses for the A. M. and A. B. degrees: 1. Students of the Columbia Theological Seminary who comply with the general entrance requirements of the Uni- versity of South Carolina may register for a combined Semi- nary and University course leading to the A. B. degree. 2. This course must represent the following semester credits: English 12, History 12, Mathematics 12, one an- cient or modern foreign language (above course A) 12, a laboratory science 6 or 8. 3. From certain courses given at the Seminary 36 credits may be counted toward the University A. B. degree. 4. For the Seminary-University A. B. degree at least 18 credits must be made in University courses. 5. For the A. M. degree one subject, approved by the Committee on Graduate Studies may be selected as a minor, from the middle or senior year courses in the Columbia Theological Seminary. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 29 Religious Exercises Daily prayers which every student is required to attend are conducted in the chapel every morning by a member of the Faculty. Various meetings for worship are maintained by the students, either as a body or by each class separately. Every Friday afternoon the Faculty and students meet together in the Chapel. Students conduct devotional ex- ercises and preach sermons. Afterwards the members of the Faculty offer suggestions with reference to the subject mat- ter of the sermons and the manner of their delivery. Society of Missionary Inquiry.—This society meets on alternate Tuesday evenings, and holds a separate business meeting once a month. It proves a power in awakening and sustaining interest in missions, and takes practical oversight of local mission work. The society is divided into a number of mission study classes, each class using a different text- book, treating a different phase of missions. Opportunities for Christian Work By reason of her location and environment, the Columbia Seminary furnishes to her students various opportunties for engaging in active Christian work. Some of these are the following. The Churches established in the City of Columbia are well organized with respect to Sunday schools and young people's societies. Some of the students of the Seminary take an active part in the work of these Church organiza- tions. Mission Work.—The city of Columbia offers many op- portunities for religious work and training. There are six mission churches in the suburbs. There are three cotton- mill villages, where mission work may be conducted. There is abundance of opportunity for teaching and preaching among the colored people. Prayer meetings, house-to-house visitations, Sunday schools and preaching services are con- 30 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINAR? ducted by the students in various parts of the city and the adjacent country. Regular Preaching.—Students of the Middle and Senior classes are allowed, with the consent of the presbyteries con- cerned, when it does not conflict with their Seminary duties, to supply vacant churches in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Much of the territory embraced within these and other adjacent States is easily accessible to the students of this Seminary. TERMS OF ADMISSION AND GRADUATION Students seeking admission to the Seminary should be graduates of a college of recognized standing. It is desirable that Presbyterian students should connect themselves with a presbytery before coming to the Seminary. Any student coming from another Seminary must present a certificate of dismission from the Seminary previously attended, show- ing the courses completed in that institution. Every Presbyterian student entering the Seminary is ex- pected to present a statement from his presbytery to the effect that he has permission to enter the Seminary, and specifying the course he is expected "to take. Representatives of other denominations must furnish the Faculty with sat- isfactory testimonials of being in full communion with some Christian Church, and of having been educated at some college or university ; or, in the absence of such testimonials, the ministerial candidate must satisfy the Faculty, by ex- amination, that he is qualified to enter upon a course of study in preparation for the Gospel ministry. All students, on entering the Seminary, are required to subscribe to the following declaration: "Deeply impressed with a sense of the importance of improving in knowledge, prudence and piety, preparatory to the Gospel ministry, I solemnly promise, in reliance on divine grace, that I will conscientiously and vigilantly observe the rules and regula- tions specified in the Constitution, and also obey all the law- ful requisitions, and readily yield to all wholesome admoni- tions of the professors of the Seminary, while I shall con- tinue a member of it." At the close of each term written examinations are held upon all the subjects studied during the term. No student is permitted to be absent from the examination of his class, except for satisfactory reasons. In the event that a student is absent from the regular examination, he must afterwards stand a special examination. Any student who completes in a satisfactory manner all of the courses of study given in 32 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY the Seminary and who presents to the Faculty a diploma of graduation from a college of recognized standing will re- ceive a diploma from this Seminary according him the de- gree of Bachelor of Divinity. The