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BULLETIN
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CATALOGUE
1930-1931
ANNOUNCEMENT
1931-1932
Published Quarterly at
DECATUR, GEORGIA
Volume XXIV May, 1931 No. 1
Entered aa Second Class Matter May 9, 1928, at the Postoffice at Decatur, Georgia,
Under the Act of August 24, 1912.
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DECATUR, GEORGIA
Under Control of the Synods of
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina
Founded December 15th, 1928
Lexington, Georgia, 1828-1830
Columbia, South Carolina, 1830-1927
Greater Atlanta, 1927
Catalogue
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CALENDAR
Spring Quarter, 1931
Sunday. May 17.
11:00 A.M. Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. Samuel J. Cartledge. D. D.
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
8:00 P.M. Address before Society of Missionary Inquiry. Rev. Trevor
Mordecai, D. D. Druid Hills Presbyterian Church.
Monday, May 18.
6:00 P.M. Alumni Dinner.
7:30 P.M. Reunion of Classes.
Tuesday. May 19.
9:00 A. M. Annual meeting of the Board of Director-.
Wednesday, May 20.
10:30 A.M. Commencement exercises in Seminar] Chapel.
Address t<> the Graduating Class.
Rev. J. B. Mutton. I). D.. Jackson, Miss.
Conferring of Degrees and Presentation oi Certificates.
Session 1931-32
Fall Quarter
Thursday, Sept. 10. 11:00 A. M. Session begins.
Chapel Services. Address. Matriculation. Announcements.
Tuesday, Nov. 17. 8:30 \. M. Examinations, Fall Quarter.
Winter Quarter
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 8:30 Class work resumed.
Thursday. Nov. 26 Reces>. Thanksgiving Day.
Wednesday, Dec. 23. at 1:00 P. M. Christmas vacation begins.
Tuesday. January 5, at 8:30 A. M. Class \\<>rk resumed.
Tuesday, Feb. 16. at 8:30 -Examinations.
Spring Quarter
Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 8:30 A. M. Class work resumed.
Tuesday. May 3. at 8:30 A. M. Examinations.
Sunday, May 8 Baccalaureate Sermon and Missionary Address.
Monday, Ma\ 9 Alumni Reunions.
Tuesday, May L0 Meeting ol Board oi Directors.
Wednesday, Ma\ 11. 10:30 A. M. Graduating Exercises.
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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
Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Asst. Secretary
Class Going Out 1931
J. A. McClure, D. D St. Petersburg, 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 Suinter, S. C.
0. M. Anderson, D. D. Water Valley, Miss.
A. L. Patterson, D. D. Savannah, Ga.
Alexander Sprunt, D. D . Charleston, S. C.
Class Going Out 1933
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.
John McSween, D. D. Clinton, S. C.
J. B. Hutton, D. D Jackson, Miss.
J. Sprole Lyons, D. D Atlanta, Ga.
Executive Committee
J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman
F. K. Sims,- Secretary
E. L. Hill J. Sprole Lyons D. W. Robinson
Finance Committee
J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman
C. H. Baldwin J. C. Copeland D. W. Robinson
W. D. Beatie J. S. Kennedy H. Lane Young
J. S. Kennedy, Atlanta, Ga. Treasurer
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FACULTY
Rev. William M. McPheeters. D. D.. LL. D..
Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, and Apologetics.
Rev. Melton Clark. A. B.. B. D.. D. D.
Professor of the English Bible. Pastoral Theology and Religious Education.
Rev. Edgar D. Kerr. A. B.. B. L).. D. D..
Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages.
Rev. James B. Green, A. B., D. D..
Professor of Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics and Homiletics.
Rev. Wm. Childs Robinson, A. B., A. M.. B. I).. Th. M.. Th. D., D. D..
Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity and Mi ion-.
Rev. Samuel A. Cartledge. A. B.. A. M.. B. 1).. Ph. D.,
\ociatc Professor ol \eu If-tamenl Literature and Exegesis.
Rev. Henry W. McLaughlin, 1). D..
Instructor in Country Church Work.
Mr. Wallace McPherson Alston, \. B., \. M..
Instructor in Introductory Greek.
Mr. Thomas Hancock Grafton, \. B..
Instructor in English Bible.
Mr. D. M. Mounger, A. B.,
Assistant in Old Testament, 1930-1931.
Administrative Officers
Melton Clark. \ ice President
Samuel A. Cartledge, Clerk of the Faculty
Wm. C. Robinson. Librarian
Miss C. Virginia Harrison. Bursar
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GRADUATING CLASS OF 1930
THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DIVINITY
Isaac Moultrie Bagnal. A. B South Carolina
William Alderman Linton. A. B Korea
Charles Raymond McCarty. A. B Georgia
Ralph Emerson MoCaskill. A. B Louisiana
Charles Goddard McClure. B. S Georgia
Ansley Cunningham Moore, Ph. B Georgia
Elmer Earle Neff, A. B.. M. A. Virginia
CERTIFICATES WITHOl T GRADUATION
John Carl Bridges South Carolina
\\ riston Hartsell Kentucky
Alexander George Kennedy South Carolina
John Gilbert Kirckhotl ...Maryland
Espy Franklin Lotherj North Carolina
Reginald Shaw Lowe Mississippi
Frank Hamilton McElroy Alahama
\\ illiam Ozi Nelson Tennessee
James Clyde Plexko Georgia
(Oscar Emanuel Sanden, Jr. Louisiana
Kohcrt Vick Sapp Florida
James Russell Young Pennsylvania
\\ ILDS BOOK PRIZE
Elmer Earle N<-fT Raphine. \ a.
