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Vol. XVI APRIL, 1924 No. 4 



Catalogue Announcements 

1923-1924 1924-1925 



BULLETIN 



Published Quarterly by the Board of Directors of the Theological Semi- 
nary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. 



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Columbia Theological 
Seminary 



COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA 
FOUNDED IN 1828 



Under the Control of the Synods of South Carolina, 
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida 



1923-1924 



THE STATE COMPANY 
COLUMBIA, S. C. 

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CALENDAR 
1924 

Tuesday, February 5  Second Term begins. 

Tuesday, April 22  Final examinations begin. 

Sunday^ May 4  Baccalaureate Sermon, 11 :30 A. M., by 
Kev. B. K. Lacy, Jr., D.D., Atlanta, Ga. 

Sunday, May 4  Missionary Sermon, 8:30 P. M., by Rev. 
J. P. Marion, D.D., Greenwood, Miss. 

Tuesday, May 6  Annual meeting of the Board of Direc- 
tors, 11 A. M. 

Wednesday, May 7  11 :00 A. M.  Delivery of Diplomas 
and Certificates in the Seminary Chapel. 

Wednesday, September 17  'Session of 1924-1925 begins; 
address by Professor J. B. Green, D.D., at 
5 :00 P. M. ; matriculation of students. 

Thursday, November 27  Thanksgiving Day. 

Friday, December 19, 1 :30 P. M.  Christmas vacation 
begins. 

Tuesday, December 30, 9:00 A. M.  Christmas vacation 
ends. 

1925 

Tuesday, January 20  Intermediate examinations begin. 

Saturday, January 31  Close of first term. 

Tuesday, February 3  Second term begins. 

Tuesday, April 21  Final examinations begin. 

Sunday, May 3  Baccalaureate Sermon, 11:30 A. M. ; Mis- 
sionary Address, 8:30 P. M. 

Tuesday, May 5  11:00 A. M.  Annual Meeting of the 
Board of Directors. 

Wednesday, May 6  11:00 A. M.  Delivery of Diplomas 
and Certificates in the Seminary Chapel. 

N. B.  It is of the greatest importance that all students 
be present on the opening day, since recitations begin in all 
classes on the second day of the session. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
South Carolina 
Kev. W. A. Hafner, Gaffney, S. C. . 

Col. W. W. Lewis, York, S. C 

D. W. Robinson, Esq., Columbia, S. C. . 
Rev. D. M. Douglas, D.D., Clinton, S. C 
S. H. Edmunds, Litt.D., Sumter, S. C. . 



Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D.D., Charleston, S. C. 



.1924 
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Georgia 

J. T. Brantley, Esq., Blackshear, Ga 1924 

Rev. E. L. Hill, D.D., Athens, Ga 1925 

Rev. F. K. Sims, D.D., Dalton, Ga 1926 

Rev. A. L. Patterson, D.D., Savannah, Ga 1927 



Alabama 
Rev. C. M. Boyd, D.D., Tuscaloosa, Ala. 

Rev. A. G. Irons, Tuscaloosa, Ala 

Rev. S. E. Hodges, D.D., Anniston, Ala. . 



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1925 
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Florida 

Rev. L. E. McNair, D.D., Jacksonville, Fla 1924 

Rev. W. J. Garrison, St, Petersburg, Fla 1925 

Officers of the Board 
President of the Board  J. T. Brantley, Esq. 
Vice-President of the Board  Rev. Alexander Sprunt, 

D.D. 
Secretary of the Board  Rev. Hugh R. Murchison. 
Treasurer of the Board  C. H. Baldwin, Esq. 

Standing Committees 

Executive Committee  F. K. Sims, W. W. Lewis, A. L. 
Patterson, D. W. Robinson, W. A. Hafner. 

Committee on Material Property  R. C. Reed, Hugh R. 
Murchison. 

Investing Committee  D. W. Robinson, W. H. Town- 
send, C. H. Baldwin, Hugh R. Murchison, J. C. 

COPELAND, J. T. DABBS. 



FACULTY 
JOHN MILLER WELLS, A.M., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D. 

PRESIDENT OF THE SEMINARY 
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY 

WILLIAM M. McPHEETERS, D.D., LL.D. 

PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS 

HENRY ALEXANDER WHITE, A.M.,Ph.D.,D.D.,LL.D. 

PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS 

RICHARD C. REED, D.D., LL.D. 

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND CHURCH POLITY 

MELTON CLARK, A.B., B.D., D.D. 

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 

EDGAR D. KERR. A.B., B.D., D.D. 

PROFESSOR OF HEBREW AND COGNATE LANGUAGES 

JAMES BENJAMIN GREEN, A.B., D.D. 

PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY 

HUGH R. MURCHISON, A.B., B.D. 

INSTRUCTOR IN MISSIONS 

WALTER P. TAYLOR, Ph.D. 

INSTRUCTOR IN ELOCUTION 

PERKINS PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL SCIENCE IN CONNECTION 
WITH REVEIATION, AND CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS 

The duties of this Chair are distributed among the 
members of the Faculty. 

Smyth Lecturer, 1923-1924 Rev. Egbert W. Smith, D.D. 
Smyth Lecturer, 1924-1925 Rev. A. M. Fraser, D.D. 

Faculty Officers 
Chairman  John M. Wells. 
Recording Secretary  Hugh R. Murchison. 
Librarian  Richard C. Reed. 
Executive Secretary  Hugh R. Murchison. 



6 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

Special Lecturers 
1923-1924 

Rev. G. G. Mayes, D.D., Winnsboro, S. C. 

Eev. C. Darby Fulton, Okazaki, Japan. 

Rev. J. Porter Smith, D.D., Campinas, Brazil. 

Rev. A. W. Crawford, Greensboro, N. C. 

Rev. J. N. Montgomery, Hwaianfu, China. 

Rev. H. W. Myers, D.D., Kobe, Japan. 

Rev. Plumer Smith, Mutoto, Congo Beige, Africa. 

Rev. J. J. Murray, Wilmington, N. C. 

Rev. James R. Graham, D.D., Tsing-Kiang-Pu, China. 

Rev. M. B. Lambdin, D.D., Washington, D. C. 

Rev. Winfield Scott Hall, M.D., Berwyn, 111. 

Rev. J. W. Skinner, D.D., Kingsville, Texas. 

Rev. H. B. Dendy, B.D., Weaverville, N. C. 

Rev. T. M. McConnell, D.D., Greensboro, N. C. 

Rev. Fritz Rauschenberg, Waycross, Ga. 

Rev. Egbert W. Smith, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. 

Rev. Homer McMhlan, D.D., Atlanta, Ga. 

Rev. R. F. Cleveland, Bulape, Congo Beige, Africa. 

Mr. D. McL. McDonald, Columbia, S. C. 

Rev. W. C. McLauchlin, Haichow, China. 

Rev. M. E. Melvin, D.D., Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Rev. J. E. Purcell, Chattanooga, Tenn. 



