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Vol. XIV APRIL, 1922 No. 4

Catalogue Announcements

1921-1922 1922-1923

BULLETIN

Published Quarterly by the Board of Directors of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.

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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
FOUNDED IN 1828

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

1921-1922

THE R. L. BRYAN COMPANY
COLUMBIA, S. C.

1922

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CALENDAR
1922

Tuesday, February 8 Second term begins.

Wednesday, Aprie 26 Final examinations begin.

Sunday, May 7 Baccalaureate Sermon, 11:30 A. M., by
Rev. L. E. McNair, D. D., Jacksonville, Fla.

Sunday, May 7 Missionary Sermon, 8:30 P. M., by
Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour, D. D., Spartanburg,
S. C.

Wednesday, May 10 Annual meeting of the Board of
Directors, 11 A. M.; delivery of diplomas and
certificates in the Seminary Chapel, 12 M ; in-
augural address by Professor E. D. Kerr.

Wednesday, May 10, 8:30 P. M. Inauguration of Professor
J. B. Green and President John M. Wells; in-
augural address by President Wells.

Wednesday, September 20 Session of 1922-1923 begins ;
address by Rev. Melton Clark, D. D., at 5 P.
M. ; matriculation of students.

Thursday, November 30 Thanksgiving Day.

Friday, December 22, 1 :30 P. M. Christmas vacation begins.

1923

Wednesday, January 3, 9 A. M. Christmas vacation ends.

Tuesday, January 30 Intermediate examinations begin.

Saturday, February 10 Close of first term.

Tuesday, February 13 Second term begins.

Wednesday, April 25 Final examinations begin.

Sunday, May 6 Baccalaureate Sermon 11:30 A. M. ; Mis-
sionary Address, 8:30 P. M.

Wednesday, May 9, 12 M. Annual Meeting of the Board of
Directors ; delivery of diplomas.

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.

Columbia Theological Seminary

BOARD CF DIRECTORS

South Carolina

Thomas S. Bryan, Esq., Columbia, S. C 1922

Rev. D. M. Douglas, D. D., Clinton, S. C 1922

S. H. Edmunds, Esq., Sumter, S. C 1923

Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. D., Charleston, S. C 1923

Rev. W. A. Hafner, Gaffney, S. C 1924

Col. W. W. Lewis, Yorkville, S. C 1924

Georgia

J. T. Brantley, Esq., Blackshear, Ga 1922

Rev. E. L. Hill, D.D., Athens, Ga 1922

Rev. A. E. Patterson, D. D., Savannah, Ga 1923

Rev. F. K. Sims, D. D., Dalton, Ga 1923

Alabama

Rev. C. M. Boyd, D. D., Tuscaloosa, Ala 1922

Rev. S. E. Hodges, D. D., Anniston, Ala 1923

Rev. R. H. McCaslin, D. D., Montgomery, Ala 1924

Florida

William M. Kemper, Esq., DeFuniak Springs, Fla. . . 1923
Rev. E. E. McNair, D. D., Jacksonville, Fla 1924

Officers of the Board

President of Board J. T. Brantley, Esq.
Vice President of Board Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. D.
Secretary of Board Rev. Hugh R. Murchison.
Treasurer of Board C. H. Baldwin, Esq.

Standing Committees

Executive Committee F. K. Sims, W. W. Lewis, A. L.
Patterson, T. S. Bryan, W. A. Hafner.

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Committee on Material Property R. C. Reed, T. S. Bryan.

Investing Committee D. W. Robinson, W. H. Town-
send, R. A. Lancaster, M. D., C. H. Baldwin, T. S.
Bryan, Hugh R. Murchison.

Examining Committee* R. H. McCaslin, Alexander
Sprunt, E. L. Hill.

Columbia Theological Seminary

FACULTY

JOHN MILLER WELLS, A. Iff., Ph. D., D. 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., D. D.,

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
PEDAGOGY.

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.,

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS WORK, INSTRUCTOR IN MISSIONS.

WILLIAM H. MILLS, A. B., D. D.,

INSTRUCTOR IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY.

GEORGE S. FULBRIGHT, A. B.,

INSTRUCTOR IN ELOCUTION.
PERKINS PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL SCIENCE IN CONNEC-
TION WITH REVELATION, AND CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS.

