NORTH PARK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY r r - CATALOG OP NORTH PARK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 3225 West Foster Avenue CHICAGO 25, ILLINOIS Register of the 67th School Year 1957-1958 Announcements for the Year 1958-1959 CONTENTS PAGE Calendar 5 Board of Directors 6 Covenant Commission on Ministerial Training . 7 Officers of Administration 8 Faculty 9 Faith and Objectives 10 Campus 10 Historical Background 11 Our Tradition 12 Library 13 Admissions Statement 14 Bachelor of Divinity Degree 17 Graduation Requirements 17 Course Requirements 18 Course of Studies 19 Piobation 20 Incompletes 20 Description of Courses 21 David Nyvall Lectures 27 Activities 28 Funds 29 Student Employment 29 Health Service 30 Board and Lodging 30 Tuition and Other Fees 31 Rules of Finance 31 Department of Religious Education 32 Student Body 35 Calendar 1958 FIRST SEMESTER September 9-10 Tuesday, Meeting of Covenant Commission on Wednesday Ministerial Training September 15 Monday Opening of School September 21 Sunday, 4 p.m. Seminary Convocation October 1 Wednesday Founder's Day October 31- Friday- November 1. 2 Sunday Homecoming Novemberl7-21 Monday-Friday Christian Emphasis Week together with College Thanksgiving recess, November 26, Wednesday, 11:20 a.m. to December 1, Mon­ day, 11 :25 a.m. December 16 Tuesday Christmas Festival Christmas recess, December 19, Friday, 5 p.m. to January 5, Monday, 8 a.m. 1959 January 19-23 Monday-Friday Term examinations SECOND SEMESTER January 28 Wednesday Classes begin, 8 a.m. February 17- March 17 Tuesdays Music Festival March 2-6 Monday-Friday Missionary Emphasis Week March 22 Sunday 30th presentation of Dubois' "Seven Last Words of Christ" by Oratorio Chorus March 25- Wednesday Easter recess, Wednesday, 10 p.m. to April 1 Wednesday Wednesday, 8 a.m. April 21 Tuesday Nyvall Lectures May 1 Friday College Choir Concert—Orchestra Hall May 5, 6 Tuesday, Wednesday Meeting of the Covenant Commission on Ministerial Training May 29 Friday- June 4 Thursday Term examinations June 7 Sunday Baccalaureate Service, 10:45 a.m. June 7 Sunday Seminary Consecration Service, 7 p.m. June 8 Monday Commencement, 10 a.m. SUMMER SESSION June 23- Tuesday- Summer Session August Monday 6 Board of Directors THEODORE W. ANDERSON. Ex-Officio President, The Evangelical Covenant Church of America CLARENCE A. NELSON, Ex-Officio President, North Park College and Theological Seminary H. WALTER THORELL. Liaison member Representing Executive Board of the Evangelical Covenant Vice President, Woodward Governor Company, Rockford, Illinois Officers CLIFFORD G. ERICKSON Chairman ELDON J. STRANDINE .__ - Vice-Chairman RUSSELL H. MOLINE .... ~_ Secretary FERNLY E. JOHNSON Treasurer Directors Term Expires, 1962 HAROLD A. ANDERSON Director of Field Service, Department of Education. University of Chicago, Chicago. Illinois ALBERT V. JOHNSON President. Ideal Cement Stone Company, Omaha, Nebraska IRVING C. LAMBERT Manager of Price Administration, Joseph T. Ryerson and Son. Chicago. Illinois Term Expires, 1961 WALLACE LINDSKOOG Rancher, Turlock, California F. BURTON NELSON Minister, Covenant Church. Evanston, Illinois DWIGHT C. SWANSON Partner, Bayer and Clauson, Accountants, New York, New York Term Expires. 1960 ROY E. ERICKSON Minister, Bethany Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois DAVID H. JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon, Tacoma, Washington MRS. PAUL A. WESTBURG Secretary of Education, Covenant Woman's Auxiliary Term Expires, 1959 CLIFFORD G. ERICKSON Ass't. Dean, Chicago City Junior College, Chicago, Illinois FERNLY E. JOHNSON Surgeon, Chicago, Illinois ERNEST S. LARSON Professor of History, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois Term Expires, 1958 CARL LEVAHN Partner, Dale Tile Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota RUSSELL H. MOLINE Assistant to the Manager, Covenant Press ELDON J. STRANDINE Division Head. Research Laboratories, Swift and Company, Chicago, III. Covenant Commission on Ministerial Training THEODORE W. ANDERSON President, The Evangelical Covenant Church of America JOSEPH C. DANIELSON Secretary of Home Missions RALPH P. HANSON Secretary of World Missions CLARENCE A. NELSON President, North Park College and Theological Seminary ERIC G. HAWKINSON Dean, North Park Theological Seminary LESLIE R. ÖSTBERG Minister, Edgewater Covenant Church, Chicago NATHAN J. SUNDBERG Minister, Covenant Church, Albert City, Iowa F. BURTON NELSON Minister, Covenant Church, Evanston, Illinois HAROLD A. ANDERSON Director of Field Service. Department of Education, University of Chicago, Chicago Officers of Administration 1957-1958 CLARENCE A. NELSON, A.B., D.D. President of North Park College and Theological Seminary J. FREDRICK BURGH, B.Ph. Vice President ERIC G. HAWKINSON, M.A. Dean of the Theological Seminary ALBIN H. ERICKSON, M.S. Dean of Students LOUIS J. PERSON, Th.D. Assistant