ANNA CHURCH WHITNER FELLOWSHIP
Isaac Moultrie Baenal Manning. S. C.
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SPECIAL LECTURERS
Dr. S. L. Morris Atlanta
Dr. Stuart R. Oglesby, Jr Atlanta
Rev. C. B. Williams Atlanta
Rev. T. P. Burgess Decatur
Dr. Robert Ivey Atlanta
Rev. Herman Turner Atlanta
Rev. F. C. Talmage Atlanta
Rev. Ralph B. Hawkins Avondale Estates, Ga.
Dr. H. W. McLaughlin Richmond, Va.
Dr. J. S. Nisbet Korea
Mr. Homer Hammontree Chicago
Rev. Charles L. Smith Atlanta
Mr. Raymond Currier New York
Rev. C. N. Caldwell China
Rev. Ralph E. Stewart Atlanta
Dr. John M. Dean
Rev. W. G. Neville Brazil
Rev. J. M. Hawkins Decatur
Rev. E. H. Hamilton China
Rev. W. E. Crane Atlanta
Dr. J. H. Patton Marietta, Ga.
Dr. J. B. Ficklen Decatur
Dr. F. H. Barron Louisville, Ky.
Dr. W. W. Alexander Atlanta
Dr. J. E. Moore Japan
Dr. John McSween Clinton, S. C.
Dr. William Anderson Dallas, Texas
Rev. S. Wilkes Dendy Cairo, Ga.
Rev. A. R. Batchelor Gainesville, Fla.
Dr. Thos. W. Currie Austin, Texas
Rev. Paul Berman Baltimore, Md.
Rev. J. V. N. Talmage Korea
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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. In 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 was 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 lo-
cated 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 responsibility and influence, and who have rendered large serv-
ice 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.
In the fall of 1924 the controlling Synods of Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and South Carolina, on recommendation of the Board
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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 $500,000 would he 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 8312,000 for buildings, and provided a beauti-
ful 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 I I.
1927, the Seminary was opened in its new home.
In 1928 the Centennial of the founding of. the Seminar) 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 accom-
plished and by the enthusiasm with which the Church through-
out our constituency has rallied to the support of her Seminar) .
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 present
the following credentials:
111 A letter from the pastor or session of the church of which
he is a member, stating that he is in ull communion with the
church, possesses good natural talents, and is of a discreet de-
portment. 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 ap-
plying for admission is expected to present a statement from his
Presbytery authorizing him to enter this Seminar) .
(2) A college diploma or certificate showing ihe 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.
Collegiate Preparation
The academic degree offered upon entrance to the Seminary
should represent four years of collegiate work. Other degrees
than that of Bachelor oi Arts, showing the completion of an ade-
quate collegiate course will be accepted as satisfying the academic
requirements for admission to the Seminar) : but the classical
course of study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Art- i^ the
normal course of preparation for the Seminary.
Adequate time should be given to Latin and GreeV, Philosophy.
Bible History, Ancient and Modern History, the English Lan-
guage, 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.
Students found to be inadequately prepared are offered courses
in New Testament Greek during the first year in the Seminary.
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The regular courses in the Greek 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, receive
a certificate 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. English Bible a
*714. Country Church
Spring Quarter
113. Hebrew
513. History
612. English Bible
221. O. T. Exegesis
321. N. T. Exegesis
623. English Bibb- ^
MIDDLE
Required
222. O. T. Exegesis
322. N. T. Exegesis
121. Theolog}
:: 72S. 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
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Elective
144. Hebrew
244. 0. T. Exegesis
*** N. T. Exegesis
644. English Bible
145. Hebrew
245. O. T. Exegesis
*** N. T. Exegesis
741. Past'l Theology/^
and Education
**Course to be selected from electives offered.
*Country church courses la>t <ml\ two weeks.
146. Hebrew
*** N. T. Exegesis
445. Ethics
Historj
645. English Bible
300a. Greek
600a. English Bible
INTRODUCTORY
300a. Greek 300b. Greek
600b. English Bible 600c. English Bible
SEMINAR
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.
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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 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.
Examinations
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.
Grades
At the close of each quarter, grades are sent to all students and
their Presbyteries. A represents 95-100; B, 90-94; C, 85-89; D,
80-84; E, 75-79; F, failure, below 75. Students who graduate
with an average of 95 or over and who have no grade below 90,
graduate "magna cum laude," and that fact is noted on their
diplomas. The distinction of "cum laude" is given to those stu-
dents whose average is 90-94 and who have no grade below 85.