ROLL OF STUDENTS 

Junior Class 
Bowles, Samuel P., Clemson College 

Jacksonville, Fla. Suwannee Presbytery 

Brannon, J. D., Mus.B., 

S.W. Baptist Theological Seminary 
Columbia, S. C. Columbia Baptist Association 

Dendy, Marshall Coleman, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Seneca, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery 

Flanagan, John Arthur, A.B. 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
York, S. C. Bethel Presbytery 

Gamble, William Arnett, Jr., A.B., Davidson College 
Macon, Ga. Macon Presbytery 

Hodges, Robert Shiver, Jr., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Hodges, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery 

Meeks, Benjamin Alford, University of South Carolina 
Pine Bluff, Ark. Pine Bluff Presbytery 

Neville, John Coffee, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Clinton, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery 

Porter, William Salter, Jr., A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Georgetown, S. C. Harmony Presbytery 

Scott, William Simpson, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery 

Strickland, Laurie Curtis, 

Columbia, S. C. Columbia Baptist Association 

Tregler, Alois Edward^ A.B., Th.C. University of Prague 
Brno, Czecho-Slovakia Bohemian Brethren 



8 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

Middle Class 

Baker, Richard Thomas, B.S., Young-Harris College 

University of Georgia 
Danielsville, Ga. Athens Presbytery 

Bryan, Thomas Claudius, A.B., 

Hampden- Sidney College 

University of South Carolina 

Birmingham, Ala. North Alabama Presbytery 

Coates, Edwin S., Jr., Union Theological Seminary 

Angier, N. C Fayetteville Presbytery 

Crawford, Vernon Allen, B.S., 

Military College of South Carolina 
Georgetown, S. C. Charleston Presbytery 

Dendy, Samuel Wilkes, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Seneca, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery 

Doty, Arthur Francis, Ph.G., 

South Carolina Medical College 
Sardinia, S. C. Harmony Presbytery 

Douglas, Charles Kirkpatrick, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery 

Dulin, James Haskell, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 

University of South Carolina 

Clover, S. C. United States Army 

DuRant, Marion Ashton, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Alcolu, S. C. Harmony Presbytery 

Elsberry, Arthur Tarrant, 

University of South Carolina 
Marion, Ala. Tuscaloosa Presbytery 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 9 

Ellis, Irving Melville, Mercer University 

Oak Park, Illinois Mecklenburg Presbytery 

Grier, Thomas Franklin, A.B., Erskine College 

Gaston, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery 

Hay, Theodore Beckett, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Martin's Point, S. C. Charleston Presbytery 

LaMotte, Louis Cossitte, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 

University of South Carolina 

Columbia, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery 

McDonald, Donald McLaurin 

University of South Carolina 
Columbia, S. C. Fayetteville Presbytery 

McFall, James William, B.S., 

Alabama Polytechnic Institute 
Anderson, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery 

McInnis, William Donald, 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Little Rock, S. C. Pee Dee Presbytery 

Piephoff, Clarence Eugene, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Spartanburg, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery 

Smith, William Epps, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Cades, S. C. Harmony Presbytery 

Swetnam, George Francis, 

University of South Carolina 
College Park, Ga. Congaree Presbytery 

Swetnam, Walter Stafford, 

University of South Carolina 
College Park, Ga. Congaree Presbytery 



10 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

White, Robert DuRant, University of South Carolina 
Sardinia, S. C. Harmony Presbytery 

Wiggins, Birl Herman, University of South Carolina 

Cuthbert, Ga. Macon Presbytery 

Wilson, Parks Watson, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Due West, S. C. Norfolk Presbytery 

Wood, Elmer Donovan, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 

University of South Carolina 

Valdosta, Ga. South Carolina Presbytery 

Wood, Ryan Lee, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 

University of South Carolina 

Valdosta, Ga. Harmony Presbytery 

Senior Class 

Alexander, Hasell Norwood, A.B., Davidson College 

United States Army 
Belmont, N. C. Atlanta Presbytery 

Beaty, Ernest Albert, A.B., M.A. Davidson College 

University of South Carolina 
Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery 

Beaty, Walter Kirkpatrick, Moody Bible Institute 

United States Navy 
Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery 

Blake, William Kennedy, A.B., 

University of South Carolina 

United States Army 

Rock Hill, S. C. Bethel Presbytery 

Brearley, Cecil DuBose, A.B., 

University of South Carolina 
St. Charles, S. C. Harmony Presbytery 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 11 

Copeland, William Creecy, A.B., Davidson College 

Rocky Mount, N. C. Albermarle Presbytery 

Dendy, Marshall Bertrand, 

University of South Carolina 
Hart well, Ga. Athens Presbytery 

Dick, Anthony White, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Oswego, S. C. Harmony Presbytery 

Dickson, Robert Malcolm, A.B., B.S., 

North Georgia Agricultural College 

United States Army 

Seneca, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery 

Dillard, Edgar Archer, 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery 

Dulin, Davidson Hafner, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Bowling Green, S. C. Bethel Presbytery 

Henderson, John Daniel, A.B., 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 
Little Rock, S. C. Pee Dee Presbytery 

Langham, Frank Wyman, United States Navy 

Montgomery, Ala. East Alabama Presbytery 

Medlin, Clonnie Nathaniel, 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 

United States Army 

Unionville, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery 

Morriss, Woodward Dale, LL.B., 

Cumberland University 

United States Army 

Memphis, Tenn Memphis Presbytery 

McGehee, James Clayborne, A.B., Roanoke College 

Charlotte Court House, Ya. Congaree Presbytery 



12 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

McMahon, Albert E. S., Tusculum College 

United States Army 
Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery 

McMurray, Carl Walker, A.B., M.A. 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 

University of South Carolina 

United States Navy 

Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery 

Polk, Lucius Eugene, University of Tennessee 

St. Louis, Mo. Knoxville Presbytery 

Smith, William Theodore, 

University of South Carolina 

United States Army 

Charlotte, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery 

Wilson, Charles Leroy, 

Presbyterian College of South Carolina 

United States Army 

Florence, S. C. Pee Bee Presbytery 

Graduate and Special Students 

H. B. Dendy, A.B., B.D Weaverville, N. C. 

F. B. Estes, A.B., B.D Lockhart, S. C. 

C. D. Fulton, A.B., B.D Okazaki, Japan 

George A. Hudson, A.B Kashing, China 

Charles Rees Jenkins, B.S., B.D Toe Cane, N. C. 

W. H. Johnson, A.B., B.D Jefferson, S. C. 

J. Sprole Lyons, A.B., B.D Winnsboro, S. C. 

J. N. Montgomery, A.B., B.D Hwaianfu, China 

W. T. Riviere, A.B., A.M., B.D Cleburne, Texas 

Summary 

Junior Class 12 

Middle Class 26 

Senior Class 21 

Graduate Special Students 9 

Total 68 



GRADUATES IN DIVINITY 

Class of 1923 

Graduates who received the Degree of Bachelor of Di- 
vinity : 

Anderson, James Weldon, B.S., B.D., South Carolina. 

Belk, George Washington, Jr., A.B., B.D., North Caro- 
lina. 

Cobb, James Venner, A.B., B.D.,* Mississippi. 

Foster, Harry Robert, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. 

Fulton, Samuel Hewitt, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. 

Hay, Samuel Burney, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. 

Jenkins, Charles Rees, B.S., B.D., South Carolina. 

Neville, William Gordon, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. 

Park, Russell White, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. 

Taylor, Arthur Thaddeus, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. 

Williamson, Malcolm Russell, A.B., B.D., South Caro- 
lina. 

Woodson, Marshall Scott, A.B., B.D., South Carolina. 

Members of the Senior Class who received Certificates 
of Graduation in some of the departments of instruction: 
Ayers, Stephen Edward, South Carolina. 
Batchelor, Alexander Ramsay, New York. 
Stogner, Daniel Coppedge, North Carolina. 
Yandell, Benjamin Franklin, North Carolina. 

