SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

The Inauguration

of

OLIN TRIVETTE BINKLEY

AS SECOND PRESIDENT

WAKE FOREST, THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE SEVENTEENTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE The Academic Processz"on The Ceremony of Inauguration THE MARSHAL 10:00 A.M. The Seminary Chapel REPRESENTATIVES OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn REPRESENTATIVES OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND President of the Board of Trustees ASSOCIATIONS Presiding

REPRESENTATIVES OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST PRELUDE-Choral in A Minor Franck CONVENTION AGENCIES AND AFFILIATED BODIES Mr. Max Smith, Organist MARSHAL Dr. Marc H. Lovelace PRESIDENT OF THE SEMINARY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Professor of Archaeology

PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COORDINATING COUNCIL PROCESSIONAL HYMN-No. 465 "God of Grace and God of Glory" Fosdick THE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE SEMINARY INVOCATION Dr. James Archibald Jones President, Union Theological Seminary in THE TRUSTEES OF THE SEMINARY SCRIPTURE READING • Old Testament-Isaiah 6:1-13 Dr. J. Leo Green THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament New Testament-Ephesians 4:1-8, Dr. W. C. Strickland 11-16, 21-27, 29-32 Professor of New Testament Interpretation

ADDRESS Dr. Porter W. Routh Executive Secretary-Treasurer The Executive Committee Southern Baptist Convention ANTHEM-''The Last Words of David'' Randall Thompson The Seminary Men's Choir under the direction of Mr. Ben Johnson He that ruleth over men must be just, must be just, must be just, ruling in the fear of God, ruling in the fear of God, the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morn- ing without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain, after rain, after rain. THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO RISE AND SING AS THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Amen, amen, amen, amen. ENTERS THE CHAPEL AND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE PRESIDENT IS SEATED. AT THE CLOSE OF THE CEREMONIES THE AUDIENCE WILL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE RECESSIONAL. INAUGURAL PRAYER Dr. Sydnor L. Stealey • President Emeritus of the Seminary INSTALLATION OF THE PRESIDENT Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn President of the Board Trustees Inaugural Luncheon INAUGURAL ADDRESS Dr. Olin Trivette Binkley 1:15 P.M.

THE SEMINARY HYMN E. A. McDowell, Jr. The Seminary Cafeteria* Ordained of God, His Prophets rise, The rights of man we shall defend, They seek not gain nor earthly prize, Our strength to justice ever lend, They heed the challenge of Christ's call The sins of greed, of caste and war, They ask to give and spend their all. Bring men and nations to abhor. Dr. James F. Heaton Pastor, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Raleigh, N. C. Anointed heralds bold to speak, We thank our God for kindly years, Vice President the Board Trustees But in our ways like Jesus meek, For fellowship through joy and tears, of of In lowly place or distant land, For learning and for friendly toil, Presiding We go forth now to take our stand. For faith to sow in every soil.

Our message be the gospel plain, Bind us in brotherhood, we pray, Our joy its power o'er sin's dark stain; As from this place, we go today, Born from above the sinner lives, And keep our feet in paths made light, INVOCATION Mr. Jerry Niswonger New life in Christ the Spirit gives! By Jesus' truth and glory bright! Pastor, Mt. Gilead Baptist Church President of the Alumni Association

BENEDICTION Dr. W. Perry Crouch THE PRESIDENT'S GREETINGS Dr. Olin T. Binkley Pastor, First Baptist Church, Asheville, N. C. • President of the Seminary RECESSIONAL "Now Thank We all Our God" Bach ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dr. Carroll Trotter (Cantata 79) Cluiirman of the Inaugural Committee

ADDRESS Dr. Jesse H. Ziegler Associate J:Jirector, The American Association ef Theological Schools

BENEDICTION Mr. Fred Badders President of the Student Coordinating Council

Dr. and Mrs. Binkley will be in the rotunda of Stealey Hall between the hours of 11:45 and 12:45 to receive greetings from guests and friends.

