SEMINARY 



Officers Announce Plans 



Columbia students will be led next 
year by two men who feel students need 
to be more aware of the needs of people 
in the community around the seminary 
and across the world, and more involved 
in meeting these needs. Charles Scott 
will be president of the Student Govern- 
ment Association and Bill Dudley presi- 
dent of the Student Society of Mission- 
ary Inquiry. 

Mr. Scott, a graduate of the Univer- 
sity of Tennessee, has been engaged in 
field work in the inner-city during his 
two years at Columbia Seminary. On 
campus he has been captain of the sem- 
inary's basketball team and active in 
many student activities. As president of 
the Student Body he is particularly con- 
cerned for the people in the seminary's 
immediate community which is a chang- 
ing neighborhood. He hopes to lead in 
programs that will enable Columbia 
students and faculty to get to know per- 
sonally and help young people within 
the neighborhood. 

Mr. Dudley, from Opelika, Alabama, 
is a graduate of Auburn University. He 
has been involved in many of the activi- 
ties of the Student Society of Missionary 
Inquiry. In leading the SMI he will be 
keeping before the students the work and 
challenge of the church's program of 
foreign missions. 

"Student disorders in colleges have 
their effect on seminary students," Mr. 
Scott said, "even though Columbia stu- 
dents have not been involved in any of 
the disorders themselves." The disorders 
raise the question of the involvement of 
students in the life of the seminary. With 
Columbia students it is also a question 
of a wider involvement in and responsi- 
bility for the adjacent community and 
the church around the world. 

The missions conference for college 
students at Rock Eagle will be the "main 
thrust" of SMI in 1968-69, Mr. Dudley 
reported. Already, under his direction, 
students are at work selecting a theme 
and securing speakers for this confer- 
ence. The SMI will also highlight mission 
activity as they report on their project 
for this year, the support of loanne 
Smith T, the first Presbyterian U.S. mis- 
sionary in Viet Nam. 

Columbia's curriculum, these student 




Scott and Dudley 

leaders reported, stimulates student-facul- 
ty contact. Students are forced to de- 
clare themselves and struggle with the 
issues involved. "They are now attempt- 
ing to make the same approach to prob- 
lems of the world around them," Mr. 
Scott said. The student community will 
offer its services to students in area 
schools in a full-scale tutoring program 
this fall. Many of the children moving 
into the area have a weak educational 
background and need outside tutoring to 
maintain their place in school but are 
financially unable to acquire private tu- 
tors. 



Graduates Become Pastors 

An affirmative vote for the work of 
the local church was cast by Columbia's 
seniors this year. In the acceptance of 
calls for service in the church, 75% of 
this year's graduating class chose the 
local parish. 28 will be pastors and 9 
assistant pastors. 

Degrees and diplomas were presented 
this year to 62 men and women. 49 of 
these graduates received the B.D., 2 the 
M.C.E. 11 Master of Theology degrees 
were awarded. 

These graduates will be serving in 12 
different states. In addition to work in 
local churches, graduates will be engaged 
in teaching, graduate studies, specialized 
or experimental ministries, serving as 
Army chaplains and in the Peace Corps. 



Dr. Miller Elected 

MODERATOR OF G. A. 

Dr. P. D. Miller was elected Moder- 
ator of the 108th General Assembly of 
the Presbyterian Church, U.S. Dr. Miller 
is the fourth person to be elected Assem- 
bly Moderator while serving on the fac- 
ulty at Columbia. He has been Visiting 
Professor of Homiletics for the past 
three years. Prior to his joining the Co- 
lumbia faculty he served as Executive 
Secretary of the Board of Church Ex- 
tension and as a pastor in Georgia and 
Texas. 

Other Columbia faculty members who 
have received this high honor are the late 
J. B. Green (1946), President Richards 
(1955) and Dean F. B. Gear (1964). 
The retiring Moderator, Dr. Marshall C. 
Dendy is a Columbia alumnus. 