*B.D. course finished and degree given October 10, 1923, 
Mr. Cobb having completed and received the degree of 
A.B. at the University of South Carolina in June, 1923. 



REPRESENTATION 
Literary Institutions 



Presbyterian College of 

S. C 25 

Mercer University 1 

University of Tennessee . . 1 
University of Georgia . . 1 
Hampden-Sidney Col. ... 1 
S. C. Medical College ....1 
Ala. Polytechnic Institute 1 
Moody Bible Institute . . 1 
Erskine College 1 Columbia Theol. Seminary 



S. C. Military Academy . . 1 
Cumberland University . . 1 
N. Georgia Ag. College . 

Tusculum College 

Roanoke College 

Union Theol. Seminary 

Clemson College 

S. W. Baptist Theolog- 
ical Seminary 



University of Prague 1 

University of S. C 11 



(Graduate and Special 
Students) 9 



Davidson College 4 No Literary Institution . . 2 

Number of Institutions Represented 21 

Presbyteries 



Athens 2 

Atlanta 1 

Albermarle 1 

Norfolk 1 

Pee Dee 3 

Charleston 2 

Congaree 7 

East Alabama 1 

Knoxville 1 

Macon 2 

Pine Bluff 1 



Mecklenburg 4 

Memphis 1 

North Alabama 1 

Bethel 6 

Piedmont 4 

South Carolina 5 

Tuscaloosa 1 

Harmony 8 

Suwannee 1 

Hayetteville 2 

No Presbytery 4 



Graduate and Special Students, Presbyteries not listed ... .9 
Number of Presbyteries Represented 22 

States and Countries 



South Carolina 38 

Georgia 8 

Alabama 3 

Tennessee 2 

Czecho-Slovakia 1 

Arkansas 1 

Illinois 1 

Number of States and Countries Represented 13 



North Carolina 8 

Virginia 1 

Japan 1 

Florida 1 

Texas 1 

China 2 



COURSE OF STUDY 
Junior Class 
(Figures indicate the number of hours each week.) 

Old Testament Literature and Exegesis.  Exegetical 
propaedeutics ; hermeneutics 2 

Hebrew Language.  Hebrew orthography, etymology, vo- 
cabulary, syntax of the verb; translation at sight in 
Genesis 4 

New Testament Literature and Exegesis.  Practice in read- 
ing Greek ; Gospel History 3 

Ecclesiastical History.  Church History from Pentecost 

to 1073 A. D. ; Biblical Geography 2 

Homiletics.  Outline of Sacred Rhetoric; exercises in 

reading the Scriptures and hymns 1 

Theology 1 

English Bible 2 

Elocution 2 

Religious Education 1 

Middle Class 
Old Testament Literature and Exegesis.  Exegetical 

praxis 2 

Hebrew Language.  Drill in Hebrew syntax; translation 

of extended passages 1 

New Testament Literature and Exegesis.  Gospel History ; 
Apostolic History begun 3 

Ecclesiastical History.  From 1073 A. D. to the close of 

the period of the Reformation 2 

Homiletics.  Sacred Rhetoric completed; Church Polity. . .1 
Missions.  Chronological history of missions; the world 

religions ; kinds of mission work 1 

Theology.  The theology of natural religion 3 

English Bible 3 

Elocution 2 



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Senior Class 

Old Testament Literature and Exegesis.  The canon; 
principles of biblical criticism ; prophecy 2 

New Testament Literature and Exegesis.  Apostolic His- 
tory continued; exegesis of Eomans, Hebrews, and 
Revelation 2 

Ecclesiastical History.  History of doctrine ; history of the 
Presbyterian Church 2 

Pastoral Theology.  A course of lectures ; methods of per- 
sonal work 1 

Theology.  The theology of redemption 2 

English Bible 2 

Christian Ethics 1 

Elocution 3 

Apologetics 2 



DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION 

Old Testament Literature and Exegesis 

Professor McPheeters 

The end ultimately aimed at in the work of this depart- 
ment is to establish in the mind of the student a well- 
grounded conviction that there is a science of interpreta- 
tion; to give him a clear conception of its "architectonic 
principle" and constitutent parts, the nature of each part, 
and its relation to the others; to open up to his mind the 
nature of exegetical propaedeutic, and make him aware of 
its practical bearing upon the work of exegesis ; to help him 
form and cultivate those mental habits that condition all 
real exegesis; and finally to give him such acquaintance 
with the principles, the apparatus, and the work of exegesis, 
and such skill in the use of them as can only be acquired by 
practice. 

Exegetical propaedeutic and hermeneutics will engage the 
main attention of the class during the Junior Year; the 
praxis of exegesis during the Middle Year, and such subjects 
as the Canon, the principles of Biblical Criticism proper, 
and Prophecy, during the Senior Year. 

In connection with the class- work there will be assigned to 
each class a reasonable amount of paralled reading, and to 
each member of each class a thesis on some aspect of the 
special subject under consideration. 

Hebrew and Cognate Languages 

Professor Kerr 

The aim in this department is to put the student in a po- 
sition that will enable him to use to advantage the Hebrew 
language in interpreting the Scriptures of the Old Testa- 
ment. Accordingly, stress will be laid upon a mastery of 
the principles of Hebrew etymology and syntax, and the 
acquisition of a vocabulary as copious as possible. 



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Junior Class 
During this year the attention of the class will be occupied 
principally with etymology and the acquisition of a vocab- 
ulary. 

Middle Class 

In this class the principal aim is to acquire a working 
knowledge of Hebrew syntax. There is careful study of 
selected passages, and rapid reading of more extended pas- 
sages, for the purpose of illustrating principles of syntax 
and further enlarging the vocabulary. 

Elective Courses 

Elective courses in this department are offered to members 
of the Senior Class or others qualified for the work ; the par- 
ticular nature of the course, to be determined upon con- 
sultation with the professor, as follows: 

A.  Advanced Hebrew Syntax. 

B.  Hebrew Text Criticism. 

C.  Biblical Aramaic. 

D.  Elementary Arabic. 

New Testament Literature and Exegesis 
Professor White 

The regular courses of study in this department are in- 
tended for students who have acquired a working knowl- 
edge of the Greek language. A special course of instruction 
is given, however, for the benefit of beginners in Greek. 
This preliminary course includes the grammatical study 
of New Testament Greek and practice in reading. 

In each of the three regular classes the Greek New Testa- 
ment is used as a textbook throughout the session. 

Junior Class 

The work in this class is based upon a study of the Greek 
text of portions of the Gospels, including a review of New 
Testament Grammar; practice in reading; Gospel History, 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 19 

including literary and historical criticism of the Gospels, 
Jewish life and thought in New Testament times, and the 
life and teaching of Christ until the close of the Galilean 
ministry. Three hours a week during the session. 

Middle Class 

Gospel History continued ; the life and teaching of Christ 
during the later part of His ministry on the basis of the ma- 
terial contained in the Gospels; the Kingdom of God; 
Apostolic History, including the literary and historical 
study of the early chapters of Acts, origin and early history 
of the Church, and the beginnings of the Pauline Mission ; 
critical exegesis of selected portions of Galatians and 1st 
Corinthians. In this class instruction is given with refer- 
ence to the canon, the Greek text of the New Testament, 
and the principles of textual criticism. Three hours a 
week throughout the session. 

