Columbia Theological Seminary Bulletin: Course Catalog 1929-1930 Announcements 1930-1931, 23, number 3, April 1930

BULLETIN

OF

COLUMBIA

THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY

Published Quarterly at
DECATUR, GEORGIA

Volume XXIII April, 1930 No. 3

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

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

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

Catalogue
1929-1930

Announcements
1930-1931

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Calendar

Spring Quarter, 1930

Sunday, May 11.

11:00 A.M. Baccalaureate Sermon. Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden, D. D.
8:00 P.M. Missionary Address. Rev. Herbert V. Carson, D. D.

Tuesday, May 13.

9:00 A. M. Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors.

Wednesday, May 14.

10:30 A.M. Commencement Exercises.

Address to Graduating Class,

Rev. E. L. Hill, D. D.
Conferring of Degrees and Presentation of Certificates,
Dr. John T. Brantley. LL. D.. President of the Board.

Session 1930-31
Fall Quarter

Thursday. Sept. 4. 10:00 A.M. Session begins.

Address, Matriculation.
Tuesday. Nov. 18 Examinations begin.

Winter Quarter

Tuesday. Nov. 25 Winter quarter begins.

Thursday. Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Day.

Thursday, Dec. 18. 1:00 P.M. Christmas vacation begins.

Friday. Jan. 2. 8 :30 A.M. Classes resumed.

Tuesday. Feb. 17- Examinations begin.

Spring Quarter

Tuesday, Feb. 24 Spring quarter begins.

Tuesday. May 5 Examinations begin.

Sunday. May 10 Commencement exercises begin.

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Board of Directors

Officers

John T. Brantley. LL. D.. President

Alexander Sprunt, D. D., Vice President.

Frank K. Sims, D. D., Secretary

Class Going Out 1930

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

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

E. D. Brownlee. D. D. Sanford, Fla.

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.

Class Going Out 1932

Jno. D. Baker, Esq Jacksonville, Fla.

Jno. T. Brantley. LL. D Blackshear. Ga.

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

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

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

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

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

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. C. Copeland

C. H. Baldwin J. S. Kennedy

W. D. Beatie D. W. Robinson

H. Lane Young

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 Bihle. Pastoral Theology and Religious Education.

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. Win. Childs Robinson, Th. D., D. D.,

Professor of Ecclesiastical 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.

Mr. Wallace McPherson Alston, A. B., A. M.,
Instructor in Introductory Greek.

Mr. Thomas Hancock Grafton. A. B.,
Instructor in English Bible.

Lecturer on the Thomas Smyth Foundation

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

Administrative Officers

Richard T. Gillespie, President of the Seminary

Hunter B. Blakely, Clerk of the Faculty

Wm. C. Robinson, Librarian

Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Bursar

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Graduating Class of 1929

The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity

Remus Legette Alexander. A. B Mississippi

Harry Haywood Bryan, A. B Alabama

Leroy Perry Burney, A. B Georgia

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

Joseph Marion Garrison, A. B Georgia

Leonard Burns Gibbs. A. B. __Georgia

Stephen Thomas Harvin. A. B South Carolina

Harry Keller Holland. A. B Georgia

William Bernard Hooker, A. B Mississippi

Hal Cooper Keller, A. B Georgia

John Swilling McFall, Jr., A. B South Carolina

William Lasater McLoed, Ph. B. North Carolina

Chester Franklin Monk, A. B. Georgia

Joseph Lee Plexico, A. B. South Carolina

Marcus Brown Prince, Jr., A. B. Georgia

Kenneth Cowin Seawright, A. B South Carolina

John Preston Simmons, A. B Mississippi

Alexander Mcllwain Simpson, A. B North Carolina

John David Simpson, A. B South Carolina

William Clarence Sistar, A. B South Carolina

Charles Lawrence Smith, A. B. South Carolina

Thomas Art Smith, M. D. North Carolina

Thomas Francis W'allace, A. B North Carolina

Certificates Without Graduation

Melrose Selkirk Avery Forida

Jasper William Bryson South Carolina

Lynn Wheeler Carleton Alabama

William Creed Cooper Georgia

Vance Asbury Gordon Alabama

Charles Judson Harris Georgia

Donald Achilles Hyde Virginia

Wilds Book Prize

Samuel Antoine Cartledge Athens. Ga.

Anna Church Whitner Fellowship

Samuel Antoine Cartledge Athens. Ga.

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Special Lecturers

Dr. William T. Ellis Swarthmore. Pa.

Rev. Richard Orme Flinn, D. D Atlanta

Rev. Geo. C. Bellingrath, Ph. D Decatur

Rev. J. B. Ficklen. D. D Decatur

Rev. E. L. Flanagan Atlanta

Rev. Wm. Huck. Ph. D Atlanta

Rev. D. P. McGeachy, D. D Decatur

Rev. Charles Haddon Nabors, D. D Pensacola. Fla.

Rev. Chas. M. Boyd, D. D Tuscaloosa. Ala.

