Columbia Theological Seminary Bulletin: Course Catalog 1928-1929 Announcements 1929-1930, 22, number 3, April 1929

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Volume XXII April, 1929 No. 3

Entered as Second Class Matter May 9, 1928, at the Postoffice at Decatur, Georgia,
Under the Act of August 24, 1912.

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Columbia
Theological Seminary

DECATUR, GEORGIA

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

Founded December 15th, 1828
Lexington, Georgia, 1828-1830
Columbia, South Carolina, 1830-1927
Greater Atlanta, 1927

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Announcements
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Calendar

Spring Quarter, 1929

Sunday. May 19.

1 1 :00 A.M. Baccalaureate Sermon. Rev. W. H. Mcintosh. D.D.
8:00 P.M. Missionary Address, Rev. J. Blanton Belk. D.D.

Tuesday, May 21.

9:00 A.M. Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors.
8:00 P.M. Inauguration of Rev. Hunter B. Blakely, Th.D., Profes-
sor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis
9:00 P.M. General Reception, by the Faculty.

Wednesday, May 22.

10:30 A.M. Commencement Exercises.
Address to Graduating Class,

Rev. Davidson M. Douglas, D.D., LL.D.
Conferring of Degrees and Presentation of Certificates,
Mr. John T. Brantley, President of the Board.

Session 1929-30
Fall Quarter

Thursday, Sept. 5. 10:00 A.M. Session begins.

Address, Matriculation.
Tuesday, Nov. 19 Examinations begin.

Winter Quarter

Tuesday, Nov. 26 Winter quarter begins.

Thursday, Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Day.

Thursday, Dec. 19. 1:00 P.M. Christmas vacation begins.

Thursday, Jan. 2, 8:30 A.M. Classes resumed.

Tuesday, Feb. 18 Examinations begin.

Spring Quarter

Tuesday, Feb. 25 Spring quarter begins.

Tuesday, May 6 Examinations begin.

Sunday, May 1 1 Commencement exercises begin.

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Board of Directors

Officers

John T. Brantley, Esq., President

Alexander Sprunt, D.D., Vice President

Frank K. Sims, D.D., Secretary

Class Going Out 1929

Jno. D. Baker, Esq Jacksonville, Fla.

Jno. T. Brantley, Esq Blackshear, Ga.

S. H. Edmunds, Litt.D Sumter, S. C.

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

R. F. Kimmons, Esq Water Valley, Miss.

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

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

Class Going Out 1930

L. L. Barr, Esq Greenville, S. C.

J. Blanton Belk. D.D Orlando, Fla.

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

J. Bulow Campbell, Esq Atlanta, Ga.

W. A. Hafner, B.D Gaffney, S. C.

J. B. Hutton D.D Jackson, Miss

J. Sprole Lyons, D.D Atlanta, Ga.

Class Going Out 1931

D. J. Blackwell, B.D Quincy, Fla.

D. M. Douglas, D.D Columbia, S. C.

C. W. Grafton, D.D Union Church, Miss.

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

A. G. Irons, B.D Birmingham, Ala.

D. W. Robinson, Esq Columbia, S. C.

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

Executive Committee

J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman
F. K. Sims, Secretary

E. L. Hill J. Sprole Lyons D. W. Robinson

Investing Committee

J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman J. S. Kennedy

C. H. Baldwin D. W. Robinson

W. D. Beatie H. Lane Young
J. C. Copeland

J. S. Kennedy, Atlanta, Ga Treasurer

C. H. Baldwin, Columbia, S. C Assistant Treasurer

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Faculty

Rev. Richard T. Gillespie, D.D., LL.D.,
President of the Seminary.

Rev. William M. McPheeters, D.D., LL.D.,

Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, and Apologetics.

Rev. Melton Clark, D.D.,

Professor of the English Bible, Pastoral Theology and Religious Educa-
tion.

Rev. Edgar D. Kerr, D.D.,

Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages.

Rev. James B. Green, D.D.,

Professor of Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics and Homiletics.

Rev. Wm. Childs Robinson, Th.D., D.D.,

Professor of Ecclessiastical History, Church Polity and Missions.

Rev. Hunter B. Blakely, Th.D.,

Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis.

Rev. Henry W. McLaughlin, D.D.,
Instructor in Country Church Work.

Samuel A. Cartledge, A.B., M.A.,

Instructor in introductory Greek, 1928-29.

Remus L. Alexander, A.B.,

Physical Director, 1928-29.

Lecturers on the Thomas Smyth Foundation

1928-29 Dr. W. T. Ellis, Author and Lecturer on World Travels.
Subject: "Bible Lands Today."

1929-30 Rev. Wm. C. Covert. D.D., LL.D., Secretary, Board of
Christian Education, Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.
Subject: "Worship and Spiritual Culture."

Administrative Officers

Richard T. Gillespie, President of the Seminary.

Hunter B. Blakely, Clerk of the Faculty.

James B. Green, Librarian.

Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Bursar.

Miss F. Pauline Barton, Secretary to the President.

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Graduating Class, 1 928

The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity

Walter Montgomery Crofton, A.B., A.M., B.D Tennessee

Eugene Griffin Beckman, A.B. B.D South Carolina

Charles Cureton, A.B., B.D South Carolina

William Harper Dendy, A.B., B.D Georgia

Robert Clifton Dorn, A.B., B.D Georgia

Charles Gainsville T. Hamilton, A.B.. B.D Kentucky

Bob Shiver Hodges, A.B., B.D South Carolina

John Knox Johnston, A.B., B.D South Carolina

Robert Plympton Lovell, Jr., Ph.B., B.D Georgia

Malcolm Alexander MacDonald, A.B., B.D South Carolina

Angus Guy Mclnnis, A.B., B.D Mississippi

Claude Mcintosh. A.B., B.D North Carolina

Ralph Leon McRaney, A.B., B.D Mississippi

James McDowell Richards. A.B., A.M., B.D North Carolina

George Francis Swetnam, A.B., B.D South Carolina

Walter Swetnam. A.B., B.D South Carolina

Eugene Thomas Wilson, A.B., B.D South Carolina

Donald Augustus Swicord, A.B., B.D Georgia

Certificates Without Graduation

Walter Daniel Arnold Georgia

Angelo James Luck, A.B North Carolina

Rufus William Oakey Mississippi

Joseph Samuel Mansfield Georgia

Wilds Book Prize

Rufus William Oakey Forest, Miss.

Anna Church Whitner Fellowship
Hasell Norwood Alexander, B.D., '24. Raymond. Miss.

Special Lecturers

Rev. J. A. Bryan, D.D Birmingham. Ala.

Devotional Conference at the opening of the Session.

Rev. A. A. Little, D.D Meridian, Miss.

Lectures on "Preaching from the Point of View of a Pastor."

Rev. J. E. Purcell, D.D Atlanta, Ga.

Lectures on "The Men of the Church."

Rev. S. L. Morris, D.D Atlanta, Ga.

Lectures on "Home Mission Problems."

Rev. R. C. Long, D.D Atlanta, Ga.

"The Church and the Stewardship Program."

Rev. W. F. Weir, D.D., LL.D Chicago, 111.

Secretary of Men's Work, Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.
Conference on "Work Among Men."

Rev. W. L. Lingle, D.D., LL.D Richmond, Va.

President, Assembly's Training School. Chapel addresses.

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Historical Statement

Columbia Theological Seminary was founded December
15, 1828, by the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia.
The beginning was simple and unpretentious. Rev. Thomas
Goulding, D. D., was elected professor and five students
were enrolled. For two years Dr. Goulding conducted the
work at Lexington, Ga. Classes were held in the front
room of the manse.

In 1830 the Seminary was removed to Columbia, S. C.
Two additional professors were elected, Dr. Geo. Howe
and Dr. Aaron W. Leland. Four acres, with a colonial
dwelling, were purchased for the home of the Seminary.
A few years later, two dormitories were erected. In recent
years a refectory was added to this group of buildings,
which, together with the Chapel, constituted the equipment
in Columbia.