The Faculty has recommended that the Board grant them the priv-
ilege of exempting seniors from the final examinations in sub-
jects in which their grades are B or above.
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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 He-
brew. 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 lan-
guage 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: 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 in 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
vocabulary 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 Writings. 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, courses will be given to qualified students in
Aramaic and Arabic. The number of hours and the particular
nature of the course will be determined by the needs and oppor-
tunities of the students. Seminar, hours to be arranged. Work
in these cognate languages may be substituted for a Hebrew
Elective.
II. Old Testament Literature and Exegesis
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 func-
tion 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 appli-
cation 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 quarter
a gradual beginning is made in exegetical praxis. Middle year,
fall quarter.
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222. Exegetical Praxis. The work of applying the princi-
ples 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 rela-
tion 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 supplemented by parallel reading, the purpose of which is to
acquaint the student with the history and schools of interpreta-
tion; the literary forms of the Old Testament, and similar mat-
ters. 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 class-room 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.
257. 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.
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Apologetics
Dr. McPheeters, Dr. Robinson
238. Apologetics. Function of Apologetics; the present sit-
uation in the field of Apologetics, especially 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. Mir-
acle as currently and as correctly conceived. Bibliogical Apolo-
getics: the doctrine of Holy Scripture, including revelation and in-
spiration. The apologetic argument from prophecy. Lectures,
text book, parallel reading, theses. Senior year, fall quarter.
The professors reserve the right to modify any of the foregoing
courses, as in their judgment may conduce most to the advantage
of each class.
III. New Testament Literature and Exegesis
Dr. Cartledge
Mr. Alston, 1929-1931
Mr. McGee, 19.il-
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. Students in this de-
partment are expected to acquaint themselves with the trends of
New Testament criticism, radical and conservative, through the
lectures, daily assigned reading, and parallel reading.
All work in this department is on the basis of the Greek text.
As the required work starts in the middle year, students who
enter without sufficient Greek preparation can fit themselves to
take the regular work with their class 1>\ taking the introductory
couses offered in the Junior year.
Aside from the daily assignments, a certain amount of parallel
reading, in English or Greek or both, is required with each course.
Term papers are assigned with most courses, so that students may
acquire some facility in the technique of investigating rather
thoroughly some of the typical problems in the field.
321. General Introduction and the Epistle to the Gala-
tians. Along with the detailed exegesis of, and special introduction
to, Galatians, a study is made of such introductory subjects as
the following: The Inter-Biblical period; The Language of the
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New Testament, its characteristics and relation to antecedent and
contemporary Greek; The Principles of Textual Criticism; The
Canon; and The Principles of Grammatico-historical Exegesis.
Required, middle year, fall quarter.
322. The Synoptic Gospels. A study of the literature of
the Life of Christ, the extent and character of the sources, the
literary and historical character of the Synoptic Gospels, and the
synoptic problem. Exegesis of one of the Gospels and a com-
parison, through a Greek harmony, of the others. Required,
middle year, winter quarter.
323. The Acts of the Apostles. Exegesis of, and special
introduction to, the book of Acts. A brief introduction to the
Pauline letters and the chronology of the apostolic age. Re-
quired, middle year, spring quarter.
344. The Book of Romans. Introduction and exegesis. An
intensive study of the great doctrines of the Epistle. Elective,
hours to be arranged.
345. The Life and Religion of Paul. This course is de-
signed for those wishing to do advanced research work in the
New Testament. An intensive study will be made of various
critical questions connected with this subject, such as chronology,
the Mystery Religions, Judaism, Hellenism, etc. Elective, hours
to be arranged.
346. The Epistle to the Hebrews. An intensive study of
the Greek of the Epistle and of introductory matters. Special
study will be made of the use of the Old Testament in the Epistle.
Elective, hours to be arranged.
347. The Catholic Epistles. Introduction to, and exegesis
of, selected ones of the General Letters of the New Testament.
Elective, hours to be arranged.
348. The Gospel of John. Introduction and exegesis. Em-
phasis will be placed on such critical questions as authorship,
date, relation to the Synoptics, historicity, etc. Elective, hours
to be arranged.
349. The Book of Revelation. Introduction and exegesis.
Students will be expected to acquaint themselves as thoroughly
as possible with as many different methods of interpretation of
this book as possible. Seminar, elective, hours to be arranged.
350. The Text and Canon of the New Testament. An
advanced seminar course for students who wish to pursue these
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studies further than the introductory course 321. Elective, hours
to be arranged.
351. The Greek of the New Testament Period. Read-
ings in the New Testament, the Septuagint, Epictetus, the papyri,
etc. Emphasis will be placed on grammar and lexicography.
Elective, hours to be arranged.
Regularly, three of the elective courses will be given each year.
They will be selected by the professor to meet the needs and
wishes of students electing them. For 1931-1932, the probable
courses will be 346, 348, and 349 or 347.