Seminary Year The Seminary year begins on the third Wednesday in September. The Baccalaureate Sermon to the graduating class is delivered on the first Sunday in May, and the session ends with the delivery of diplomas and certificates on the Wednesday after the first Sunday in May. For the conven- ience of some of the classes and for presbyterial reports the session is divided into two terms, the first of which ends on the last Saturday in January, and the second begins on the following Tuesday. Reports to Presbyteries Eeports are sent at regular intervals to presbyteries con- cerning the attendance of the students upon the exercise of the Seminary, and concerning their general deportment, diligence and standing in study. Expenses of Students Tuition and room-rent are furnished free of charge. Board is furnished at cost, which amounts to about $100 for the entire session. Incidentals, including lights, fuel and books, amount to about $50.00. With the exception of towels, rooms are furnished and neatly kept without cost to the student. When necessary, students are aided from scholarship funds to the extent of $100. In order to secure this aid the ap- plicant must bring a written recommendation, stating the amount needed, from the chairman of education of his presbytery. HISTORICAL STATEMENT The Columbia Seminary was founded in 1828 by the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, which occupied the territory now embracing the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Each of these Synods in its own behalf assumed afterwards the obligation to main- tain the institution established by the parent Synod. Thom- as Goulding, D.D., of Georgia, was elected the first profes- sor in 1828. In January, 1830, he and his students removed from Georgia to Columbia. In January, 1831, the present central building was occupied and George Howe, D.D., was elected his associate in the Faculty. Two years later (1833) A. W. Leland, D.D., was appointed to the chair of Theology. In 1834 Dr. Goulding retired, and his chair, that of Ecclesiastical History and Polity, was filled by the election of Charles Colcock Jones, D.D. (1836). The establishment of this Seminary in Columbia, in 1828, was the practical recognition, by the fathers of that day, of the fact that they owed something to their generation and something also to those who were to come after them. Look- ing around them, they saw fields white to the harvest. An increasing population with pressing spiritual needs was fill- ing the boundaries of both South Carolina and Georgia. Looking ahead of them into the future, the fathers of that day foresaw that time would make the call for efficient laborers in this field only the more urgent. Their children, even then, had begun to turn their eyes westward. The States of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana were being settled by those whose antecedents were in South Carolina and Georgia. The Christian people of these two States followed with eager interest not only the material, but also the spiritual progress of those who had gone out from them, and were still of them. In the narrative of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia for the year 1832, four years after the Seminary opened its doors, the following statement occurs: 34 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY "It is to be hoped that the period is not far distant when this school of the prophets to which principally our Churches look for the successors of those who are removed from the ministry by death—for the pastors who are to break the bread of life among our numerous unsupplied Churches— shall be so amply furnished by Christian liberality with the means of imparting a complete theological education, that it shall not be behind similar institutions to which the churches in other parts of our land look for their spiritual guides." Soon after the completion of the period of the first twenty- five years in the life of the Theological Seminary important additions were made to the Faculty. For a short time, Alexander T. McGill, D.D., who afterwards occupied a chair in the Princeton Theological Seminary, taught in Columbia Seminary the subjects embraced in Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. He was succeeded in the oc- cupancy of this chair by Benjamin M. Palmer, D.D., who was succeeded by John B. Adger, D.D. From 1856 until 1862, James Henley Thornwell, D.D., gave the crowning years of his life to the work of teaching the subjects con- nected with the chair of Didactic and Polemic Theology. During this period of early growth, a generous fund for the endowment of the Seminary was contributed by the sup- porting Synods. In 1854 Simons Hall was erected through the liberality of Mrs. E. L. Simons, of Charleston, and in 1855, Mrs. Agnes Law, of Columbia, provided "for the erection of the dormitory that bears her name. During the period of the war of the Southern Confede- racy and the two decades that followed it the following ministers and teachers served as members of the Faculty: Benjamin M. Palmer, D.D., James Woodrow, D.D., William S. Plumer, D.D., Joseph E. Wilson, D.D., John L. Girar- deau, D.D., Charles E. Hemphill, D.D., William E. Boggs, D.D. and James D. Tadlock, D.D. Among the members of the teaching force in the more recent years, to name only tihose that have been called to their final reward, were Francis E. Beattie, D.D., William T. Hall, D.D. and E. G. Pearson, D.D. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 35 Throughout her entire life, a period of four score and sixteen years, the Columbia Theological Seminary has fur- nished well-trained ministers of the Gospel not only to the Synods with which she is organically connected, but to other parts of our Southern Church and to many regions beyond the seas. Prior to the War of the Confederacy, the largest number of students at any time in attendance was during the session of 1860-1861, when sixty-two students were assembled in the halls of the Seminary. Within the limits of the half century that followed the close of the great sectional struggle, the largest number of students in at- tendance during any one session was in 1873-1874, the num- ber present that year being fifty-seven. Although the num- ber of students in attendance at this Seminary "has always been thus moderate in extent, yet Columbia has furnished more than three-fourths of the Presbyterian ministers who have labored in South Carolina, more than one-half of those that have labored in Georgia, and a considerable proportion of those in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Moreover, graduates of Colum- bia Seminary have given themselves to the work of mis- sions in Africa, Syria, Turkey, Persia, Hindostan, Korea, Japan, China and South America. Location and Buildings. The Seminary is located near the center of the city of Columbia, the ca-pital of South Carolina. The city, with a population of about 50,000, is situated on heights overlook- ing the Congaree River, and is noted for the beauty of its site, its broad and well-shaded streets, its excellent natural drainage, its quiet and refined society. It is one of the most important railway and educational centers in the Southern States. Posessing an excellent public-school sys- tem, Columbia is also the seat of the University of South Carolina, the Lutheran Theological* Seminary, The College for Women, the Methodist Female College and several Business Colleges. In recent years Columbia has entered upon a career of steady, if not, indeed, phenomenal develop- 36 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY merit. The establishment of large manufacturing enter- prises in the various suburbs of the city means not only in- creased material prosperity for the city, but enlarged op- portunities for mission work by the students of the Semi- nary. Columbia is one of the leading winter resorts of our country. It is located in the same great pine belt in which Camden and Aiken, famous winter resorts, are situated. The climate is one of the most delightful in the world. The Seminary occupies a beautiful square of four acres in the heart of the residence portion of the city. Just across the street from the Seminary are located the beautiful grounds surrounding the Presbyterian College for Women. The first and second floors of the central building on the Seminary grounds are used for lecture rooms and offices. The third floor is used for the books of the library. This building is flanked by the two dormitories, Law Hall and Simons Hall. Each of these dormitories has twenty-four rooms, commodious, well ventilated and lighted. The rooms are kept in a thoroughly cleaned and wholesome condition, and each room is supplied with a complete set of furniture, a carpet, and necessary linen and bedding. The Chapel is the small brick building on the east side of the square; the Dining Hall is on the west side—a new two-story brick building. THE SEMINARY LIBRARY The library of the Columbia Seminary is probably the most extensive and the most valuable collection of theologi- cal literature in the South. It forms an important adjunct to the work carried on in the classrooms. In it are incor- porated the larger parts of the libraries of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., Eev. John Douglass, Rev. George Howe, D.D., and Rev. S. Beach Jones, D.D. New books are being continually added from a fund set apart for the purpose, as well as by gift. The libraries of the professors, amount- ing to several thousand volumes, are accessible to the stud- ents. The Smyth Reference Library Room has been fitted up by Miss Sarah Ann Smyth and the Ladies' Society of the Second Church, Charleston. In it are kept the books needed for daily reference. Some of the daily newspapers, with a number of the leading monthly magazines, are on file in the reading room. Gifts to the Seminary Library The Seminary has recently received as a gift from the family of Rev. J. William Flinn, D.D., deceased, an honored alumnus of the institution, the books formerly owned and used by Dr. Flinn. This valuable collection of books con- tains a large number of standard works on Philosophy, Logic, and Ethics. This collection includes also a con- siderable number of books which once formed a part of the library of Dr. Thomas Smyth, of Charleston, S. C. All of these volumes have been placed in a room on the first floor of the main building on the Seminary grounds, and are known as the Flinn Annex to the Smyth Library. The First Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, Alabama, has donated to the Columbia Seminary the collection of books once the property of the former pastor, Rev. David Finley, D.D. 38 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY From the estate of Rev. Charles S. Vedder, D.D., LL.D., an honored alumnus of this Seminary, and late pastor of the Huguenot Church, Charleston, S. C, a gift of