The duties of this Chair are distributed among the mem-
bers of the Faculty.

Smyth Lecturer, 1921-1922 Louis M. Sweet, S. T. D.,
Ph. D

Columbia Theological Seminary

Faculty Officers

Chairman John M. Wells.

Recording Secretary Hugh R. Murchison.

Librarian Richard C. Reed.

Assistant Librarian J. D. Henderson.

Executive Secretary Hugh R. Murchison.

Annual Series of Lectures on the Thomas Smyth
Foundation.

Lecturer During the Session, 1921-1922:
Louis M. Sweet, S. T. D., Ph. D., New York City.

Special Lecturers, 1921-1 922

Rev. Donald W. Richardson, D. D., Nanking, China.
Rev. John McEachern, Kunsan, Korea.
Rev. W. H. Hudson, Kashing, China.
Rev. R. A. Lapsley, D. D., Richmond, Virginia.
Rev. W. W. Alexander, Secretary Interracial Cooperation,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Rev. R. P. Smith, D. D., Asheville, North Carolina.

Rev L. L. Little, Kiangyin, China.

Rev. John W. Moore, D. D., Susaki, Japan.

Columbia Theological Seminary

ROLL OF STUDENTS

Junior Class

Alexander, Hasell Norwood, A. B.,

Newnan, Ga.

Beaty, Ernest Albert, A. B.,
Lancaster, S. C.

Beaty, Walter Kirkpatrick,

Lancaster, S. C.
Blake, William Kennedy,

Rock Hill, S. C.
Bradshaw, Lacy Blake,

Graham, N. C.

Davidson Colege ;

U. S. Army.

Atlanta Presbytery.

Davidson College.
Bethel Presbytery.

Moody Bible Institute;

U. S. Army.

Bethel Presbytery.

Davidson College;

Clemson College ;

U. S. Army.

Bethel Presbytery.

University of North Carolina ;
U. S. Army.

Congaree Presbytery.

CopEland, William CrEECy, A. B., Davidson College;

Union Theological Seminary.
Rocky Mount, N. C. Albemarle Presbytery.

Dendy, Marshall Bertram,
Hartwell, 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 ;

U. S. Army.
Seneca, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery.

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Dillard, Ernest Archer,

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

Dulin, Davison Hafner, A. B.,

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

Hay, Theodore Beckett, A. B.,

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

Henderson, John Daniel, A. B.,

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

Langham, Frank Wyman,

U. S. Navy.
Montgomery, Ala. Bast Alabama Presbytery.

Medlin, Clonnie Nathaniel,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina ;

U. S. Army.
Unionville, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery.

Morriss, Woodward Dale, LL. B., Cumberland University ;

U. S. Army.
Memphis, Tenn. Memphis Presbytery.

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

Charlotte Court House, Va.

McMahon, Albert E. S., Tusculum College;

U. S. Army.
Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery.

McMurray, Carl Walker, A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina;

U. S. Navy.
Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery.

Polk, Lucius Eugene, University of Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville Presbytery.

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Smith, Willliam Theodore, U. S. Army;

Charlotte, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery.

Teal, Lucas John, U. S. Army.

Chesterfield, S. C.

Wilson, Charles Leroy,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina;

U. S. Army.
Florence, S. C. Pee Dee Presbytery.

Middle Class

Anderson, James Weldon, B. S.,

South Carolina Military Academy;

U. S. Army.

Lowryville, S. C. Bethel Presbytery.

Ayers, Stephen Edward, U. S. Navy.

Charleston, S. C. Charleston Presbytery.

Batchelor, Alexander Ramsay,

Pittsburg Bible Institute;

U. S. Army.

Geneva, N. Y. South Carolina Presbytery.

Belk, George Washington, Jr., A. B.,

University of South Carolina;

U. S. Army.

Montreat, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery.

Foster, Harry Robert,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina;

U. S. Army.
Westminster, S. C. Piedmont Presbytery.

Fulton, Samuel Hewitt, A. B.,

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

Hay, Samuel Bukney, A. B. , Davidson College ;

LL S. Navy.
Estill, S. C. Atlanta Presbytery.

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Loven, Romulus Eugene, Davidson College.

Cold Springs, N. C. Concord Presbytery.