Mr. James Morton, Secretary of Church Federation Atlanta

Rev. W. A. Eisenhart, D. D Atlanta

Rev. N. F. Parker, D. D.. Dean of Candler School of Theology Atlanta

Prof. W. A. Smart. D. D., Candler School of Theology Atlanta

Prof. Plato Durham. D. D., Candler School of Theology Atlanta

Bishop W. A. Candler, D. D Atlanta

Rev. E. M. Poteat, D. D Atlanta

Rev. J. M. Hawkins Decatur

Rev. Ralph Hawkins Avondale Estates, Ga.

Rev. C. R. Stauffer Atlanta

Rev. Stuart R. Oglesby. D. D Atlanta

Rev. W. T. Thompson, D. D Richmond, Va.

Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D Chicago

Rev. L. A. Davis Atlanta

Rev. S. W. McGill, D. D Louisville, Ky.

Prof. A. T. Robertson, D. D Louisville, Ky.

Rev. W. H. Hudson. D. D China

Rev. W. A. Mcllwain Korea

Mr. Edward D. Grant Nashville

Rev. Wade H. DuBose, D. D Spartanburg, S. C.

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

Dr. Willis A. Sutton Atlanta

Rev. H. W. McLaughlin, D. D Richmond, Va.

Mr. W. A. Linton Korea

Rev. J. S. Lyons, D. D Atlanta

Dr. R. M. Wilson Korea

Rev. W. T. Hamby Decatur

Rev. Daniel Poling. D. D New York

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Historical Statement

Columbia Theological Seminary was founded December 15,
1828, by the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. The begin-
ning 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 dormi-
tories were erected, fn recent years a refectory was added to
this group of buildings, which, together with the Chapel, con-
stituted the equipment in Columbia.

The Columbia campus is most attractive. It holds a place in
the affection of every student who has attended the Seminary
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 distinguished 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 re-
sponsibility and influence, and who have rendered large service
to the Church at home and abroad.

The Seminary has always maintained the highest standard 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 similar 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 Presby-
terian population of the Southeast. Since the development of the
Gulf States and the shifting of the center of our constituency, it
appeared necessary to remove the Seminary further to the west.

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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. Im-
mediately following this decision, the Synod of Mississippi ac-
cepted the invitation of her sister Synods to unite in the owner-
ship and control of the Seminary.

With this increased constituency and the assurance from the
Synod of Georgia that 8500,000 would be raised to make the re-
moval possible, plans were immediately developed for the re-
moval. In a general campaign, launched early in 1925, the city
of Atlanta pledged $312,000 for buildings, and provided a beauti-
ful site in Decatur, which is the largest residential community in
greater Atlanta. The Svnod 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 Seminary 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 Assembly held its meet-
ing 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 ac-
complished and by the enthusiasm with which the Church through-
out our constituency has rallied to the support of her Seminary.
The outlook for the future development of the Seminary, and for
the enlargement of its program to meet the ever increasing need of
the Church, is most encouraging.

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Terms of Admission and Graduation

Credentials

Every student seeking admission to the Seminary must pre-
sent 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 deport-
ment. Or, if an ordained minister, he must present a letter from
the ecclesiastical body to which he belongs, stating that he is in
good and regular standing. Every Presbyterian student applying
for admission is expected to present a statement from his Presby-
tery authorizing him to enter this Seminary.

(2) A college diploma or certificate showing the completion
of a regular course of academic study. Or, if he has not com-
pleted such a course, the student must furnish testimonials show-
ing 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 Bache-
lor of Divinity must present a degree from a standard college or
university.

Collegiate Preparation

The academic degree offered upon entrance to the Seminary
should represent four years of collegiate work. Other degrees
than that of Bachelor of Arts, showing the completion of an ade-
quate 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 Psychology.

Instruction in the New Testament presupposes knowledge 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.

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Students found to be inadequately prepared are offered 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 dismissing 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 diploma,
but complete the regular course of study in the Seminary, re-
ceive a certfiicate of graduation A student who takes a partial
course may receive a certificate setting forth those subjects which
he has completed.

Pledge

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

"Deeply impressed with the sense of the importance of im-
proving in knowledge, prudence and piety, in my preparation for
the gospel ministry, I solemnly promise, in a reliance on divine
grace, that I will faithfully and diligently attend on all the in-
structions of this Seminary, and that I will conscientiously and
vigilantly observe all the rules and regulations specified in the
plan for its instruction and government, so far as the same re-
late to the students; and that I will obey all the lawful requisi-
tions, and readily yield to all the wholesome admonitions of the
professors and directors 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 courses.

Fall Quarter

111. Hebrew
511. History
712. Homiletics

JUNIOR

Required

Winter Quarter

112. Hebrew

512. History

611. Eng. Bible

<14. Country Church

Spring Quarter

113. Hebrew
513. History
612. Eng. Bible

221 0. T. Exegesis
321. N. T. Exegesis
623. Eng. Bible

MIDDLE
Required

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

223. 0. T. Exegesis
323. N. T. Exegesis
422. Theology

238. Apologetics
433. Theology
One elective

SENIOR

Required

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

Three electives

Elective

144.

Hebrew

145.

Hebrew

146.

Hebrew

244.

0. T. Exegesis

245.

