Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Course Catalogs Academic Affairs Office 1927 Olivet College Seventeenth Annual Catalog 1927-1928 Olivet Nazarene University Olivet Nazarene University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/acaff_catalog Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation University, Olivet Nazarene, "Olivet College Seventeenth Annual Catalog 1927-1928" (1927). Course Catalogs. 17. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/acaff_catalog/17 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Academic Affairs Office at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Course Catalogs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Olivet College OLIVET, ILLINOIS 1927-1928 Seventeenth Catalog (Nineteenth Session) COLLEGE CALENDAR 1927 1928 September 13—Tuesday—Matriculation and registration. September 14— Wednesday—Instruction begins. November 24— Thursday—Thanksgiving day, holiday. January 17—Tuesday— Semester examinations begin. January 3—Tuesday— School work resumes. January 17—Tuesday— Semester examinations begin. January 20—Friday—First semester ends. January 24—Tuesday— Second semester begins. April 14— Saturday— Graduation theses and orations due. May 12—Saturday—Semester examinations begin. May 20— Sunday— Baccalaureate sermon. May 18-24— Commencement exercises, program each day. May 24— Thursday— Commencement day. Annual Alumni reception. May 17-27— Camp meeting. Olivet College OLIVET, ILLINOIS 1927-1928 Seventeenth Catalog (Nineteenth Session) 2 O l iv e t C o ll e g e TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Calendar-------------------------------------------------- Inside Front Cover Board of Trustees_________________________________________ 5 Officers of Instruction___________________________________ 6 Standing Committees_____________________________________ 6 General Information______________________________________ 9 History and Government_____________________________ 9 Registration and Scholarship_________________________11 General Expenses____________________________________ 16 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences____________________ —23 Requirements for Admission___________________________23 Requirements for Graduation________________________ 23 Undergraduate Standing_____________________________ 25 Description of Courses of Instruction__________________26 Department of Ancient Languages_______________ 26 Department of Biblical History and Literature 26-28 Department of Education and Social Science_____ 28 Department of English---------------------------------------- 29 Department of History-----------------------------------------31 Department of Mathematics______________________ 33 Department of Modern Languages----------------------- 34 Department of Philosophy and Psychology----------35 Department of Science___________________________36 Olivet College Theological Seminary_____________________ 41 Degree Course_______________________________________ 41 Courses of Instruction----------------------------------------------- 42 Old Testament Language and Literature------------- 42 New Testament Language and Literature------------- 44 Historical Theology--------------------------------------------45 Systematic Theology and Christian Doctrine 46 Practical Theology--------------------------------------------- 47 Philosophy and Christian Sociology-------------------- 48 Apologetics and Archaeology--------------------------------48 Missions _________________________________________ 59 O l iv e t C o ll eg e 3 Page Olivet College Bible School________________________________ 51 Suggested Outline_____________________________________ 51 Descriptin of Courses________________________________ 52 General Bible Study____________________________ 52 Bible Exegesis____________________________________53 T heology---------------------------------------------------------------53 Pastoral Theology________________________________ 54 Missions _________________________________________ 54 Christian Workers’ Certificate Course____________55 School of Fine Arts_______________________________________ 59 Department of Music_________________________________ 59 P ia n o _____________________________________________59 Credits and Conditions____________________________60 Piano Normal Training___________________________61 V o ic e _____________________________________________ 61 Voice Instruction for certificate_________________ 61 Voice Instruction for Diploma___________________ 62 Olivet College Chorus____________________________ 63 Sight Singing and Ear Training__________________ 63 C onducting______________________________________ 63 Glee C lu b s______________________________________ 63 Violin ____________________________________________64 Orchestra ________________________________________ 64 Band _____________________________________________64 Department of Expression___________________________65 Introductory ------------------------------- ----------------------- 65 Advanced -------------------------------------------------------------65 Biblical Expression______________________________ 66 Diplomas -------------------------------------------------------------66 Department of Art__________________________________ 67 High School______________________________________________ 71 Adm ission____________________________________________71 Requirements for Graduation________________________ 71 Method o f Grading__________________________________ 72 Courses of Instruction_______________________________ 72 English _________________________________________ 72 H is to r y _________________________________________ 73 4 O l iv e t C oll e g e Page Science ___________________________________________74 L a tin _____________________________________________ 74 Spanish --------------------------------------------------------------- 74 Mathematics --------------------------------------------------------75 Suggested Outline_______________________________ 75 Commercial Department __________________________________77 Courses Offered ______________________________________ 77 Shorthand _______________________________________ 77 Typewriting______________________________________ 77 Bookkeeping -------------------------------------------------------- 77 Spelling _________________________________________ 77 Business English ________________________________ 77 Commercial Arithmetic-----------------------------------------78 Rapid Calculation _______________________________ 78 Commercial Law ________________________________ 78 College G raduates________________________________________ 81 Graduates for 1927------------------------------------------------------------- 84 O l iv e t C o l l e g e BOARD OF TRUSTEES TERM EXPIRES IN 1928 Dr. Edwin Burke _____________________________________ Chicago, III. Rev. W. G. Schurman ________________________________Chicago, III. R e v . E. C. D e e s Maplewood, Mo. R e v . C. A. G ib s o n ___________________________________ Columbus, O. R e v . J. E. L i n z a Maplewood, Mo. Rev. J. W. Montgomery ______________________ Fort Wayne, Ind. TERM EXPIRES IN 1929 R e v . E. J . F l e m i n g --------------------------------------------Kansas City, Mo. R e v . N. B. H e r r e l l Carthage, Mo. R ev . T. W. W illingham _______________________________Olivet, III. R ev . E. O. C h a l f a n t _______________________________Olivet, III. R ev . C. H. S t r o n g ____________________________ Chicago, III. R ev . C. J. Q u i n n Indianapolis, Ind. R ev . C. L. B r a d l e y _____________________________________ Flint, Mich M r. W . A. G r a v e s Lacona, Iowa R ev . D. W . D o b s o n ______________________ University Park, Iowa R ev . L. W. C o l l a r South Bend, Ind. TERM EXPIRES IN 1930 R ev. S. D. C o x _________________________________Grand Rapids, Mich. Rev. Haldor Lillenas Indianapolis, Ind. R ev.___L a u r e n c e H. H o w e _____________________________Harvey, III. R ev.___ G. Edward Gallup _______________________ Springfield, III. Rev. 0. J. Nease ______________________________________ Columbus, 0. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD President_________________________________________ Dr. Edwin Burke Vice-President_________________________________R e v . N. B. H e r r e l l Treasurer_________________________________R e v . T. W. W illingham Secretary___________________________________R e v . E. 0. Chalfant 6 O l iv e t C o ll e g e OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION T. W. WILLINGHAM, A. B., B. D. Olivet College; student McCormick Theological Seminary. President STANDING COMMITTEES ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL—Professors Price, Bushey, and McClain. REGISTRATION—President Willingham, Professor Greer. Miss Jenks. ORGANIZATIONS—Professors Greer, Pegram, Sill, Spruce, and Peake. CATALOG—Professors Pegram, McClain, Galloway, and Bushey. T. S. GREER, B. S., A. B. Kingswood College; Olivet College; Graduate Student Illinois State Normal; University of Illinois; Northwestern University. Dean History and Education. MISS JENNIE KNOP Dean of Women MISS ELSIE JENKS, A. B „ B. D. Olivet College. Registrar G. A. PEGRAM, A. B., S. T. B„ Ph. D„ N. D. Ohio Wesleyan University; Boston University. Philosophy; Greek J. B. GALLOWAY, B. S., Ph. B„ B. D. Peniel College; Graduate Student University of Kansas; Southern Methodist University. Bible and Theology (To be supplied) Theology O l iv e t C o ll e g e 7 MRS. F. A. PEAKE, A. M. Grant University; Chattanooga University