The Columbia campus is most attractive. It holds a place
in the affection of every student who has attended the Semi-
nary during the past hundred years. Columbia Seminary,
while located in the city whose name she will always bear,
numbered among her faculty many influential and distin-
guished leaders of thought and life in the Southern Church.
There have gone out from her halls nearly a thousand
students who have filled places of responsibility and influ-
ence, and who have rendered large service to the Church at
home and abroad.

The Seminary has always maintained the highest stand-
ard of academic requirements; and while the student body
has, until recent years, never been numerically strong;
because of the type of work done and the character of men
constituting the faculty, it has held high rank among sim-
ilar institutions.

In recent years there has been a strong conviction
throughout the territory served by Columbia Seminary that
a re-location of the institution was necessary. A hundred
years ago Columbia was one of the larger cities and was
near the center of the Presbyterian population of the South-
east. Since the development of the Gulf States and the
shifting of the center of our constituency, it appeared neces-

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sary to remove the Seminary further to the west.

In the fall of 1924 the controlling Synods of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, on recommendation of
the Board of Directors, decided to remove the Seminary
to Atlanta. Immediately following this decision, the Synod
of Mississippi accepted the invitation of her sister Synods
to unite in the ownership and control of the Seminary.

With this increased constituency and the assurance from
the Synod of Georgia that $500,000 would be raised to
make the removal possible, plans were immediately devel-
oped for the removal. In a general campaign, launched
early in 1925, the city of Atlanta pledged $312,000 for build-
ings, and provided a beautiful site in Decatur, which is the
largest residential community in greater Atlanta. The
Synod of Georgia, outside of Atlanta, pledged $272,000 for
endowment. On September 13, 1926, ground was broken
for the new buildings and on September 14, 1927, the Semi-
nary was opened in its new home.

In 1928 the Centennial of the founding of the Seminary
was celebrated during Commencement week. In order to
participate in this memorable occasion, the General Assem-
bly held its meeting in Atlanta. The Centennial was a joint
program, participated in by both the Seminary and the
General Assembly.

The wisdom of removing the Seminary to Atlanta has
been fully justified by the success with which the removal
has been accomplished and by the enthusiasm with which
the Church throughout our constituency has rallied to the
support of her Seminary. The outlook for the future devel-
opment of the Seminary, and for the enlargement of its
program to meet the ever increasing need of the Church,
is most encouraging.

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Terms of Admission and Graduation

Credentials

Every student seeking admission to the Seminary must
present the following credentials :

(1) A letter from the pastor or session of the church of
which he is a member, stating that he is in full communion
with the church, possesses good natural talents, and is of a
discreet deportment. Or, if an ordained minister, he must
present a letter from the ecclesiastical body to which he be-
longs, stating that he is in good and regular standing. Every
Presbyterian student applying for admission is expected to
present a statement from his Presbytery authorizing him to
enter this Seminary.

(2) A college diploma or certificate showing the comple-
tion of a regular course of academic study. Or, if he has
not completed such a course, the student must furnish testi-
monials showing that he has received adequate training in
subjects fundamental to the studies of the Seminary.

(3) Students who desire to matriculate for the degree of
Bachelor of Divinity must present a degree from a standard
college or university.

Collegiate Preparation

The academic degree offered upon entrance to the Semi-
nary should represent four years of collegiate work. Other
degrees than that of Bachelor of Arts, showing the comple-
tion of an adequate collegiate course will be accepted as
satisfying the academic requirements for admission to the
Seminary; but the classical course of study leading to
the degree of Bachelor of Arts is the normal course of
preparation for the Seminary.

Adequate time should be given to Latin and Greek,
philosophy, Bible history, ancient and modern history, the
English language, English literature, Education and Psy-
chology.

Instruction in the New Testament presupposes knowl-
edge of Greek. A student applying for admission should
be able to translate a passage of simple Attic prose and
should have a fair knowledge of the grammatical forms and
syntax of the Greek language.

Students found to be inadequately prepared are offered

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courses in New Testament Greek during the first year in the
Seminary. The regular courses in the New Testament do
not begin until the middle year.

Students from Other Seminaries

A student coming from another seminary will be received
ad eundem gradum on his presentation of a letter from that
seminary certifying to his good standing, and regularly dis-
missing him to this Seminary. He must also comply with
the terms of admission set forth above, and if a candidate
for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, he must satisfy the
requirements of this Seminary with reference to knowledge
of the original languages of Scripture.

Diplomas

Any student who completes in a satisfactory manner all
of the courses of study required in the Seminary and who
presents to the Faculty a diploma of graduation from a
standard college or university of the highest accredited
grade, will receive a diploma from this Seminary according
him the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.

Certificates

Students who do not possess the requisite academic di-
ploma, but complete the regular course of study in the Sem-
inary, receive a certificate of graduation. A student who
takes some of the courses may receive a certificate setting
forth those completed by him.

Pledge

Every applicant for admission who has presented satis-
factory credentials is required by the Board of Directors to
subscribe to the following declaration :

"Deeply impressed with the sense of the importance of
improving in knowledge, prudence and piety, in my prep-
aration for the gospel ministry, I solemnly promise, in a
reliance on divine grace, that I will faithfully and diligently
attend on all the instructions of this Seminary, and that I
will conscientiously and vigilantly observe all the rules and
regulations specified in the plan for its instruction and gov-
ernment, so far as the same relate to the students ; and that
I will obey all the lawful requisitions, and readily yield to
all the wholesome admonitions of the professors and direc-
tors of the Seminary while I shall continue a member of it."

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Outline of Courses

Five recitations per week in all required and elective course.
Junior Courses

Required

Fall Quarter

Winter Quarter

Spring Quarter

111.
511.
712.

Hebrew
History
Homiletics

112. Hebrew
512. History
611. Eng. Bible
714. Country Church

Middle Courses

Required

113.
513.
612.

Hebrew
History
Eng. Bible

221.
321.
623.

O. T. Exegesis
N. T. Exegesis
Eng. Bible

222. O. T. Exegesis
322. N. T. Exegesis
421. Theology
725. Country Church

Senior Courses

Required

223.
323.
422.

O. T. Exegesis
N. T. Exegesis
Theology

236.
433.

Apologetics
Theology
One elective

534. History
434. Theology
736. Country Church
One elective

Three elective*

Elective

344. N. T. Exegesis

741.

Past'l. Theology

644.

Eng. Bible

and Education

445.

Ethics

144. Hebrew

145.

Hebrew

146.

Hebrew

345.

N. T. Exegesis

545.

History

346.

N. T. Exegesis
1930-31

546.

History
1930-31

300a.
600.

Greek
Eng. Bible

Introductory Courses

300a. Greek
600. Eng. Bible

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600.

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Seminar Courses

Optional, hours to be arranged.

753. The Lives and Methods of Great Preachers.
55 7. History of the Doctrine of the Atonement.

254. The Old Testament; its Origin and its Nature.

255. The Tools of the Exegete.
15 7. Biblical Aramaic and Arabic.

Hours for the courses in the Country Church to be arranged.
Courses Required for the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity

Required Recitation Hours

Hebrew 150

Old Testament Exegesis .150

New Testament Exegesis .150

Theology 200

History 200

English Bible 150

Homiletics 50

Apologetics 50

Required 1 1 00

Elective

Five courses 250

Total 1350

The English Course

Students who take the English Course are permitted to
omit Hebrew ; and, where they do not have the necessary
preparation in Greek, they are permitted to omit certain
courses in New Testament Exegesis. The course in In-
troductory Greek provides an opportunity for every stu-
dent, who wishes to do so, to fit himself for work in New
Testament Exegesis.

Where the Hebrew and Greek are omitted, students must
choose, from among the electives, courses sufficient to bring
their daily work to fifteen hours per week.

Examinations

At the close of each quarter written examinations are
held on all the subjects studied during the quarter. No
student is permitted to be absent from the examination of
his class, except for satisfactory reasons.

