Bulletin of COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY DECATUR, GEORGIA Vol. XLV august, 1952 No. 2 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Decatur, Ga., under Act of August 24, 1912 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY AT DECATUR, GEORGIA THE NEW SESSION DR. FRANK C. BROWN BECOMES PROFESSOR DR. ELIO EYNARD, DR. PAUL L GARBER, & REV. F. SIDNEY ANDERSON TO OFFER COURSES AT COLUMBIA SEMINARY THE NEW SESSION Columbia Theological Seminary will begin its new school year with a service held in its chapel at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16, 1952. Dr. Wallace M. Alston, President of Agnes Scott Col- lege, will deliver the opening address. All new students of the seminary are expected to arrive on the campus to register on September 10th and to attend the Orientation Program which will continue through the 15th. Upper- classmen will register for classes on September 16th. A capacity enrollment for the year is in prospect, with more than fifty men accepted as members of the entering class, and with several others coming as transfers to the upper classes. A limited number of graduate students will also be enrolled. ^ 4& DR. FRANK C. BROWN BECOMES PROFESSOR Announcement was made through the press in June of the fact that Dr. Frank C. Brown, then pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, had been called to a faculty post at Co- lumbia Theological Seminary. Dr. Brown has ac- cepted this call and at his request the pastoral relationship between him and his congregation was dissolved by Dallas Presbytery at its meeting on July 8. After a period of rest and study in New York, he expects to take up his residence in Decatur early in September and will assume his teaching duties in the Departments of English Bible and Practical Theology at the opening of the fall quarter. Both by native gifts and by ex- perience he is eminently qualified to serve with distinction as a teacher of young ministers. Dr. Brown is a native of Lewisburg, W. Va., where he attended the public schools before en- tering Hampden-Sydney College. At the latter in- stitution he earned both the B.A. and M.A. de- grees. After two years as principal of the Poto- mac Academy at Romney, W. Va., he enrolled at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va., where he received his B.D. degree in 1914. He has subsequently been awarded the honorary de- grees of D.D. by Hampden-Sydney College and LL.D. by Austin College. After his ordination Dr. Brown served as as- sistant pastor of the Henry Drummond Memorial Church in Glasgow, Scotland, while studying at the United Free Church College of the University of Glasgow. In late years he has studied at Oxford University and has traveled extensively in Europe and the Holy Land. From 1915 to 1920 Dr. Brown served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Logan, W. Va. From the latter year until 1936 he was pastor of the Bream Memorial Church, Charleston, W. Va., manifesting unusual evangelistic zeal and ability both in his pulpit work and in personal contacts. From 1936 until the present summer he was Das- tor of the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas. During those sixteen years, he had the privilege of receiving 3500 new members into his congrega- tion, and led in the raising of more than $2,000,000 for church causes. He was also instrumental in the organizing in Dallas of the Trinity Heights and the Irving Presbyterian Churches. In 1940 Dr. Brown was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. He has also served as Moderator of the Synod of West Virginia, and of Kanawha and Dallas Presbyteries. He was active in the work of the Dallas Pastors' Association, serving as its president in 1944, and was also a useful member of the Dallas County Community Chest Board and the Bov Scout Executive Council. He was for some years a trustee of Austin College, and is now a member of the Board of Church Extension of the General Assembly. In the midst of a busy pas- torate, he found time to become the author of a volume entitled "Lost A Human Soul", which was published in 1932. Dr. Brown was married in 1915 to Miss Mary Oden Hansford of Charleston, W. Va. Mrs. Brown has been her husband's true helpmeet in his work through the years, and has also found time to be active herself both in denominational and inter- denominational work and in civic affairs. The Browns will be heartily welcomed into the life of the seminary community, and will make their home near the campus. At the time Dr. Brown left Dallas he was paid high tribute both by the secular press and in church circles. In presenting him to the friends of Columbia Seminary, it is appropriate to quote a portion of the resolution adopted by Dallas Pres- bytery at its meeting on July 8, 1952. "The departure of