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COLUMBIA

THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY

CATALOGUE, 1937-1938

ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1938-1939

Published Quarterly at
Decatur, Ga.

Volume XXXI April, 1938 No. 2

Entered as Second Class Matter May 9, 1928, at the Postoffice at Decatur, Georgia,

Under the Act of August 24, 1912.

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Owned and Controlled by the Synods of
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina

SERVING THE SOUTHEAST

CALENDAR

Commencement, 1938

Sunday. May 15

11:00 A.M. Baccalaureate Sermon, Delivered at the First Presbyterian
Church. Atlanta. Ga.. by Rev. William \. Gardner. D.D.,
Pastor.

8:00 P.M. Annual Sermon before Society of Missionary Inquiry. De-
livered in Seminary Chapel by Rev. W. H. Hudson, D.D.,
Kashing Che. China.

Monday, May 16

6:30 P. M. Senior Banquet.

Tuesday, May 17

10:00 A. M. Annual Meeting Board of Directors.
1:00 P.M. Alumni Luncheon and Business Meeting.

8:00 P.M. Commencement Exercises in Seminary Chapel. Address to
Graduating Class by President William P. Jacobs. Presby-
terian College, Clinton. S. C.
Conferring of Degrees.
Awarding of Honors and Distinction?.

SESSION 1938-1939
Fall Quarter

Thursday, September 8, 11:00 A.M. Session begins. Opening Address in
Seminary Chapel. Matriculation. Announcements.

September 13-16 Special Devotional Services led by Rev. U. S. Gordon, D.D.,
Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville. Florida.

November 18-23 Examinations.

Thursday, November 24 Thanksgiving.

Winter Quarter

Friday. November 25. 8:15 A.M. Class Work Resumed.

Friday. December 16, 1:00 P.M. Christmas Holidays begin.

Tuesday, January 3. 1939 Class Work Resumed.

January 23-February 3 Rural Pastors' Institute.

January 30-February 3 Smyth Lectures Delivered by Rev. Clarence E. Ma-
cartney, D.D., Pastor First Presbyterian Church. Pittsburgh. Pa.

February 21-25 Examinations.

Spring Quarter

Tuesday, February 28, 8:15 A.M. Class Work Resumed.
May 9-13 Examinations.
May 14-16 Commencement.

CALENDAR 1938

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

J. Sprole Lyons, Chairman

J. B. Button. \ ice Chairman

A. L. Patterson. Secretary

Class Going Out 1938

S. C. Hodges. Esq L Greenwood, S. C.

Rev. Sam Burney Hay Auburn, Ala.

Jno. D. Baker, Esq Jacksonville, Fla.

Rev. A. L. Patterson Savannah, Ga.

Rev. Geo. M. Telford Abbeville. S. C.

Rev. 0. M. Anderson Rolling Fork. Miss.

J. R. McCain. Esq Decatur. Ga.

Class Going Out 1939

Rev. E. D. Brownlee Sanford. Fla.

Rev. J. Sprole Lyons Atlanta, Ga.

J. W. Dickson. Esq Anderson. S. C.

Rev. J. B. Hutton Jackson, Miss.

J. B. Campbell. Esq Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. John McSween Chester. S. C.

H. B. Dowell. Esq .Prattville, Ala.

Class Going Out 1940

Rev. W. H. Mcintosh Hattiesburg. Miss.

Rev. E. L. Hill Athens. Ga.

Rev. A. G. Irons Fairfield, Ala.

W. R. Barron, Esq Columbia. S. C.

Rev. Wm. M. Elliott. Jr Atlanta. Ga.

Rev. C. W. McCullyl_ .. Sharon. S. C.

Rev. E. N. Caldwell Tallahassee. Fla.

Executive Committee

J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman

E. L. Hill j. R. McCain

A. L. Patterson John McSween

J. Sprole Lyons Sam Burney Hay

Finance Committee

H. Lane Young. Chairman

C. H. Baldwin J. S. Kennedy

W. D. Beatie W. R. Barron

J. Bulow Campbell D. W. Robinson, Jr.

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION

President
Rev. James McDowell Richards, D.D.

Dean of Faculty
Rev. E. D. Kerr, D.D.

Clerk of Faculty
Rev. John S. Foster, D.D.

Treasurer
Mr. J. Sherrard Kennedy

Registrar and Bursar
Miss C. Virginia Harrison

Librarian
Miss Harriet Kehrer

Matron in Charge of Refectory
Mrs. Edna M. Phinizy

FACULTY

The Rev. James McDowell Richards, D.D.
President and Professor of Pastoral Theology

A.B.. Davidson College; M.A., Princeton University; A.B., M.A., Oxford Uni-
versity; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary; D.D., Davidson College.

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

Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

A.B., Davidson College; B.D.. Columbia Theological Seminary; B.D., Princeton

Theological Seminary; D.D.. Presbyterian College; Graduate

Work, University of Chicago.

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

Professor of Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics, and Homiletics

Peabody Normal College; A.B.. University of Nashville; Graduate of Union
Theological Seminary of Virginia; D.D., Presbyterian College.

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

Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity, and Missions

A.B., Roanoke College; M.A., University of South Carolina; B.D., Columbia

Theological Seminary; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary;

Th.D.. Harvard University; D.D., Roanoke College.

The Rev. Samuel A. Cartledge, Ph.D.

Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis

A.B., University of Georgia; M.A., University of Georgia; B.D., Columbia
Theological Seminary; Ph.D.. University of Chicago.

The Rev. Patrick H. Carmichael, Ph.D., D.D., Litt.D.

Professor of English Bible and Religious Education

B.S., University of Alabama; Graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., New York University; D.D., Southwestern; Litt.D.,

Davidson College.

8 Columbia Theological Seminary

The Rev. John S. Foster, D.D.

Associate Professor of Homiletics and Practical Theology

M.A., Southwestern University: B.D., Southwestern Seminary;
D.D., Hampden-Sydney College.

The Rev. Russell F. Johnson, A.B., B.D.

Instructor in Public Speaking

A.B.. Birmingham-Southern College; Princeton Theological Seminary;
B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary; Northwestern University.

Charles A. Sheldon, Jr., D.Mus.

Instructor in Music and Hymnology
Northwestern University; D.Mus.. Oglethorpe University.