to the President T. NATHAN POHL, B.S. Business Manager BETTY JANE HIGHFIELD, A.B., M.S. in L.S. Librarian J. IRVING ERICKSON, A.B. Chaplain OSCAR E. OLSON, A.B., M.Mus. Director of Admissions and Records OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT CLARENCE A. NELSON, A.B.. D.D., President LOUIS J. PERSON, Th.D., Assistant to the President ERMA CHINANDER, A.B., Administrative Assistant to the President OFFICE OF THE DEAN ERIC G. HAWKINSON, M.A., Dean ELLEN N. ERICKSON, Secretary THE LIBRARY BETTY JANE HIGHFIELD, A.B., M.S. in L.S., Librarian BETTY ALICE PETERSON, A.B., M.S. in L.S., Ass'r. Librarian in charge of the Seminary Library SHARON BERGGREN, Assistant i 9 The Faculty for 1957-1958 Date following name indicates first appointment at North Park Theological Seminary. If more than one date appears, first one indicates date of present appointment. EARL C. DAHLSTRÖM, Practical Theology; Field Work Superviser North Park College; A.B., University of Chicago: Diploma, North Park Theological Seminary: M.A., Kennedy School of Missions; Ph.D., Hartford Seminary Foundation. (1954, 1950) ELMER W. FONDELL, Missions; Admissions Counselor A.B., Macalester College; Diploma, North Park Theological Seminary; Grad­ uate Study, University of Arizona; B.D., Northern Baptist Theological Sem­ inary; M.A. in Theology, Garrett Biblical Institute. (1942) DONALD C. FRISK, Systematic Theology; Student Council Adviser A.B., M.A., University of Minnesota; Diploma, North Park Theological Seminary; Study at Missionskola, Lidingö (Sweden) : Graduate Study: Un­ ion Theological Seminary; Divinity School, University of Chicago. (1945) HENRY A. GUSTAFSON, JR., Biblical Literature; Secretary of the Faculty North Park College; A.B., Wheaton College; Diploma, North Park Theo­ logical Seminary; B.D., S.T.M., Yale University Divinity School; Graduate Study, University of Chicago. (1954) ERIC G. HAWKINSON, Homiletics; Dean Diploma, North Park Theological Seminary; Diploma, McCormick Theolog­ ical Seminary; A.M., University of Chicago; Graduate Study, Divinity School, University of Chicago. (1934, Dean, 1949) FRANK J. NEUBERG, Biblical Literature B.D., S.T.M., Faith Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univer­ sity. (1957) KARL A. OLSSON, Church History; Chairman, Library Committee Diploma, North Park College; Diploma, North Park Theological Seminary; Studied at University of Minnesota; A.M., Ph.D., University of Chicago. (1948) LECTURERS ALVA JOHANSON, Religious Education A.B., Fresno State Teachers' College; M.A., College of the Pacific. (1952) PETER P. PERSON, Religious Education B.Th., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.B., University of Chicago; M.A., Northwestern University; Ed.D., Harvard University. (1953, 1921) J. MELBURN SONESON, Church History A.B., University of Minnesota; M.A., University of Minnesota; Bethel Sem­ inary; Graduate Study, University of Chicago. (1956) 10 Faith and Objectives North Park College and Theological Seminary confesses its faith and objectives as a Christian school as follows. Confession a. We believe in the Holy Scriptures, the Old and New Testa­ ments, as the Word of God and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine and conduct. b. We believe in the spiritual realities affirmed in the Apostolic Creed as they are revealed to us in the Word of God and interpreted through the Holy Spirit within the fellowship of the Church. Objectives a. To be a Christian community in action, committed to the will of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. b. To persuade others through the life, work and testimony of our fellowship to accept Christ as Saviour and Lord. c. To develop Christian maturity in the personal relationship to God and the responsibilities of life. d. To discover and clarify the relevance of the Christian faith to learning in order effectively to educate young men and women as witnesses and servants in their various vocations. CAMPUS North Park College and Theological Seminary is situated in North Park, a residential section in the northwestern part of Chicago. Its proximity to the center of this great metropolis brings within easy reach musical, cultural, commercial and general educational ad­ vantages of the greatest value. It is readily accessible from all parts of the city, its campus lying between Kedzie and Spaulding Avenues on the great east and west highway of the North Side, Foster Avenue, whose buses make connections with both the North Side and the Ravenswood elevated lines and with north and south surface lines. The campus consists of about fourteen acres, beautified by many trees and shrubs and bordering the north branch of the Chicago river. Ample space is provided for the twelve buildings already sit- 11 uated upon the campus as well as for the several new buildings contemplated. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Theological Seminary