Graduates Challenged 

Dr. Edwin Harrison, President of 
Georgia Tech told graduating students 
that they should take an active part in 
building a bridge between technology and 
theology. He described technicians as 
people who are "different but not indif- 
ferent." Their method of working from 
proven facts to proven solutions separ- 
ates them from the idea-oriented people 
of the humanities but their concerns are 
the same, to solve the problems of man- 
kind. Although the technically-minded 
people are different they have much to 
offer to the solution of the day's prob- 
lems and are "ready to apply their spe- 
cialized skills to these solutions," Dr. 
Harrison told the graduates. He encour- 
aged them as they go out into churches 
and accept places of leadership there to 
take initiative in understanding and work- 
ing with people who are involved in the 
problems of technology. 

Earlier the graduates heard their min- 
istry compared to that of the Apostle 
Paul. In his baccalaureate sermon, Dr. 
Arnold B. Poole, pastor of the Pine 
Shores Presbyterian Church, Sarasota, 
Florida, challenged his listeners to pro- 
claim the whole gospel of Christ boldly. 
Stressing devotion to Christ and a dis- 
ciplined life, Dr. Poole told the grad- 
uates that one of the gravest perils they 
faced was the improper use of each day. 
"A high sense of mission gives meaning 
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Students Support Missions 




BOOKS 



Students at Columbia have given over 
$2,200.00 to the support of Dr. Joanne 
Smith T. This is the largest offering ever 
received for a missions project by the 
Society of Missionary Inquiry, which is 
composed of the entire student body at 
Columbia. The free-will offering was tak- 
en when Dr. Smith T. spoke at the sem- 
inary on May 3rd. 

Dr. Smith T, the first official mission- 
ary to Viet Nam from the Presbyterian 
Church, U.S., previously spoke at the 
annual Rock Eagle Missions Conference 
in April. She is a native of Opelika, Ala- 
bama, a graduate of Agnes Scott College 
and Johns Hopkins University, and serv- 
ed as a Presbyterian Missionary to Korea 
for three years. She served with the 
American Medical Association in Viet 
Nam from October 1967 to January 
1968. Completing language school in 
Washington, D. C, Dr. Smith T will 
leave for Viet Nam in July. 

Faculty Changes Made 

Dr. R. T. L. Liston has been named 
Visiting Professor of New Testament for 
the 1968-69 academic year. President 
Richards also has announced that Dr. 
Philip Edgecumbe Hughes, Visiting Pro- 
fessor of New Testament has resigned to 
accept an appointment to the faculty of 
Conwell School of Theology, Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania. 

Dr. Liston recently retired from the 
Presidency of King College, Bristol, Ten- 
nessee. He formerly served as a pastor 
in Virginia, on the faculty at Southwest- 
ern at Memphis and Union Seminary in 
Virginia and as President of Davis and 
Elkins College. He will be teaching at 
Columbia during the Sabbatical leave of 
Professor Charles B. Cousar. 

Before coming to Columbia in 1964 
Dr. Hughes held parish posts in South 
Africa and in the Mortlake Parish 
Church of London, was lecturer at the 
University of Bristol and Secretary of the 
Church Society, London. 



Radekop, John H. The American Far 
Right: A Case Study of Billy James Har- 
gis and Christian Crusade (Grand Rapids: 
Eerdmans, 1968) $4.50. 

This scholarly study of the relationship 
between Christian fundamentalism and 
the political right should be read by re- 
sponsible Christian laymen and pastors 
before November. The author, teaches 
Political Science at Pacific College, Fres- 
no, California. To political and religious 
concerns that are frequently burdened 
with passion and emotion he brings 
needed clarity and objectivity. His style 
is readable, his analysis revealing. This 
is not propaganda. It is factual data up- 
on which the reader may build his in- 
formed political stance. 

Hubert V. Taylor 

Jordan, Clarence The Cotton Patch 
Version of Paul's Epistles (Association 
Press. 158 pages. Paper. $2.25. 1968) 
(Cloth-bound, $4.50). 

Dr. Jordan, a Southern Baptist min- 
ister with a Ph.D. in New Testament, 
founded Koinonia Farm in Americus, 
Georgia, and has spent many years in 
that effort to bring more justice to the 
poor whites and blacks. From those two 
backgrounds he has made a new para- 
phrase-translation of the thirteen epistles 
of Paul. Some of the volume is most 
interesting, striking, and suggestive. Some 
of it is shocking, if not even vulgar and 
sacrilegious. The reader will get many 
good laughs and real challenges from 
the book. At times he will be offended 
and perplexed. This version will not take 
the place of King James or the RSV, 
but it will probably be the source of 
many clever sermon topics and some real 
honest thinking about some of our con- 
temporary problems. Ministers and lay- 
men alike should enjoy this little book. 
 Samuel A. Cartledge 

Hess, Gary R. Sam Higginbottom of Al- 
lahabad: Pioneer of Point Four to India. 
(The University Press of Virginia, Char- 
lottesville, 117 pp.) $5.50. 