Robert F. Boyd, A.B., B.D.

Instructor in Introductory Greek
A.B.. College of Charleston; B.D.. Columbia Theological Seminary.

Smyth Lecturer for 1938-39

Rev. Clarence E. Macartney, D.D.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

VISITING SPEAKERS AND LECTURERS

Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd _Maryville, Term.

Rev. Daniel Iverson Miami, Fla.

Rev. Ralph E. McCaskill Savannah, Ga.

Rev. C. G. T. Hamilton Aberdeen, Miss.

Rev. Kenneth L. Hamilton Lindale, Ga.

Rev. J. H. Marion, Jr Rock Hill. S. C.

Dr. Stuart R. Oglesby Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. Joseph Akerman Augusta, Ga.

Rev. C. D. Benson Chicago, 111.

Dr. J. Sprole Lyons Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. Joseph H. Cudlipp Richmond, Va.

Rev. A. A. Talbot China

Dr. Wm. V. Gardner Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. H. Ray Anderson Chicago, 111.

Rev. F. C. Talmage Decatur. Ga.

Dr. Homer McMillan Atlanta. Ga.

Rev. C. E. Piephoff Greenville, S. C.

Rev. Geo. L. Riddle Cherryville, N. C.

Mrs. H. H. Munroe Japan

Rev. G. W. Gideon Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. E. H. Hamilton China

Dr. Rome A. Betts New York City

Dr. Alexander Mackie Philadelphia

Dr. Donald C. MacGuire Montgomery, Ala.

THE SEMINARY

Historic Columbia

On December 15, 1828, the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia,
representing Presbyterianism from North Carolina to the Mississippi,
inaugurated this institution by electing Rev. Thomas Goulding, D.D.,
as its first professor. For two years Dr. Goulding conducted the
work, chiefly propaedutic, in the Presbyterian manse at Lexing-
ton, Ga.

In 1830 the Seminary was removed to Columbia, S. C, and the
Faculty complemented by the election of Dr. George Howe and Dr.
Aaron W. Leland. Located in the center of South Carolina's capital,
the Columbia campus was most attractive. The old chapel there was
particularly interesting by reason of its history as well as its origin.
Used originally as the carriage house of a southern gentleman, this
little building was later dedicated to a sacred purpose and came in
a peculiar way to symbolize the sanctity which was there so elo-
quently inculcated. It is remembered as the place where Woodrow
Wilson was "reborn for eternity" and where the Southern Presby-
terian Book of Church Order was written. There also the first
classes of Winthrop College were held, and in 1936 the Board of
Directors of the Seminary presented the building to that institution,
now located in Rock Hill, S. C, upon the condition that a tablet be
placed upon its walls setting forth the most significant facts in con-
nection with its past. Re-erected upon the campus of that College
the little building stands now as a link with the past of both insti-
tutions and as a reminder of spiritual truth for the thousands who
visit it each year.

While located in the city whose name she bears, Columbia
Seminary numbered among her Faculty and alumni manv dis-
tinguished leaders of thought and life in the Southern Presbyterian
Church. Indeed, the great distinctivities of our denomination were
largely coined and minted there. Any mention of our polity im-
mediately recalls the name of James Henley Thornwell; any con-
sideration of the principle of the spirituality of the Church brings up
the shade of Benjamin M. Palmer; while the missionary idealism
and enterprise of our Church have been incarnated in James Leighton
Wilson of Columbia's Society of Missionarv Inquiry. As a tribute
to the greatness of these and of others who have been likewise con-
nected with its past, the institution treasures the verdict of Dr. S. M.
Tenney, Curator of the Historical Foundation of our General As-
sembly, expressed to the author of a historical survey written at the
end of its first century: 'The fruit of your study, w T ell substantiated.
is that Columbia Seminary has influenced the life of the Southern
Presbyterian Church far more than any other institution, and that
is saying much, and yet not so much as the facts you bring for-
ward say."

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Early in the Twentieth Century a strong conviction developed in
the Columbia territory that a re-location of the institution was nec-
essary. At the time of the location in Columbia that city was near
the center of the Prerbyterian population of the Southeast. The
development of the Gulf States and the shifting of the center of our
constituency made necessary the removal of the Seminary further
to the West in order to accomplish the original purpose for which
the institution was founded, namely: "to light up another sun which
shall throw further West the light of the Gospel."

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

Atlanta Prebyterians provided a 57-acre campus upon the hills
of Decatur. During the presidency of Dr. R. T. Gillespie two theo-
logical buildings, unsurpassed in the Presbyterian world, and four
faculty homes, were erected. An additional faculty home has re-
cently been added to that number.

In 1928, the Centennial of the founding of the Seminary was cele-
brated during Commencement week, with the gracious participation
of the Atlanta General Assembly.

The wi'dom of re-locating the Seminary in Atlanta has been in-
dicated not only by the success with which the removal was accom-
plished but also by the enlarged service which the institution has
already been enabled to render for its constituent Svnods. The out-
look for the future development of the Seminary, and for the further
enlargement of its program to meet the ever increasing need of the
Church, is most encouraging.

The spirit of the old Columbia is being written into the life of the
new. In the light of modern scholarship the students of todav are
gaining clear intellectual apprehensions of the great truths of the
fathers. The romance cf Columbia's vesterdays presages the reality
of her tomorrows.

Instruction

Columbia Seminary has always sought to maintain the highest
standards of scholarship and in recent vears has kept pace with the
practice of the best institutions of learning outside the theolcgical
world by insisting that all full professors should hold an earned
doctor's degree, or a graduate degree of similar standing from some
recognized university. Thus, while conservative in theological out-
look, this institution is progressive in method and emphasizes the
necessity for a broad acquaintance with all fields of modern learn-
ing. Each member of the faculty is thoroughly prepared in the

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field of his particular instruction and is well equipped to lead his
students in their studies and to assist them in evaluating the material
under consideration. It is our belief that the modern minister has a
positive duty to be thoroughly conversant with modern scholarship
and with all present trends in theological thought, in order that he
may meet the problems of his people. Hence it is our effort to en-
courage a broad general reading while, at the same time, laying a
firm foundation for the student in a thorough acquaintance with
the revealed truth of God's Word and with the historic standards of
our Church.