Neville, William Gordon, A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina;

U. S. Army.
Clinton, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery.

Park, Russell White, A. B.,

Presbyterian College Of South Carolina;

Student Army Training Corps.

Winnsboro, S. C. Congaree Presbytery.

Stogner, Daniel CoppEdge, Davidson College ;

Student Army Training Corps.
Roberdell, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery.

Taylor, Arthur Thaddeus, A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina ;

U. S. Navy.
Clinton, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery.

Williamson, Malcolm Russell, A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina ;

Student Army Training Corps.

Lancaster, S. C. Bethel Presbytery.

Woodson, Marshall Scott, A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina;

U. S. Navy.
Columbia, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery.

Yandell, Benjamin Franklin, Moody Bible Institute;

U. S. Army.
Charlotte, N. C. Wilmington Presbytery.

Senior Class

Barber, Ernest Lowry, A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina;

U. S. Army.
Rutherfordton, N. C. King's Mountain Presbytery.

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Beckman, Ludwig Armstrong, Jr., A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina.
McClellanville, S. C. Charleston Presbytery.

Brearley, Cecil DuBose, A. B.,

University of South Carolina ;

U. S. Army.

St. Charles, S. C. Harmony Presbytery.

Campbell, Edward Stephen,

Maryville College, Tennessee ;

U. S. Army.

Columbia, S. C. Congaree Presbytery.

Cobb, James Venner,

Southwestern Presbyterian University;

U. S. Army.
Weir, Miss. Central Mississippi Presbytery.

Davis, John Sidney, Lebanon University.

Gulfport, Miss. Meridian Presbytery.

Dendy, Henry Benson, A. B., Davidson College;

Student Army Training Corps.
Hartwell, Ga. Athens Presbytery.

Estes, Frank Bigham, A. B.,

Presbyterian College of South Carolina;

U. S. Navy.
Wilkinsville, S. C. , Bethel Presbytery.

Hudson, George Alexander, Davidson College;

Kashing, China. U. S. Army.

Bnoree Presbytery.

Jenkins Charles Rees, B. S.,

Davidson College ; Johns Hopkins University ;

Student Army Training Corps.

Charleston, S. C, Charleston Presbytery.

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Mickel, Philip Alexander,

Southwestern Presbyterian University;

U. S. Army.
Union Point, Ga. Augusta Presbytery.

Miller, James William, A. B., Davidson College ;

U. S. Army.
Mooresville, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery.

Special Students

Rev. W. H. Boggs Columbia, S. C.

Donald McL. McDonald Columbia, S. C.

Rev. J. O. VanMeter Columbia, S .C.

Rev. W. S. Harden Columbia, S. C.

Rev. J. Sprole Lyons Columbia, S. C.

Summary

Junior Class 23

Middle Class. 15

Senior Class 12

Special Students 5

Total 55

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GRADUATES IN DIVINITY

Class of 1921

Graduates who received the Degree of Bachelor of
Divinity :

Belk, John Blanton, A. B., B. D., North Carolina.
Baker, Benjamin Wileord, A. B., B. D., Tennessee.
Gillespie, James T., A. B., B. D., South Carolina.
Woodson, Robert Singleton, A. B., B. D., Georgia.

Members of the Senior Class who received Certificates
of Graduation in some of the departments of instruction :

Allen, Charles Frederick, Georgia.
Bird, Eldred, H., B. S., Mississippi.
Clontz, Ralph Clayton, North Carolina.
Evans, Charles Stuart, A. B., South Carolina.
Huneycutt, Quincy Newton, North Carolina.
Huneycutt, William Jerome, North Carolina.
Lack, Joseph Samuel, A. B., Mississippi.

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REPRESENT A TION

Institutions

Davidson College 13

Presbyterian Col. of S. C. 19

Johns Hopkins University 1

Maryville College 1

Moody Bible Institute 2

Tusculum College 1

University of Tenn 1

Lebanon University 1

University of S. Carolina 10

University of N. Carolina 1

S. C. Military Academy.... 1

Pittsburg Bible Institute.. 1

S. W. Presby. University 2

North Ga. Agric. College 1

Cumberland University.... 1

Clemson College 1

Presbyteries
Athens 2 King's Mountain 1

ECnoxville ....
Mecklenburg
Memphis

Atlanta 2

Albemarle 1

Augusta 1

Bethel 8 Meridian

Charleston 4 Pee Dee

Concord

Congaree

1

5

1

1

3

1 Piedmont 2

5 South Carolina 4

East Alabama 1 Wilmington 1

Enoree -. 1 Central Mississippi 1

Harmony 2

1

States

South Carolina 33 Alabama

Georgia 4 New York 1

North Carolina 10 Virginia 1

Mississippi 2 China 1

Tennessee 2

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COURSE OF STUDY

Junior Class

(Figures indicate the number of hours each week.)