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Description of the Courses of Study

I. Hebrew and Cognate Languages

Dr. Kerr

The Church has always emphasized the importance of
the original languages of Holy Scripture in theological edu-
cation. "The Old Testament in Hebrew, and the New
Testament in Greek, being immediately inspired by God,
the Church is finally to appeal unto them/' Therefore, the
Seminary endeavors to fit students for the ministry intelli-
gently and effectively to use the original languages in inter-
preting the Sacred Oracles.

The Elective courses are offered to qualified students,
who have taken Hebrew throughout the Junior year, and
who have shown capacity for further profitable study of
the language. These courses, except in the case of course
144, may be varied and adapted to the interests of the stu-
dents applying for them. Also they may be continued for
one quarter, or more.

111. Elements of Hebrew. The class begins the study
of the language by the inductive method. Orthography,
etymology, and syntax are taught from the Hebrew text of
Genesis. Note books are used for exercises in the inflec-
tional forms of the language, in translation, and in transla-
tion from English into Hebrew. Text books : Harper's
Hebrew Method and Manual, and Harper's Elements of
Hebrew (both revised by J. M. P. Smith). Junior year,
fall quarter.

112. Elements of Hebrew, continued. This course con-
tinues work begun in the fall quarter with progressive
additions in detail, until the principal grammatical elements
of the language are covered. Text books : Same as for
course 111. Junior year, winter quarter.

112. Hebrew Reading and Syntax. Hebrew reading,
chiefly from Exodus and Deuteronomy, with special refer-
ence to vocabulary and grammar. Syntax is taught by use

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of a text book, and by careful attention to examples as they
occur in the Hebrew Bible. Text books : Kittel's Biblia
Hebraica; Hebrew Lexicon by Brown, Driver and Briggs;
Davidson's Hebrew Syntax. Junior year, spring quarter.

144. Advanced Hebrew Syntax. This course offers a
thorough study of the Syntax of the language by the use of
text books and the reading and comparison of selected
illustrative passages from the Hebrew Text.

145. Hebrew Reading Course. The purpose of this
course is by rapid reading of extended passages to acquire
a large vocabulary and general facility in the use of the
Hebrew Bible.

146. Grammatical Interpretation of the Psalms. The
class will make detailed grammatical and exegetical studies
in the Psalms, which may be varied, with passages from
the Prophetic Writings. The purpose of the course is to
train the student in the practice of grammatical interpreta-
tion of the Scriptures.

157. Biblical Aramaic and Arabic. By arrangement with
the professor, optional, non-credit courses will be given to
qualified students in Aramaic and Arabic. The number of
hours and the particular nature of the courses will be deter-
mined by the needs and opportunities of the students.
Seminar, hours to be arranged.

II. Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, and Apologetics

Dr. McPheeters

221. Exegetical Theory. During this quarter the effort
is made to enable the student to co-ordinate the work in
this with that in other departments; to give him some in-
sight into the nature of the machinery of grammatical sym-
bolization in general and especially into the nature of a
particular writing; into the function or task of the inter-
preter and into the problems that emerge in connection
with it ; into the fundamental principles and the characteris-
tic method of interpretation; into the several branches of
interpretation and into the conditions of a successful appli-
cation of interpretational methods. The effort is also made

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to develop and cultivate those mental attitudes and habits
that are basal to all real exegetical work. After the middle
of the quartaer a gradual beginning is made in exegetical
praxis. Middle year, fall quarter.

222. Exegetical Praxis. The work of applying the prin-
ciples and method of interpretation, begun in the previous
quarter, is continued in this. An effort is made to acquaint
the student with the naure of General and Special Intro-
duction, their relation the one to the other, and of both to
exegesis ; with the nature of the lexicon, grammar, concord-
ance, commentary, and of the literature of interpretation
generally; and the conditions of the profitable use of same.
During both quarters the class-room work is supplemented
by parallel reading the purpose of which is to acquaint the
student with the history and schools of interpretation ; the
literary forms of the Old Testament, and similar matters.
Special themes are also assigned for theses. Middle year,
winter quarter.

223. Old Testament Introduction. The student is in-
troduced to the study of the Canon or Rule of Faith of the
Old Testament Church its constituent books; the prin-
ciple by which their canonicity was determined ; and other
questions mooted in connection with it; of Messianic Pro-
phecy in its central line; its development; its apologetic
value ; and of the general principles of sound literary and
historical criticism. As in the previous quarters the class-
room work is supplemented by parallel reading and theses
on assigned topics. Middle year, spring quarter.

254. The Old Testament, Its Origin and Nature. This
class will study the methods and principles of Historical
and Literary Criticism as applied to the books of the Old
Testament; the origin of these books and their literary
history, and cognate questions touching them. Seminar,
one hour per week.

255. The Tools of the Exegete. This class will study
the Lexicon, Grammar, Concordance and Versions their
nature, and the conditions of their effective use in exegesis.
Seminar, one hour per week.

236. Apologetics. Function of Apologetics ; the present
situation in the field of Apologetics, especially current con-
ceptions of God, of nature, of man, and of the Bible, and the

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origin of the same. Religion as currently and as correctly
conceived. Miracle as currently and as correctly con-
ceived. Bibliogical Apologetics : the doctrine of Holy Scrip-
ture, including revelation and inspiration. The apologetic
argument from prophecy. Lectures, text book, parallel
reading, theses. Senior year, fall quarter.

The professor reserves the right to modify any of the
foregoing courses, as in his judgment, may conduce most
to the advantage of each class.

III. New Testament Literature and Exegesis

Dr. Blakely

Mr. Cartledge (1928-29)

The courses in New Testament Literature and Exegesis
are designed to give a working knowledge cf the New
Testament. Every minister should be a close student of the
New Testament. It is the purpose of this department to
fit a man for a life-long sudy of this priceless book. Every
minister, who hopes to lead, must keep abreast of the
thought of the age. It is the further purpose of the course
to introduce the student to such recent discoveries as throw
light upon the New Testament and to acquaint him with
the trend of criticism.

321. Introduction to New Testament Literature and
Exegesis. A study of the Inter-Biblical period ; the Lang-
uage of the New Testament, its characteristics and relation
to antecedent and contemporary Greek; principles of Tex-
tual Criticism ; and the principles of grammatico-historical
Exegesis, with application to the Epistle to the Galatians.
Required reading in Greek of the Epistles to the Romans
and to the Galatians. Thesis work required with subjects
assigned at the beginning of the course. Middle class, fall
quarter.

322. Gospel History. A study of the Literature of the
Life of Christ ; the extent and character of the sources ; the
literary and historical character of the Gospels; the synop-
tic problem ; the Johannine problem ; and the exegesis of

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Luke, with a comparison of other Gospels. Required
reading in Greek of the Four Gospels. Thesis work re-
quired with subjects assigned at the beginning of the course.
Middle year, winter quarter.

323. Apostolic History. A study of the growth of the
church from the Resurrection of Christ to 100 A. D. In
the light of historical research, the New Testament will
be examined as regards the chronology of the Apostolic
Age ; the character of the early Christian faith ; the origin of
the Church in Jerusalem; early Jewish Christianity; Hel-
lenistic Christianity; Universal Christianity, with special
reference to problems and conditions of the Church in the
first century, such as: Relation of Jew and Gentile, Chris-
tianity and morality, the Parousia, the gifts of the Spirit,
social conditions, the vital forces in the Church, relation of
Peter and Paul, etc. Required reading in Greek of Acts,
I Corinthians, I Thessalonians, Philemon and Revelation
1-3. Thesis work required with subjects assigned at the
beginning of the course. Middle year, spring quarter.

344. A Study in the Epistolary Literature. A study in
detail of three representative Epistles of the New Testa-
ment, with special reference to the critical questions which
surround them. During 1929-30 the study will be of Ephes-
ians, I John, and James. Required reading in Greek of
Ephesians, I John, James, I Peter, and Hebrews. Thesis
work required, with subjects to be assigned at the begin-
ning of the course. Senior year, elective, fall quarter.