A real emphasis is placed upon genuine scholarship, for scholar-
ship is the invaluable tool of the minister. The fact is recognized,
however, that it is only a tool, and that unless it is dominated by the
spirit of Christ it is worthless. All instruction at Columbia, there-
fore, seeks constantly to emphasize the practical, spiritual, and de-
votional values of the material which is studied.

Grounds and Buildings

The physical equipment of Columbia Seminary in Decatur is in all
respects thoroughly modern and up-to-date. The buildings are con-
structed of red brick faced with grey limestone, and their architec-
ture, based upon the graceful lines of the academic Gothic, is beauti-
ful and impressive. Campbell Hall, the administration building, con-
tains the class rooms, the library, the chapel, the dining hall and
kitchen, social rooms, and offices of administration. In the entrance
hallway of this building, which was erected through the generosity of
Mr. J. B. Campbell of Atlanta in memory of his mother, is a bronze
memorial on which is inscribed this inspiring and appropriate
legend :

CAMPBELL HALL

Erected in Loving Tribute to
A Devoted Consecrated Christian Mother

Virginia Orme Campbell

"There Is No Higher Calling on Earth
Than That of the Christian Ministry"

The dormitory is divided into four sections, two of which bear
the names of the Seminary's former dormitories in Columbia. Each
room has hot and cold running water, and there are showers on each
floor of each section. All windows in the dormitory are screened.
Rooms are furnished with beds, mattresses and pillows, study tables
and book shelves. Students are required to bring their own sheets,
bed covers, pillow cases, and towels. The whole plant is heated by
steam. Five homes for faculty members have been built on the
campus, and several other members of the faculty have apartments

14 Columbia Theological Seminary

in the dormitory. All the buildings are beautiful and substantial,
and everything that might lend to their comfort and efficiency has
been included.

The campus, consisting of some fifty-seven acres of rolling wood-
land, is of unusual natural beauty, and allows ample room for future
expansion. Members of the student body have opened a number of
inviting pathways through the wooded section of the campus, and
these furnish opportunity for exercise through walking at all sea-
sons of the year. The presence on the seminary property of two
small streams not only adds to the charm of the campus, but affords
an opportunity for the future development of a lake which will be
large enough to furnish opportunity for boating and swimming.

Cultural Advantages

Greater Atlanta, a commercial and educational center with a popu-
lation of more than 350,000, offers many advantages in a social and
cultural way. In addition to the Seminary, it boasts of such schools
as Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Oglethorpe University,
the Georgia School of Technology, the University of Georgia Exten-
sion School, and twenty-eight other institutions of learning, exclusive
of public schools. These schools draw many outstanding men and
women to the city, and students of the Seminary have splendid op-
portunities for contacts with the faculty members and students of
other institutions. Atlanta has long been famous as perhaps the out-
standing musical center of the South, but it also draws visitors of
distinction in practically every field of human activity. Throughout
the year students in the city frequently have opportunities to hear
preachers, educators, scholars, and political leaders of national or
world-wide fame, and to the individual who uses these opportunities
wisely, they constitute a liberal education in themselves.

Opportunities for Observing Religious Work

The City of Atlanta, with its Presbyterian Church membership of
more than 10,000 and with its even larger enrollment in Presbyterian
Sunday schools, furnishes to the students various opportunities for
engaging in active religious work. Within the metropolitan area
every type of church and every form of Christian activity 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 fur-
nishes exceptional advantages of a clinical nature for the thorough
preparation of ministers equipped for every task which the Church

Columbia Theological Seminary

faces. The opportunities thus afforded for studying methods of
church work at first-hand are of especial value to classes in Pastoral
Theology, in Homiletics, and in Religious Education, and greatly
strengthen the quality of the work offered in these departments. A
description of the observation work required in these classes will be
found in the brief prospectus of courses published elsewhere in this
catalogue.

COLUMBIA'S TERRITORY

Statistics of the Church in Columbia's territory tell a graphic
story. When the Seminary was founded it took both South Carolina
and Georgia to form one Synod and that, at its best, was not large
in membership. It contained five Presbyteries, two in Georgia and
three in South Carolina, and these consisted of 128 churches with
8,560 communicants served by 73 ministers and 11 licentiates. The
territory of Columbia Seminary now contains five Synods, which
cover an area stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Missis-
sippi River, and from the North Carolina-Tennessee line to Key
West. Greater Atlanta, the home of the Seminary, is in the center
not only of this territory but of the entire South.

This area contains 247,785
square miles with a population
of over ten million persons.
Our Church in this territory
reports 1,131 churches, 140,316
members, and 712 ordained
ministers and licentiates. Great
as is the progress which has
been made, however, the South-
east continues to be one of the
greatest home mission areas of
America, and Presbyterianism
has not done its proportionate
share toward the evangeliza-
tion of this territory. There is genuine need for a strong theological
seminary located in the heart of this section to send out well trained
and warm-hearted young ministers into the development of the
Synods and the extension of their work.

Strategically located as it is, Columbia Seminary possesses a
unique opportunity for service. It deserves the loyalty and the sup-
port of students and of financial benefactors not only by reason of
its educational importance, but because it is one of the great Home
Mission agencies of the Church.

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TERMS OF ADMISSION AND GRADUATION

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

1. A letter from competent officials in his church stating that he
is in full communion with the Church, and that on the basis both
of Christian character and of natural gifts he is recommended for
admission as a student of theology. Under ordinary circumstances
each Presbyterian student applying for admission is expected to
present a statement from his Presbytery authorizing him to enter
this Seminary.

2. A transcript of his record at the last institution attended fur-
nishing evidence of the fact that he has completed a regular course
of study and has received an approved degree. If he has not com-
pleted such a course the student will only be admitted upon the
special request of his Presbytery, or of a similar church court in
other denominations, with recommendation that he be received as
an extraordinary case. In such cases the student will be expected to
furnish evidence that he has received adequate training in subjects
fundamental to the studies of the Seminary or may be required to
stand an entrance examination given by the faculty. It is becoming
increasingly difficult for men who have not had full college train-
ing to find a place in the ministry, and Columbia Seminary definitely
discourages such men from seeking admission unless it be under
most exceptional circumstances.

If the applicant for admission is 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, and must meet the
necessary academic requirements.