Senior Class 

Apostolic History continued, including the chronology of 
the Apostolic Age, the later period of the Pauline Mission 
as set forth in Acts, and the order and grouping of the Paul- 
ine Epistles; critical exegesis of portions of the Epistle 
to the Romans, the Epistle to the Hebrews, and the Apoca- 
lypse; development of Apostolic teaching concerning the 
Holy Spirit, the Church, and the Kingdom of God. Special 
papers prepared by the members of the class furnish the 
basis of discussions in the classroom. Each student is ex- 
pected to become familiar with the various commentaries 
found on the shelves of the working library. Two hours 
a week during the session. 

Didactic and Polemic Theology 

Professor Green 

The study of Systematic Theology is begun in the Junior 
year, and prosecuted through the Middle and Senior years. 



20 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

Junior Class 

This class is occupied, throughout the year, with the West- 
minster Confession of Faith and the larger and shorter 
Catechisms. The object of this course is threefold: (1) 
to acquaint the students with the doctrinal symbols of our 
Church; (2) to furnish them, at the outset of their studies, 
with a convenient body of divinity for their use as teachers 
and preachers during their undergraduate years; (3) to 
prepare them for an easier and larger comprehension of the 
topics treated in Didactic and Polemic Theology. 

Middle Class 

The Middle Class takes up, at the beginning of the year, 
Introductory Theology, embracing the definition of theology, 
and the method of its distribution, the source of theology 
or the rule of faith and duty, and the inspiration of the 
Scriptures. 

This class studies during the second term the Theology of 
Natural Religion, embracing such subjects as the names, 
nature, and attributes of God, the trinity, the decrees, crea- 
tion, providence, angels, men, the covenant of works, the fall, 
original sin, the pollution and guilt of sin. The textbook 
is Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology. Three hours a 
week. 

Senior Class 

The Senior class studies the Theology of Redemption, em- 
bracing such topics as the plan of salvation, the mediator, 
the covenant of grace, the person and work of Christ, the 
person and work of the Holy Spirit, vocation, grace, re- 
generation, faith, justification, adoption, sanctification, the 
means of grace and the last things, Hodge's Systematic 
Theology is used throughout the course. Instruction mainly 
by question and answer. Three hours a week. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 21 

Christian Ethics and Apologetics 
Apologetics 
Proffessor Reed 
Junior Class 
This course aims to show the reasonableness and authority 
of the Christian religion. It treats of and compares the 
Christian and anti- Christian theories of the universe, show- 
ing the Christian to be preferable on both Scriptural and 
philosophical grounds. The other general questions of 
apologetics are also treated. 

Instruction is by textbooks and lecture. One hour a week. 

Christian Ethics 

Professor Green 

Senior Class 

This course shows the nature and content of the Christian 

ethical ideal, its authority, and its superiority to all other 

standards. It deals with Christian duties both toward God 

and toward man, and in individual and social relations. Its 

aim is to put into practical life the teaching of the Spirit 

of Christ, "to live according to Christianity." 

Instruction by textbook and discussion. One hour a week. 

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity 
Junior Class 
Professor Reed 
Beginning with Pentecost the class follows the unfolding 
of the Church's history to the culminating point of the 
Middle Ages. The contrast is noted between the persecuted 
Church under the Pagan Emperors and the persecuting 
Church under the Christian Emperors. Another striking 
change is considered, that of form, from Presbytery to 
Episcopacy. The early councils receive attention, especially 
as the sources of our creeds and theologies. The disintegra- 
tion of the Roman Empire under the impact of barbarism, 



22 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

and the conversion of these barbarous tribes to Christianity 
furnish a study of much interest. 

Middle Class 

During this year the class follows the course of the 
Church's history to the close of the Eeformation Period. 
Interest centers in the complicated relations of Church 
and State, and the struggle resulting therefrom ; the climax 
of the Papal power; its Mohammedan method of propa- 
gandism; the development of doctrinal perversions and ad- 
ministrative abuses ; the Crusades ; the Eenaissance, the in- 
creasing degeneracy of the Church; the waning power of 
the Pope; the many elements of discontent, preparing the 
way for and prophesying the revolt of the sixteenth century. 

Senior Class 

With the Eeformation the history of the Church becomes 
more complicated. The Protestant Church splits into na- 
tional branches, and into many minor bodies. Some atten- 
tion is given to the whole field of the Church's history, 
both in the East and in the West; but special attention is 
given during the Senior year to the Presbyterian and Ee- 
formed churches of all countries. The great Wesleyan 
Eevival with its consequences on both sides of the Atlantic 
is considered; also the origin and expansion of the many 
religious denominations in the United States. 

The method of teaching throughout the whole course is 
by textbooks with supplemental lectures. 

Church Polity is studied during the second term of the 
middle year. In addition to a series of oral lectures, dis- 
cussing certain general principles, instruction is given in 
connection with the Book of Church Order, and Dr. Withe- 
row's "Which is the Apostolic Church?" Church Polity 
is emphasized as a matter of no inconsiderable importance. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 23 

Natural Science in Connection with Revelation and 
Christian Apologetics 

This chair is vacant for the present. Its field is occupied 
by Professor Green in Philosophy, Professor Reed in Apolo- 
getics, and Professors White and McPheeters in Introduc- 
tion and Criticism. 

The English Bible 
Professor Clark 

The object of this course is to guide the student in the 
discovery and mastery of an effective method of Bible study. 

Incidentally there will be taught the theology and ethics 
of the sacred Scriptures, and these will be presented in the 
form in which they are developed in the word of God. 

So far as time will permit, the facts and doctrines of 
God's word will be studied, for these furnish the substance 
and material of the minister's message, and there can be no 
substitute for biblical theology and biblical ethics. 

The main purpose, however, which will be constantly 
kept in the foreground in the work of this department, will 
be not to furnish facts from the Bible, and to formulate 
Scriptural doctrines and rules for the student, but to en- 
able him to acquire a method by which the truths of God's 
word may be known and appreciated. 

The ultimate aim of the course is to arouse in the heart a 
permanent and passionate love for the Book. 

Junior Class 

The Pentateuch and the later historical books of the Old 
Testament are studied in the American Revised Version. 
The method is by syllabus of the professor and the first 
year's course includes Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Hebrews, 
Joshua, and Kings. 

Two hours each week for two terms. 



24 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

Middle Class 

The Psalms, the Wisdom literature and the Major and 
Minor Prophets are studied by the use of the same methods 
that are employed in all the classes. 

The second year's course will include Esther, Job, Psalms, 
2nd Chronicles, Jonah, Hosea, and Jeremiah. 

Three hours each week for two terms. 

Senior Class 

The third year's work deals with the books of the New 
Testament, and the course includes a study of the Gospels, 
Acts, Romans, Philippians, James and 1st John. 

Two hours each week for two terms. 

Practical Theology 
President Wells 
Work in this department continues through three years. 

Homiletics 

The Junior Class gives one hour a week to Homiletics. 

The textbook is Broadus' "Preparation and Delivery of 
Sermons." This is supplemented by lectures. 

The preacher, his call, his message, his personality, his 
equipment and his preparation are discussed. 

Sermon briefs are required during the second term, and 
are criticized and corrected by the professor. 

The Middle Class gives one hour a week for the first term 
to Homiletics. The textbook is Breed's "Preparing to 
Preach." 

The time of the class is largely given to sermonizing. 
Sermons or sermon briefs will be required almost every 
week. The whole work of the class is directed toward teach- 
ing the men how to preach. 

Pastoral Theology 
The Senior Class gives one hour a week to this subject. 
The teaching is mainly by lecture. The minister is studied 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 25 

as the leader of his people. His relation as pastor is care- 
fully considered. The complete organization of a modern 
church is shown. 