345. The Book of Romans. An intensive study of the
great doctrines of this Epistle. The course is especially
designed for those who wish to do advanced research work
in the New Testament. Much emphasis will be laid upon
thesis work, which is expected to be of the highest char-
acter. Senior year, elective, winter quarter 1929-30.

346. The Religion of Paul. This course is designed for
those wishing to do advanced research work in the New
Testament. An intensive study will be made of varied
critical questions connected with this subject. Much em-
phasis will be laid upon thesis work, which is expected to
be of the highest character. Senior year, elective, winter
quarter, 1930-31.

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Mr. Cartledge (1928-29)

300-a. Beginners Grammar. A course in New Testa-
ment Greek for beginners will be offered to all students of
the entering 1 class who are not prepared for the work of the
regular class in New Testament Literature and Exegesis.
The class will meet five times per week throughout the first
and second quarters, or until the grammar is completed.

300-b. Reading in New Testament Greek. After the be-
ginners' class has completed the grammar, a second course
of reading in New Testament Greek will be given to com-
plete the preparation of the class. Opportunity will be
given during this second course for students who have par-
tial preparation, and for other students who feel the need
of review work in the Greek Language, to join the class,
and to those who wish to refresh themselves in the Greek
language before taking up the work in Exegesis. The class
meets five times per week throughout the third quarter.

IV. Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics
Dr. Green

The study of Systematic Theology begins in the winter
quarter of the middle year, and continues through the fall
and winter quarters of the senior year. The method of in-
struction is by text book and lecture, combined with dis-
cussion.

421. Introduction and Theology Proper. Introduction
embraces such matters as definition, method, source, the
Scriptures, etc. Theology Proper is distributed as follows :
theism, anti-theism, nature and attributes of God, Deity of
Christ, nature and office-work of the Holy Spirit, the decree
of God, the works of God. Text book: First Volume of
Hodge. Middle year, winter quarter.

422. Anthropology and Christology. Anthropology
treats of the origin, nature, and original state of man, the
covenant of works, the fall, sin, free agency. Christology
covers such sub-topics as the plan of salvation, covenant of
grace, person and work of Christ, the estates of Christ.

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Text book: Second Volume of Hodge. Middle year, spring
quarter.

433. Soteriology and Eschatology. Of Soteriology these
are the subdivisions : the order of Christian experience, re-
generation, faith and repentance, justification, adoption,
sanctification and the means of grace the word, sacra-
ments and prayer. Eschatology is the doctrine of last
things, and includes such interesting subjects as the im-
mortality of the soul, the state of the soul immediately after
death, the resurrection of the body, the second coming, fu-
ture rewards and punishments, hell and heaven. Text
book: Third Volume of Hodge. Senior year, fall quarter.

434. Confession and Cathechisms. The final course in
Theology is examination of the Standards of our Church,
the Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Cate-
chisms. The aim here is not only to acquaint the students
with the symbols of our Church, but to afford them a re-
view and a new view of the most important matters con-
sidered in the earlier stages of the course. Text books :
A. A. Hodge and F. R. Beattie on The Standards. Senior
year, winter quarter.

445. Christian Ethics. Christian Ethics is a study of ap-
plied Christianity. Its aim is, in part, to state how the
Christian religion has worked in the past; and, in part, to
give guidance and direction to men of good-will, that they
may in the future live more perfectly together according to
Christ, and so bring to pass the Kingdom of God. The
method is to study the historic and progressive revelation
and realization of the Christian ideal. The application of
this method involves a consideration of the forms and
spheres in which the ideal is becoming real, and also a con-
sideration of the duties and dynamics of the Christian life.
Text book: A Handbook of Christian Ethics, by D. S.
Adam. Senior year, elective, spring quarter.

V. Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity, and Missions
Dr. Robinson

Christian Missions, Christian Thought and Christian
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grouping of subjects in this department accentuates the
practical desirability of this logical division.

511. History of Christian Missions. The aim of this
course is twofold: to sketch the course of Church History,
and to study the missionary movements and figures therein.
The essentially missionary character of Christianity is found
in its nature THE revealed religion ; in its historical foun-
dation the Messianic consciousness of Jesus as the Isai-
anic Servant of Jehovah; in its faith; and in its progress.
The object in placing this course first is that the student
may catch the missionary passion and perspective at the
beginning of his work, develop it throughout, and so go
forth a missionary pastor, or worker, worthy of the mis-
sionary traditions of our Seminary and Church. Junior
year, fall quarter.

512. History of Christian Thought to the Reformation.

The course of history reveals a marked parallelism between
the logical and the historical developments of Christian
doctrinal formulation. The chronological evolution follows
the logical implication. But the exposition of this organic
and genetic development, as it is spread out on the screen of
the centuries, often gives a real grasp of its larger truths.
In this part of the course will be studied: The elucidation
of the Christian doctrine of God in opposition to paganism
and gnosticism ; the formulation of the dogma of the Trin-
ity ; Augustinianism ; the Christological controversies ; the
systematization of doctrine by the scholastics; the sacra-
mental-sacerdotal system ; the work of Christ. Junior year,
winter quarter.

513. History of Christian Thought The Reformation
and the Rise of Modern Religious Ideas. Half of this course
will be given to the study of the Reformation in its vital
religious faith and doctrine. The other part of the course
will be largely devoted to the post Kantian thought of the
Christian world: the philosophical, scientific, theological,
and critical movements in Germany and their echoes in
England and the United States. A critique of current re-
ligious thought. Junior year, spring quarter.

534. History of Christian Institutions with special ref-
erence to Ecclesiastical Polity. The organization of the
early Church under its missionary and its local officers.
A sketch of the changes which this primitive organization

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has undergone : Sacerdotalism ; the Church and the Em-
pires ; Monasticism ; the effort to restore primitive polity
Wycliffe, Huss, Calvin, Knox, Melville. The influence of
this purpose to restore the polity of the early Church on
the Presbyterian Churches of the world. Thornwellian
Polity vindicated by recent research into the government
of the early Christian Church. Senior year, winter quarter.

545. The History of the Formulation of the Doctrine of
the Trinity. This course is an outgrowth of the course
given in 1928-29 in the Historical Foundation of the Doc-
trine of the Person of Christ. That work will be repeated
and the doctrine of the Third Person of the Trinity, as
found in the New Testament, the Fathers, and Christian
Experience, will be added to synchronize with the ob-
servance of the nineteen hundredth anniversary of Pente-
cost. The offering of the course is, in a way, an endorse-
ment of the thesis recently affirmd by Dr. K. E. Kirk, of
Oxford: "Every new revival of Christianity has been a
revival of adhesion to the fullest Trinitarianism." Senior
year, elective, spring quarter, 1929-30.

546. American Church History. A study of the cycles
of American Church history, the Spanish and French ec-
clesiastical empires, the Puritan Period, the Methodist Pe-
riod, Revivalism, Division, unifying tendencies and dan-
gers ; the effect of the American frontier and national spirit
upon religious life; the Church as revealed in the World
War, and lessons therefrom; some survey of the current
American religious thought as seen in leading educational
centers. Senior year, elective, 1930-31.

557. History of the Doctrine of the Atonement. The

death of Christ in the Gospel records, Paul's presentations
of the atonement ; the Redeemer as Priest (Hebrews) ;
Peter's doctrine in relation to Paul's (I Peter and I Cor.
15 :l-3) ; the doctrine of the Apostolic Fathers ; the teaching
of the Eastern and Western Fathers studied and compared.
The place of "The Ransom to the Devil" doctrine, and the
fact that this is not the only patristic view. The scholastic
solution of Cur Deus Homo Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas.
The doctrine of the Protestant Reformers : of Socinus, and
of Hugo Grotius. The doctrine in the Modern Church in
Germany, Britain, New England. A study of the meaning
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Thornwell's sermons on the priesthood of Christ, and For-
syth's, The Cruciality of the Cross, and Positive Preaching for
the Modern Mind. Seminar, one hour per week, fall and
winter quarters.