College 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 adequate
collegiate course will be accepted as satisfying the academic require-
ments for admission to the Seminarv: but the classical course of
study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts is the normal course
of preparation for the Seminary.

There is scarcely any branch of learning which is not of very great
value to the student for the ministry. Adequate time should be given
to Latin, Greek, Philosophy, Bible History, Ancient and Modern
History, the English Language, English Literature, Education, and
Psychology. It is also highly desirable that the student should have
the broadest possible acquaintance with the facts of modern science.

Students who lack basic training in the fields mentioned under
the proposed minimum pre-seminary curriculum printed on page 26

Columbia Theological Seminary 17

may be required by the Faculty to take supplementary work in these
fields before becoming eligible for a seminary degree.

Instruction in the New Testament Department presupposes knowl-
edge of Greek. A student applying for admission should be able to
translate a passage of simple Attic prose and should have a fair
knowledge of the grammatical forms and syntax of the Greek lan-
guage. Students found to be inadequately prepared in this subject
are offered special courses in Elementary Greek during the first year
in Seminary, and do not begin the regular courses in the Greek New
Testament until the Middle \ear.

Students from Other Seminaries

A student coming from another seminary of recognized standing
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.

Degrees

The standard degree of the Seminary is that of Bachelor of Divin-
ity (B.D.). Any student who completes in a satisfactory manner all
of the courses of study required in the Seminary, and who has pre-
sented to the Faculty a diploma of graduation from a fully accredit-
ed college or university, will receive a diploma from this Seminary
certifying that he has earned this degree.

The revised Form of Government authorizes the Faculty to grant
the degree of Master of Theology (Th.M.) for not less than one
year's additional resident study; and the degree of Doctor of Theol-
ogy (Th.D.) for not less than two years' additional resident work.
The latter of these degrees is not offered at the present time, however,
and it will be the policy of the institution not to offer it until such
a time as an enlargment of the Seminary's teaching and library staff
makes possible a greater emphasis on advanced research work.
Studies leading to the degree of Th.M. are now available for prop-
erly qualified students, however, and the requirements for this de-
gree are stated elsewhere in the catalogue.

Certificates

Those students who, having been admitted under the extraordinary
clause, 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.

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Pledge

In addition to meeting the foregoing qualifications for admission
to the Seminary, the Board of Directors requires each student to
subscribe to the following declaration:

"Deeply impressed with a sense of the importance of improving
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 instructions of this
Seminary, and that I will conscientiously and vigilantly observe all
the rules and regulations specified in the plan for its instruction and
government, so far as the same relates to the students; and that I
will obey all the lawful requisitions, and readily yield to all the
wholesome admonitions of the professors and directors of the Sem-
inary while I shall continue a member of it."

Reports to Presbyteries

The Seminary regularly reports to the proper authorities in the
Presbytery the results of each term of work as indicated by the stu-
dent's attendance, punctuality, deportment, diligence, and scholastic
standing.

A student who fails to complete satisfactorily all of his academic
work, or otherwise prove himself a worthy candidate, will not be
eligible for scholarship aid during the following quarter unless
special providential circumstances lead the Faculty to make an ex-
ception in his case.

Expenses

Fees. No charge is made for tuition, room rent, fuel or light.
Each student is expected to care for his own room in the dormitory,
but janitor service is provided for all other parts of the buildings
without cost to the students. A contingencv fee of $5.00 is charged
each student at the beginning of the first quarter in order that funds
may be available to provide athletic equipment, take care of break-
age, and meet certain other emergency needs which may arise dur-
ing the year.

Board. The boarding department is efficiently administered by
Mrs. Edna Phinizy, who has served the institution as matron during
the past nine years. Meals are furnished the students at actual cost
and, although this varies somewhat with the season and with the
number of students in the dining room, it ordinarily averages less
than five dollars per week. An attempt is made to make the meals
as wholesome and as well balanced as possible rather than as cheap
as possible, and the regular fare will compare favorably with that
at any similar institution.

Textbooks. All required books are available at our book store

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at reduced prices, but there are also frequent opportunities for stu-
dents to economize by purchasing second-hand copies. The cost of
textbooks will usually amount to approximately $25.00 per year.

Incidental Expenses. The student's incidental expenses will
naturally be determined in large measure by the temperament and
disposition of the individual concerned. A careful student will be
able to hold this incidental expense to a surprisingly small amount.

With the financial aid provided for candidates under the care of
our Presbyteries, many individuals on our campus meet all aca-
demic expenses, including board, books, and incidentals. A student
should be able to provide, from other sources, enough to care for
his transportation and clothing. After the first year in the Seminary,
the student may meet a part of his expenses through engagements
for summer work or for supply preaching. No student will be
granted a degree by the Seminary until he has satisfied all financial
obligations incurred during his residence here.

Financial Aid

Loans to Candidates. The General Assembly's Committee of
Christian Education and Ministerial Relief, Louisville, Ky., provides
a loan each year for deserving students who are properly recom-
mended by their Presbyteries. This loan is to be repaid under condi-
tions prescribed by the General Assembly. In recent years the Com-
mittee has fixed the maximum loan available at $60.00, though this
amount may be altered in the light of changing conditions. Applica-
tion for the loan should be made through the Chairman of the Com-
mittee of Christian Education in the Presbytery. The Seminary will
be glad to furnish information and to render assistance in the matter.

The payment of the student's loan is usually made in two in-
stallments. The first installment is received in October; the second
in April.

Scholarships. In addition to the loan described above the
Seminary will provide for each regular student, where it is abso-
lutely necessary, an annual scholarship not to exceed $150. In order
to obtain this scholarship the student must,

1. Have exhausted his own resources and have exercised the
opportunity to borrow from the Assembly's Executive Committee
of Christian Education;

2. Present with his application a written statement from the
Chairman of Christian Education in his Presbytery recommending
that the scholarship be granted.

Under regulations which were first put into effect several years
ago, all students receiving scholarship aid are expected to render a
reasonable amount of service to the Seminary in return, and student
help is used in the library, in the dining room, and on the grounds.

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The work done is of substantial assistance to the Seminary, and the
students are enabled to enjoy a feeling of greater independence and
self-respect through the fact that they are rendering some service in
return for the aid received. No student who marries during his Sem-
inary course is eligible to receive scholarship aid thereafter, nor can
scholarship aid be granted to any ordained minister who may enroll
for special or graduate work.