Old Testament Literature and Exegesis. Exegetical pro-
paedeutics ; 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

Apologetics 1

Elocution 3

Sunday School Pedagogy 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.
Ecclesiastical History. From 1073 A. D. to the close of

the period of the Reformation 3

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

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English Bible 2

Elocution 3

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 Romans, Hebrews, and

Revelation 2

Ecclesiastical History. History of doctrine ; history of the

Presbyterian Church 3

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

Theology. The theology of redemption 2

English Bible 3

Christian Ethics , . . 2

Elocution 3

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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 interpretation; to give
him a clear conception of its "architectonic principle" and
constituent 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 propedeutic 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 Proph-
ecy, during the Senior Year.

In connection with the class-work there will be assigned to
each class a reasonable amount of parallel 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 Testament.
Accordingly, stress will be laid upon a mastery of the prin-
ciples 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 consulta-
tion 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 knowledge
of Greek. 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; literary and his-

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torical criticism of the Gospels; Jewish life and thought in
New Testament times ; 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 ; literary
and historical study of the early chapters of Acts ; origin and
early history of the Church; the beginnings of the Pauline
Mission ; critical exegesis of selected portions of Galatians and
I Corinthians. In this class instruction is given with reference
to the canon, the Greek text of the New Testament, and the
principles of textual criticism. Three hours a week through-
out the session.

Senior Class

Apostolic History continued ; chronology of the Apostolic
Age; the later period of the Pauline Mission as set forth in
Acts ; order and grouping of the Pauline Epistles ; critical
exegesis of portions of the Epistle to the Romans, the Epistle
to the Hebrews, and the Apocalypse ; development of Apos-
tolic 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 expected 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.

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Junior Class

This class is occupied, during the first term, with the West-
minster Confession of Faith and the larger and shorter Cate-
chisms. The object of this course is threefold: (1) to ac-
quaint the students with the doctrinal symbols of our Church ;
(2) to furnish them, at the outset of their studies, with a con-
venient 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.

In the second term the class takes up Introductory Theology,
embracing the definition of theology, and the method of its dis-
tribution, the source of theology or the rule of faith and duty,
and the inspiration of the Scriptures. The textbooks are A.
A. Hodge on the Confession, Fisher on the Catechism, and
Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology. One hour a week.

Middle Class

The Middle class studies the Theology of Natural Religion,
comprising such subjects as the names, nature and attributes of
God, the trinity, the decrees, creation, providence, angels, man,
the covenant of works, the fall, original sin, the pollution
and guilt of sin. 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, regeneration,
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.

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Christian Ethics and Apologetics

Apologetics

Professor 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 1 of the Spirit of
Christ, "to live according to Christianity."

Instruction by textbook and discussion. One hour a week.

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity

Professor Reed.

Junior Class

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 consid-
ered, that of form, from Presbytery to Episcopacy. The
early councils receive attention, especially as the sources of

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our creeds and theologies. The disintegration of the Roman
Empire under the impact of barbarism, 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 Reformation Period. Interest cen-
ters in the complicated relations of Church and State, and
the struggle resulting therefrom ; the climax of the Papal
power ; its Mohamedan method of propagandism ; the devel-
opment of doctrinal perversions and administrative abuses ;
the crusades ; the Renaissance, the increasing degeneracy of
the Church ; the waning power of the Pope ; the many ele-
ments of discontent, preparing the way for and prophesying
the revolt of the sixteenth century.

Senior Class

With the Reformation the history of the Church becomes
more complicated. The Protestant Church splits into national
branches, and into many minor bodies. Some attention 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 Reformed churches
of all countries. The great Wesleyan Revival with its con-
sequences 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 con-
nection with the Book of Church Order, and Dr. Witherow's
"Which is the Apostolic Church." Church Polity is empha-
sized as a matter of no inconsiderable importance.