Dr. Frank C. Brown from Dallas Presbytery leaves a vacancy in our ranks that will be hard to fill. During the sixteen years of his ministry at the First Presbyterian Church he has impressed everyone with his outstanding ability as a preacher of The Word. The entire church has been vocal in its praise of his pastoral leadership, and wonderful spiritual ministrations, especially to those who were sick or in distress. The Presbytery will greatly miss his wisdom and sound judgment. "As he takes his new position as a teacher of theological students we rejoice at his special fitness for it. Drawing from a life of successful pastoral work we can easily imagine how this life will be channelled into the lives of the young ministers in his classes. We can but be- lieve that his own life will be projected into the lives of these young men. "We commend him with deep affection to the members of the Board of Columbia Seminary and to its faculty and students. We foresee that he will become with them a brother beloved as he has been with us. Our prayers and very best wishes will follow him in his new work." DR. ELIO EYNARD TO SERVE AS GUEST PROFESSOR During the Fall Quarter of 1952 Columbia Sem- inary will welcome to its campus a distinguished representative of European Protestantism in the person of Dr. Elio Eynard, a member of the Wal- densian Theological Faculty in Rome. Dr. Eynard, who has been awarded a travel scholarship under the Fulbright Fund, will spend much of his time here in study, but will also be able to teach an elective course on the History of the Waldensians in Medieval Europe, the Reformation in Italy, and the Contemporary Religious Situation in Italy. It is hoped that Mrs. Eynard will be able to accom- pany her husband to this country. The Eynards will occupy a guest room on the campus of the seminary, and Dr. Eynard will be available for a limited number of speaking engagements in churches of this area. DR. PAUL LESLIE GARBER TO TEACH COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY Columbia Seminary takes pleasure in announc- ing that Dr. Paul Leslie Garber, Professor of English Bible at Agnes Scott College, has ac- cepted an invitation to offer elective work in the field of Archaeology for seminary students during the winter quarter. Dr Garber is a son of the manse and is a graduate of the College of Wooster and of the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. He holds the degrees of B.D. and Th.M. from the latter insti- tution, and was awarded his Ph.D. by Duke Uni- versity in 1939. He was ordained to the ministry in 1937 and has had successful pastorates in the First (U. S. A.) Presbyterian Church of Bloom- field, Indiana, and in the Trinity Avenue (U. S.) Presbyterian Church of Durham, N. C. He has served since 1943 as a member of the faculty at Agnes Scott. Dr. Garber is the author of "A Functional Ap- proach to the New Testament Doctrine of the Holy Spirit" and of "The Religious Thought of James Henley Thornwell." During the past year he has traveled extensively in Palestine and the Near East He is well equipped to teach seminary stu- dents, and the work which he offers will serve to enrich the curriculum of the seminary. REV. F. SIDNEY ANDERSON APPOINTED AS INSTRUCTOR IN INDUSTRIAL CHURCH WORK One of the great needs in the life of the Presby- terian Church is for the development of a strategy which will enable us to meet the needs of indus- trial populations. A first step in this direction will be taken at Columbia Seminary this year as Rev. F Sidney Anderson, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Porterdale, Ga., teaches an elective course on "The Work of the Presbyterian Church in an Industrial Community." Mr. Anderson is a native of Farmville, Va. and a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College. He holds his B.D. degree from Columbia Seminary where he was awarded a fellowship for post-graduate study, and he earned his Th.M. from this insti- tution in 1952, writing his thesis on the subject which has been chosen for his class discussion. Following his ordination in 1944, Mr. Anderson served as pastor of the Barnett Presbyterian Church in Atlanta for a brief while before going as a missionary of our Church to Brazil. His re- tirement from Mission service for reasons con- nected with the health of his family became neces- sary after three years of work in Lavras, Minas, Brazil Since 1948 he has been the highly suc- cessful pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Por- terdale, Ga., a textile community. In further preparation for his course, Mr. An- derson expects to visit various industrial com- munities in the South, and to study methods which have proved successful in other churches. His pro- gram of teaching at the seminary will be carried on in conjunction with his work as a pastor.