0. T. Exegesis

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N. T. Exe

344.

N. T. Exegesis

345.

N. T. Exegesis

445.

Ethics

644.

Eng. Bible

741

Past'l Theology

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History

and Education

645.

Eng. Bible

Course to be selected from electives offered.

INTRODUCTORY

300a. Greek
600a. Eng. Bible

300a. Greek
600b. Eng. Bible

300b. Greek
600c. Eng. Bible

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Optional, hours to be arranged.

157. Biblical Aramaic and Arabic.

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

255. The Tools of the Exegete.

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

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

Homilelics 50

Apologetics 50

Required 1100

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 Testa-
ment Exegesis. The course in Introductory Greek provides an
opportunity for every student, who wishes to do so, to fit him-
self 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.

Examinaitons

At the close of each quarter written examinations are held on
all the subjects studied during the quarter. No student is per-
mitted 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 orig-
inal languages of Holy Scripture in theological education. "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 intelligently and effectively to use the original
languages in interpreting 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 students 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 inflectional forms of the lan-
guage, in translation, and in translation 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 prgressive additions in
detail, until the principal grammatical elements of the language
are covered. Text books: Same as for course 111. Junior year,
winter quarter.

113. Hebrew Reading and Syntax. Hebrew reading, chiefly
from Exodus and Deuteronomy, with special reference to vocabu-
lary and grammar. Syntax is taught by use of a text book, and
by careful attention to examples as they occur in the Hebrew

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Bible. Text books: Kittels 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 pas-
sages from the Hebrew Text. Middle, or Senior year, fall quarter.

145. Hebrew Reading Course. The purpose of this course is
by rapid reading of extended passages to acquire a large vocabu-
larv and general facility in the use of the Hebrew Bible. Middle,
or Senior year, winter quarter.

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 Pro-
phetic W ritings. The purpose of the course is to train the student
in the practice of grammatical interpretation of the Scriptures.
Middle, or Senior year, spring quarter.

157. Biblical Aramaic and Arabic. By arrangement with
the professor, optional, non-credit courses will be given to quali-
fied students in Aramaic and Arabic. The number of hours and
the particular nature of the course will be determined 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 insight into the
nature of the machinery of grammatical symbolization in general
and especially into the nature of a particular writing: into the
function or task of the interpreter and into the problems that
emerge in connection with it: into the fundamental principles and
the characteristic method of interpretation: into the several
branches of interpretation and into the conditions of a successful
application of interpretational methods. The effort is also made
to develop and cultivate those mental attitudes and habits that
are basal to all real exegetical work. After the middle of the

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quarter a gradual beginning is made in exegetical praxis. Middle
year, fall quarter.

222. Exegetical Praxis. The work of applying, the principles
and method of interpretation, begun in the previous quarter, is
continued in this. An effort is made to acquaint the student with
the nature of General and Special Introduction, their relation the
one to the other, and of both to exegesis; with the nature of the
lexicon, grammar, concordance, 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 supple-
mented 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 intro-
duced to the study of the Canon or Rule of Faith of the Old
Testament Church its constituent books; the principle by which
their canonicity was determined; and other questions mooted in
connection with it; of Messianic Prophecy 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 classroom work is supplemented by parallel reading
and theses on assigned topics. Middle year, spring quarter.

244. Our Lord As An Interpreter. The aim in this course
will be to exhibit our Lord's methods as an interpreter and the
principles that underlay them. In doing this the question of our
Lord's attitude to the Old Testament will come up for careful
consideration. Senior year, elective, fall quarter.

245. Historical and Literary Criticism As Applied to the
Old Testament. This course will be introduced with a study of
the rise and present status of different schools of criticism. This
will be followed by a study of the problems, methods and princi-
ples of. historical and literary criticism. Senior year, elective,
winter quarter.

256. 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.

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257. The Tools of the Exegete. This class will study the
Lexicon. Grammar. Concordance and \ ersions their nature, and
the conditions of their effective use in exegesis. Seminar, one

hour per week.

Apologetics

238. Apologetics. Function of Apologetics: the present sit-
uation in the field of Apologetics, especialy current conceptions
of God. of nature, of man. and of the Bible, and the origin of
the same. Religion as currently and as correctly conceived.
Miracle as currently and as correctly conceived. Bibliogical
Apologetics: the doctrine of Holv Scripture, including revelation
and inspiration. The apologetic argument from prophecy. Lec-
tures, text book, parallel reading, theses. Senior year, fall quar-
ter.

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. Alston

The courses in New Testament Literature and Exegesis are
designed to give a working knowledge of 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
study of this priceless book. Every minister, who hopes to lead,
must keep abreast of the thought of the age. It is the further pur-
pose of the course to introduce the student to such recent dis-
coveries 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 Language of
the New Testament, its characteristics and relation to antecedent
and contemporary Greek: principles of Textual Criticism; and the
principles of grammatico-historical Exegesis, with application to
the Epistle to the Galatians. Required reading in Greek of the
Epistle to the Galatians and the Gospel of Mark. Thesis work
required with subjects assigned at the beginning of the course.
Middle class, fall quarter.

