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X -'•■ ' * INSTALLATION of the REV. G E O R G E H. M E N N E N G A , Ph.D. Professor of English Bible and Missions REV. LESTER J. KUYPER, Th.D. Professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature REV. W M . GOULOOZE, Doctorandus Professor of Church History Western Theological Seminary HOLLAND, MICHIGAN TUESDAY, NOVE M B E R 18, 1941 At Eight O ’Clock, P.M. THIRD REFORMED CHURCH HOLLAND, MICHIGAN The Rev. George H. Mennenga, Th.D Professor of English Bible and Missions Dr. Mennenga was graduated from Central College. Pella, Iowa, in 1920 with the A.B. degree. In 1926 he w a s graduated from Western Theological Seminary with the Th.M. degree. In 1933 the University of I o w a conferred upon h i m the Master of Arts degree in Psychology. Further work at the Universities of Illinois and Chicago, and at the Southern T h e o ­ logical Seminary in Louisville, Ky., enabled h i m to receive the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the last named institution in 1941, having done his major work in the field of Old Testa­ ment Prophets and Archeology. Previous to coming to Western, Dr. Mennenga had rich ex­ perience both as pastor and as teacher. His pastorate was in Peoria, Illinois; his teaching experience was gained in High School, Academy, and in College teaching. For ten years Dr. Mennenga served as College Pastor and Director of Personnel at Central College. Dr. M e n n e n g a holds membership in the National Associa­ tion of Biblical Instructors, the American Association for the A d v a n c e m e n t of Science, and the American Oriental Society. H e is author of "Paul’s Conception of the Constituent Elements of the Self” ; " A Technique for the Study of C r o w d Behavior” — a collaborated work; "The Ethical and Moral Concepts of the Canonical Prophets”; and a "Study Guide for Old Testa­ ment History”. The Rev. Lester J. Kuyper, Th.D. Professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature Dr. Ku y p e r received his Doctor of Theology degree from Union Theological Seminary in N e w York in 1939, after having taken his Master of Theology degree at Princeton Semi­ nary two years earlier. He was graduated from Western Theological Seminary in 1932 with the degree of Th.B. For his Master’s Thesis Dr. Kuyper wrote on “The Ras Shamra Tab­ lets and Their Bearing on the Old Testament”. His Doctor’s Thesis was on the subject, "The Doctrine of Sin in the Old Testament with Special Consideration Given to the Position of Reformed Theologians of the Netherlands, viz., A. Kuyper, H. Bavinck, and G. Ch. Aalders.” Dr. Ku y p e r did his college w o r k at H o p e College, Holland, Mich., from which he w a s graduated in 1928 with the A.B. degree. H e has had previous teaching experience, and has served as pastor in two fields of our denomination. Dr. Ku y p e r has membership in the Chicago Society of Bibli­ cal Research and in the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis. The Rev. William Goulooze Doctorandus Professor of Church History The Rev. William Goulooze, Th.B., came to the Seminary out of a large pastorate in Grand Rapids, Michigan. T h e Board of Trustees of the Seminary selected h i m in 1939 to teach Historical Theology. After a successful two-year lectorship he w a s elected to become the occupant of the chair of Historical Theology. Professor Goulooze received his A.B. degree from Central College, Pella, Iowa. H e was graduated from Western Theo­ logical Seminary in 1928 with the Th.B. degree. In 1937 his church granted h i m a leave of absence for Post-graduate study, and he spent the year at the Free University of A m s t e r d a m in the Netherlands. H e has completed all his residence require­ ments, has submitted his doctor’s thesis, and awaits the return of normal conditions to receive his doctorate. Professor Goulooze is the author of several books designed for use in catechetical programs, and of manuals for pastors and church officers. These books are being generally used in our churches. REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS Calvin Seminary, Grand Rapids, Mich.— President Prof. Louis Berkhof. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.— President Prof. Henry Schultze. Central College, Pella, Iowa.— Rev. Bernard J. Mulder, D. D., Grand Rapids, Mich. Chicago University— Divinity School— Prof. Marion H. Duns- more, Ph.D., Kalamazoo, Mich. Chicago Theological Seminary— Rev. Gerald E. Maggart, St. Joseph, Mich. Chicago Presbyterian Seminary— Prof. Paul E. Hinkamp, Hol­ land, Mich. Free University of Amsterdam— Rev. Ralph J. Danhof, Th.D., Holland, Mich. H o p e College— President W y n a n d Wichers, LL.D., Holland, Mich. Princeton Theological Seminary— Rev. Prof. Martin Wyngaar- den, Ph.D., Gr a n d Rapids, Mich. N e w Brunswick, N. J., Theological Seminary— President John W . Beardslee, Ph.D. Northwestern Junior College, Orange City, Iowa— President Jacob Heemstra, D.D. Union-Auburn Theological Seminary, N e w York— Rev. Paul Heath, D.D., Kalamazoo, Mich. Also congratulations from— Louisville, Ky., Southern Baptist. Louisville, Ky., Presbyterian Seminary. O m a h a , Neb., Presbyterian Seminary. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rev. H a r r y J. Hager, Ph.D., Chicago, 111., President. Rev. A b r a h a m Rynbrandt, Kalamazoo, Mich., Vice President. Rev. John Bovenkerk, Muskegon, Mich., Secretary. Rev. E d w a r d D. Dimnent, Litt.D., Holland, Mich., Treasurer. Rev. Clarence P. Dame, D.D., Grand Rapids, Mich. Rev. John Van Peursem, D.D., Zeeland, Mich. Rev. John A. Klaaren, Chicago, 111. Mr. E d w a r d Freyling, G r a n d Rapids, Mich. Mr. William Westveer, Holland, Mich. Mr. Albert Meyer, Holland, Mich. Mr. William Hakken, Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. Titus Hager, Grand Rapids, Mich. FORM FOR THE SERVICE OF INSTALLATION • Dearly beloved, it is k n o w n to you that the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, assembled in session this past June, elected to the office of Professor in Western Theo­ logical Seminary the three m e n whose n a m e s have frequently been published. W e have n o w c o m e to the ha p p y m o m e n t w h e n w e may, by the authority of the church, induct t h e m into their responsible positions. Let us proceed in the n a m e of the Lord Jesus, the H e a d of His Church. Inasmuch as by investiture into these offices, m y brethren, your membership in the Classes will be terminated so that you ma y have membership in the General Synod of the Reformed Church, m a y I ask at this time for your letter of transfer to General Synod. Holy Scripture teaches us that God, our heavenly Father, in gathering to Himself from a m o n g the lost children of m e n a Church to life eternal, is pleased therein to use the ministry of men. Also the Apostle Paul declares that the Lord Jesus Christ ‘‘gave s o m e apostles, and so m e prophets, and some evangelists, and so m e pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the w o r k of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” F r o m these words the duties of the minis­ ter of the W o r d become perfectly apparent.