Mr. Alston
Mr. McGee
300-a. Beginners Grammar. A course in New Testament
Greek for beginners will be offered to all students of the enter-
ing class who are not prepared for the work of the regular class
in New Testament Literature and Exegesis. The class will meet
five times a week throughout the first and second quarters, or
until the grammar is completed.
300-b. Readings 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 complete the
preparation of the class. Opportunit\ will be given during this
second course for students who have only 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 re-
fresh themselves in the Greek Language before taking up the work
in Exegesis. The class meets five times a week the remainder
of the second quarter and 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
embraces such matters as definition, method, source, the Scrip-
tures, etc. Theology Proper is distributed as follows: theism,
anti-theism, nature and attributes of God, Deity of Christ, na-
ture and office-work of the Holy Spirit, the decree of God, the
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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. 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 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 Institu-
tions logically divide the field of Church history. The grouping
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of subjects in this department accentuates the practical desirabil-
ity of this logical division.
511. History of Christian Missions. The aim of this course
is twofold: to present a telescopic view of the course of Church
History, and to study the missionary movements and figures there-
in. The essentially missionary character of Christianity is found
in its nature THE revealed religion; in its historical foundation
the Messianic consciousness 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 pas-
sion and perspective at the beginning of his work, develop it
throughout, and so go forth a missionary pastor, or worker,
worthy of the missionary traditions of our Seminary and Church.
The last part of this course will be devoted to the study of the
report of the Chattanooga Congress on World Missions. 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 vear,
winter quarter.
513. History of Christian Thought The Reformation
v\n 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 largel)
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 tlie United States. The
rise and development of Liberal Theology in America. Junior
vear. 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
f tin* changes which this primitive organization has undergone:
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Sacerdotalism; the Church and the Empires; 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 in the gov-
ernment of the early Christian Church. Senior year, winter
quarter.
545-550. 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 1931-32, and will be arranged according to the wishes
of the students and the time at the disposal of the professor:
545. The Life and Doctrine of John Calvin.
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-
ern. Given 1931.
348. The History of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
This course was especially offered for the nineteen hundredth an-
niversary of Pentecost. Given 1930.
549. The Church in America.
550. History of Non-Christian Faiths. Given 1931.
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
minister must know His Book, and be able to organize the material
secured through study, if he would lead others to a knowledge of
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its message. The method used: Assignment of work is made for
each recitation, that the student may acquire for himself an ef-
fective 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 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 Psalter 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 minor.*' We study the Psalms to
find how a sin-burdened man i> led into the arms of a gracious
God.
In Jeremiah the earnest student sees a strongly beautiful life of
niter self forget fulness, 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-
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ion placed him, and not Isaiah, first among the great prophets
the order being Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah. The aim of the
course is to know the strange and unhappy man, and to under-
stand the life, so Christlike, and the message, now so little known
to the Church. Senior year, elective, spring quarter.
Introductory English Bible
Thomas H. Grafton
600-a. The Herbews Under The:r Kings. A survey of the
national life of the Chosen People from Eli to the Captivity.
Samuel, Kings, Chronicles. The political and religious institu-
tions of the Israelites in the time of Samuel, David, and Solomon,
and later in Ephraim and Judah. The rise of the prophets and
their message. Lessons from the lives of the kings. Brief intro-
ductory studies for each of these six books. Fall Quarter.
600-b. Isaiah. A careful analysis and critical treatment of
the book with the commentaries of Skinner, George Adam Smith,
Cheyne, and Alexander. Its message to Judah as related to the
modern world. Social and economic issues. Teachings political
and theological. Special study of preaching material for the
presentday preacher. The Messianic prophecies in their original
setting. 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.
Not to be given 1931-1932.
Note Courses 600a, 600b, and 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. They are elective, but will be re-
quired 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
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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
surrounding community.
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 care-
ful study 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 Assemi>lv
and Synod, are brought to the Seminary to explain the work in
their own departments. The course studied includes: I 1 I Church
organization and administration. (2l \ isitation and other forms
of pastoral service, (3) Place of Religious Education. (4 I Organ-
ization and administration 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.
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,
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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 institutions, 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.
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-
lows Hebrew.
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Class Schedule, 1931-32
Tuesday
to
Saturday
Fall Quarter
Winter Quarter
Spring Quarter
8:30
511. History
644. Eng. Bible W
221. O. T. Exegesis
512. History fe.
741. Pastoral The<ogy
and Relig's Educ'n
222. O. T. Exegesis
513. History -C
645. Eng. Bible ^
223. O. T. Exegesis
9:30
712. Homiletics
623. Eng. Bible *~
*** N. T. Exegesis
611. Eng. Bible f
421. Theology
*** N. T. Exegesis
612. Eng. Bible "
422. Theology
*** N. T. Exegesis
10:30
Chapel
Chapel
Chapel
11:00
321. N. T. Exegesis
433. Theology
322. N. T. Exegesis
434. Theology
323. N. T. Exegesis
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
6:00
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
***Ccursc> 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
Xo 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 hoarding department is efficiently administered
by Mrs. Edna Phinizy. Wholesome, nourishing and well-balanced
meals are furnished at five dollars per week. In no other educa-
tional institution are better meals provided.