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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 synoptic problem; the
Johannine problem; and the exegesis of Luke, with a comparison
of other Gospels. Required reading in Greek of the Four Gospels.
Thesis work required 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 re-
gards the chronology of. the Apostolic Age; the character of the
early Christian faith; the origin of the Church in Jerusalem; early
Jewish Christianity; Hellenistic Christianity; Universal Christian-
ity, with special reference to problems and conditions of the
Church in the first century, such as: Relation of Jew and Gentile,
Christianity 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, 1-9, I and II
Corinthians. Thesis work required with subjects assigned at the
beginning of the course. Middle year, spring quarter.

344. 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 Testa-
ment. Much emphasis will be laid upon thesis work, which is
expected to be of. the highest character. Senior year, elective,
fall quarter.

"345. The Religion of Pall. 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 con-
nected with this subject. Much emphasis will be laid upon thesis
work, which is expected to be of the highest character. Senior
year, elective, winter quarter.

"346. The Epistle to the Hebrews. An intensive study of
the Greek of the Epistle. Special study will be made of the use
of the Old Testament in the Epistle. Much emphasis will be laid
upon this work. Senior year, elective, winter quarter.

347. A Study in the Epistolary Literature. A study in
detail of three representative Epistles of the New Testament, with
special reference to the critical questions which surround them.
During 1930-31 the study will be of Ephesians, I John and 1

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Peter. Required reading in Greek of Ephesians, I John, James,
I Peter, and Jude. Thesis work required, with subject to be as-
signed at the beginning of the course. Senior year, elective, spring
quarter.

*Note During 1930-31 only one elective will be given during the winter
quarter, either course No. 345 or 346.

Mr. Alston

300-a. Beginners Grammar. A course in New Testament
Greek for beginners will be offered to all students of the entering
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 begin-
ners' class has completed the grammar, a second course of read-
ing in New Testament Greek will be given to complete the prep-
aration of. the class. Opportunity will be given during this sec-
ond course for students who have partial 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 them-
selves 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 instruction is by
text book and lecture, combined with discussion.

421. Introduction and Theology Proper. Introduction em-
braces 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'

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topics as the plan of salvation, covenant of grace, person and
work of Christ, the estates of Christ. 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, regener-
ation, faith and repentance, justification, adoption, sanctification
and the means of grace the word, sacraments and prayer.
Eschatology is the doctrine of last things, and includes such inter-
esting subjects as the immortality of the soul, the state of the soul
immediately after death, the resurrection of the body, the second
coming, future rewards and punishments, hell and heaven. Text
book: Third Volume of Hodge. Senior year, fall quarter.

434. Confession and Catechisms. The final course in Theol-
ogy is examination of the Standards of our Church, the Confession
of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. The aim here is
not only to acquaint the students with the symbols of our Church,
but to afford them a review and a new view of the most important
matters considered in the early 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 Institu-
tions logically divide the field of Church history. The grouping
of subjects in this department accentuates the practical desirability
of this logical division.

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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 foundation the Messianic con-
sciousness of Jesus as the Isaianic 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 missionary tradi-
tions of our Seminary and Church. The last part of this course
will be devoted to the study of the "Jerusalem 1928" Meeting as a
preparation for our Church's Missionary Congress. 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 de-
velopment, 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 Trinity; Augustinianism; the Christological contro-
versies; the systematization of doctrine by the scholastics: the
sacramental-sacerdotal system: the work of Christ. Junior year,
winter quarter.

513. History of Chistian 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 religious thought. Junior year, spring quarter.

534. History of Christian Institutions With Special
Reference 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 has undergone:
Sacerdotalism: the Church and the Empires: Monasticism: the
effort to restore primitive polity Wvcliffe. Huss. Calvin. Knox,
Melville. The influence of this purpose to restore the polity of

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the early Church on the Prebyterian Churches of the world.
Thornwellian Polity vindicated by recent research into the gov-
ernment of the early Christian Church. Senior year, winter
quarter.

545-549. Elective Courses. The following electives in His-
tory and the History of Doctrines have been offered in former
years. Selections from these courses will be offered as electives
during 1930-31, and will be arranged according to the wishes of
the students and the time at the disposal of the professor:

545. The Reformers and Their Literature.

546. The Historical Foundation of the Church's Doc-
trine of the Person of Christ.

547. The History of the Doctrine of the Atonement.
Each member of the class makes a study of a representative, or of
a group representing each of the great syntheses in the history of
the Church: the Greek; the Scholastic; the Protestant; the Mod-

548. The History of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
This course is especially offered for the nineteen hundredth an-
niversary of Pentecost.

549. The Church in America.

VI. English Bible

Dr. Clark
Mr. Grafton

The Department of English Bible has for its aim the develop-
ment 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 English Bible study and ex-
position. 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
minsiter must know His Book, and be able to organize the material
secured through study, if he would lead others to a knowledge of
its message. The method used: Assignment of work is made for
each recitation, that the student may acquire for himself an ef-
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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 beginnings of God's
Plan and Purposes of Redemption. In addition to a study of the
doctrines here revealed, the biographies 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 universal and
timeless message, and in the voices of the Prophets he may hear
timely messages for men of today. Junior year, spring quarter.