• *Attendance by Invitation REPRESENTATIVES OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 1838 ...... Craufurd D. Goodwin, B.A., Ph.D. Secretary to the University 1693 COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY ...... H. Page Williams, 1842 HOWARD COLLEGE ...... W. Randall Lolley, A.B., B.D., Th.M. B.A., MA., Alumnus Alumnus 1701 YALE UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL . .. . Robert E. Seymour, Jr., 1845 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ...... James D. Sistrunk, B.A., B.D., B.D., Ph.D., Alumnus B.S. in L.S., Alumnus 1772 SALEM COLLEGE ...... Walser H. Allen, Jr., B.A., B.D., M.A. 1845 LIMESTONE COLLEGE ...... A. J. Eastwood, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Chaplain President 1785 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ...... Pope A. Duncan, 1848 CHOWAN COLLEGE .. . . . Bruce E. Whitaker, B.A., B.D., Th.M., Th.D. B.S., M.S., Th.M., Th.D., Alumnus President 1793 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA . ... William Friday, B.S., LL.B. 1849 WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE ...... John T. Wayland, President A.B., Th.B., B.D., Ph.D., Alumnus 1807 ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL 1851 CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE ... . . Gordon M. Funk, B.A., M.B.A. SEMINARY ...... Joseph S. Larrimore, B.A., B.D., Alumnus Alumnus 1807 MORAVIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ...... James C. Hughes, 1851 CATAWBA COLLEGE ...... David E. Faust, A.B., B.D., Ph.D. A.B., B.D., D.D., Alumnus Professor 1812 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ...... Frederick Herzog, 1853 LOUISVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Th.M., Th.D., Associate Professor Robert David Kaylor, B.A., B.D., Alumnus 1812 UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN VIRGINIA ... James A.Jones, 1854 BERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL ...... Samuel K. Frazier, Jr., B.S., B.D., D.D., LL.D., President A.B., S.T .B., Alumnus 1819 ...... Claude Frederick, LL.B. 1854 ...... Jackson W. Carroll, A.B., B.D. Alumnus 1825 LANCASTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY . .. . Richard A. Goodling, 1856 MARS HILL COLLEGE ...... Hoyt Blackwell, A.B., Th.M., D.D. A.B., B.D., Ph.D., Alumnus President 1825 UNION UNIVERSITY ...... Paul D. Simmons, B.A., B.D. 1856 NEWBERRY COLLEGE ...... Harry Weber, A.B., B.D., M.Ed. Alumnus Chaplain 1826 FURMAN UNIVERSITY . . Theron D. Price, B.A., Th.M., M.A., Th.D. 1858 SEABURY WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Professor Charles U. Harris, B.A., B.D., D.D., President and Dean of Faculty 1828 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ...... Cheves K. Ligon, 1859 SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY B.A., B.D., Th.M., Th.D., Alumnus C. Penrose St. Amant, B.A., M.A., Th.M., Th.D., Ph.D., LL.D., D.D. Dean, School of Theology 1829 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ...... Charles W. Midkiff, B.A., B.D. Alumnus 1860 WHEATON COLLEGE ...... Kenneth Donald Berg, A.B. Alumnus 1830 LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SOUTHERN SEMINARY ...... John David Mauney, II, A.B., B.D., Alumnus 1865 THE COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE ...... Henry Hilliard, A.B., B.D. Alumnus 1830 .... George M. Modlin, Ph.D., LL.D. President 1867 CROZER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ...... R. Melvin Henderson, 1833 MERCER UNIVERSITY ...... Harvey T. Whaley, D.D. B.A., B.D., Th.M., Associate Professor Alumnus 1873 SHORTER COLLEGE ...... Randall H. Minor, B.S., M.A., LL.D. 1834 HARTFORD SEMINARY FOUNDATION ...... Clyde A. Milner, President A.B., A.M., B.D., Ph.D., LL.D. 1873 VANDERBILT DIVINITY SCHOOL ...... William 0. Paulsell, 1834 WAKE FOREST COLLEGE ...... Harold W. Tribble, Th.D., Ph.D. B.A., B.D., M.A., Assistant Professor President 1873 ...... Andrew C. Puckett, Jr., B.A., B.D. 1835 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, OBERLIN COLLEGE Alumnus John W. Fleming, B.D., S.T.M., Director, Department of Christian Education 1881 WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ...... Nathaniel M. Harrison, 1836 EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE ...... LeeP.Barnett,A.B.,B.D. A.B., B.D., D.D., Member, Board of Governors Alumnus 1887 CAMPBELL COLLEGE ...... Leslie H. Campbell, A.B., A.M., LL.D. 1836 UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK . . .J. Neal Hughley, President B.A., M.A., B.D., Ph.D., Alumnus 1887 NORTH CAROLINA STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH 1837 DAVIDSON COLLEGE ...... A. M. Patterson, B.S. CAROLINA AT RALEIGH ...... John Tyler Caldwell, Rear Admiral, Retired B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Chancellor 1837 GUILFORD COLLEGE .. . . Clyde A. Milner, A.B., A.M., B.D., Ph.D., 1887 PEMBROKE STATE COLLEGE ...... English E. Jones, B.S., M.S. LL.D., President President 1889 ELON COLLEGE ...... A. L. Hook, A.B., M.A., Sc.D. REPRESENTATIVES OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS Dean of the Faculty 1889 WESTERN CAROLINA COLLEGE ...... W. B. Harrill, B.S., M.S. 1776 PHI BETA KAPPA ...... James B. Cook, Jr., B.S., M.A., M.B.A. Director of Public Relations Assistant Treasurer, Wake Forest College 1891 HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ...... Stewart A. Newman 1888 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHURCH HISTORY ...... Ray C. Petry, B.A., Th.M., Th.D., D.D., Alumnu; A.B., A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., Professor 1891 LENOIR RHYNE COLLEGE ...... Clayton W. Sugg, A.B., B.D., S.T.M. 1889 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ...... Thomas A. Bland, B.A., B.D., Th.D., Professor Alumnus 1903 NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY AND HISTORICAL AS- 1891 MEREDITH COLLEGE ...... Carlyle Campbell, A.B., A.M., LL.D. SOCIATION . . Christopher Crittenden, A.B., A.M., Litt.D., Ph.D., LL.D. President 1908 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIBLICAL 1892 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO INSTRUCTORS ...... David G. Bradley, A.B., B.D., M.A., Ph.D. H. L. Ferguson, Jr., B.S., Business Manager President, Southern Section 1892 WINSTON-SALEM STATE COLLEGE ...... Kenneth R. Williams 1936 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL A.B., M.A., S.T.B., Ph.D., LL.D., President SCHOOLS ...... Jesse H. Ziegler, B.D., M.A., Ph.D., Associate Director 1902 ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ...... Allan R. Sharp, A.B., B.D., Ed.D., Professor 1903 APPALACHIAN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE .. William H. Plemmons, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., President REPRESENTATIVES OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION 1903 LYNCHBURG COLLEGE ...... Richard F. Snavely, A.B. AGENCIES AND AFFILIATED BODIES Director-Manager, Raleigh Little Theatre 1905 GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE ...... E. Eugene Poston, 1822 GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION . . . J. Thorton Williams, A.B., D.D. A.A., B.A., B.D., Th.M., Th.D., President President 1823 THE GENERAL BOARD OF THE BAPTIST GENERAL 1906 OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY .. . .. Mrs. Egbert L. Davis, B.A. ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA ...... Lucius M. Polhill, M.A., Th.M., Alumna Ph.D., D.D., Executive Secretary 1907 EAST CAROLINA COLLEGE ...... D . D. Gross, B.A., M.A. 1830 BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION OF NORTH Director of Religious Activities CAROLINA ...... Claude F. Gaddy, B.A., M.A., 1908 SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Acting General Secretary-Treasurer Robert E. Naylor, A.B., Th.M., D.D., President 1830 BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION OF NORTH 1908 WAYLAND BAPTIST COLLEGE . . . . . Alfred E. Cornebise, B.A., M.A. CAROLINA ...... Nane Starnes, Th.M. Alumnus President 1910 PFEIFFER COLLEGE ...... Roger W. Kusche, A.B., B.D., Ph.D. 1833 THE BIBLICAL RECORDER ...... Roger Branch, A.B., B.D., Th.M. Associate Professor Associate to the Editor 1836 BAPTIST CONVENTION .... . William D. Hudgins, B.A., 1914 CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY OF Th.M., D.D., Minister Thomas Collins, D.D., President, North Carolina , 1845 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION ...... K. Owen White, Rocky Mount, N. C. A.B., Th.M., Ph.D., President 1917 NEW ORLEANS BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1867 GENERAL BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION OF NORTH Charles E. Spain, Jr., B.D., Afomnus and Trustee CAROLINA ...... 0. L. Sherrill, A.B., B.D., D.D., Executive Secretary 1924 HIGH POINT COLLEGE ...... William Lawson Allen, B.S., M.R.E. 1885 BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH Director of College Relations CAROLINA ...... W. R. Wagoner, A.B., B.D., Th.M., Th.D. 1925 EASTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY . . Hubert Mumford, General Superintendent A.B., B.D., Superintendent of Missions, rates Baptist Association 1888 WOMEN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE SOUTHERN 1926 DUKE DIVINITY SCHOOL . . . . William Arthur Kale, A.B., B.D., D.D. BAPTIST CONVENTION ...... Mrs. W. K. McGee, A.B. Professor Member at Large, WMU Executive Board 1891 BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD . ... Clifton]. Allen, B.A., Th.M., 1944 GOLDEN GATE BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Ph.D., Editort'al Secretary J. Winston Pearce, B.A., B.D., D.D., Professor 1917 THE MARYLAND BAPTIST ...... Gainer E. Bryan, Jr., A.B., B.D. 1956 METHODIST COLLEGE . . . -1- . Allen P. Wadsworth, A.B., B.D., M.Ed. Editor Instructor 1918 ANNUITY BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST 1958 MIDWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CONVENTION ...... R. Alton Reed, D.D., Executive Secretary James Cammack, A.B., B.D., Trustee 1925 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION ...... Porter W. Routh, A.B., LL.D. Executive Secretary-Treasurer 1950 SEMINARY EXTENSION DEPARTMENT ...... Cline W. Borders, B.A., B.D., Associate PRESIDENT OF THE SEMINARY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DENTON REUBEN COKER, Professor of Religious Education, A.B., B.D., Th.D.