VI. English Bible

Dr. Clark

The Department of English Bible has for its aim the
development of a trained leadership in the ministry of the
word. The work in this department is designed to guide
the student in the mastery of an effective method of Eng-
lish Bible study and exposition. Emphasis is laid upon
the importance of the historical setting, the factual content,
and the doctrines of the Books of the Old and the New
Testaments. The object constantly kept before the student
is that the Bible is God's Revelation, and that the minister
must know His Book, and be able to organize the material
secured through study, if he would lead others to a knowl-
edge of its message. The method used: Assignment of
work is made for each recitation, that the student may ac-
quire for himself an effective method of Bible study, and a
thorough knowledge of the content of the English Bible.
By use of analysis and synthesis, the purpose of the author,
the message of the Book, and the Mind of the Spirit are
discovered.

611. The Historical Books. The five books of Moses
and the book of Joshua are studied to discover the begin-
nings of God's Plan and Purposes of Redemption. In ad-
dition to a study of the doctrines here revealed, the biog-
raphies of the Patriarchs receive close and careful attention.
Junior year, winter quarter.

612. The Poetical and Prophetical Books. In these song
and prayer books of the believer the student finds a uni-
versal and timeless message, and in the voices of the Proph-
ets he may hear timely messages for men of today. Junior
year, spring quarter.

623. The Gospels. These Gospels tell of the life and
labors, the mission and the message of our Lord. While
attention is given to many questions in connection with
the study of each book, the chief object of the course is to

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lead the student to see Him our Lord and Saviour. To
see Him as He moves among men, as He ministers and
teaches, and as He reveals God to men. Middle year, fall
quarter.

644. The Acts and Epistles. The record of the life and
thought of the early church is studied with the view of
obtaining knowledge of the facts. Emphasis is placed upon
the great doctrines and the homiletic values of the material.
Senior year, elective, spring quarter.

An Instructor

600. Old Testament History. A study of the History of
Redemption from Adam to Christ. The design of the course
is to acquaint the student with the principal facts of the
Old Testament, and also with the forms of Jewish worship.
Careful consideration is given to the Mosaic Law and Rit-
ual. The historical books of the Old Testament from
Genesis through Esther are studied. This study of the Old
Testament period is followed by a brief survey of Jewish
history during the four centuries which intervene between
the Old Testament period and the New Testament period.

The course is designed primarily for students who have
not previously studied the English Bible. The course will
be required, where in the opinion of the Faculty it is desir-
able ; but, like the course in introductory Greek, it is not a
credit course. Open to students of all classes, five hours
per week throughout the year.

VII. Practical Theology

Pastoral Theology and Religious Education
Dr. Clark

741. Preparation of the Pastor. The minister is the
leader of his people in every phase of religious life and
Christian activity. He is responsible for the cure and care
of souls, and he must be prepared to direct the various or-
ganizations of His church. It is the purpose of this course
to prepare the students for the various duties and activities
which it will be necessary for him to assume as under shep-
herd of his flock.

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The work in this department is conducted by the use of
text books, parallel reading and personal investigation of
the work of the church as it is being carried on in the
churches, Sunday Schools and Young Peoples' societies of
Atlanta, Decatur and the surrounding community.

Instruction is given in the programs of the various
groups which have evolved in the church : The Men of the
Church, Woman's Work, Young People, and the Sunday
School. A careful study is made of the best methods used
by these various groups, and, under direction of this de-
partment, those who are charged with the promotion of
these programs in the Assembly and Synod, are brought to
the Seminary to explain the work in their own departments.
The course studied includes: (1) Church organization and
administration, (2) Visitation and other forms of pastoral
service, (3) Place of Religious Education, (4) Organiza-
tion and administration of the Church School for Christian
Education. Senior year, elective, winter quarter.

Homiletics
Dr. Green

712. The Theory and the Practice of Preaching. In this
course both the theory and the practice of preaching are
studied, but the emphasis is on the practical. The aim is to
teach men What preaching is and How to do it. The
preacher, his call, his message, his personality, his prepara-
tion, are discussed. During the second half of the course,
sermon briefs are required every week, and special effort
is made to train the men in the treatment of texts that they
may be "sound workmen, with no need to be ashamed of
the way they handle the word of the Truth". The text
books in this department are Broadus' "Preparation and
Delivery of Sermons" and Herrick Johnson's "The Ideal
Ministry". Junior year, fall quarter.

Dr. Blakely

753. The Lives and Methods of Great Preachers. A

study of the lives, methods, work of great preachers, such
as: John Chrysostom, John Wesley, George Whitefleld,
Robert Murray McCheyne, Frederick W. Robertson,
Charles H. Spurgeon. Alexander Whyte, Henry Ward
Beecher, Phillips Brooks, J. H. Jowett, etc. Attention will

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be given during the latter part of the course to modern
preachers and their methods. This class will meet one hour
a week, throughout the session, and will make an intensive
study of the lives and methods of the great preachers. It
will be open to students able to carry extra work, and to
post graduate students. Middle, or senior year, seminar,
hours to be arranged.

The Country Church
Dr. McLaughlin
714. The Country Church and the Bible. The Bible is
couched in the language of the people. A knowledge of the
country gives a better understanding of the Bible, and the
teachings of the Bible about rural relationships. In this
study it will be the aim to discover and relate the teachings
of the Bible to modern day conditions and problems of the
country people. Text books: The Bible, and "Bible and
Rural Life," by Henry H. Myers. Junior year, nine lec-
tures, winter quarter.

725. Rural Religious Conditions. We are living in a
new rural world. In this course we will study rural life
as it is related to the new conditions and changed relation-
ships which have come to pass in recent years, to discover
the needs of the country, how the Church can meet these
needs, and where may be found the most fruitful fields of
endeavor. Text book: Minutes of the General Assembly,
parallel readings. Middle year, nine lectures, winter quar-
ter.

736. Methods of Efficiency. In this course we take up a
series of studies on the program of the country preacher:
the program for himself, for the church, for the community,
the eldership, the diaconate, the Sunday School, the women
of the church, the men of the church, the young people, and
the relationship of other agencies working together for com-
munity advancement. It is the aim of this course to dis-
cover every-day problems of the country preacher and
home mission worker, with the view of finding their solu-
tion, as offered by the experience of successful ministers
and country churches. Text books : The Program of the
Country Church, by Roadman, and other books. Senior
year, nine lectures, winter quarter.

Hours for the course in the Country Church will be
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The Schedule

The Faculty has adopted a schedule which became effec-
tive September, 1927.

The schedule embraces thirty-six weeks as follows :

To open and close 1 week

Examinations 3 weeks

Holidays 2 weeks

Recitations 30 weeks

Total 36 weeks

Total number recitation hours required 1350.

Advantages Secured:

1 A clear summary and evaluation of work required.

2 Elimination of intermittent courses from Schedule.

3 Sustained interest in subject through continuous study.

4 Elimination from schedule of scrap heap impression.

5 Logical sequence of related subjects.

6 Equal daily distribution of work throughout the year.

7 Opportunity for preparation and review, by unpre-
pared men in the departments of New Testament Ex-
egesis and English Bible.

8 An open Monday, without congestion on other days.

9 Columbia Seminary brought into line with the prac-
tice in many of the best post graduate institutions, and
given a place of distinction among Theological Semi-
naries.
10 Gives time and opportunity for supplementary and col-
lateral reading and for proper correlation as a result of
such reading.

Sequence of Courses

Careful study has been given to the sequence of courses.
The schedule is so arranged that dependent subjects will
follow those subjects on which they depend, i. e., Old Testa-
ment Exegesis follows Hebrew.