623. 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 doc-
trines and the homiletic values of the material. Middle year, fall
quarter.

644. 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 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. Senior year,
elective, fall quarter.

645. Psalms-Jeremiah. The Psater is the Hymn book of all
ages. A devout scholar said "The Psalms teach me to prize a
much tried life, the words of these writers sink deep into the heart
and never before in my life have I thus seen God." Calvin says
"There is not an emotion of which any one can be conscious that
is not here represented as in a mirror." We study the Psalms to
find how a sin-burdened man is led into the arms of a gracious
God.

In Jeremiah the earnest student sees a strongly beautiful life of
utter self forgetfulness. of suffering voluntarily undergone for
others. The touching sadness and the burning faith of his words
found a perpetual echo in the hearts of the restored and humbled
Jews. Though their fathers hated Him, the sons came to love Him
and in less than a century after Jeremiah's death, Jewish opin-
ion placed him, and not Isaiah, first among the the great prophets

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the order being Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah. The aim of the
course is to know the strange and unhappy man, and to understand
the life, so Christlike, and the message, now so little known to the
Church. Senior year, elective, spring quarter.

Mr. Grafton

600-a. History of the Jewish Nation. Judges Through
Esther. A survey of Jewish national history from the death of
Joshua to the time of Nehemiah. Special attention is given to the
religious ideas of the Jewis. The rise and growth of the great
prophetical movement are traced. Fall quarter.

600-b. The Prophecy of Isiah. The message of the great
Hebrew prophet studied against the background of Jewish politi-
cal, social, and economic life. The Messianic prophecies will
claim careful study. Winter quarter.

600-c. Palestinian Geography. The geography of the Holy
Land studied in its relation to Biblical history. In the latter half
of the course, the history of the Jewish people between Nehemiah's
day and the Birth of Christ will be sketched. Spring Quarter.

Note Courses 600a, 600b, 600c, are designed primarily for students who
have not previously studied the English Bible, or who desire to make a
further study of the Old Testament. The courses will be required, where
in the opinion of the Faculty it is desirable.

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 activ-
ity. He is responsible for the cure and care of souls, and he must
be prepared to direct the various organizations 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 shepherd of his flock.

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 sur-
rounding community.

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Instruction is given in the programs of the various groups which
have evolved in the church: The Men of the Church, Women's
Work, Young People, and the Sunday School. A careful studv
is made of the best methods used by these various groups, and,
under direction of. this department, 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 depart-
ments. The course studied includes: (1) Church organization and
administration, (2) Visitation and other forms of pastoral service,
(3) Place of Religious Education, (4) Organization and adminis-
tration of the Church School for Christian Education. Senior
year, elective, winter quarter.

Homiletics

Dr. Green

712. The Theory and 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 preparation, 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 Whitefield, Robert Murray Mc-
Cheyne, Frederick W. Robertson, Charles H. Spurgeon, Alexander
Whyte, Henry Ward Beecher, Phillips Brooks, J. H. Jowett, and
others. Attentoin will 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. This course will not be offered in 1930-31.

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The Country Church

Dr. McLaughlin

714. The Country Church and the Bible. It is the purpose
of this course to discover and relate the teachings of the Bible
to rural conditions and problems of today. Text books: The Bible,
and "Bible and Rural Life" by Henry H. Myers. Junior year,
nine lectures.

725. Rural Religious Conditions. This course is a study of
rural life as it is related to conditions and relationships which
have come to pass in recent years, to discover the needs of the
country, how to meet these needs, and which fields of endeavor are
most fruitful. Text books: Minutes of the General Assembly,
parallel readings. Middle year, nine lectures.

736. Methods of Efficiency. In this course we study the
program of the country preacher, for himself, the church, the
community, and his relationship to other agencies working for
community advancement. The aim of. this course is to discover
every-day problems of the country preacher and mission worker,
with a view to finding their solution, 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.

Hours for the course in the country church will be arranged.

STUDENT'S ROOM

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The Schedule

The following schedule became effective 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 unprepared
men in the departments of New Testament Exegesis and
English Bible.

8 An open Monday, without congestion on other days.

9 Columbia Seminary brought into line with the practice
in many of the best educational instituitons, and given a
place of. distinction among Theological Seminaries.
10 Gives time and opportunity for supplementary and col-
lateral reading and for proper correlation as a result of
such reading.

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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 Testament Exegesis fol-
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Class Schedule, 1930-31

Tuesday

to
Saturday

Fall Quarter

Winter Quarter

Spring Quarter

8:30

511. History

321. N. T. Exegesis

644. Eng. Bible

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

513. History

323. N. T. Exegesis

645. Eng. Bible

9:30

712. Homiletics
623. Eng. Bible
344. N. T. Exegesis

611. Eng. Bible

421. Theology

*** N. T. Elxegesis

612. Eng. Bible

422. Theology

347 N. T. Exegesis

10:30

Chapel

Chapel

Chapel

11:00

**422. Theology

433. Theology

434. Theology
445. Ethics

12:00

111. Hebrew
238. Apologetics

112. Hebrew
534. History

113. Hebrew
*** History

1:00

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1:30

300a. Greek
144. Hebrew

300a. Greek
145. Hebrew

300b. Greek
146. Hebrew

2:30

600a. Eng. Bible

600b. Eng. Bible

600c. Eng. Bible

4:00

244. O. T. Exegesis

245. O. T. Exegesis

5:00

221. O. T. Exegesis

222. O. T. Exegesis

223. O. T. Exegesis

6:00

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

*Not given in 1930-31.
: *In 1930-31 the Seniors will take Theology 422, 433, 434.