JULIUS CARROLL TROTTER, JR., Professor of Preaching and Speech, A.B., 1954 SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Th.M., Th.D. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ...... Jerry L. Niswonger, B.A., B.D., Th.M. THOMAS A. BLAND, Professor of Christian Sociqlogy and Ethics, B.A., B.D., Th.D.

*EDWIN LUTHER COPELAND, Professor of Missions, A.B., Th.M., Ph.D. PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COORDINATING COUNCIL B. ELMO SCOGGIN, Professor of Old Testament, A.B., Th.M., Th.D. 1951 STUDENT COORDINATING COUNCIL, SOUTHEASTERN SEMINARY ...... Fred T. Badders, B.A. *JOHN EDWARD STEELY, Professor of Historical Theology, A.B., B.D., Th.M., Th.D.

*THELMA ARNOTE, Professor of Religious Education and Director of Child THE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE SEMINARY Care Center, B.S., M.A. EDWIN C. OSBURN, Associate Professor of Bibliography and Librarian, A.B., OLIN TRIVETTE BINKLEY, President, A.B., D.D., Th.B., B.D., Ph.D. Th.M., B.D., B.A. in L.S. SYDNOR LORENZO STEALEY, President, Emeritus, A.B., D.D., Th.M., Ph.D., *ROBERT COOK BRIGGS, Professor of New Testament Interpretation, A.B., D.D., LL.D. Th.M., Th.D. JAMES LEO GREEN, Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, A.B., Th.M., JOHN W. EDDINS, JR., Associate Professor of Theology, B.S., B.A., B.D., Th.D. Ph.D. JAMES E. TULL, Professor of Theology, A.B., M.A., Th.M., Ph.D.