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Class Room Schedule, 1929-30

Tuesday

to
Saturday

Fall Qaarter

Winter Quarter

Spring Quarter

8:30

511. History

321. N. T. Exegesis

23 6. Apologetics

512. History
322. N. T. Exegesis
741. Pastoral Theology
and Relig's Educ'n

5 13. History

3 23. N. T. Exegetii

644. Eng. Bible

9:30

712. Homiletics
6 23. Eng. Bible
345. N. T. Exegesis

611. Eng. Bible

445. Ethics

3 34. N. T. Exegesis

612. Eng. Bible
421. Theology
545. History

10:30

Chapel

Chapel

Chapel

11:00

f422. Theology

43 3. Theology

434. Theology

12:00

111. Hebrew

112. Hebrew
*5 34. History

113. Hebrew

1:00

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1:30

300a. Greek
144. Hebrew

300a. Greek
145. Hebrew

300b. Greek
146. Hebrew

2:30

600. Eng. Bible

600. Eng. Bible

600. Eng. Bible

3:30

Recreation

Recreation

Recreation

5:00

221.0. T. Exegesis

222. O. T. Exegesis

223. O. T. Exegesis

6:00

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Not given in 1929-30.

tin 1930-3 1 the Seniors will take Theology 422. 433. 434.

Notes on the Schedule

1. 50 Recitations per quarter in every course.

2. Three courses per quarter throughout nine quarters.

3. Three recitations each day, fifteen recitations per week.

4. The course requires 1350 recitation periods of one hour.

5. Additional courses to be provided for students taking
the English, and seminar courses, are not shown in this
schedule.

6. At the close of each quarter of ten weeks, one week is
allotted for examinations.

7. Special provision has been made in the schedule for
classes in Introductory Greek, and English Bible, for the
benefit of students who have not taken this work in
college.

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Expenses

No Fees. The expense of a session at Columbia Seminary
is unusually small. No charge is made for tuition, room
rent, fuel, light or library fee. The rooms are furnished,
with the exception of towels. The dormitories are cared
for by competent servants, without cost to the student for
this service.

Board. Board is furnished at five dollars per week.
The boarding department is efficiently administered. The
Seminary realizes that wholesome, nourishing and well-
balanced meals are necessary. In no educational institution
are better meals provided.

Textbooks. All required textbooks and other books
needed by the students, are furnished from our book store
at reduced prices. Any student may, if he has opportunity,
purchase second-hand books. The cost of text books will
average about $25.00 per year.

Incidental Expenses. The incidental expenses, other than
board and textbooks, will be determined in large measure by
the temperament and disposition of the individual. A care-
ful student will keep this incidental expense within a reason-
able limit.

With the financial aid provided for candidates under the
care of our Presbyteries, many students on our Campus
meet all expenses, including board, books and incidentals.
A student should be able to provide, from other sources,
enough to care for his transportation and clothing. After
the first year in the Seminary, this additional expense can
be provided by summer work.

Financial Aid

Loans to Candidates. The General Assembly's Commit-
tee of Christian Education anH Ministerial Relief, with
headquarters at Louisville, Kentucky, is prepared to grant
to ministerial students who are under care of Presbytery a
loan each year for three years to be carried without interest
until the Seminary course is completed. This loan is to be
repaid, either in money or service under conditions pre-

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scribed by the General Assembly. The last General Assem-
bly fixed the amount of this loan at $125, with a maximum
of $150 in cases of special need.

This loan is available for all regular students. Applica-
tion for the loan should be made through the Chairman of
the Committee of Christian Education in the Presbytery.
The Seminary has nothing to do with the granting of this
loan, but we shall be glad to furnish information and to
render assistance in the matter.

The payment of this loan is usually made in four install-
ments. The first installment is received in October. The
other three at intervals of sixty days.

Scholarships. In addition to the loan described above
the Seminary will provide for each regular student, where it
is necessary, an annual scholarship of $150. In order to ob-
tain this scholarship the student must present with his ap-
plication a written statement from the Chairman of Chris-
tian Education in his Presbytery recommending that the
scholarship be granted.

Student Loan Funds

The Ives Loan Fund, by Mrs. S. E. Ives, First

Presbyterian Church, Orlando, Fla $ 600.00

The James Bailey Magruder, Senior and Junior,
Loan Fund, by Mrs. James B. Magruder, First
Presbyterian Church, Orlando, Fla 300.00

The First Presbyterian Auxiliary, Orlando, Fla.,
Loan Fund, by the Woman's Auxiliary of the
First Presbyterian Church, in honor of their
preacher, Rev. J. Blanton Belk, D.D., Alumnus
of Columbia Seminary 150.00

The Kekomoisa Bryan Loan Fund, by Dr. and Mrs.
J. A. Bryan, Birmingham, Ala., in memory of
their daughter 200.00

The Margaret Bensell Loan Fund. From the Trus-
tees of the Presbyterian Hospital of Atlanta. . . 1084.60

A Special Benefit Fund, for medical and surgical
care of students, from Columbia Friends, through
Mrs. T. S. Bryan. Balance in Fund 44.40

Total $2379.00

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Supplementary Work

In addition to the prescribed course of instruction, there
are many forms of Christian activity in which the faculty
and students are constantly engaged. These activities are
a source of interest, and through them is realized a larger
development of Christian life.

Lectures on the Thomas Smyth Foundation

Through the generosity of the late Rev. Thomas Smyth,
D. D., of Charleston South Carolina, a seminary lecture-
ship has been established, called the Thomas Smyth Foun-
dation. In accordance with the conditions of the bequest,
some person of worthy character and distinguished for
learning and ability is chosen each year by the Board and
the Faculty to deliver a course ot lectures on the fundamen-
tal principles of the Christian faith.

The funds bequeathed by Dr. Smyth to found this lec-
tureship amount to $10,000. For the past seventeen years
distinguished lecturers have treated a large variety of
themes, doctrinal, critical, practical, archaeological and
historical.

Extension Work by the Faculty

Since the removal of the Seminary the faculty have been
engaged in Atlanta and throughout the South, in practic-
ally every form of service required of a minister. They
preach ; administer the sacraments for vacant churches ;
teach Bible classes; conduct classes in schools of Missions,
teacher training schools, and young people's conferences ;
attend other conferences of various kinds ; address Synods,
Presbyteries, Young Peoples' Conferences, Men's Clubs and
speak to almost every variety of civic and social club on a
wide range of topics.

Society of Missionary Inquiry

Soon after the Seminary was organized, the Society of
Missionary Inquiry was founded for the purpose of further-
ing an interest in missions, both at home and abroad. It
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inary to Atlanta. Regular meetings are held each Tues-
day evening. At these meetings various phases of Christ-
ian work are discussed by students who are appointed in
advance, or by specially invited speakers. For two succes-
sive years the Society has conducted the "Week-of-Prayer"
for Foreign Missions, using as speakers our foriegn mis-
sionaries who are on furlough. Each year a liberal offer-
ing has been made at the close of the week.

During the current year "The J. Leighton Wilson Mis-
sionary Room" has been opened in Campbell Hall. The
room contains a number of highly prized missionary books,
curios, and trophies. This collection dates back to the early
years of the Society, and it contains, among other valuable
missionary curios, the medical chest used by Dr. Wilson
while in Africa, and a leaf from the Diary of David Brain-
ard. The Society is now making an effort to increase this
valuable collection. As far as possible, the pictures of all
the graduates of the Seminary, who have gone to foreign
mission fields, will be placed in this room. Under direction
of the Society, the members visit and conduct services in
county homes, prisons and prison camps, and other institu-
tions; they render special programs in Young People's So-
cieties and churches ; and give regular assistance in near-by
Sunday Schools. Atlanta Presbytery fosters a vigorous
work among the colored people, and the students are given
an opportunity to assist in this work, both in preaching and
in teaching.

These activities of the Society stimulate the interest of
the students in all phases of the mission work of our church.

In addition to practical experience in doing Christian
work, the study and discussions of the Society give the stu-
dents both inspiration and information in regard to the
work of the Kingdom which has been entrusted to them.