Every effort is put forth to fit the young minister to face 
the problems of today in his pastoral work. 

Missions 
Mr. Murchison 

This course is designed to meet the needs of pastors and 
prospective ordained missionaries. Whether the minister 
expects to spend his life in the homeland or on the foreign 
field he needs a comprehensive view of missions. The or- 
dained minister is the key man at the home base as well as 
on the mission field. To be informed, therefore, of the most 
approved methods of conducting this great task of the 
Church, and of the preparation best adapted to the needs of 
the workers, is a matter of first importance. 

The books used for guidance in this study are : 

1. The Foreign Missionary, by Rev. Arthur J. Brown, 

D.D. 

2. The Preparation of Ordained Missionaries, being the 

report of a Committee of the Board of Missionary 
Preparation, Robert E. Speer, Chairman. 

3. The Fourth Report of the Board of Missionary Prep- 

aration, giving attention to the reports of the commit- 
tees on the special preparation needed for missionaries 
appointed to 

(a) China. 

(b) Japan. 

(c) Latin America. 

(d) Africa. 

4. The reports of the executive committees of Foreign 

and Home Missions to the General Assembly of the 
Presbyterian Church in the United States. 

5. The Religions of Mankind, by Edmund Davison 

Soper. 
This course is taken by the Middle Class for one hour a 
week. 



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Religious Education 
Professor Clark 

The aim of this course is to adapt the general principles 
of education to the special work of the Sunday School. 

After a survey of the historical bearings of the Sunday 
School, the nature of the pupil is studied with some fullness. 
Then the following topics are treated : The curriculum, the 
principles of method as applied to the Sunday School, the 
organization, management, government, program, external 
relations and general means of success of the Sunday School. 

Textbooks : Weigle : The Pupil and the Teacher ; Law- 
rence: How to Conduct a Sunday School. 

Elocution 
Instructor Taylor 

The purpose of the work in this department is to train 
the student in the art of proper and effective oral expres- 
sion; to render his thoughts naturally and forcefully; to 
read intelligently; to use his voice and body to the best 
advantage; to eliminate mannerisms and faults, both in 
speech and action. 

Delivery is not here considered as mere physical per- 
formance. Eather it is the liberation of thought and feeling 
through the voice and body. This implies that there must 
be the proper co-ordination between the actions of mind, 
voice and body. To improve delivery mental processes 
must first be stimulated. In connection with this the voice 
and body must be so trained as to be responsive to all 
thinking. 

Proper exercises are given for strengthening the voice 
and for improving the quality. The primary modulations 
of the speaking voice are taught and insisted on from the 
beginning. Articulation and pronunciation are not neg- 
lected. 

The importance of interpretative reading of the Scrip- 
tures is emphasized and especial attention is paid to the 
reading of hymns. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 27 

Annual Course of Lectures on the Thomas Smyth 
Foundation 

Through the generosity of the late Thomas Smyth, D.D., 
of Charleston, South Carolina, a Seminary lectureship has 
been established called the Thomas Smyth Foundation. In 
accordance with the conditions of the bequest, some person 
who is of worthy character and distinguished for learning 
and ability is chosen each year by the Board of Direc- 
tors and the Faculty of the Columbia Theological Seminary 
to deliver a course of lectures before the students of the 
Seminary. This series of lectures will deal from year to 
year with the fundamental principles of the Christian faith. 

The funds bequeathed to the institution by Dr. Smyth to 
found this lectureship, according to the terms of the bequest, 
were allowed to accumulate until they amounted to $10,000. 
For the past ten years distinguished lecturers have filled this 
lectureship, treating a large variety of themes doctrinal, 
critical, practical, archaeological and historical. 

Extension Work at Columbia Seminary 

The Professors of the Seminary are constantly engaged 
in preaching and lecturing in various communities within 
the bounds of the four Synods. Courses of lectures are de- 
livered by the Seminary professors in response to the re- 
quests of particular churches and communities. 

Graduate Work 

For those who desire to continue their course of study 
for a longer time than the regular period of three years, or 
for those who wish to take special studies, no fixed cur- 
riculum is prescribed, but each student is free to devote him- 
self to those branches which he wishes especially to pursue. 
Such students may attend any of the regular classes, or they 
may pursue advanced courses of study and conduct original 
investigation under the guidance of the professors in the 
Seminary. 



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Optional Courses 

Optional courses may be established for students who wish 
to equip themselves in a manner more complete and thorough 
than that which is permitted by the regular curriculum. 
On request, such courses will be provided by the professors 
of the several departments. 

The professor will reserve the right to say whether any 
applicant shall take a desired course, basing his judgment 
upon the recognized ability of the student and the prob- 
ability of interference with his regular work. He reserves 
the further right to determine, from the number making 
application, whether the course shall be offered. 

University-Seminary Course 

The University of South Carolina is located in the city 
of Columbia. 

The following has been adopted as the basis of credit 
for the combined Seminary and University of South Caro- 
lina courses for the A. M. and A. B. degrees: 

1. Students of the Columbia Theological Seminary who 
comply with the general entrance requirements of the Uni- 
versity of South Carolina may register for a combined Semi- 
nary and University course leading to the A. B. degree. 

2. This course must represent the following semester 
credits: English 12, History 12, Mathematics 12, one an- 
cient or modern foreign language (above course A) 12, 
a laboratory science 6 or 8. 

3. From certain courses given at the Seminary 36 credits 
may be counted toward the University A. B. degree. 

4. For the Seminary-University A. B. degree at least 18 
credits must be made in University courses. 

5. For the A. M. degree one subject, approved by the 
Committee on Graduate Studies may be selected as a minor, 
from the middle or senior year courses in the Columbia 
Theological Seminary. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 29 

Religious Exercises 

Daily prayers which every student is required to attend 
are conducted in the chapel every morning by a member 
of the Faculty. 

Various meetings for worship are maintained by the 
students, either as a body or by each class separately. 

Every Friday afternoon the Faculty and students meet 
together in the Chapel. Students conduct devotional ex- 
ercises and preach sermons. Afterwards the members of the 
Faculty offer suggestions with reference to the subject mat- 
ter of the sermons and the manner of their delivery. 

Society of Missionary Inquiry.  This society meets on 
alternate Tuesday evenings, and holds a separate business 
meeting once a month. It proves a power in awakening and 
sustaining interest in missions, and takes practical oversight 
of local mission work. The society is divided into a number 
of mission study classes, each class using a different text- 
book, treating a different phase of missions. 

Opportunities for Christian Work 

By reason of her location and environment, the Columbia 
Seminary furnishes to her students various opportunties 
for engaging in active Christian work. Some of these are 
the following. 

The Churches established in the City of Columbia are 
well organized with respect to Sunday schools and young 
people's societies. Some of the students of the Seminary 
take an active part in the work of these Church organiza- 
tions. 

Mission Work.  The city of Columbia offers many op- 
portunities for religious work and training. There are six 
mission churches in the suburbs. There are three cotton- 
mill villages, where mission work may be conducted. There 
is abundance of opportunity for teaching and preaching 
among the colored people. Prayer meetings, house-to-house 
visitations, Sunday schools and preaching services are con- 



30 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINAR? 

ducted by the students in various parts of the city and the 
adjacent country. 

Regular Preaching.  Students of the Middle and Senior 
classes are allowed, with the consent of the presbyteries con- 
cerned, when it does not conflict with their Seminary duties, 
to supply vacant churches in South Carolina, Georgia, 
Alabama and Florida. Much of the territory embraced 
within these and other adjacent States is easily accessible 
to the students of this Seminary. 