***Course to be selected from electives offered.

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. No charge is made for tuition, room rent, fuel, light
or library fees. The rooms are furnished with the exception of
towels. The dormitories are cared for without cost to the student.

Board. The boarding department is efficiently administered.
Wholesome, nourishing and well balanced meals are furnished at
five dollars per week. In no other educational institution are
better meals provided.

Textbooks. Books are furnished from our book store at re-
duced 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 will be determ-
ined in large measure by the temperament and disposition of the
individual. A careful student will keep this incidental expense
within a reasonable limit.

With the financial aid provided for candidates under the care
of our Presbyteries, many students on our Campus meet all ex-
penses, 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 Committee of
Christian Education and Ministerial Relief, Louisville, Kentucky,
provides a loan each year without interest. This loan is to be re-
paid under conditions prescribed by the General Assembly. The
last General Assembly fixed the amount of this loan at $125.

This loan is available for all regular students. Application for
the loan should be made through the Chairman of the Committee
of Christian Education in the Presbytery. The Seminary will be
glad to furnish information and to render assistance in the matter.

The payment of this loan is usually made in four installments.
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 neces-
sary, an annual scholarship of $150. In order to obtain this

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scholarship the student must present with his application a writ-
ten statement from the Chairman of Christian Education in his
Presbytery recommending that the scholarshp be granted.

Student Loan Funds

The Ives Loan Fund, by Mrs. S. E. Ives, First Presby-
terian Church, Orlando, Fla $ 600.00

The James Bailey Magruder, Senior and Junior, Loan
Fund, by Mrs. James B. Magruder, First Presby-
terian 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 328.00

The Margaret Bensell Loan Fund. From the Trustees

of the Presbyterian Hospital of Atlanta 1,100.06

Naomi Mitchell Simons Memorial Fund, given by Mr.

and Mrs. A. T. Simons, Birmingham, Ala 150.00

F. M. Grissett Loan Fund 70.00

W. M. McPheeters Loan Fund 25.00

A Special Benefit Fund, for medical and surgical care of
students, from Columbia Friends, through Mrs. T.
S. Brvan. Balance in Fund 45.48

Reserve 12.00

Total $2,780.54

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 the Second Presbyterian Church of Charleston, South Carolina,
a lectureship has been established, called the Thomas Smyth

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Foundation. 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 of lectures on the fundamental principles of the
Christian faith.

The funds bequeathed by Dr. Smyth to found this lectureship
amount to $10,000. For the past eighteen 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 en-
gaged in Atlanta and throughout the South, in practically 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, \oung 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 Mission-
ary Inquiry was founded for the purpose of furthering an interest
in missions, both at home and abroad. It has been greatly
strengthened since the removal of the Seminary to Atlanta.

Regular meetings are held each Tuesday evening. At these
meetings various phases of Christian work are discussed by stu-
dents who are appointed in advance, or by specially invited speak-
ers. For two successive years the Society has conducted the
"Week-of-Prayer" for Foreign Missions, using as speakers our
foreign missionaries who are on furlough. Each year a liberal
offering has been made at the close of the week.

Under direction of the Society, the members visit and conduct
services in city missions, county homes, prisons and prison camps,
and other institutions; they render special programs in Young
People's Societies and churches; and give regular assistance in
near-by Sunday Schools.

"The J. Leighton Wilson Missionary Room" has been opened
in Campbell Hall. The room contains a number of highly prized
missionary books, curios, and trophies. This collection dates back

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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 Brainard.
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.

The Student Volunteer Group

The members of the Student Volunteer Movement in the Semi-
nary take an active part in the work of the Society of Misisonary
Inquiry, and in addition they study, in fellowship among them-
selves and co-operation with the Student Volunteer L'nions of
Atlanta, matters of special interest concerning missionary prep-
aration. In order to quicken the missionary spirit of the churches,
special deputations render, 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 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 Auxil-
iary meetings, public schools, men's luncheon 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. Bv invitation, the Quartette has rendered an accept-
able program over the radio station, WSB, of the Atlanta Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.

The quartette have opportunity to form pleasant and profitable
contacts, and to render real service to the Seminary, the Church,
and the Kingdom.

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Religious Exercises

Daily prayers are conducted in the chapel by the faculty.
Various meetings for worship are maintained by the students.