The Student Volunteer Group

The members of the Student Volunteer Movement in the
Seminary take an active part in the work of the Society of
Missionary Inquiry, and in addition they study, in fellow-
ship among themselves and co-operation with the Student
Volunteer Union of Atlanta, matters of special interest con-
cerning missionary preparation. In order to quicken the
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der, throughout the city, programs on Christian Missions
abroad. This deputation work is done in co-operation with
the City Union.

The Quartette

The Seminary Quartette, selected by competitive try-outs
in the student-body, renders a variety of services. Engage-
ments have been filled at Sunday Schools, Church services,
young people's societies, Men of the Church meetings,
Woman's Auxiliary meetings, public schools, men's lunch-
eon clubs, women's clubs, evangelistic meetings, hospitals,
prisons, and at other places. In doing this, three of the
Synods in our territory have been visited. By invitation,
the Quartette has rendered an acceptable program over the
radio station, WSB, of the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.

Members of the Quartette have the opportunity through
their ministry of music, to form pleasant and profitable con-
tacts with members of many representative churches, and
to render real service to the Seminary, to the Church, and
to the Kingdom.

Religious Exercises

Daily prayers are conducted in the chapel by the faculty.
Various meetings for worship are maintained by the stu-
dents.

Thurday evening the faculty and students meet in the
chapel. Students conduct devotional exercises and preach.
A committee of the faculty offers suggestions with refer-
ence to the subject matter of the sermons and the manner
of their delivery. These criticisms are privately conducted.

Opportunities for Observing Religious Work

By reason of her location and environment in the City of
Atlanta, Columbia Seminary is in position to furnish her
students various opportunities for engaging in active re-
ligious work. Atlanta is the largest city in the South.
Within the metropolitan area every type of church and
every form of Christian activity is found. This gives to the
students an opportunity to study the work of typical
churches, both of our own and of other denominations.
Atlanta is also in the heart of Southern agricultural life.
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and towns which lie within easy reach of the Seminary,
the students have opportunity to study, under most favor-
able conditions, church work in the rural and small town
communities. This ideal location furnishes exceptional
advantages of a clinical nature for the thorough preparation
of ministers equipped for every task which the church faces.

Home Mission Activities

The churches of Atlanta and the surrounding country will
offer many and varied opportunities for mission work, in
addition to the training which results from observation of
others at work. The churches of the city are well organized
with respect to Sunday Schools and young people's so-
cieties. The students of the Seminary are expected to take
an active part in the work of these church organizations.

Already a number of the students of Columbia Seminary
have been engaged by the home mission committees of the
Presbyteries within easy reach of Atlanta, to supply, dur-
ing the summer, home mission fields, and to assist other
forms of Christian work. There is opportunity for a num-
ber of students to engage, during the session, in a reason-
able amount of supply work and other forms of religious ac-
tivity, for which the churches and home mission committees
provide a reasonable remuneration.

Atlanta Presbytery fosters a vigorous work among the
colored people. This is considered by the Presbytery one
of the most important features of its work. The colored
work of Atlanta Presbytery gives opportunity for special
training m this field, which in the South constitutes one of
our most fruitful opportunities for service.

The Seminary endeavors to co-operate with the Y. M. C.
A., Salvation Army, Evangelistic Clubs, and other agencies
engaged in various forms of informal preaching and welfare
service in shops, industrial plants, jails, and elsewhere.

Preaching by Students

Students of the Senior and Middle Classes are permitted,
with the consent of the Presbyteries concerned, to supply
vacant churches, provided absence from the campus does
not conflict with their Seminary duties. Calls for regular
supply work by students frequently come to the Seminary

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from home mission committees and vacant churches, and
for temporary supply during the absence of pastors from
their own pulpits. Many mission churches are regularly
supplied by members of the Senior Class and in some cases
by members of the Middle Class. Except in special cases,
members of the Junior Class are not permitted to undertake
regular supply work.

No student should undertake regular work oftener than
twice a month. Where necessity compels a student to en-
gage in full time supply work, the Faculty will consider
each case on its merits.

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 class-rooms. In it are in-
corporated the larger parts of the libraries of Rev. Thomas
Smyth, D.D., Rev. John Douglass, Rev. George Howe, D.D.
Rev. S. Beach Jones, D. D., Rev. S. S. Smith, D. D., Rev.
R. C. Reid, D. D., Rev. J. L. Martin, D. D., and Rev. J. W.
Flinn, 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, amounting to several thousand
volumes, are accessible to the students.

The Smyth Library Fund

The Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D., made provision in his
will for the endowment of the library with a gift of $10,000.
The income from this fund is used for the purchase of ad-
ditional volumes. This generous bequest makes it possi-
ble for our library to purchase such books as are needed
each year for the proper development of the library facili-
ties, and assures the continual addition to the library of
indispensable new books.

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

General Information

Reports to Presbyteries

At the close of each term a report will be sent to the
Chairman of the Committee on Christian Education in the
Presbytery. This report will set forth all facts with refer-
ence to the student's attendance, punctuality, deportment,
diligence, and class standing.

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 select-
ed by the Faculty, in accordance with conditions prescribed
by the donor.

Anna Church Whitner Memorial Fellowship

The Seminary is gratified to announce a trust fund of
$10,000.00 established by Wm. C. Whitner, LL. D., of Rock-
hill, S. C. The income from this generous trust will be used
to provide a Fellowship yielding $500.00 annually. Dr.
Whitner has established this Fellowship as a memorial to
his Mother who was an earnest, consecrated and devoted
Christian woman. Each year the faculty will make the
award to some alumnus of marked ability and attainments,
to be used for a year's post graduate work in an American
or European institution.

The establishment of this Fellowship on the occasion of
the celebration of our Centennial, makes it possible to begin
the new century with an added advantage to the Students
of Columbia Seminary. The higher standard of education
among the lay members of the Church makes it desirable
to provide for further study by men of extraordinary pro-
mise. This is, therefore, the source of much satisfaction at
the Seminary. The gift, which was wholly unexpected and
voluntary, leads us to hope that others may follow the ex-
ample of Dr. Whitner.

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COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Roll of Students

Senior Class

Name

Residence

Presbytery

Remus Lcgctte Alexander, A.B.

Southwestern

Bay Springs, Miss.

Meridian

Melrose Selkirk Avery

GeorgiaTech

Miami. Fla.

Florida

John Walter Bracy, A.B.

Davidson College

Rowland, N. C.

Fayetteville

Harry Haywood Bryan, A.B.

University of South Carolina

Birmingham, Ala.

Birmingham

Jasper William Bryson

University of South Carolina

Owings, S. C.

South Carolina

LeRoy Perry Burney, A.B.

Davidson College

Clarkton, N. C.

Atlanta

Lynn Wheeler Carleton

Troy State Normal

Louisville Theological Seminary

Owassa, Ala.

Mobile

Samuel Antoine Cartledge,
A.B., M.A.

University of Georgia
University of Chicago

Athens, Ga.

Athens

William Creed Cooper

Alabama Tech

East Point, Ga.

Atlanta

Joseph Marion Garrison, A.B.

Davidson College

Covington, Ga.

Atlanta

Leonard Burns Gibbs, A.B.

Davidson College

Cornelia, Ga.

Athens

Vance Asbury Gordon

Atlanta Theological Seminary

Huntsville, Ala.

Huntsville

Charles Judson Harris

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Winder, Ga.

Athens

Stephen Thomas Harvin, A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.
University of South Carolina

Manning, S. C.

Harmony

Harry Keller Holland, A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Savannah, Ga.

Savannah

William Bernard Hooker

Hampden-Sidney College

Edwards, Miss.

Central Mississippi

Donald Achilles Hyde

Buchanan, Va.

Cherokee

Hal Cooper Keller

University of South Carolina
Presbyterian College of S. C.

Savannah, Ga.

Savannah

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SEMINARY

Name

Residence

Presbytery

Alexander George Kennedy,
B.S., D.D.S.,

Presbyterian College of S. C.
Atlanta Dental College

Blackstock, S. C.

Bethel

John Swilling McFall, Jr., A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Anderson, S. C.

Piedmont

William Lasater McLeod, Ph.B.