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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 Introduction
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 Scrip-
tural doctrines and rules for the student, but to enable 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.

umor

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.

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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,
2 Chronicles, Jonah, Hosea, and Jeremiah.

Two 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.

Practical Theology

Professor 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. Ser-
mons or sermon briefs will be required almost every week.
The whole work of the class is directed toward teaching the
men how to preach.

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Pastoral Theology

The Senior Class gives one hour a week to this subject.
The teaching is mainly by lecture. The minister is studied
as the leader of his people. His relation as pastor is carefully
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.

Special Course in Missions

Instructor Murchison.

This course is designed to meet the needs of pastors and
prospective ordained missionaries. Whether the minister ex-
pects to spend his life in the homeland or on the foreign field
he needs a comprehensive view of missions. The ordained
minister is the key man at the home base as well as on the
mission field. To be informed, therefore, of the most ap-
proved 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. Arthus 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 missionar-
ies 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 Pres-
byterian Church in the United States.

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5. The Religions of Mankind, by Edmund Davison Soper.
This course is taken by the Middle Class for one hour a
week.

The Pedagogy of the Sunday School

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-
rance : How to Conduct a Sunday School.

Rural Sociology

Instructor Mills.

This course of study in Rural Sociology and the Work of
the Country Pastor is intended to prepare for efficient serv-
ice ministerial students who may be called to labor in Churches
located in the country. To this end, instruction will be given
concerning the spiritual needs and conditions that are to be
dealt with in this most important field of labor.

(This course was not given in 1921-1922)

Elocution

Instructor Fulbright.

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

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Delivery is not here considered as mere physical perform-
ance. Rather it is the liberation of thought and feeling
through the voice and body. This implies that there must
be t he 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 be-
ginning. Articulation and pronunciation are not neglected.
Much consideration is paid to platform and pulpit deport-
ment.

Passages from the best literature are read in class, students
receiving the teacher's criticism. The importance of inter-
pretative reading of the Scriptures is especially emphasized
and the students are required to prepare a number of different
selections for reading in class work. Lessons are given on
certain chapters of the Scriptures as illustrative of the methods
to be used by the preacher in interpreting the whole Bible.
Especial attention is paid to the reading of hymns.

(This course was not given in 1921-1922)

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 Directors
and the Faculty of the Columbia Theological Seminary to
deliver a course of lectures before the students of the Sem-
inary. 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.

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For the past ten years distinguished lecturers have filled this
lectureship, treating a large variety of themes, doctrinal,
critical, practical, archaeological and historical. Theological
literature will be enriched by the growing volumes which
contain these lectures.

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 some-
times delivered by the Seminary Professors in response to
the requests 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 curric-
ulum is prescribed, but each student is free to devote himself
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 inves-
tigation under the guidance of the Professors in the Semi-
nary.

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 probability
of interference with his regular work. He reserves the fur-
ther right to determine, from the number making application,
whether the course shall be offered.

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The University of South Carolina is located in the city of
Columbia. This large institution extends to the students of
the Columbia Theological Seminary the privilege of pursuing
any of the courses of study offered in the university, on rea-
sonable conditions.

Religi

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wus 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 stu-
dents, either as a body or by each class separately.

Every Friday afternoon the Faculty and students meet
together in the Chapel. Students conduct devotional exer-
cises 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.

On the Fourth Friday in each month an address is delivered
by a member of the Faculty upon some subject connected with
personal piety, methods of study, biblical interpretation, or
church life and doctrine.

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 opportunities 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 peoples
societies. Some of the students of the Seminary take an
active part in the work of these Church organizations.

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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 cottton
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-
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. Nearly all of the territory embraced within
these and other adjacent States is easily accessible to the
students of this Seminary.

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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 com-
ing from another Seminary must present a certificate of dis-
mission from the Seminary previously attended, showing the
courses completed in that institution.

Every Presbyterian student entering the Seminar)- 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 satisfactory tes-
timonials of being in full communion with some Christian
Church, and of having been educated at some college or uni-
versity : or, in the absence of such testimonials, the ministerial
candidate must satisfy the Faculty, by examination, 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 con-
scientiously and vigilantly observe the rules and regulations
specified in the Constitution, and also obey all the lawful
requisitions, and readily yield to all wholesome admonitions
of the professors of the Seminary, while I shall continue a
member of it."