three hundred valuable books has been donated to the Seminary library. The Rev. M. C. Hutton, D.D., of Georgetown, Texas, an honored alumnus of the class of 1872, has presented to the Seminary a valuable selection of choice books from his own library, consisting of volumes which he has found especially helpful in his own ministry. The large and valuable library of the late Rev. Samuel M. Smith, D.D., who was at the time of his death the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Caro- lina, has been given by the family of Dr. Smith to the Columbia Seminary. The collection of books formerly owned and used by the Rev. W. B. Arrowood, D.D., late pastor of Bethel Church, York County, South Carolina, has been given by his daughter to the Seminary Library. Valuable books from the library of the late Rev. William E. Boggs, D.D., former professor and also member of the Doard of Directors of the Columbia Theological Seminary, have been presented to the library. Wilds Book Prize Louis T. Wilds, Esq., a ruling elder of the First Presby- terian Church, Columbia, S. C, has given the Seminary the sum of five hundred dollars, to be used as the basis of an annual book prize. At the close of each session the proceeds of the gift made by Mr. Wilds will be invested in books and the books will be bestowed as a prize upon a student se- lected by the Faculty, in accordance with conditions pre- scribed by the donor. In May, 1923 this prize was bestowed upon Samuel H. Fulton, A.B., B.D., and Charles Hees Jenkins, B.S., B.D., members of the Senior class. : COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 39 Pressing Needs of the Seminary 1. The first and greatest need of the Seminary is schol- arship funds providing for the support of the largely in- creased number of students who are now coming to this institution. A considerable number of scholarships yield- ing at least $100 each per year should be provided. It is hoped that generous friends will find here an opportuntiy for wise beneficence. Perhaps no more attractive method of providing an enduring memorial for some beloved rela- tive could be found than to establish a scholarship of $1,500 for this purpose. 2. There is need of a fireproof library building. The Smyth Library has no equal in the South, and perhaps no superior in the United States, in the field of Puritan the- ology as expounded by British writers. It would be an unpardonable sin to allow these riches, which no amount of money could ever duplicate, to be destroyed by fire. The Church cannot excuse herself on any ground for failure to do this at an early date. 3. There should be a larger and more commodious Chapel of brick or stone. The present unsightly and inconvenient building has served its purpose already too long. The com- mencement exercises must be held elsewhere and no special exercise which would involve a considerable attendance of people can be held because of the small size of the building. 4. There is room for a variety of lectureships, fellow- ships and other special foundations. 5. Small gifts of books, maps, charts, casts for the library and the lecture rooms and supplies for the boarding hall are always gratefully received. Form of Bequest The proper form of a bequest is as follows "To the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, to them and their successors, I give and bequeath the sum of 40 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (or I devise a certain parcel or tract of land, etc.), to be applied by them to the uses and benefit of said Seminary, as follows," etc. <* >* -# 00 *# 00 CO CO CO "3 "H "00 0) I 3 cy 4j bO a a> c S © a ca CO "« cy 0) o> cy cy t 1 1 CO CO o CO '3 p. Pi p. p. a a aS a) O 8 6 6 6 6 CO >> CO °3 '3 4J •3 c P ggo b oj aj CD C cu O Q> a 'O cy tlg^o^u O 3 B^ .1 § «-o a co 'O -a O1 ^°S c2 2 ^ J? § * H oJ co d> # s 3 'bp So £ ey bo 0) CO bO 3 cy P to &£S§ « h£ »- fc «J t, fe cy «3 *- .0+59 1 3 1 .2-2 ^ 2 .2 2^0 C J T) 'c CjTJ'S s* fi cy » Sco >"S S CO »-9 S CO 1 S^ •-s Sco CO CO CO CO CO 5 -el £) C CD lib 45 So? cS?b SS cy K Sm^ BwS _ CO T3 £ d»-oW o £ a> c H a 3 13 'S Sa a> 1 8J cy £ oy '-sS CO i-s S co •-sSco coS co co 5 Q >4 CO < i § K p P EH 1 3 APPENDIX Members of the Faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary 1828-1924 Accessus Exitus 1828 Thomas Gottlding,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1834 1831 George Howe,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Biblical Literature. 1883 1833 A. W. Leland,* D.D., Professor of Chris- tian Theology. 1856 1836 Charles Colcock Jones,* D.D., Profes- sor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1838 1848 Charles Colcock Jones,* D.D., Profes- sor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1850 1852 Alex. T. McGill,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Churcjh Polity. 1853 1853 B. M. Palmer,* D.D., LL.D., Provisional Instructor in Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1853 1854 B. M. Palmer,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1856 1856 J. H. Thornwell,* D.D., LL.D., Profes- sor Ehetoric and Pastoral Theology. 1856 1856 J. H. Thornwell,* D.D., LL.D., Profes- sor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1862 1857 J. B. Adger,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesias- tical History and Church Polity. 1874 'Deceased. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 43 Accessus Exitus 1861 James Woodrow,* Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Perkins Professor of Natural Science in Connection with Revelation. 