Elon College

Broadway, N. C.

Fayetteville

Chester Franklin Monk, A.B.

Davidson College

Moultrie, Ga.

Southwest Georgia

*Ansley Cunningham Moore,
Ph.B.

Emory University

Decatur, Ga.

Atlanta

Joseph Lee Plexico, A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Sharon, S. C.

Bethel

Marcus Brown Prince, Jr., A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Lincolnton, Ga.

Piedmont

Kenneth Cowin Seawright, A.B.

Erskine College

Pendleton, S. C.

South Carolina

John Preston Simmons, A.B.

Chickasaw College
Southwestern

Long Beach, Miss.

Meridian

Alexander Mcllwain Simpson, A.B

Presbyterian College of S. C.

. Waxhaw, N. C.

Bethel

John David Simpson, A.B.

University of South Carolina

Columbia, S. C.

Conga ree

William Clarence Sistar, A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Clinton, S. C.

South Carolina

Charles Lawrence Smith, A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Andrews, S. C.

Pee Dee

Thomas A. Smith, M.D.

Davidson College

Medical College of Virginia

Midland, N. C.

Thomas Francis Wallace, A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Charlotte, N. C.

Mecklenburg

Middle Class

Name

Residence

Presbytery

Isaac Moultrie Bagnal, A.B.

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Manning, S. C.

Harmony

John Carl Bridges

Blacksburg, S. C.

Bethel

Wriston Hartsell

Hopkinsville, Ky.

Muhlenburg

John Gilbert Kirckhoff, B.D.

Baltimore, Md.

Atlanta Theological Seminary

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Name

Espy Franklin Lothery

Davidson College

Reginald Shaw Lowe

Millsaps College

Charles Raymond McCarty, A.B.

Davidson College

Ralph Emerson McCaskill.A.B.

Southwestern

Charles Goddard McClure, B.S.

University of Tennessee

Frank Hamilton McElroy, A.B.

Asbury College

Elmer Earle Neff, A.B.. M.A.

Shenandoah College
Providence University

William Ozi Nelson

George Washington University

Robert Vick Sapp

Presbyterian College of S. C.

St. Johns College

U. S. Naval Academy

Charles Robert Seay Wildsmith

Birmingham Southern College

James Russell Young

Practical Bible Training School
Bible School, Park. N. Y.

Residence

Cornelius, N. C.
Jackson, Miss.
Augusta, Ga.
Shreveport, La.
Albany, Ga.
Cuba, Ala.
Raphine, Va.

Fayetteville, Tenn.
Jacksonville, Fla.

Birmingham, Ala.
Pittston, Pa.

Presbytery

Mecklenburg

Central Mississippi

Augusta

Red River

Southwest Georgia

Tuscaloosa

Atlanta

Potomac
Suwannee

Birmingham
Atlanta

Junior Class

Name

Pinkney Jefferson Garrison, Jr.,
A.B.

Davidson College

William Greene Gregory

Oglethorpe Business College

Ernest Lamar Hollingsworth

Davidson College

Henry Peter Joseph L'heureux,
A.B.

McCallie School
Presbyterian College of S. C.

William Alderman Linton

Georgia Tech

Teachers College, Columbia University

Residence

Covington, Ga.
Coleman, Fla.
Atlanta, Ga.

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chunju, Korea

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Presbytery

Atlanta
Suwannee

Atlanta

Knoxville

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Name

Peter Marshall

Coatbridge Secondary School

Skerry's College, Glasgow

Royal Technical College. Scotland

Lewis Belton Metts

Presbyterian College of S. C.
University of South Carolina

John Archie Mclntyre
Dwyn Milton Mounger, A.B.

Millsaps College

Harry Frederick Petersen, Jr., A.B.

Nacoochee Institute
Davidson College

James Clyde Plexico
*Fred S. Piper, A.B.

Washington and Jefferson College

*Robert Young Russell

Presbyterian College of S. C.

James Walton Stewart, Jr., A.B.

Alabama Tech

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Rudolph McKelney Stoddard

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Cecil Asbury Thompson, A.B.

University of Florida

Paul Patterson Thrower, A.B.

Davidson College

Malcolm Carmichael Williamson

Presbyterian College of S. C.

Residence

Birmingham, Ala.

Blacksburg, S. C.

Marston, N. C.
Collins, Miss.

Atlanta, Ga.

Presbytery

Birmingham

Congaree

Mecklenburg
Meridian

Atlanta

Waynesboro, Ga.

Augusta

Chambersburg, Pa.

Carlisle

Sharon, S. C.

Bethel

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta

Pelzer, S. C.

Enoret

Gainesville, Fla.

Suwannee

Pineville, N. C.

Mecklenburg

Hamer, S. C.

Pee Dee

Special Students

Name

William Moore Boyce, A.B.

Erskine College

Erskine Theological Seminary

Ernest Gilmer Clary, A.B., B.D.

Davidson College

Union Theological Seminary

Finley McCorvey Grissett,
A.B., B.D., Th.M.

Alabama Tech

Columbia Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

Ira Tapper Hawk, A.B., B.D.

Northwestern College
University of Iowa
Yale

Residence

Doraville, Ga.
Smyrna, Ga.

Africa
Atlanta, Ga.

Presbytery

Second.A. R. P.
Cherokee

Corisco
Atlanta

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COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

A. Hoyt Miller, A.B., B.D.

Presbyterian College of S. C.
Union Seminary

Rufus William Oakey

Millsaps College

Columbia Theological Seminary

William T. Simpson, A.B.

Erskine College

Erskine Theological Seminary

*W. F. Hinisley

Africa

Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta. Ga.

Calvin Bricc Williams, A.B., D.D.Atlanta, Ga.

Union Institute
Erskine College
Erskine Theological Seminary

* Withdrew before close of the session.

* * Deceased.

Athens

Atlanta

Second, A. R. P.

Second, A. R. P.

Representation

Educational Institutions

Alabama Tech 3

Atlanta Dental College

Atlanta Theological Seminary .

Asbury College

Bible School, Park, N. Y

Birmingham Southern College.

Chickasaw College

Coatbridge Secondary School . .
Columbia Univ., Teachers Col.

Davidson College

Elon College

Emory University

Erskine College

Erskine Theo. Seminary

Geo. Washington University . .
Georgia Tech 2

1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
13
1
1
4
3
1

Hampden-Sidney College
Louisville Theo. Seminary .

McCallie School

Medical College of Virginia

Millsaps College

Nacoochee Institute

Northwestern College 1

45 Educational Institutions represented.

Oglethorpe Business College ....
Practical Bible Train. School .

Presbyterian College 2

Providence University

Princeton Theo. Seminary
Royal Tech. College, Scotland .
Skerry's College, Glasgow ....

Shenandoah College

St. John's College

Southwestern

Troy State Normal

Union Theo. Seminary

United States Naval Academy .

Union Institute

University of Chicago

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of Iowa

University of South Carolina. .

University of Tennessee

Washington and Jefferson Col. .
Yale University

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Presbyteries Represented

Athens 4

Atlanta 12

Augusta 2

Bethel 5

Birmingham 3

Carlisle (USA) < 1

Central Mississippi 2

Cherokee 2

Congaree 2

Corisco (USA) 1

Enoree 1

Fayetteville 2

Florida 1

Harmony 2

Huntsville (USA) 1

30 Presbyteries represented.

Knoxville 1

Mecklenburg 4

Meridian 3

Mobile 1

Muhlenburg 1

Pee Dee 2

Piedmont 2

Potomac 1

Red River 1

Savannah 2

Second, A. R. P 3

South Carolina 3

Suwannee 3

Southwest Georgia 2

Tuscaloosa 1

States and Countries Represented

Alabama 6

Florida 4

Georgia 24

Kentucky 1

Louisiana 1

Maryland 1

Mississippi 5

North Carolina 9

Pennsylvania 2

South Carolina 15

Tennessee 2

Virginia 2

Africa 2

Korea 1

14 States and Countries represented.

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