TERMS OF 
ADMISSION AND GRADUATION 

Students seeking admission to the Seminary should be 
graduates of a college of recognized standing. It is desirable 
that Presbyterian students should connect themselves with 
a presbytery before coming to the Seminary. Any student 
coming from another Seminary must present a certificate 
of dismission from the Seminary previously attended, show- 
ing the courses completed in that institution. 

Every Presbyterian student entering the Seminary is ex- 
pected to present a statement from his presbytery to the 
effect that he has permission to enter the Seminary, and 
specifying the course he is expected "to take. Representatives 
of other denominations must furnish the Faculty with sat- 
isfactory testimonials of being in full communion with some 
Christian Church, and of having been educated at some 
college or university ; or, in the absence of such testimonials, 
the ministerial candidate must satisfy the Faculty, by ex- 
amination, that he is qualified to enter upon a course of 
study in preparation for the Gospel ministry. 

All students, on entering the Seminary, are required to 
subscribe to the following declaration: "Deeply impressed 
with a sense of the importance of improving in knowledge, 
prudence and piety, preparatory to the Gospel ministry, I 
solemnly promise, in reliance on divine grace, that I will 
conscientiously and vigilantly observe the rules and regula- 
tions specified in the Constitution, and also obey all the law- 
ful requisitions, and readily yield to all wholesome admoni- 
tions of the professors of the Seminary, while I shall con- 
tinue a member of it." 

At the close of each term written examinations are held 
upon all the subjects studied during the term. No student 
is permitted to be absent from the examination of his class, 
except for satisfactory reasons. In the event that a student 
is absent from the regular examination, he must afterwards 
stand a special examination. Any student who completes 
in a satisfactory manner all of the courses of study given in 



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the Seminary and who presents to the Faculty a diploma of 
graduation from a college of recognized standing will re- 
ceive a diploma from this Seminary according him the de- 
gree of Bachelor of Divinity. 

The Seminary Year 

The Seminary year begins on the third Wednesday in 
September. The Baccalaureate Sermon to the graduating 
class is delivered on the first Sunday in May, and the session 
ends with the delivery of diplomas and certificates on the 
Wednesday after the first Sunday in May. For the conven- 
ience of some of the classes and for presbyterial reports the 
session is divided into two terms, the first of which ends on 
the last Saturday in January, and the second begins on the 
following Tuesday. 

Reports to Presbyteries 

Eeports are sent at regular intervals to presbyteries con- 
cerning the attendance of the students upon the exercise of 
the Seminary, and concerning their general deportment, 
diligence and standing in study. 

Expenses of Students 

Tuition and room-rent are furnished free of charge. 
Board is furnished at cost, which amounts to about $100 for 
the entire session. Incidentals, including lights, fuel and 
books, amount to about $50.00. With the exception of 
towels, rooms are furnished and neatly kept without cost 
to the student. 

When necessary, students are aided from scholarship funds 
to the extent of $100. In order to secure this aid the ap- 
plicant must bring a written recommendation, stating the 
amount needed, from the chairman of education of his 
presbytery. 



HISTORICAL STATEMENT 

The Columbia Seminary was founded in 1828 by the 
Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, which occupied the 
territory now embracing the Synods of South Carolina, 
Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Each of these Synods in 
its own behalf assumed afterwards the obligation to main- 
tain the institution established by the parent Synod. Thom- 
as Goulding, D.D., of Georgia, was elected the first profes- 
sor in 1828. In January, 1830, he and his students removed 
from Georgia to Columbia. In January, 1831, the present 
central building was occupied and George Howe, D.D., 
was elected his associate in the Faculty. Two years later 
(1833) A. W. Leland, D.D., was appointed to the chair of 
Theology. In 1834 Dr. Goulding retired, and his chair, 
that of Ecclesiastical History and Polity, was filled by the 
election of Charles Colcock Jones, D.D. (1836). 

The establishment of this Seminary in Columbia, in 1828, 
was the practical recognition, by the fathers of that day, of 
the fact that they owed something to their generation and 
something also to those who were to come after them. Look- 
ing around them, they saw fields white to the harvest. An 
increasing population with pressing spiritual needs was fill- 
ing the boundaries of both South Carolina and Georgia. 
Looking ahead of them into the future, the fathers of that 
day foresaw that time would make the call for efficient 
laborers in this field only the more urgent. Their children, 
even then, had begun to turn their eyes westward. The 
States of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana were being 
settled by those whose antecedents were in South Carolina 
and Georgia. The Christian people of these two States 
followed with eager interest not only the material, but also 
the spiritual progress of those who had gone out from them, 
and were still of them. 

In the narrative of the Synod of South Carolina and 
Georgia for the year 1832, four years after the Seminary 
opened its doors, the following statement occurs: 



34 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

"It is to be hoped that the period is not far distant when 
this school of the prophets to which principally our Churches 
look for the successors of those who are removed from the 
ministry by death  for the pastors who are to break the 
bread of life among our numerous unsupplied Churches  
shall be so amply furnished by Christian liberality with the 
means of imparting a complete theological education, that 
it shall not be behind similar institutions to which the 
churches in other parts of our land look for their spiritual 
guides." 

Soon after the completion of the period of the first twenty- 
five years in the life of the Theological Seminary important 
additions were made to the Faculty. For a short time, 
Alexander T. McGill, D.D., who afterwards occupied a 
chair in the Princeton Theological Seminary, taught in 
Columbia Seminary the subjects embraced in Ecclesiastical 
History and Church Polity. He was succeeded in the oc- 
cupancy of this chair by Benjamin M. Palmer, D.D., who 
was succeeded by John B. Adger, D.D. From 1856 until 
1862, James Henley Thornwell, D.D., gave the crowning 
years of his life to the work of teaching the subjects con- 
nected with the chair of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 
During this period of early growth, a generous fund for 
the endowment of the Seminary was contributed by the sup- 
porting Synods. In 1854 Simons Hall was erected through 
the liberality of Mrs. E. L. Simons, of Charleston, and in 
1855, Mrs. Agnes Law, of Columbia, provided "for the 
erection of the dormitory that bears her name. 

During the period of the war of the Southern Confede- 
racy and the two decades that followed it the following 
ministers and teachers served as members of the Faculty: 
Benjamin M. Palmer, D.D., James Woodrow, D.D., William 
S. Plumer, D.D., Joseph E. Wilson, D.D., John L. Girar- 
deau, D.D., Charles E. Hemphill, D.D., William E. Boggs, 
D.D. and James D. Tadlock, D.D. Among the members 
of the teaching force in the more recent years, to name only 
tihose that have been called to their final reward, were 
Francis E. Beattie, D.D., William T. Hall, D.D. and E. G. 
Pearson, D.D. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 35 

Throughout her entire life, a period of four score and 
sixteen years, the Columbia Theological Seminary has fur- 
nished well-trained ministers of the Gospel not only to the 
Synods with which she is organically connected, but to other 
parts of our Southern Church and to many regions beyond 
the seas. Prior to the War of the Confederacy, the largest 
number of students at any time in attendance was during 
the session of 1860-1861, when sixty-two students were 
assembled in the halls of the Seminary. Within the limits 
of the half century that followed the close of the great 
sectional struggle, the largest number of students in at- 
tendance during any one session was in 1873-1874, the num- 
ber present that year being fifty-seven. Although the num- 
ber of students in attendance at this Seminary "has always 
been thus moderate in extent, yet Columbia has furnished 
more than three-fourths of the Presbyterian ministers who 
have labored in South Carolina, more than one-half of those 
that have labored in Georgia, and a considerable proportion 
of those in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, 
Arkansas, and Louisiana. Moreover, graduates of Colum- 
bia Seminary have given themselves to the work of mis- 
sions in Africa, Syria, Turkey, Persia, Hindostan, Korea, 
Japan, China and South America. 