"More than any other individual in 
the twentieth century, Sam Higginbottom 
promoted the improvement of Indian 
agriculture." From his arrival in India 
in 1903 to his death in 1958, this man 
of vision, dedication and talent labored 
unceasingly against great obstacles for 
the people of India and especially the 
poor villagers. The book is a history of 
the Allahabad Agricultural Institute he 
founded. 

If anyone doubts that anything can be 
done to aid the poor people of the world, 
he should read this book. 

If anyone doubts that practical as well 



Summer Work Varied 

Summer comes and theological edu- 
cation goes right on. The classroom is 
different, but the work being done by 
the students is still an integral part of 
their seminary preparation. 

This summer Columbia students are 
engaged in field education projects in 
18 states. Some are serving as pastors, 
youth workers or summer assistant pas- 
tors in local churches. Others are tak- 
ing part in special ministries in the inner 
city, in national parks and at conference 
centers. Hospital clinical studies and 
other special educational projects have 
been chosen by some students. 

Throughout Columbia's curriculum 
class studies and field education are com- 
bined. During the academic year the 
field education occupies only a portion 
of the student's time. Two summers are 
used for full-time involvement in the 
work of the church. 

STD Program Clarified 

Graduate Dean S. A. Cartledge has 
released more information about the new 
doctoral program which will begin in 
September 1969. This new course of 
study is designed to help men who are 
pastors and who wish to remain in the 
pastorate, and is not intended to prepare 
men for teaching. 

Requirements for the degree will in- 
clude a year of class and seminar work 
to be taken in residence and five quarters 
of supervised work, one or two in clin- 
ical training and the others related to the 
candidate's pastorate. 

An average of B or above on B.D. 
studies is prerequisite to admission for 
the doctorate and no exceptions will be 
made. Fees for the program have not 
been established but will likely be some- 
what higher than those for the M. Div. 
program. At the present time no funds 
will be available for fellowships or as- 
sistantships. A brochure about the S.T.D. 
program will be available this fall and 
all inquiries should be addressed to Dr. 
Cartledge. 

as evangelistic efforts have a place in 
the missionary enterprise, he should read 
this book. 

If there are those who are discouraged 
by our government's foreign aid pro- 
gram, they should read this book but they 
should be prepared for a sharp rebuke 
for their miserly support of the mission- 
ary enterprise and especially of its prac- 
tical and institutional efforts. 

And there are still poor and underfed 
people in India, in Africa, and even in 
the U.S.A.  a challenge to our churches 
and governments and to our men and 
women of vision who would still heed 
the call of the Christ. 

 Dean G. McKee 



CFC at 70% of Goal 

Over $16,000 has been received toward 
the goal of $25,000 set by Columbia 
Friendship Circle to provide books for 
the Library and underwrite the program 
of Continuing Education for pastors. The 
project year will continue through Sep- 
tember. Nearly 9,000 women from the 
supporting synods have joined CFC this 
year and contributed to this project. 

At the Pilgrimage in April Mrs. Harold 
Barber of Gulfport, Mississippi was 
elected President of the Circle for 1968- 
69. Other officers elected were Mrs. W. 
B. Whitfield of Huntsville, Alabama, 
Vice-President and Mrs. Gilbert Gragg 
of Bainbridge, Georgia, Secretary-His- 
torian. 

Over 500 attented the Pilgrimage and 
selected their project for next year. Be- 
ginning October 1st the women will seek 
funds to renovate, equip and furnish one 
or more of the present classrooms, so that 
professors may make the fullest possible 
use of audio-visual materials in teaching. 

Graduates Challenged 

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to each day of life," he said, and the 
"most pitiful creature on God's earth is 
a preacher who has gone sour on the 
ministry, church or people in general. 
Usually such a man has lost his high 
sense of mission. Lose this and you lose 
your effectiveness as a prophet of God." 
Decrying the church's lack of involve- 
ment in meeting man's problems today, 
Dr. Poole reminded the students that the 
prophet's role was unpopular but that 
"the church has always been at her best 
when she has been at tension with the 
world about her." 