At the close of each term written examinations are held
upon all the subjects studied during the term. Xo 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 the

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Seminary and who presents to the Faculty a diploma of grad-
uation from a college of recognized standing will receive a
diploma from this Seminary according him the degree 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 first Saturday in February, and the second begins on
the following Tuesday.

Reports to Presbyteries

Reports are sent at regular intervals to presbyteries con-
cerning the attendance of the students upon the exercises of
the Seminary, and concerning their general deportment, dili-
gence 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 $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 appli-
cant must bring a written recommendation, stating the amount
needed, from the chairman of education of his presbytery.

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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. Thomas
Goulding, D. D., of Georgia, was elected the first professor 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 Col-
cock 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.
Looking around them, they saw fields white to the harvest.
An increasing population with pressing spiritual needs was
filling 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 set-
tled 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 Geor-
gia for the year 1832, four years after the Seminary opened
its doors, the following statement occurs:

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"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 unsup plied Churches i
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 occupancy of this
chair by Benjamin M. Palmer, D. D., who was succeeded
by John B. Adger, D. D. From 1856 until 1862, James Henly
Thornwell, D. D., gave the crowning years of his life to
the work of teaching the subjects connected 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 supporting 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 Confederacy
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 R. Wilson, D. D., John L. Girardeau, D. D.,
Charles R. Hemphill, D. D., William E. Boggs, D. D., and
James D. Tadlock, D. D. Among the members of the teach-
ing force in the more recent years, to name only those that
have been called to their final reward, were Francis R. Beattie,
D. D., William T. Hall, D. D., and R. G. Pearson, D. D.

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Throughout her entire life, a period of four score and
fourteen 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 as-
sembled 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 attendance during
any one session was in 1873-1874, the number present that
year being fifty-seven. Although the number 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 Columbia Seminary have given them-
selves to the work of missions in Africa, Syria, Turkey, Per-
sia, Hindostan, Korea, Japan, China, and South America.

Location and Buildings

The Seminary is located near the center of the city of
Columbia, the capital 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. Possessing an excellent public school system, Colum-
bia is also the seat of the University of South Carolina, the
Lutheran Theological Seminary, The Presbyterian College
for Women, the Methodist Female College and several Busi-
ness Colleges. In recent years Columbia has entered upon
a career of steady, if not, indeed, phenomenal development.
The establishment of large manufacturing enterprises in the

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various suburbs of the city means not only increased material
prosperity for the city, but enlarged opportunities for mission
work by the students of the Seminary.

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. Only one
square from the Seminary stands the handsome new tourist
hotel, The Colonia.

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 thorougly cleansed and wholesome condition,
and each room is supplied with a complete set of furniture,
a carpet, and necessary linen and bedding. By the aid of
generous friends of the Seminary, the rooms in both of these
dormitories have been recently equipped with new furnish-
ings. 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.

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THE SEMINARY LIBRARY

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

The Smyth Reference Library Rooms, located in Simons
Hall, have been fitted up in handsome style by Miss Sarah
Ann Smyth and the Ladies' Society of the Second Church,
Charleston. In one of these rooms are kept the books needed
for daily reference. In the other are found some of the
daily newspapers, with a number of the leading monthly maga-
zines.

The Society of Missionary Inquiry holds its regular meet-
ings in the J. Leighton Wilson Memorial Room. This room
contains a small library of books on missions, and an inter-
esting collection of curios from heathen lands.

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 hon-
ored alumnus of the institution, the books formerlv owned
and used by Dr. Flinn. This valuable collection of books
contains a large number of standard works on Philosophy,
Logic, and Ethics. This collection includes also a consid-
erable 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.

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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.

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 Carolina,
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
Board 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 selected
by the Faculty, in accordance with conditions prescribed by
the donor.

40 Columbia Theological Seminary

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 yielding
at least $100 each per year should be provided. It is hoped
that generous friends will find here an opportunity for wise
beneficence. Perhaps no more attractive method of providing
an enduring memorial for some beloved relative could be found
than to establish a scholarship of $1,000 to $2,000 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 theol-
ogy as expounded by British writers. It would be an unpar-
donable 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.