1886 1862 B. M. Palmer,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1865 1867 William S. Plumer,* D.D., LL.D., Profes- sor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1875 1870 Joseph E. Wilson,* D.D., Professor of Pastoral and Evangelistic Theology and Sacred Rhetoric. 1874 1875 William S. Plumer,* D.D., LL.D., Pro- fessor of Pastoral, Casuistic and His- toric Theology. 1880 1876 J. L. Girardeau,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1895 1882 Chas. R. Hemphill, D.D., Associate Pro- fessor of Biblical Literature. 1883 1882 Wm. E. Boggs,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesi- astical History and Church Polity. 1885 1883 Chas. R. Hemphill, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature. 1885 1885 Jas. D. Tadlock,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Eccelsiastical History and Church Polity. 1898 1887 Chas. C. Hersman, D.D., Professor of Bib- lical Literature. 1888 1888 Francis R. Beattie,* Ph.D., D.D., Perkins Professor of Natural Science in Connec- tion with Revelation, and Christian Apologetics. 1893 ^Deceased. 44 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Accessus Exitus 1888 William M. McPheeters, D.D. Profes- sor of Biblical Literature. 1893 1892 Daniel J. Brimm, A.M., Associate Profes- sor of Biblical Literature. 1893 1893 William M. McPheeters, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1893 Daniel J. Brimm, D.D., Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1900 1893 Samuel S. Laws,* A.M., M.D., LL.D., D.D., Perkins Professor of Natural Science in Connection with Eevelation, and Christian Apologetics. 1898 1895 William T. Hall,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1911 1898 Eichard C. Reed, D.D., LL.D., Profes- sor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1900 John W. Davis,* D.D., Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1902 1901 Samuel C. Byrd, A.M., Adjunct Profes- sor in the Chair of Pastoral Theology, Homiletics, and the English Bible. 1902 1902 Henry Alexander White, A.M., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Professor of New Testa- ment Literature and Exegesis. 1911 Thornton Whaling, D.D., LL.D., Presi- dent of the Seminary and Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1921 ^Deceased. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 45 Accessus Exitus 1911 K. G. Pearson,* D.D., Professor of the English Bible. 1913 1913 James O. Keavis, D.D., LL.D., Professor of the English Bible, Homiletics, and Pastoral Theology. 1920 1916 Edgar D. Kerr, A.B., B.D., D.D., Instruc- tor in the Hebrew and Greek Languages. 1921 1920 Hugh K. Murchison, A.B., B.D., Instruc- tor in Missions. 1920 Melton Clark, A.B., D.D., Professor of English Bible and Keligious Education. 1921 Edgar D. Kerr, A.B., B.D., D.D., Profes- sor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages. 1921 John M. Wells, A.M., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., President of the Seminary and Profes- sor of Practical Theology. 1921 James B. Green, A.B., DD., Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. Special Lecturers 1898 Samuel M. Smith,* D.D., Lecturer on Pastoral Theology and Homiletics. 1899 1911 Patterson Wardlaw, A.B., LL.D., In- structor in the Pedagogy of the Sunday School. 1915 1917 William H. Mills, A.B., D.D., Instructor in Kural Sociology. 1921 Lectures on the Thomas Smyth Foundation 1911 Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject : The Theistic View of the World. 'Deceased. 46 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Accessus Exitus 1912 Caspar Eene Gregory,* D.D., LL.D., Uni- versity of Leipsic, Germany. Subject: Theological Movements in Germany During the Nineteenth Century. 1913 Eobert E. Speer, LL.D., New York City. Subject: Some Missionary Problems Illustrated in the Lives of Great Mis- sionary Leaders. 1914 Eobert A. Webb,* D.D., LL.D., Louisville, Kentucky. Subject: The Doctrine of the Christian Hope. 1915 William Hodge Marquess,* D.D., LL.D., New York City. Subject: The Period from Abraham to Joshua as Illustrated by the Eesults of Archaeological Dis- covery. 1916 J. Campbell White, A.M., LL.D,, Wooster, Ohio. Subject: Missions and Leadership. 1917 W. S. Plttmer Bryan, D.D., Chicago, Illinois. Subject: The Grace of God. 1918 Benjamin B. Warfield,* D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: Counterfeit Miracles. 1919 Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject : Chris- tianity and the Modern Man. 1920 A. H. McKinney, D.D., New York City. Subject: Guiding Girls to Christian Womanhood. ^Deceased. COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 47 Accessus Exitus 1921 Louis Matthews Sweet, S.T.D., Ph.D., New York. Subject: The Origin and Destiny of Man in the Light of Scrip- ture and Modern Thought. 1923 J. Sprole Lyons, D.D., Atlanta, Ga. Sub- ject: Sermonic Sources. 1923 L. E. McNair, D.D., Jacksonville, Florida, Subject: Passion in Preaching. 1923 W. McF. Alexander, D.D., New Orleans, La. Subject: The Man and his Mes- sage. 1923 J. B. Hutton, D.D., Jackson, Miss. Sub- ject: Kegulative Ideas in Preaching. 1923 James I. Vance, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. Subject : Sermonizing. 1923 Dunbar H. Ogden, D.D., Mobile, Ala. Subject: The House in Which the Minister Lives. 1924 Egbert W. Smith, D.D. Nashville, Tenn. Subject : The Call of the Mission Fields. •Deceased.