Visiting Professor of Missions, Rich- 
ard Bass, delivered the sermon before 
the Society of Missionary Inquiry. He 
contrasted those in America who drift 
without purpose and those who find pur- 
pose and destiny in life because Jesus 
Christ is in control. Reflecting on the 
crisis and disturbances in our time he 
challenged the students to be involved 
in the changing situation of today for 
Christ. "Christ is the Lord of creation 
and redemption and the movements of 
men need the light of the gospel shining 
on them," he said. 

Professor Bass, a missionary to Mexi- 
co, reminded the seniors that millions in 
the world today do not know that re- 
conciliation has taken place through Jesus 
Christ. "Your challenge is to share the 
good news of what God has done in 
Christ. At the same time," he said, "Our 
Lord is calling us to a deeper penetra- 
tion of the gospel here in our own south- 
land. What we do at home affects our 
witness overseas. We cannot fail here 
without hurting our work there." 



Faculty Profile . . . 

Don. M. Wardlaw 

Dr. Don Mark Wardlaw, Associate 
Professor of Homiletics at Columbia 
Seminary since January, 1967, believes 
every church, regardless of size or loca- 
tion, can have an exciting witness in the 
area it serves. 

His father, the late Rev. Claude D. 
Wardlaw, had pastorates at Kansas City, 
Little Rock and Lake Charles, and Dr. 
Wardlaw moved to Columbia from pas- 
torates at Germantown, Tenn., and 
Memphis. 

As pastor of Memphis' Shady Grove 
Presbyterian Church, he saw church 
members being trained to work with 
emotionally disturbed children at the 
city's downtown mental health center, 
and in the homes of members. He said 
many perceptually handicapped chil- 
dren were being helped by the program. 

"I've seen things just as exciting, per- 
haps more so, in smaller churches," he 
said. "They don't get as much publicity, 
but the witness is there." 

He believes adult education is the big 
need in many churches. At Shady Grove 
they did some experimenting with good 
results. Using CLC materials, Dr. Ward- 
law started a year-round leadership pro- 
gram of courses which he taught initially. 
There was no DCE, he explained, so 
there was really no other way. 

"The Leadership Class" graduated 16 
adults per year, or eight teams of two 
who used the team-teaching method. 
Church membership increased from 350 
I to 650 during his four-year Shady Grove 
pastorate. 

In 1959, Dr. Wardlaw took his Ph.D. 
in New Testament at the University of 
Aberdeen. He was one of only three 
American students attending the univer- 
sity. The other two were Columbia Sem- 
inary's Dr. Charles B. Cousar (now on 




sabbatical in Germany), and the Rev. 
Jack Crawford, Presbyterian missionary. 

At Aberdeen Wardlaw best remembers 
playing golf regularly with Professor 
A. M. Hunter, well-known author and 
New Testament theologian. They played 
on a beautiful public course for two 
cents a hole, or 35 cents for 18 holes. It 
was economical golf, but Wardlaw values 
more highly the one-to-one relationship 
he enjoyed with Professor Hunter who 
was also his teacher. 

The two Wardlaw boys, David 11, 
and Paul 9, were born in Scotland. There 
is also a daughter, Leslie, age 4. 

Mrs. Wardlaw was Ruth Pierson of 
Garden City, N. Y. She met Dr. Wardlaw 
when he was studying at Columbia Col- 
lege and she at Barnard. Both schools 
are undergraduate divisions of Columbia 
University. 

Dr. Wardlaw took his BD degree from 
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, 
Va. in 1957. In the summer of 1966 he 
did graduate work and some teaching at 
Princeton Theological Seminary. 

This summer he is enrolled in the 
graduate program at New York Univer- 
sity to learn more about writing, direct- 
ing and producing religious material for 
television, radio and films. 




Dr. Harrison and Dick Sanner, one of two Ga. 
Tech Alumni in the Class of 1968. 



Student Has Special Service 

Middler Cecilio "Woody" Lajara and 
his wife Carmen are helping introduce 
Atlanta's Inman Park Presbyterian 
Church, and its pastor, The Rev. Charles 
G. Helms, to Spanish-speaking families 
moving into the area. 