Location and Buildings. 

The Seminary is located near the center of the city of 
Columbia, the ca-pital of South Carolina. The city, with a 
population of about 50,000, is situated on heights overlook- 
ing the Congaree River, and is noted for the beauty of its 
site, its broad and well-shaded streets, its excellent natural 
drainage, its quiet and refined society. It is one of the 
most important railway and educational centers in the 
Southern States. Posessing an excellent public-school sys- 
tem, Columbia is also the seat of the University of South 
Carolina, the Lutheran Theological* Seminary, The College 
for Women, the Methodist Female College and several 
Business Colleges. In recent years Columbia has entered 
upon a career of steady, if not, indeed, phenomenal develop- 



36 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

merit. The establishment of large manufacturing enter- 
prises in the various suburbs of the city means not only in- 
creased material prosperity for the city, but enlarged op- 
portunities for mission work by the students of the Semi- 
nary. 

Columbia is one of the leading winter resorts of our 
country. It is located in the same great pine belt in which 
Camden and Aiken, famous winter resorts, are situated. 
The climate is one of the most delightful in the world. 

The Seminary occupies a beautiful square of four acres 
in the heart of the residence portion of the city. Just across 
the street from the Seminary are located the beautiful 
grounds surrounding the Presbyterian College for Women. 

The first and second floors of the central building on the 
Seminary grounds are used for lecture rooms and offices. 
The third floor is used for the books of the library. This 
building is flanked by the two dormitories, Law Hall and 
Simons Hall. Each of these dormitories has twenty-four 
rooms, commodious, well ventilated and lighted. The rooms 
are kept in a thoroughly cleaned and wholesome condition, 
and each room is supplied with a complete set of furniture, 
a carpet, and necessary linen and bedding. The Chapel 
is the small brick building on the east side of the square; 
the Dining Hall is on the west side  a new two-story brick 
building. 



THE SEMINARY LIBRARY 

The library of the Columbia Seminary is probably the 
most extensive and the most valuable collection of theologi- 
cal literature in the South. It forms an important adjunct 
to the work carried on in the classrooms. In it are incor- 
porated the larger parts of the libraries of Rev. Thomas 
Smyth, D.D., Eev. John Douglass, Rev. George Howe, 
D.D., and Rev. S. Beach Jones, D.D. New books are being 
continually added from a fund set apart for the purpose, 
as well as by gift. The libraries of the professors, amount- 
ing to several thousand volumes, are accessible to the stud- 
ents. 

The Smyth Reference Library Room has been fitted up 
by Miss Sarah Ann Smyth and the Ladies' Society of the 
Second Church, Charleston. In it are kept the books needed 
for daily reference. Some of the daily newspapers, with 
a number of the leading monthly magazines, are on file in 
the reading room. 

Gifts to the Seminary Library 

The Seminary has recently received as a gift from the 
family of Rev. J. William Flinn, D.D., deceased, an honored 
alumnus of the institution, the books formerly owned and 
used by Dr. Flinn. This valuable collection of books con- 
tains a large number of standard works on Philosophy, 
Logic, and Ethics. This collection includes also a con- 
siderable number of books which once formed a part of the 
library of Dr. Thomas Smyth, of Charleston, S. C. All 
of these volumes have been placed in a room on the first 
floor of the main building on the Seminary grounds, and are 
known as the Flinn Annex to the Smyth Library. 

The First Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, Alabama, 
has donated to the Columbia Seminary the collection of 
books once the property of the former pastor, Rev. David 
Finley, D.D. 



38 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

From the estate of Rev. Charles S. Vedder, D.D., LL.D., 
an honored alumnus of this Seminary, and late pastor 
of the Huguenot Church, Charleston, S. C, a gift of three 
hundred valuable books has been donated to the Seminary 
library. 

The Rev. M. C. Hutton, D.D., of Georgetown, Texas, an 
honored alumnus of the class of 1872, has presented to the 
Seminary a valuable selection of choice books from his own 
library, consisting of volumes which he has found especially 
helpful in his own ministry. 

The large and valuable library of the late Rev. Samuel M. 
Smith, D.D., who was at the time of his death the pastor 
of the First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Caro- 
lina, has been given by the family of Dr. Smith to the 
Columbia Seminary. 

The collection of books formerly owned and used by the 
Rev. W. B. Arrowood, D.D., late pastor of Bethel Church, 
York County, South Carolina, has been given by his 
daughter to the Seminary Library. 

Valuable books from the library of the late Rev. William 
E. Boggs, D.D., former professor and also member of the 
Doard of Directors of the Columbia Theological Seminary, 
have been presented to the library. 

Wilds Book Prize 

Louis T. Wilds, Esq., a ruling elder of the First Presby- 
terian Church, Columbia, S. C, has given the Seminary the 
sum of five hundred dollars, to be used as the basis of an 
annual book prize. At the close of each session the proceeds 
of the gift made by Mr. Wilds will be invested in books and 
the books will be bestowed as a prize upon a student se- 
lected by the Faculty, in accordance with conditions pre- 
scribed by the donor. In May, 1923 this prize was bestowed 
upon Samuel H. Fulton, A.B., B.D., and Charles Hees 
Jenkins, B.S., B.D., members of the Senior class. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 39 

Pressing Needs of the Seminary 

1. The first and greatest need of the Seminary is schol- 
arship funds providing for the support of the largely in- 
creased number of students who are now coming to this 
institution. A considerable number of scholarships yield- 
ing at least $100 each per year should be provided. It is 
hoped that generous friends will find here an opportuntiy 
for wise beneficence. Perhaps no more attractive method 
of providing an enduring memorial for some beloved rela- 
tive could be found than to establish a scholarship of $1,500 
for this purpose. 

2. There is need of a fireproof library building. The 
Smyth Library has no equal in the South, and perhaps no 
superior in the United States, in the field of Puritan the- 
ology as expounded by British writers. It would be an 
unpardonable sin to allow these riches, which no amount 
of money could ever duplicate, to be destroyed by fire. The 
Church cannot excuse herself on any ground for failure to 
do this at an early date. 

3. There should be a larger and more commodious Chapel 
of brick or stone. The present unsightly and inconvenient 
building has served its purpose already too long. The com- 
mencement exercises must be held elsewhere and no special 
exercise which would involve a considerable attendance of 
people can be held because of the small size of the building. 

4. There is room for a variety of lectureships, fellow- 
ships and other special foundations. 

5. Small gifts of books, maps, charts, casts for the 
library and the lecture rooms and supplies for the boarding 
hall are always gratefully received. 