Textbooks. Books are furnished from our book store at re-
duced prices. Any student may. i f . 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 b\ the temperament and disposition of the
individual. A careful student will keep this incidental c pense
within a reasonable limit.
\\ ith the financial aid provided for candidates under the care
of our Presbyteries, many students on cur campus meet all ex-
penses, including board, books and incidentals. \ student should
|}e able to provide, from other sources, enough to care for his
transportation and clothing. After the first war i:i the Seminary,
this additional expense ma) be supplemented by summer work.
Financial Aid
Lows 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 urder conditions prescribed by the General Assembly. The
General Assembly fixed the amount of this loan at $100.00.
This loan is available for all regular students. Application or
the loan should be made through the Chairman of the Committee
of Christian Education in the Presbytery. The Seminary will be
glad to furnish informal ion 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 oilier three at
intervals of sixt\ da\s.
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, 1st have exhausted his own resources
and have exercised the opportunity to borrow from the Assembly's
Executive Committee of Education and, 2nd, present with his ap-
plication a written statement from the Chairman of Christian
Education in his Presbytery recommending that the scholarship
be granted.
SUPPLEMENTARY WORK
In addition to the prescribed courses 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
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 twenty-one years distinguished
lecturers have treated a large variety of themes, doctrinal, critical,
practical, archaelogical 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, 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 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.
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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- highlv 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 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.
In February, 1931, the Society celebrated its centennial. Dr. J.
0. Reavis, Dr. S. L. Morris, and Dr. Darby Fulton gave addresses
to the Society and its friends. A pageant was presented, depicting
"A Century of Service/* A resume of the pageant was presented
before the Chattanooga Congress on World Missions at the re-
quest of. the authorities of the Congress.
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 Missionary
Inquiry, and in addition they study, in fellowship among them-
selves and co-operation with the Student Volunteer Unions 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
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people's societies, Men of the Church meetings, Woman's Auxil-
iary meetings, public schools, colleges, conventions, men's lunch-
eon clubs, women's clubs, evangelistic meetings, hospitals,
prisons, and at other places. In doing this, several of the Synods
in our territory have been visited. By invitation, the Quartette
has rendered, from time to time, acceptable programs over the
radio station, WSB, of the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia.
The quartette has opportunity to form pleasant and profitable
contacts, and to render real service to the Seminary, the Church,
and the Kingdom.
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 mat-
ter of the sermons and the manner of their delivery. These criti-
cisms are privately conducted.
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
typical 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
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
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.
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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 re-
muneration 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 oppor-
tunities 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
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 necessitx 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 Columbia Seminar) i- probably the most
extensive and the most valuable collection of theological liter-
ature 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., Rev. J. W. Flinn. D. D., Rev. Thornton Whaley, D. D. New
books are being continually added. The libraries of the pro-
fessors, 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 witli a gift of $10,000. The income
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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 facilties, and assures the continual addition to
the library of indispensable new books.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Reports to Presbyteries
At the close of each term a report wall be sent to the Presbytery.
This report will set forth all facts with reference to 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.
Physical Culture
A minister to-day needs a strong, healthy body. The Seminary
encourages students to take regular exercise. On the campus,
there are tennis courts, a volley ball court, and a baseball field.
A neighboring golf course has been kindly allowing students to
play free; besides this, the city of Atlanta has several municipal
courses. Basketball is frequently played in the gymnasium of
the Decatur Presbyterian Church. The splendid climate of At-
lanta and the equipment of the Seminary make it possible for
students to engage in open-air athletics practically every day.
Cultural Advantages
Greater Atlanta, an educational center with a population of
350,000, offers many advantages in a social and cultural
way. Besides the Seminary, there are Agnes Scott College, Emory
University, Oglethorpe University, the Georgia School of Tech-
nology, and many others. These schools draw many outstanding
men and women to the city, and, together with other groups and
organizations, go far towards making Atlanta one of the most
important centers in the South for scholarship, art, music, and
culture in general.
Buildings and Equipment
The physical equipment of Columbia Seminary in Decatur is
absolutely modern and up-to-date. The units completed are the
dormitory, which is in four sections; the administration building,
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I Campbell Hall ) which includes offices, class rooms, the library,
the chapel, the dining hall, and social rooms; and four faculty
homes. The buildings are beautiful and substantial, and every-
thing that might lend to their comfort and efficiency has been
included, even to running water in every student's room in the
dormitory. The campus of about sixty acres allows ample room
for future expansion.
Graduate Study
As the catalogue goes to print, arrangements are being made to
offer courses leading to the degree of Master of Theology I Th.
M.i and eventually to the degree of Doctor of Theology (Th.
D.). Those desiring further information along these lines should
write to the President or to the professor in whose department
work is desired.
The Alumni Association met on May 18, 1931, with an en-
thusiastic group present, the class of "21 having the largest rep-
resentation. Officers were elected as follows: Rev. Wallace McP.