At Sunday worship, a Scripture read- 
ing and five to ten minutes of the ser- 
mon are in Spanish, compliments of Mr. 
Lajara. 

Mrs. Lajara, who has her master's 
degree in social work, helps the new 
families locate homes, jobs, furniture and 
clothing. 

About forty of the newcomers attend 
church school regularly. Two of the 
families have recently become church 
members. 



Pres. Richards To Stay 

President J. McDowell Richards has 
responded to the urging of the faculty 
and Board of the Seminary and deferred 
his previously announced decision to re- 
tire as President of the Seminary. Dr. 
Richards, who was 65 this past Novem- 
ber, had announced his retirement deci- 
sion prior to the Board's May meeting. 

In a letter signed by all the members 
of the faculty, President Richards was 
urged to remain as president of the sem- 
inary, a post he has held since 1932, to 
guide it through the important years im- 
mediately ahead. The faculty mentioned 
the development of the S.T.D. Program 
and the Urban Training Organization and 
the questions concerning the regrouping 
of theological schools into a center of 
theological education in Atlanta as three 
important reasons why his continuing 
leadership was needed. 

"We doubt," the faculty wrote, "that 
ever before has a respected and recog- 
nized voice in the church such as yours 
been so crucial in helping to dissipate 
the fear, uncertainty and perhaps even 
the hostility occasioned by these times." 

In reply, President Richards said that 
he was "deeply moved by the request of 
the faculty" and would give serious con- 
sideration to their request. Following an 
additional request for reconsideration 
from the Board of Directors, Dr. Rich- 
ards announced his decision to defer his 
retirement. 



Four Receive Fellowships 




L. to R. Wood, Coleman, Gehman, Swann. 

Fellowships for graduate study were 
awarded to four members of the Class of 
1968. Donald D. Wood of Colfax, North 
Carolina, Hunter Coleman from Tifton, 
Georgia, and Philip Gehman of Tyler, 
Texas received Fannie Jordan Bryan Fel- 
lowships. Charles E. Swann from Colum- 
bus, Georgia, was awarded an Anna 
Church Witner Fellowship. 

Mr. Wood will begin his graduate 
studies this fall at Fuller Theological 
Seminary. Union Theological Seminary 
in Virginia has been chosen by Mr. Cole- 
man for his studies. Mr. Gehman will 
attend the University of Chicago. 

Mr. Swann has accepted the pastorate 
of the First Presbyterian Church, Bain- 
bridge, Georgia and will defer his grad- 
uate studies for several years. 

All four of the men receiving fellow- 
ships completed their seminary studies 
with honors. The total value of their fel- 
lowships was $5000. 



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Speakers Announced For 
Shortened Ministers Week 

The schedule for Ministers' Week, Oc- 
tober 28-30 has been changed to give 
more pastors an opportunity to be pres- 
ent for the whole series of lectures. This 
year's Smyth Lecturer, Dr. James D. 
Smart, will speak on Monday, Tuesday 
and Wednesday. The preacher for the 
week will be Dr. John Calvin Reid. 

Dr. Smart is Jesup Professor of Bib- 
lical Interpretation at Union Seminary in 
New York. His lectures, Hemeneutics 
and Homiletics, will be a study of the 
implications of recent developments in 
interpretation for the church's exposition 
of the Scriptures. 

The preacher, Dr. John Calvin Reid, 
is pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Hilton Head Island, South Caro- 
lina. He served for over 20 years as 
pastor of the Southminster Presbyterian 
Church in Pittsburgh and was before 
that pastor of the First Church of Co- 
lumbus, Georgia. Dr. Reid will be 
preaching each morning during the week. 

Alumni activities during the week will 
include the annual alumni meeting and 
luncheon on Tuesday, Octobr 29 at 
12:30. 

Robinson Presented Book 

Soli Deo Gloria, a book of New Testa- 
ment essays, has been published by John 
Knox Press. The book includes essays by 
theologians from England, Scotland, 
Germany, Switzerland and the United 
States. It's publication was initiated by 
Columbia's faculty to honor Dr. William 
Childs Robinson at the time of his re- 
tirement. A specially bound copy of the 
book was presented to "Dr. Robbie" dur- 
ing this year's commencement program. 



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