Columbia Theological Seminary 41

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

(or I devise a certain parcel or tract of

land, etc.) to be applied by them to the uses and benefit of
said Seminarv, as follows," etc.

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APPENDIX

Members of the Faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary,

1828-1922

Accessus. Bxitus.

1828 Thomas Goulding,* D D., Professor of

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1834

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

Biblicial 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 Church 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 A. W. Leland,* D. D., Professor of Sacred

Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology. 1871

1856 J. H. Thornwell,* D. D., LL. D., Profes-
sor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1862

'Deceased.

44 Columbia Theological Seminary

Accessus. Exitus.

1857 J. B. Adger,* D. D., Professor of Ecclesias-
tical History and Church Polity. 1874

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 Pro-
fessor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1875

1870 Joseph R. 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 Historic
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 Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1898

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

Biblical Literature. 1888

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

Professor of Natural Science in Connection

with Revelation, and Christian Apologetics. 1893

Deceased.

Columbia Theological Seminary 45

Accessus. Bxitus.

1888 William M. McPheeters, D. D., Professor

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 Revelation, and
Christian Apologetics. 1898

1895 William T. Hall,* D. D., LL. D., Profes-
sor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1911

1898 Richard 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 Professor

in the Chair of Pastoral Theology, Homi-

letics, 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.

46 Columbia Theological Seminary

Accesses. Bxitus.

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

English Bible. 1913

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

1913 James O. Reavis, D. D., LL. D., Professor
of the English Bible, Homiletics, and Pas-
toral Theology. 1920.

1916 Edgar D. Kerr, A. B., B. D., D. D., Instructor

in the Hebrew and Greek Languages.

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

in Rural Sociology.

1920 Hugh R. Murchison, A. B., B. D., Instruc-
tor in Missions and Sunday School Peda-
gogy-

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

English Bible, Homiletics, and Pastoral
Theology.

1921 Edgar D. Kerr, A. B., B. D., D. D., Professor

of Hebrew and Cognate Languages.

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

President of the Seminary and Professor
of Practical Theology.

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

Special Lectures

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

Pastoral Theology and Homiletics. 1899

*Deceased.

Columbia Theological Seminary 47

Lectures on the Thomas Smyth Foundation

Accessus. Bxitus.

1911 Francis Landey Patton, D. D., LL. D.,

Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: The
Theistic View of the World.

1912 Casper Rene Gregory,* D. D., LL. D., Uni-

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

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

Subject: Some Missionary Problems Illus-
trated in the Lives of Great Missionary
Leaders.

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

Kentucky. Subject: The Doctrine of the
Christian Hope.

1915 William Hoge Marquess, D. D., LL. D.,

New York City. Subject: The Period
from Abraham to Joshua as Illustrated by
the Results of Archaeological Discovery.

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

ter, Ohio. Subject : Missions and Leader-
ship.

1917 W. S. Plumer Bryan, D. D., Chicago, Illi-

nois. Subject : The Grace of God.

1918 Benjamin B. Warfield,* D. D., LL. D.,
Princeton, New Jersey. Subject : Coun-
terfeit Miracles.

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

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

f Deceased.

48 Columbia Theological Seminary

Access us. Exitus.

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

Subject ; Guiding Girls to Christian
Womanhood.

1921 Louis Matthews Sweet, S. T. D., Ph. D.,

New York. Subject: The Origin and
Destiny of Man in the Light of Scripture
and Modern Thought.

Tutors in Hebrew

1851 Bazile E. Lanneau, A. M. 1855

1856 James Cohen,* A. M. 1862

1872 Chas. R. Hemphill, A. M. 1878

1889 Daniel J. Brimm, A. M. 1892

1892 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M. 1893

1893 Evander D. Brown, A. M. 1894

1894 Charles M. Richards, A. B. 1896
1896 William H. Mills, A. B., B. D. 1898
1898 Melton Clark, A. B. 1898
1898 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M. 1902
1902 Ernest N. Bradshaw, B. D. 1904

1904 James B. Branch, A. B., B. D. 1905

Tutors in Greek

1894 Alfred L. Patterson, A, B. 1895

1905 Edgar Davis Kerr, A. B. 1907
1909 Samuel A. Linley,* A. B. 1910
1915 William T. Riviere, A. B., A. M. 1917

*Deceased.