Government Aid. During the past several years needy students
of the Seminary have had opportunity to secure further necessary
assistance by work done under the N. Y. A. No announcement has
been made as to whether the Government will continue this program
next year but it is hoped that a similar opportunitv will be available
to those of our students whose financial circumstances make such
aid essential.

OUTLINE OF COURSES FOR THE BACHELOR OF

DIVINITY

Fall Quarter

126. New Testament
451. Homiletics
201. History
476. Public Speaking

101. Old Testament
152. English Bible
477. Public Speaking
Five hours of electives

JUNIOR YEAR

Winter Quarter
151. English Bible
426. Pastoral Theology
202. History

476. Public Speaking

MIDDLE YEAR

102. Old Testament
128. New Testament

477. Public Speaking
Five hours of electives

Spring Quarter

127. New Testament
401. Religious Education
203. History
476. Public Speaking

103. Old Testament

301. Theology

Five hours of electives

302. Theology
153. English Bible
Five hours of electives

SENIOR YEAR

303. Theology

204. History

Five hours of electives

326. Apologetics
104. Old Testament
Five hours of electives

For students beginning Greek in Seminary: Take New Testament 145. 146.
and 129 in Junior year in place of New Testament 126, English Bible 151. and
New Testament 127. Take these latter courses in Middle year in place of the
five hours of electives. Make up the ten-hour deficiency (because of New
Testament 145 and 146 being non-credit) as marks will allow, normally in two
or three hour electives.

For the year 1938-39. Middlers will not take New Testament 128 (as it was
taken by them in Junior year), but will take History 202 and 203 (because
of the change of sequence of courses and the absence of Prof. Robinson).
Middlers who had preparatory Greek will substitute New Testament 129 for
128 and will take 127 in their Senior year.

The courses in Public Speaking meet for one hour a week throughout the
Junior year and the first two quarters of the Middle year.

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The English Course

This course is offered only for the benefit of certain students who
may be received by their Presbyteries under the extraordinary case
clause of the Book of Church Order. Application for permission to
pursue the English Course must, in every case, be made to the Presi-
dent of the Seminary before the student begins his work and must
be accompanied by a written request from the Presbytery that the
candidate in question be admitted to this course.

Students who take the English Course are permitted to omit
Hebrew; and, when they do not have the necessary preparation in
Greek, they are permitted to omit certain courses in New Testament
Exegesis. The courses in Introductory Greek provide an opportunity
for every student who wishes to do so to fit himself for work in New
Testament Exegesis.

In case 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.

Those students who are permitted to take the English Course are
granted a certificate showing the subjects completed.

The Degree of Master of Theology (Th.M.)

The degree of Master of Theology is to be granted to a student
who has attained a high degree of scholarship and has spent a year
or more in graduate study and has satisfied the requirements of the
Faculty for the degree. The Seminary is under no obligation to ad-
mit a student to candidacy for the degree unless the student can pre-
sent evidence of high scholarly attainments and promise, and unless
a satisfactory course of study can be planned from the courses
offered at the time. A prospective student should confer with the
President and the professors under whom he plans to study before
undertaking the work.

A candidate for the master's degree must have the degree of B.D.
from this Seminary or its academic equivalent. He must have a
working knowledge of the Hebrew and Greek languages. Examina-
tions in the languages are to be taken under the professors of
Hebrew and New Testament; graduate students who have averaged B
or above in their undergraduate courses in Hebrew and New Testa-
ment will be exempted from the language examinations.

For this degree, a candidate must submit a thesis and at least 40
hours credit. Both the course of study and the subject chosen for
the thesis must be approved by the professors of the group of spe-
cialization. In no case shall less than 15 hours be taken in the
group of specialization. No student may take more than 15 hours
of graduate work during one quarter. The thesis must be approved

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by a committee of the Faculty at least two weeks before the degree
is granted. Three typewritten, bound copies of the thesis must be
deposited in the library.

A student whose thesis subject and course of study have been ap-
proved by the professors of his group and who has passed the lan-
guage examinations may then apply for formal admission to candi-
dacy for the degree. Admission to candidacy is to be granted by a
majority vote of the Faculty. A student cannot be granted a degree
until at least four calendar months after he has been admitted to
candidacy.

At least a week before the degree is to be awarded, the candidate
must pass a satisfactory examination before the Faculty or a com-
mittee appointed by the Faculty. The examination may cover the
whole field in which the student is specializing, but emphasis will be
placed on the subjects covered in the thesis and the courses sub-
mitted for the degree.

The thesis for the degree of Master of Theology must be written
in some field of theological inquirv that offers potentialities for a
real contribution to religious knowledge; must show an adequate
acquaintance with the literature in the field chosen; must evidence
a grasp of the subject culminating in well supported conclusions;
and must be presented in a creditable academic and literary form.

Further detailed directions concerning the form in which this
thesis is to be presented will be furnished candidates for the degree
in printed form after their matriculation at the Seminary.

In order that a high standard of attainment in scholarship may
be maintained, it may be advisable in many instances that the entire
work leading to the degree should not be completed in one year,
but that after meeting all residence requirements the student should
be allowed the privilege of completing the writing of his thesis at
a later date.

Examinations

At the close of each quarter written examinations are held on the
subjects studied during the quarter. No student is permitted to be
absent from the examination of his class except for satisfactory
reasons. In certain instances the professors may require a term
paper or papers in lieu of an examination.

Grades and Distinctions

At the close of each quarter, grades are sent to all students and
their Presbvteries. A represents 95-100; B, 90-94; C. 85-89; D,
80-84; E, 75-79; and F, failure.

Students who during their three years at the Seminary have made
no grade below A graduate "Summa Cum Laude." The distinction

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of "Magna Cum Laude" is awarded to those who have earned grades
of A in 90 hours of their work and have received no grade below B.
Students who have A's in 45 hours of their work, who have an aver-
age of B, and who have no grades below C are graduated "Cum
Laude." In each of these cases the appropriate distinction is re-
corded upon the student's diploma.

The Schedule

In 1927 Columbia Seminary adopted the "Quarter System," which
has become so popular in leading universities and graduate schools
throughout the country. Each quarter consists of ten weeks for
classes and one week for examinations. Columbia now gives work
during the fall, winter, and spring quarters.