Form of Bequest 

The proper form of a bequest is as follows : 

"To the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary 

of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and 

Florida of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, to 

them and their successors, I give and bequeath the sum of 



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APPENDIX 
Members of the Faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary 

1828-1924 

Accessus Exitus 

1828 Thomas Gottlding,* D.D., Professor of 
Ecclesiastical History and Church 
Polity. 1834 

1831 George Howe,* D.D., LL.D., Professor 

of Biblical Literature. 1883 

1833 A. W. Leland,* D.D., Professor of Chris- 
tian Theology. 1856 

1836 Charles Colcock Jones,* D.D., Profes- 
sor of Ecclesiastical History and Church 
Polity. 1838 

1848 Charles Colcock Jones,* D.D., Profes- 
sor of Ecclesiastical History and Church 
Polity. 1850 

1852 Alex. T. McGill,* D.D., Professor of 

Ecclesiastical History and Churcjh 
Polity. 1853 

1853 B. M. Palmer,* D.D., LL.D., Provisional 

Instructor in Ecclesiastical History and 
Church Polity. 1853 

1854 B. M. Palmer,* D.D., LL.D., Professor 

of Ecclesiastical History and Church 
Polity. 1856 

1856 J. H. Thornwell,* D.D., LL.D., Profes- 
sor Ehetoric and Pastoral Theology. 1856 

1856 J. H. Thornwell,* D.D., LL.D., Profes- 

sor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1862 

1857 J. B. Adger,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesias- 

tical History and Church Polity. 1874 



'Deceased. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 43 

Accessus Exitus 

1861 James Woodrow,* Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., 

Perkins Professor of Natural Science 

in Connection with Revelation. 1886 

1862 B. M. Palmer,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of 

Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1865 

1867 William S. Plumer,* D.D., LL.D., Profes- 
sor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1875 

1870 Joseph E. Wilson,* D.D., Professor of 
Pastoral and Evangelistic Theology and 
Sacred Rhetoric. 1874 

1875 William S. Plumer,* D.D., LL.D., Pro- 

fessor of Pastoral, Casuistic and His- 
toric Theology. 1880 

1876 J. L. Girardeau,* D.D., LL.D., Professor 

of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1895 

1882 Chas. R. Hemphill, D.D., Associate Pro- 
fessor of Biblical Literature. 1883 

1882 Wm. E. Boggs,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesi- 

astical History and Church Polity. 1885 

1883 Chas. R. Hemphill, D.D., Professor of 

Biblical Literature. 1885 

1885 Jas. D. Tadlock,* D.D., LL.D., Professor 
of Eccelsiastical History and Church 
Polity. 1898 

1887 Chas. C. Hersman, D.D., Professor of Bib- 

lical Literature. 1888 

1888 Francis R. Beattie,* Ph.D., D.D., Perkins 

Professor of Natural Science in Connec- 
tion with Revelation, and Christian 
Apologetics. 1893 



^Deceased. 



44 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

Accessus Exitus 

1888 William M. McPheeters, D.D. Profes- 
sor of Biblical Literature. 1893 

1892 Daniel J. Brimm, A.M., Associate Profes- 

sor of Biblical Literature. 1893 

1893 William M. McPheeters, D.D., LL.D., 

Professor of Old Testament Literature 
and Exegesis. 

1893 Daniel J. Brimm, D.D., Professor of New 

Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1900 

1893 Samuel S. Laws,* A.M., M.D., LL.D., D.D., 
Perkins Professor of Natural Science 
in Connection with Eevelation, and 
Christian Apologetics. 1898 

1895 William T. Hall,* D.D., LL.D., Professor 

of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1911 

1898 Eichard C. Reed, D.D., LL.D., Profes- 
sor of Ecclesiastical History and Church 
Polity. 

1900 John W. Davis,* D.D., Professor of New 

Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1902 

1901 Samuel C. Byrd, A.M., Adjunct Profes- 

sor in the Chair of Pastoral Theology, 
Homiletics, and the English Bible. 1902 

1902 Henry Alexander White, A.M., Ph.D., 

D.D., LL.D., Professor of New Testa- 
ment Literature and Exegesis. 

1911 Thornton Whaling, D.D., LL.D., Presi- 
dent of the Seminary and Professor of 
Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1921 



^Deceased. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 45 

Accessus Exitus 

1911 K. G. Pearson,* D.D., Professor of the 

English Bible. 1913 

1913 James O. Keavis, D.D., LL.D., Professor 
of the English Bible, Homiletics, and 
Pastoral Theology. 1920 

1916 Edgar D. Kerr, A.B., B.D., D.D., Instruc- 

tor in the Hebrew and Greek Languages. 1921 

1920 Hugh K. Murchison, A.B., B.D., Instruc- 
tor in Missions. 

1920 Melton Clark, A.B., D.D., Professor of 

English Bible and Keligious Education. 

1921 Edgar D. Kerr, A.B., B.D., D.D., Profes- 

sor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages. 

1921 John M. Wells, A.M., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., 

President of the Seminary and Profes- 
sor of Practical Theology. 

1921 James B. Green, A.B., DD., Professor of 
Didactic and Polemic Theology. 

Special Lecturers 

1898 Samuel M. Smith,* D.D., Lecturer on 

Pastoral Theology and Homiletics. 1899 

1911 Patterson Wardlaw, A.B., LL.D., In- 
structor in the Pedagogy of the Sunday 
School. 1915 

1917 William H. Mills, A.B., D.D., Instructor 

in Kural Sociology. 1921 

Lectures on the Thomas Smyth Foundation 

1911 Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., 
Princeton, New Jersey. Subject : The 
Theistic View of the World. 



'Deceased. 



46 COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 

Accessus Exitus 

1912 Caspar Eene Gregory,* D.D., LL.D., Uni- 

versity of Leipsic, Germany. Subject: 
Theological Movements in Germany 
During the Nineteenth Century. 

1913 Eobert E. Speer, LL.D., New York City. 

Subject: Some Missionary Problems 
Illustrated in the Lives of Great Mis- 
sionary Leaders. 

1914 Eobert A. Webb,* D.D., LL.D., Louisville, 

Kentucky. Subject: The Doctrine of 
the Christian Hope. 

1915 William Hodge Marquess,* D.D., LL.D., 

New York City. Subject: The Period 
from Abraham to Joshua as Illustrated 
by the Eesults of Archaeological Dis- 
covery. 

1916 J. Campbell White, A.M., LL.D,, 

Wooster, Ohio. Subject: Missions and 
Leadership. 

1917 W. S. Plttmer Bryan, D.D., Chicago, 

Illinois. Subject: The Grace of God. 

1918 Benjamin B. Warfield,* D.D., LL.D., 

Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: 
Counterfeit Miracles. 

1919 Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., 

Princeton, New Jersey. Subject : Chris- 
tianity and the Modern Man. 

1920 A. H. McKinney, D.D., New York City. 

Subject: Guiding Girls to Christian 
Womanhood. 



^Deceased. 



COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 47 

Accessus Exitus 

1921 Louis Matthews Sweet, S.T.D., Ph.D., 
New York. Subject: The Origin and 
Destiny of Man in the Light of Scrip- 
ture and Modern Thought. 

1923 J. Sprole Lyons, D.D., Atlanta, Ga. Sub- 
ject: Sermonic Sources. 

1923 L. E. McNair, D.D., Jacksonville, Florida, 
Subject: Passion in Preaching. 

1923 W. McF. Alexander, D.D., New Orleans, 
La. Subject: The Man and his Mes- 
sage. 

1923 J. B. Hutton, D.D., Jackson, Miss. Sub- 
ject: Kegulative Ideas in Preaching. 

1923 James I. Vance, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. 
Subject : Sermonizing. 

1923 Dunbar H. Ogden, D.D., Mobile, Ala. 

Subject: The House in Which the 
Minister Lives. 

1924 Egbert W. Smith, D.D. Nashville, Tenn. 

Subject : The Call of the Mission Fields. 

Deceased.