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

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Opportunities for Observing Religious Work

The City of Atlanta furnishes to the students various oppor-
tunities for engaging in active religious work. Within the metro-
politan area every type of church and every form of Christian ac-
tivity is found. This gives opportunity to study the work of.
tvpical churches, both of our own and of other denominations.
In the outlying agricultural districts, and in the villages and towns
which lie within easy reach of the Seminary, the students have
opportunity to study under most favorable conditions, church
work in the rural and small town communities. This ideal loca-
tion furnishes exceptional advantages of a clinical nature for the
thorough preparation of ministers equipped for every task which
the church faces.

Home Mission Activities

In addition to the training which results from observation of
others at work, the churches of Atlanta and the surrounding coun-
try offer many and varied opportunities for mission work. The
churches of the city have well organized Sunday Schools, and
young people's societies. The students of the Seminary are ex-
pected to take an active part in the work of these church organiza-
tions.

A number of the students are engaged by the home mission
committees within easy reach of Atlanta, to supply home mission
fields, and to assist in other forms of Christian work. There is
opportunity for a number of students to engage in supply work
and other forms of religious activity, for which a reasonable
remuneration is provided.

Atlanta Presbytery fosters a vigorous work among the colored
people. This is considered one of the most important features of
its work, and gives opportunity for special training in this field,
which in the South constitutes one of our most fruitful opportuni-
ties 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 to sup-
ply vacant churches, provided absence from the campus does not
conflict with their Seminary duties. Many mission churches are

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supplied by members of the senior and middle classes. Except
in special cases, members of the junior class are not permitted to
undertake regular work.

No student should undertake regular work oftener than twice a
month. Where necessity compels a student to engage 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 theological literature
in the South. It forms an important adjunct to the work carried
on in the class-rooms. In it are incorporated 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. M.
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.
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 additional volumes.
This generous bequest makes it possible for our library to pur-
chase such books as are needed each year for the proper develop-
ment of the library facilities, and assures the continual addition to
the library of indispensable new books.

A Generous Gift

The Rev. Thornton Whaling, D. D., LL. D., for ten years Presi-
dent of Columbia Theological Seminary and Professor in the
department of Systematic Theology, has presented to the Colum-
bia Seminary Library his magnificent selection of books, consist-
ing of approximately two thousand volumes.

This library represents the result of a life spent with books in
the study of Theology and related subjects. Dr. Whaling's
Library is especially rich in the fields of Theology, Philosophy,
Psychology and Biography. No man in the church is better quali-
fied to select a library suitable for a minister's study.

Because of the rich and varied character of this collection of
books, it is preserved in our reference library as a separate col-
lection, in order that students and others may have opportunity
to see what constitutes a practical working library for an effective
and successful ministry. The addition of Dr. Whaling's Library
greatly enriches the already valuable library of the Seminary.

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General Information

Reports to Presbyteries

At the close of each term a report will be sent to the Presbytery.
This report will set forth all facts with reference to the student's
attendance, punctuality, deportment, diligence, and class standing.

Wilds Book Prize

Louis T. Wilds, Esq., a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian
Church, Columbia, S. C, has given the Seminary the sum of five
hundred dollars, to provide an annual book prize. At the close
of each session the proceeds of the gift are invested in books for a
student selected by the Faculty.

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 annually. Dr. Whitner has established this Fellow-
ship as a memorial to his mother who was an earnest, consecrated
and devoted Christian. 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 institu-
tion.

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Roll of Students

Senior Class

Name

Isaac Moultrie Bagnal. A. B.
Presbyterian College

Wriston Hartsell

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

Presbyterian College
Atlanta Dental College

John Gilbert Kirckhoff. B. D.

Atlanta Theological Seminary

William Alderman Linton.
B. S. in E. E.. M. A.

Residence

Manning, S. C.

Franklin. Ky
Blacksock, S. C.

Baltimore. Md.
Chunju, Korea

Georgia Tech

Teachers College, Columbia University

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

* Robert White Montgomery
Presbyterian College

Cornelius, N. C.
Jackson. Miss.
Augusta. Ga.
Shreveport. La.
Albany. Ga.
Cuba. Ala.
Bishopville, S. C.

Ansley Cunningham Moore. Ph. B. Decatur, Ga.
Emory University

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

Shenandoah College
Providence University

William Ozi Nelson

George Washington University

Oscar Emanuel Sanden. Jr.

Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Louisiana State University
N. Park College

Raphine, Va.

Fayetteville. Tenn.
DeRidder. La.

Presbytery
Harmony

Muhlenburg
Bethel

Cherokee
South West Georgia

Mecklenburg

Central Mississippi

Augusta

Red River

South West Georgia

East Alabama

Harmony

Atlanta

Atlanta

Potomac
Louisiana

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Name

Robert Vick Sapp

Presbyterian College

St. Johns College

U. S. Naval Academy

James Russell Young

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

* Dropped from roll.

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Residence
Jacksonville. Fla.

Pittston, Pa.

Presbytery
Suwannee

Atlanta

Wallace McPherson Alston,
A. B., A. M.

Emory University
University of Chicago

Middle Class

Decatur. Ga.

William Greene Gregory

Oglethorpe Business College

Coleman, Fla.

Henry Peter Joseph L'heureux, A. B. Chattanooga, Tenn.
Presbyterian College

Peter Marshall

Technical College, Scotland

Lewis Belton Metts

Presbyterian College
University of S. C.