Alston, President: Rev. C. F. Allen, Vice President: Re\. James
T. Gillespie, Secretary.
ROLL OF STUDENTS
Senior Class
\^3
Name
Residence
Presbytery
Wallace McPherson Alston, \. B.,
A. M.
Decatur. Ga.
Atlanta
Emory University
University of Chicago
Archie Franklin Cox
Tanna. K\.
M uhlenburg
Witherspoon College
1 1 ii i > Peter Joseph LTieureux, \.
B.
Chattanooga, Ten
i. Knowille
Presbyterian College
Frank Hamilton McElroy, A. B.
Cuba, \la.
Ka-t Alabama
Asbury College
Peter Marshall
Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham
Technical College, Scotland
Lewis Helton Metts
maek-I.Ut-. s. c.
< longaree
Presbyterian College
University of South Carolina
Dwyn Milton Mounger, A. B.
Collins, Mi--.
Meridian
Millsaps College
Harry Frederick Peter-en. Jr.. A.
B.
Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta
Davidson College
James Walton Stewart, Jr., \. B.
Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta
Alabama Tech
Presbyterian College
-Rudolph MuKelvtjy" Stoddard
Pel/er. S. C.
Enoree
Presbyterian College
jCecil Asbury Thompson, A. B.
Gainesville, Fla.
Suwannee
University of Florida
Malcolm Carmichael Williamson
Hamer. S. C.
Pee Dee
Presbyterian College
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Middle Class
Name
Timothy Rogers Campbell, A. B.
Presbyterian College
James Daniel Carter, B. S.-
Kings College
University of Chattanooga
A. Clarke Dean, B. S., E. E.
University of Florida
Chicago Theological Seminary
Thomas Hancock Grafton, A. B.
Presbyterian College
Russell F. Johnson, A. B.
Birmingham-Southern College
John Theodore Nissen Keels, A. B.
Presbyterian College
Stewart Holderness Long, A. B.
Davidson College
Mack Carmichael Macqueen, A. B.
Davidson College
James Boyce Nelson
University of Louisville
Edward Van diver Ramage
Davidson College
Emory University
James Lewis Russell
Presbyterian College
Robert Young Russell
Presbyterian College
Residence
Hamer, S. C.
Decatur, Ga.
Whitnev, Fla.
Presbytery
Pee Dee
Atlanta
St. Johns
Hai Chow, Ku, China S. Carolina
Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham
Columbia, S. C. Congaree
Sanford, Fla. St. Johns
Little Rock, S. C. Pee Dee
Louisville, Ky. Louisville
Decatur, Ga. Atlanta
Sharon, S. C. Bethel
Sharon, S. C. Bethel
Junior Class
Millard Dixon Agerlon
Wrens Institute
Jefferson Kirksey Aiken
Presbyterian College
Bonneau Harris Dickson, A. B.
Presbyterian College
Carlyle Devon Floyd, A. B.
Presbyterian College
Richard T. Gillespie, A. B.
Presbyterian College
Alton Henley Glasure, A. B.
North Georgia College
William James Hazelwood, A. B.
Presbyterian College
Walter Harvell Jackson, A. B.
Presbyterian College
Rassie D. Littleton, B, S.
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
James Herndon McCain, A. B.
Arkansas College
J. Moody McNair, A. a.
Southwestern Presbyterian University
John Wilbur McQueen, A. B.
Presbyterian College
John W. Melton, Jr., B. S.
Davidson College
Vidette, Ga. Augusta
Pickens, S. C. Piedmont
Decatur, Ga. Central Mississippi
Mullins, S. C. Pee Dee
Decatur, Ga. Atlanta
Commerce, Ga. Athens
Woodruff, S. C. Enoree
Whitmire, S. C. South Carolina
Choudrant, La. Red River
Tillar, Ark. Pine Bluff
Troy, Ala. East Alabama
Fork, S. C. Pee Dee
Decatur, Ga. ' Atlanta
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Name
Russell Nunan, A. B.
Davidson College
Stanford Parnell, A. B.
Southwestern Presbyterian University
*G. T. Preer, A. B.. M. A.
Davidson College
Brown University
Elliott Richard Rhodes. A. B.
Presbyterian College
Henry Edward Russell. A. B.
Davidson College
Alex M. Warren, A. B.
Davidson College
David Lorenzo Wood. A. B.
Presbyterian College
Withdrew
Residence
Atlanta. Ga.
Choudrant. La.
Columbus. Ga.
Lake City. S. C.
Winder. Ga.
Allendale. S. C.
Valdosta, Ga.
Presbytery
Atlanta
Red River
Macon
Harmony
Athens
Charleston
Savannah
Rev. R. L. Bond
Rev. J. Hill Barrett
Otto W. Ivie
Foster D. Smith
Thomas W. Jones
Chang Sue Kim
Special
Avondale Estates, Ga. Baptist
Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta. Ga
Korea
Baptist
Presbyterian
Baptist
Presbyterian
Seminar
Rev. C. B. Williams
Rev. \V. M. Boyce
Rev. Charles L. Smith
Rev. C. H. Pritchard
Atlanta. Ga.