This system has proved most satisfactory, and it has several dis-
tinct advantages over the older system:

The attention of the student is normally centered on three
classes meeting each day in the week instead of on seven or eight
meeting one, two, three, or four times a week. There are three
examinations at the end of each quarter instead of seven or eight.

An open Monday is secured without congestion on other days.
Students preaching on Sundays need miss no classes. An oppor-
tunity is given for supplementary and collateral reading.

The schedule is greatly simplified. Related subjects can more
easily be placed in logical sequence. The system is flexible enough
to allow it to be changed from time to time to keep abreast of the
best educational principles.

The simple unit of credit, the quarter hour, makes it easy for

credits from Columbia to be transferred to other graduate schools.

Columbia work is accepted at full credit by the leading graduate

schools.

Students are enabled to enter at the beginning of any one of the
three quarters, though the work can be better correlated if they enter
at the beginning of the fall quarter.

The unit of credit is the quarter hour. All required courses meet
five days a week throughout a quarter and give a credit of five hours.
140 hours are required for graduation.

Each student normally takes 15 hours each quarter besides the
one-hour course in Public Speaking in the Junior and Middle years.
Students with an average of C or above in one quarter may take 17
hours during the next quarter; those with an average of B or above,
18 hours; and those with all A's, 20 hours. Students taking more
than the required 15 hours may use their extra hours to remove the
deficiency of non-credit courses in Greek or as credit towards the
degree of Master of Theology. The course is arranged so that no

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student may complete the requirements for the bachelors degree in
less than nine quarters.

Elective courses are offered in units of two. three, or five hours.
The shorter courses make possible a wider range of offerings and
allow more students to take advantage of the electives; few students
could profitably take 20 hours, but a good number could take 17 to
18 hours. Electives of two hours are given on Wednesdays and
Fridays: of three hours, on Tuesdavs. Thursdays, and Saturdays.
In order that students may have the widest possible range of choice.
all five-hour electives are given at one period and all two and three
hour electives at another period. The vear and quarter when each
elective will be given is indicated in connection with each course.
Some electives are given only in alternate years and are so indicated;
the expression "even years" means scholastic years beginning in
September of even years, such as the term 1938-39. Some few elec-
tives are not placed in regular rotation, but are given only by ar-
rangements between students and professors.

Schedule of Classes

Hour

Fall Quarter

W inter Quarter

Spring Quarter

8:15

451. Homiletics
101. Old Testament
153. English Bible

151. English Bible
146. New Testament
5 hour Electives

127. New Testament
2 and 3 hr. Elec.

9:15

201. History

152. English Bible

302. Theology

202. History

128. New Testament

303. Theology-

401. Religious Ed.
103. Old Testament
326. Apologetics

10:15

Chapel

11:00

2 and 3 hr. Elec.

5 hour Electives
203. History

12:00

126. New Testament
145. New Testament
5 hour Electives

426. Pastoral Theol.
102. Old Testament
204. History

129. New Testament

301. Theology

104. Old Testament

Courses in Public Speaking will be given in the afternoon.

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PROPOSED MINIMUM OF PRE-SEMINARY

CURRICULUM

(N. B. The statement printed below is in line with recommendations made
by the American Association of Theological Schools and is published here at
the request of the General Assembly of our Church, which has approved it.
The suggestions included should be carefully studied by all candidates for the
ministry who have not completed their college training.)

Following is a proposed minimum statement of fields of study with which
it is desirable that a student should have acquaintance before beginning study
in seminary. It is desirable that the student's work in these fields of study
should be evaluated if possible on the basis of his mastery of these fields,
rather than in terms of semester hours or credits. But many institutions
use the latter methods of calculation. Therefore in connection with the fields
of study, is indicated a minimum for each, stated in terms of semesters and
semester hours.

Basal.
Fields. Semesters Sem. Hrs.

English

Composition and literature 4 8-12

Philosophy 2 4-6

At least two of the following:
Intro, to philosophy
History of philosophy
Ethics
Logic

History 2 4-6

Psychology 1 2-3

A foreign language

At least one of the following:
Latin

Greek a prior knowledge of Greek is of great advan-
tage to a Seminary student.
French

German a knowledge of German is of advantage to
a student pursuing advanced theological study.

Natural Sciences 2 4-6

Physical or biological

Social Sciences 2 4-6

At least two of the following:
Economics
Sociology

Government or political science
Social psychology
Education

Concentration

Concentration of work, or "majoring" is a common practice in colleges. For
such concentration or major, a constructive sequence based upon any one, two,
or three of the above fields of study would lead up naturally to a theological
course.

COURSES OF STUDY

General Statement

The curriculum materials of Columbia Theological Seminary have
been arranged in four major divisions, as follows: (1) Biblical
Theology, (2) Historical Theology, (3) Systematic Theology, and
(4) Practical Theology. In addition to its simplicity, this arrange-
ment reflects the unity of the curriculum and at the same time em-
phasizes the closer relationship sustained by certain departments of
study within a given group. The latter emphasis, as indicated in
another section, offers particular advantages for specialization on
the part of graduate students.

Especial attention is called to the new schedule with reference to
elective courses. Formerly practically all offerings were in units of
five hour courses. In the future a relatively large number of elec-
tives will be in units of two and three hours. Under the older sys-
tem many students found it necessary to take a twenty-hour load
occasionally. The new arrangement will make it possible for every-
one to enrich greatly his seminary course by taking a variety of
electives.

Beginning with the academic year 1938-39, provision will be made
for the guidance of all students in the Seminary in a survey study
of the entire Bible which will eventuate in a comprehensive examina-
tion scheduled at some time during the senior year. This significant
strengthening of the curriculum offerings in the Biblical Theology
Group has emerged from three basic convictions : ( 1 ) that pre-
dominantly the three years of Seminary training rest ultimately in
the authority of the Scriptures: (2) that concerted effort should be
made to emphasize the centrality of the Bible in our total training
program; and (3) that every candidate for the Gospel ministry
should attain to a summary knowledge of the teachings of the entire
Bible before his ordination.