JOHN BURDER HIPPS, Professor of Missions, Emeritus, B.A., Th.M., S.T.M., *HAROLD HUNTER OLIVER, Associate Professor of New Testament, A.B., M.A.,D.D. • B.D., Th.M., Ph.D. MARC HOYLE LOVELACE, Professor of Archaeology, A.B., Th.M., Th.D. R. EUGENE OWENS, Assistant Professor of Preaching, B.A., B.D., S.T.M.

EDWARD ALLISON McDOWELL, JR., Professor of New Testament Interpre- MAX GRAY ROGERS, Assistant Professor of Old Testament, B.A., B.D. tation, A.B., D.D., Th.M., Ph.D. GEORGE H. SHRIVER, Associate Professor of Church History, A.B., B.D., Ph.D. M. RAY McKAY, Professor of Preaching, Ph.B., Th.M., Th.D. JOHN I DURHAM, Visiting Professor of Old Testament, B.A., B.D., Th.M. STEWART ALBERT NEWMAN, Professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion, A.B., D.D., Th.M., Th.D. BEN SIGEL JOHNSON, Special Instructor of Music, A.B., M.A.

GARLAND ALFORD HENDRICKS, Professor of Church-Community Develop- BENJAMIN RAY LAWTON, Visiting Professor of New Testament, B.A., Th.M., ment and Director of Field Work, A.B., Th.B., D.D. Th.D.

RICHARD KNOX YOUNG, Associate Professor of Pastoral Care, A.B., B.D., Th.D. DAN McGEE, Instructor in Ethics, B.A., B.D., Th.M.

POPE ALEXANDER DUNCAN, Professor of Church History, B.S., M.S., Th.M., RICHARD McMILLAN, Instructor in Religious Education, B.S., B.D. Th.D. H. MAX SMITH, Organist and Artist in Residence, B.Mus., M.Mus. JOHN TERRILL WAYLAND, Professor of Religious Education, A.B., Th.B., B.D., Ph.D. TRUMAN S. SMITH, Instructor of Pastoral Care and Director of Student Ac- tivities, B.A., B.D., Th.M. WILLIAM CLAUDIUS STRICKLAND, Professor of New Testament Interpre- tation, A.B., B.D., Th.D. *On Leave of Absence, 1963-1964. WILLIAM R. STEININGER, Lecturer in Pastoral Care, A.B., B.D., S.T.M. ' THE TRUSTEES OF THE SEMINARY J. B. WEATHERSPOON, Visiting Professor of Preaching, A.B., M.A., Th.M., J . Glenn Blackburn, President Th.D., D.D. James F. Heaton, Vice-President JAMES H. BLACKMORE, Director of Public Relations, B.A., B.D., Ph.D. W. Perry Crouch, Secretary GORDON M. FUNK, Business Manager, B.S., M.B.A. C. M. Euliss, Treasurer FRED SANDUSKY, Registrar, A.B., Th.M., M.A.

JAMES D. SISTRUNK, Associate Librarian, B.A., B.D., B.S. in L.S. David G. Anderson A. J. Hewett

J. Glenn Blackburn Alvin H. Hopson

Demauth Blanton Wilbur Huneycutt

Claud B. Bowen Carl Jacobs

]. E. Broyhill Earl Kelly

J. E. Burnside, Sr. H. L. Lipford

Ellis Carnett B. J. Meadows

Charles Caulkins Henry Neal

Harold Coble Ralph Norton

Perry Crouch Marvin Pitney

Chauncey R. Daley Gordon Psalmonds

Earl B. Edington Carl Scott

C. M. Euliss John Shelton

John W. Gore Robert F. Smart

James F. Heaton Scott L. Tatum • •

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