A. R. P.
Doraville, Ga.
A. R. P.
Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta
Atlanta. Ga.
Vtlanta
REPRESENTATION
Educational Institutions Represented
Uabama Tech 1
Arkansas College 1
Ashury College 1
Birmingham Southern College 1
Brown University 1
Chicago Theological Seminary __ 1
Davidson College 9
Emory I diversity 2
Kin<is College '. 1
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute 1
Millsaps College 1
22 Educational Institutions represented.
North Georgia College 1
Presbyterian College 19
Southwestern Preshyterian Univ. 2
Technical College, Scotland 1
I niversit) of Chattanooga 1
I Diversity of Chicago 1
I Diversity of Florida 2
University of Louisville 1
University of South Carolina 1
\\ itherspoon College 1
\\ mis Institute 1
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Presbyteries Represented
Athens 2
Atlanta 8
Augusta 1
Bethel 2
Birmingham
Central Mississippi
Charleston
2
1
1
Congaree __. .
East Alabama
Enoree
Harmony
2
2
2
1
Knoxville
24 Presbyteries represented.
Louisville 1
Macon 1
Meridian 1
1
Muhlenburg
Pee Dee 5
Piedmont 1
Pine Bluff 1
Red River 2
St. Johns 2
Savannah 1
South Carolina 2
Suwannee 1
States and Countries Represented
Alabama 4
Arkansas 1
Korea 1
Florida 3
Georgia -14
10 States and Countries represented.
Kentucky _ 2
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
2
1
15
Tennessee 1
CHAPEL COLUMBIA. S. C.
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APPENDIX
Members of the Faculty of Columbia Theological
Seminary, 1828-1931
Accessus Exit us
1828 Thomas Goulding.* D.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical History
and Church Polity. 1834
1831 George Howe,* D.D., LL.D.. Professor of Biblical Literature. 1883
1833 A. W. Leland.* D.D., Professor of Christian Theology. 1856
1836 Charles Colcock Jones." D.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical Historj
and Church Polity. 1838
1848 Charles Colcock Jones.* D.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical' Historj
and Church Polity. 1850
1852 Alexander T. McGilL* D.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical Historj
and Church Policy. 1853
1853 Benjamin M. Palmer.* D.D.. LL.D.. Provisional Instructor in
Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1853
1854 Benjamin M. Palmer.* D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical
History and Church Polity. 1856
1855 James Henley Thornwell,* D.D., LL.D.. Professor of Didactic
and Polemic Theology. 1862
1856 James Henley Thornwell/ D.D., LL.D.. Professor of Rhetoric
and Pastoral Theology. 1856
1857 John B. Adger. ::: I). I).. Professor <>l Ecclesiastical History and
Church Polity. 1874
1861 James Woodrow.* Ph.D.. D.D.. LL.D.. Perkins Professor of
Natural Science in Connection with Revelation. 1886
1862 Benjamin M. Palmer, - D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of Didactic and
Polemic Theology. 1865
1867 William S. Plumer,* D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of Didactic and
Polemic Theology. 1865
1867 William S. Plumer.* D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of Didactic and
Polemic Theology. 1875
1870 Joseph R. Wilson.* D.D.. Professor of Pastoral and Evangelistic
Theology and Sacred Rhetoric. 187-1
1875 William S. Plumer,* D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of Pastoral, Casuistic
and Historical Theology. 1880
1876 John L. Girardeau.- D.D., LL.D.. Professor of Didactic and
Polemic Theology. 1895
1882 Charles R. Hemphill. D.D.. Associate Professor of Biblical Liter-
ature. 1883
1882 William E. Boggs,* D.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical History and
Church Polity. 1885
1883 Charles R. Hemphill. D.D.. Professor of Biblical Literature. 1885
1885 James D. Tadlock,* D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical
History and Church Polity. 1898
1887 Charles C. Hershman.* D.D.. Professor of Biblical Literature. 1888
1888 France. R. Beatie.* Ph.D.. \).\).. Perkins Professor of Natural
Science in Connection with Revelation, and Christian Apol-
ogetics. 1893
Deceased.
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Accessus Exitus
1888 William M. McPheeters, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature. 1893
1892 Daniel J. Brimn, A.M., Associate Professor of Biblical Literature. 1893
1893 William M. McPheeters, B.D., D.D., LL.D., Professor of Old
Testament Literature and Exegesis.