The Seminary reserves the right to change rules and regulations
affecting its student body or the granting of its degrees at any time
that this may appear necessary to the Faculty and Board of Direc-
tors. Such changes will go into effect whenever the proper authori-
ties may determine, and may apply not only to prospective students
but also to all who may, at such time, be matriculated in the Sem-
inary. The Seminary further reserves the right to withdraw courses
and to make necessarv changes in the schedule at any time.

Group I

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

A. Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

The Church has always emphasized the importance of the original
languages of Holy Scripture in theological education. "The Old

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Testament in Hebrew, and the New Testament in Greek, being im-
mediately inspired by God, the Church is finally to appeal unto
them." Therefore, the Seminary endeavors to fit students for the
ministry to use intelligently and effectively the original languages
in interpreting the Sacred Oracles.

101. Elements of Hebrew. The class begins the study of the lan-
guage 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 language, in translation,
and in translation from English into Hebrew. Textbooks: Harper's
HEBREW METHOD AND MANUAL, and Harper's ELEMENTS OF
HEBREW (both revised by J. M. P. Smith). Required, Middle year,
fall quarter, five hours. Professor Kerr.

102. Elements of Hebrew, Continued. This course continues work
begun in the fall quarter with progressive additions in detail, until
the principal grammatical elements of the language are covered.
Textbooks: Same as for course 101. Required, Middle year, winter
quarter, five hours. Professor Kerr.

103. Hebrew Reading and Syntax. Hebrew reading, chiefly books
of Ruth and Jonah, with special reference to vocabulary. Syntax is
taught by use of a textbook, and by careful attention to examples as
they occur in the Hebrew Bible. Textbooks: Kittel's BIBLIA
HEBRAICA, HEBREW LEXICON by Brown, Driver and Briggs,
Davidson's HEBREW SYNTAX. Required, Middle year, spring quar-
ter, five hours. Professor Kerr.

104. Old Testament Criticism. This course involves a study of the
rise and present status of different schools of criticism, with consid-
eration of the problems, methods, and principles of historical and
literary criticism. Attention is directed particularly to the Hexateuch.
Required, Senior year, spring quarter, five hours. Professor Kerr.

105. Grammatical Interpretation of the Psalms. The class will
make detailed grammatical and exegetical studies in the Psalms. The
purpose of the course is to train the student in the practice of gram-
matical interpretation of the Scriptures. Elective, five hours, fall
quarter. Professor Kerr.

106. Exegetical Studies in Isaiah. During this quarter the class
will be occupied with detailed exposition of selected portions of the
book of Isaiah. Elective, five hours, winter quarter. Professor Kerr.

107. Advanced Hebrew Syntax. This course offers a thorough
study in the syntax of the language by the use of textbooks and the
reading and comparison of selected illustrative passages from the
Hebrew text. Elective, hours to be arranged. Professor Kerr.

108. 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. Elective, hours to be
arranged. Professor Kerr.

109. Biblical Aramaic and Arabic. By arrangement with the pro-
fessor, courses in Aramaic or Arabic may be given to qualified stu-
dents. The number of hours and the particular nature of the course
is to be determined by the needs and opportunities of the students.
Elective, Seminar. Professor Kerr.

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B. New Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

The courses in this department are designed to give a working
knowledge of the New Testament and to fit the student for a life-
long study of this priceless book.

Every minister who hopes to lead the thought of his people must
keep abreast of the thought of the age. Students in this department
are expected to come to an intelligent understanding of the trends
of New Testament criticism, conservative and radical, through the
lectures, daily assigned reading, and parallel reading.

All work in this department is on the basis of the Greek text.
Ministerial students are stronglv urged to take a minimum of two
years or three quarters of Greek in college. Students who enter
the Seminary without this minimum are required to take in their
Junior year the two non-credit courses, 145 and 146, and the course
129, for which credit can be counted as an elective. They will then
take the three required courses in their Middle year. They will make
up for the ten hours of non-credit work by taking extra elective
work as their marks justify; in some cases it may be necessary for
such students to take an extra quarter after the three full years.
Students should seek to remove this non-credit deficiency as soon as
possible; they will be definitely discouraged from undertaking regu-
lar preaching work until it is removed.

The courses in this department have been selected so as to give
a general introduction to the New Testament and to give practice
in detailed exegesis in the three types of literature therein, historical,
epistolary, and prophetical. The work in this department is closely
co-ordinated with that in the department of English Bible.

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 thor-
oughly some of the typical problems in the field.

126. New Testament Introduction. The student is introduced to
the principles of grammatico-historical mterpretation and is given a
survey of the materials available for using those principles in the
interpretation of the New Testament. General introduction will in-
clude a study of the language of the New Testament, the religious
background of the first century, textual criticism, and the canon.
Special introduction will include a study of each book of the New
Testament, reconstructing its background and giving an outline of
its contents. Required, Junior year, fall quarter, five hours. Profes-
sor Cartledge.

127. Romans. A study of this major Pauline Epistle in the light
of the principles of grammatico-historical interpretation. After a de-
tailed introduction to the Epistle, a careful exegesis will be made of
the Greek text. Some work will be done in the fields of the life and
theology of Paul, especially as they touch this Epistle. Required,
Junior year, spring quarter, five hours. Professor Cartledge.

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128. Revelation. An intensive study of the one prophetical book
of the New Testament. Some comparison will be made with the Old
Testament and the extra-canonical apocalypses. The regular subjects
of special introduction, including the Johannine problem, will be
studied. Students will be expected to acquaint themselves with as
many different methods of interpretation of this book as possible.
Required, Middle year, winter quarter, five hours. Professor Cart-
ledge.

129. The Greek of the New Testament Period. Readings in the
New Testament, the Septuagint, Epictetus, and the papyri. Empha-
sis will be placed on grammar and lexicography. Required for students
without college Greek, elective for others; spring quarter, five hours.
Professor Cartledge.

130. The Epistle to the Corinthians. Introduction and exegesis of
selected portions. The life and work of the early Church. Elective,
three hours, fall quarter, even years. Professor Cartledge.

131. The Social Teachings of the New Testament. A seminar
course. The discovery and interpretation of the New Testament
teachings on the social problems of the present day. Elective, three
hours, fall quarter, odd years. Professor Cartledge.

132. The Pastoral Epistles. Introduction and exegesis. The or-
ganization of the early Church. Elective, two hours, fall quarter, even
years. Professor Cartledge.