Dwyn Milton Mounger, A. B.
Millsaps College

Birmingham, Ala.
Blacksburg, S. C.

Collins, Miss.

Harry Frederick Petersen, Jr., A. B. Atlanta. Ga.
Davidson College

James Walton Stewart, Jr., A. B.

Alabama Tech
Presbyterian College

Rudolph McKelney Stoddard
Presbyterian College

Cecil Asbury Thompson, A. B.
University of Florida

Paul Patterson Thrower, A. B.
Davidson College

Malcolm Carmichael Williamson
Presbyterian College

*Dropped from roll.

Atlanta. Ga.

Pelzer, S. C.
Gainesville, Fla.
Pineville, N. C.
Hamer, S. C.

Atlanta

Suwannee

Knoxville

Birmingham

Congaree

Meridian
Atlanta
Atlanta

Enoree

Suwannee

Mecklenburg

Pee Dee

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Junior Class

Name

Bennie Lee Bond, A. B.
Mercer University

Timothy Rogers Campbell, A. B.
Presbyterian College

James Daniel Carter, B. S.

Kings College, Bristol, Tenn.
University of Chattanooga

A. Clarke Dean, B. S. E. E.

University of Florida
Chicago Theological Seminary

Clyde Foushee

Elon College

Thomas Hancock Grafton, A. B.
Presbyterian College

Cecil Albert Jarman, A. B.

Atlantic Christian College

Residence Presbytery

Avondale Estates, Ga. Baptist

Hamer, S. C. Pee Dee

Decatur, Ga. Atlanta

Whitney, Fla. St. Johns

Elon College, N. C. Fayetteville
Hai Chow, Ku, China South Carolina

Richland, N. C.

John Theodore Nissen Keels, A. B. Columbia, S. C.
Presbyterian College

Stewart Holderness Long, A. B. Sanford, Fla.

Davidson College

Mack Carmichael Macqueen, A. B. Little Rock, S. C.

Davidson College

William Massey Mclnnis, A. B.

Presbyterian College

James Boyce Nelson

University of Louisville

Warren Niles Potts

University of Mississippi
Moody Bible Institute

William Hoyt Pruitt. A. B.

Presbyterian College

Edward Vandiver Ramage
Davidson College
Emory University

James Lewis Russell

Presbyterian College

Robert Young Russell
Presbyterian College

David W. Shepherd. A. B.
Elon College

James Clyde Plexico
John Carl Bridaes

Red Springs, N. C.
Louisville, Ky.

Christian
Congaree
St. Johns
Pee Dee
Pee Dee
Louisville

Kosciusko, Miss. Central Mississippi

Anderson. S. C.

Piedmont

Decatur, Ga.

Atlanta

Sharon, S. C.

Bethel

Sharon, S. C.

Bethel

Elon College, N. C.

Christian

Special

Waynesboro, Ga.

Augusta

Blacksburg, S. C.

Bethel

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Special Seminar Courses

Name
Rev. E. L. Barber
Rev. F. C. Talmage
Rev. A. R. Howland
Rev. Harold Shields
Rev. E. L. Flanagan

Presbytery
Carrollton, Ga.
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta

Representation

Educational Institutions

Alabama Tech

Atlanta Christian College

Atlanta Dental College

Atlanta Theological Seminary

Asbury College

Bible Institute, Los Angeles

Bible School, Park, N. Y.__

Coatbridge Secondary School

Columbia University, Teachers Col.

Davidson College

Elon College

Emory University

George Washington University

Georgia Tech

Kings College, Bristol, Tenn

Millsaps College

Mercer University

Moody Bible Institute

Nacoochee Institute

N. Park College

Oglethorpe Business College

Practical Bible Training Schools

Presbyterian College 1

Providence University

Royal Tech College, Scotland

Skerry's College, Glasgow

Shenandoah College

Southwestern

Theological Seminary, Chicago ___

Union Theological Seminary

United States Naval Academy___

University of Chicago

University of Florida

University of South Carolina

University of Tennessee

University of Kentucky

University of Louisiana

University of Mississippi

University of Chattanooga

39 Educational Institutions represented.

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Presbyteries Represented

Atlanta

8

Mecklenburg

Meridian

Muhlenburg

2

Aususta

Bethel _

issippi

teries repre

^ented-

__ 2
__ 4
__ 1

__ 2
2

__ 1
__ 1

__ 2
_. 1
__ 1
__ 1
-23.

Birmingham
Central Miss

Congaree

Enoree

Pee Dee

Piedmont

Potomac

Red River

4

Fayetteville _

Harmony

Knoxville

Suwannee

South West Georgia

Tuscaloosa

3

Louisville

Louisiana

Total Presln

St. Johns

2

States and Countries Represented

Alabama 2

Florida 5

Georgia 9

Kentucky 2

Louisiana 1

Maryland 1

Mississippi 3

14 States and Countries represented.

North Carolina 6

Pennsylvania 1

South Carolina 13

Tennessee 2

Virginia 1

Korea 1

China 1

( 1 1APEL COLUMBIA. S. C.

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