1893 Daniel J. Brimn, D.D., Professor of New Testament Literature
and Exegesis. 1900
1893 Samuel S. Laws,* M.D., D.D., LL.D., Perkins Professor of Natural
Science in Connection with Revelation, and Christian Apol-
ogetics. 1898
1895 William T. Hall,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Didactic and Polemic
Theology. 1911
1898 Richard C. Reed,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical His-
tory and Church Polity. 1925
1898 Samuel M. Smith,* D.D., Provisional Instructor in Pastoral Theol-
ogy and Homiletics. 1899
1900 John W. Davis,* D.D., Professor of New Testament Literature
and Exegesis. 1902
1901 Samuel C. Byrd, D.D., Adjunct Professor in the Chair of Pastoral
Theology, Homiletics, and the English Bible. 1902
1902 Henry Alexander White,* A.M., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Professor of
New Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1926
1911 Thornton Whaling, D.D., LL.D., President of the Seminary and
Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1921
1911 R. G. Pearson,* D.D., Professor of the English Bible. 1913
1913 James 0. Reavis, D.D., LL.D., Professor of the English Bible,
Homiletics and Pastoral Theology. 1920
1916 Edgar D. Kerr, B.D., D.D., Instructor in the Hebrew and Greek
Languages. 1921
1920 Hugh R. Murchison, B.D., D.D., Instructor in Missions. 1926
1920 Melton Clark, B.D., D.D., Professor of English Bible and Re-
ligious Education.
1921 Edgar D. Kerr, B.D., D.D., Professor of Hebrew and Cognate
Languages.
1921 John M. Wells, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., President of the Seminary
and Professor of Practical Theology. 1924
1921 James B. Green, D.D., Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theol-
ogy.
1925 Richard T. Gillespie,* D.D., LL.D., President of the Seminary. 1930
1925 Charles C. McNeill, D.D., Acting Professor of Ecclesiastical His-
tory, Church Polity, Pastoral Theology and Missions. 1927
1926 William C. Robinson, A.M., Th.D., D.D., Professor of Ecclesiasti-
cal History, Church Polity and Missions.
1926 H. Waddell Pratt, D.D., Acting Professor of New Testament
Literature and Exegesis. 1927
1927 Hunter B. Blakely, Th.D., Professor of New Testament Literature
and Exegesis. 1930
1930 Samuel A. Cartledge, B.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of New
Testament Literature and Exegesis.
*Deceased.
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Lecturers on the Thomas Smyth Foundation
1911 Francis Landey Patton. D.D.. LL.D.. Princeton. New Jersey.
Subject: The Theistic View of the World.
1912 Casper Rene Gregory,* D.D., LL.D.. University of Leipsic. Ger-
many. Subject: Theological Movements in Germany During
the Nineteenth Century.
1913 Robert E. Speer. LL.D., New York City. Subject: Some Mission-
ary Problems Illustrated in the Lives of Great Missionary Lead-
ers.
1914 Robert A. Webb,* D.D.. LL.D.. Louisville. Kentucky. Subject:
The Doctrine of the Christian Hope.
1915 William Hoge Marquess.* D.D.. LL.D.. New York City. Sub-
ject: The Period from Abraham to Joshua as Illustrated by
the Results of Archaelogical Discovery.
1916 J. Campbell White. A.M.. LL.D.. Wooster, Ohio. Subject: Mis-
sions and Leadership.
1917 W. S. Plumer Bryan.* D.D.. Chicago. Ulinois. Subject: The
Grace of God.
1918 Benjamin B. Warfield,* D.D.. LL.D.. Princeton, New Jersey.
Subject: Counterfeil Miracles.
1919 Francis Landey Patton. D.D.. LL.D.. Princeton, New Jersey.
Subject: Christianity and the Modern Man.
1920 A. II. McKinney, D.D.. New York City. Subject: Guiding Girls
to Christian \\ omanhood.
1921 Louis Matthews Sweet, S.T.D.. Ph.D.. Ne* York. Subject: The
Origin and Destin) of Man in the Light of Scripture and
Modern Thought.
1923 J. Sprole Lyons, I). I).. Atlanta. Georgia. Subject: Sermohic
Sources.
1923 L. K. McNair, D.D.. Jacksonville, Florida. Subject: Passion
in Preaching.
1923 W. McF. Alexander, D.D.. New Orleans, Louisiana. Subject:
The Man and His Message.
1923 J. B. Hutton. I). I).. Jackson, Miss. Subject: Regulative Idea- in
Preaching.
1923 James I. Vance, D.D.. Nashville, Term. Subject: Sermonizing.
1923 Dunbar H. Ogden, D.D.. Mobile. Ala. Subject: The House in
Which the Minister Lives.
1924 Egbert W . Smith. I). I).. Nashville, 'Ion. Subject: The Call ..t
the Mission Field.
1925 A. M. Fraser, I). I).. Staunton, \irginia. Subject: Church Unity.
1926 Samuel I.. Morris, D.D.. Atlanta. Georgia, Subject: The Fact of
Christianity.
1927 J. Gresham Machen, D.D.. Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: The
\ irgin Birth.
1928 Charles K. Erdman, I). I).. Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: The
Life of I). I.. Moody.
1929 William T. Ellis. Swarthmore, Pa. Subject: Explorations and
Adventures in Bible LamU.
1930 Wm. C. Covert. D.D.. LL.D.. Philadelphia. Pa. Subject: Worship
and Spiritual Culture.
1931 W. P. Paterson. D.D.. LL.D.. Edinburgh. Scotland. Subject: The
Christian Interpretation of History.
Deceased.
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