133. Advanced Textual Criticism. Some practice in handling manu-
scripts and a study of some of the more detailed theories in the field.
Elective, two hours, fall quarter, odd years. Professor Cartledge.

134. The Catholic Epistles. Introduction to, and exegesis of, se-
lected ones of the General Letters of the New Testament. Elective,
three hours, winter quarter, even years. Professor Cartledge.

135. The Epistle to the Hebrews. Introduction and exegesis.
Elective, three hours, winter quarter, odd years. Professor Cartledge.

136. The Septuagint. The study of selected portions of the Greek
Old Testament, compared with the Hebrew. The origin of the ver-
sion. Its value in Old Testament textual criticism. Its bearing on the
Greek of the New Testament. Elective for students knowing Greek
and Hebrew, two hours, winter quarter, even years. Professor Cart-
ledge.

137. Modern Literature. Reading and discussion of some of the
most valuable of the newer books in the New Testament field. Elec-
tive, two hours, winter quarter, odd years. Professor Cartledge.

145. Beginners' Grammar. A course in New Testament Greek for
beginners. Required of all students without sufficient college Greek,
Junior year, fall quarter, five hours, non-credit. Mr. Boyd.

146. Readings in New Testament Greek. Completion of the begin-
ners' grammar and readings in the easier portions of the New Testa-
ment. Required of all students without sufficient college Greek,
Junior year, winter quarter, five hours, non-credit. Mr. Boyd.

C. English Bible, Old and New Testament Interpretation

In recognition of the important place which the English Bible
should occupy in the minister's study, in his thinking, and in his
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work three basic courses in this field. A number of elective courses
are also arranged.

The courses in the three divisions of the Biblical Group have been
carefully planned to have a minimum of overlapping and at the
same time to make the offerings in the field as broad as possible.
The apparent overlapping at certain points is largely overcome by
the methods of approach which the several professors employ to
guide their students in the study of the Bible. The Old and New
Testament departments lay especial emphasis upon the exegetical
study, while the English Bible department uses the expository
method. Our primary concern is not to offer the student a wealth
of homiletic material but rather to assist him in the development
of an effective method of Bible study and to secure for him a broad
concept of the teachings which inhere in the books studied.

151. The Life of Christ. An objective of this course is to secure
for the student a vivid picture of the Life and Teaching's of Jesus
Christ through a careful study of the Gospel record, the use of com-
mentaries and other helps provided by the library, classroom discus-
sions, etc. Required, Junior year, winter quarter, five hours. Pro-
fessor Carmichael.

152. The Minor Prophets. An intensive study of the last twelve
books of the Old Testament together with other Biblical materials
having a direct bearing upon the message of the Prophets. An es-
pecial effort is made to discover the historic context out of which the
Biblical record has come as an effective means of interpretation,
being careful at all times definitely to relate the messages of the
distant past with situations of our own time. Required, Middle year,
fall quarter, five hours. Professor Carmichael.

153. The Acts and the Pauline Epistles. An intensive study based
primarily upon the Acts. In this bit of historic material the student
is led to the discovery of basic principles which undergird the essen-
tial elements in the life and progress of the Christian Church in every
age. Required, 'Senior year, fall quarter, five hours. Professor Car-
michael.

154. Wisdom Literature. This course is designed to guide the
student in an expository study of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. In
addition to the usual approach in Bible study, attention will be given
to literary structure as an aid to interpretation. Elective, three hours,
spring quarter, odd years. Professor Carmichael.

155. Joshua and Judges. An attempt will be made to discover the
guiding hand of Providence as it is revealed in a lawgiver, a military
leader, and a system of government. Elective, three hours, spring
quarter, even years. Professor Carmichael.

156. Deuteronomy. A book in which the idea of obedience is cen-
tral. It contains many orations of Moses which are integral with an
otherwise romantic story of a people emerging from bondage to a
national existence. Elective, two hours, spring quarter, odd years.
Professor Carmichael.

157. Ruth, Song of Songs, Esther. These little books are superb
examples of the short story and lyric poetry. Use will be made of
their literary structure and historic setting as aids to expository
interpretation. Elective, two hours, spring quarter, even years. Pro-
fessor Carmichael.

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158. Leviticus. A careful study will be made of the whole subject
of offering's. We will attempt to discover the basic framework of the
Hebrew ritual of worship, idea of atonement, etc. Consideration will
be given to certain elements in Leviticus which are also found in the
New Testament. Elective, two hours, hours to be arranged. Profes-
sor Carmichael.

Group II
HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

201a. History of Christian Missions. The missionary motive is
found in the essential character of Christianity; its foundation in the
New Testament and its ever enlarging circles in the history of the
Church. Special attention is given to the history of Southern Presby-
terian Missions and to the biographies of the outstanding Christian
missionaries. Required, Junior year, first half of fall quarter, five
hours. Professor Robinson.

201b. Telescopic View of Church History. This course outlines the
field of Church History and familiarizes the student with the chief
facts and figures of the Christian movement. The early centuries are
passed in review and the various American denominations sketched.
Required, Junior year, second half of fall quarter, five hours. Pro-
fessor Robinson.

202. 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 and the exposi-
tion of this organic and genetic development, as it is seen on the
screen of the centuries, often gives a real grasp of its larger truths.
Required, Junior year, winter quarter, five hours. Professor Robinson.

203. The Reformation and Modern Religious Ideas. The Reforma-
tion with special emphasis on Luther and Calvin. The various defini-
tions of the rule of faith with consequent modifications of Christian-
ity issuing therefrom. The influence of the philosophical, scientific
and critical movements upon Christian thought. The systems of
Schleiermacher, Ritschl, Troelsch and Barth. The rise and develop-
ment of liberal theology in America. Required, Junior year, spring
quarter, five hours. Professor Robinson.

204. Presbyterianism, Its History and Polity. The polity of primi-
tive Christianity in the light of recent research. The rise of the mon-
archial episcopate out of the presbyterate. The restoration of Presby-
terianism at the Reformation. Research and papers by class on the
polities of Calvin, sixteenth century Scotland, the Westminster
Divines, and Thornwell. Survey of the Presbyterian Churches of the
world. The practical application of these principles in the polity of
the Southern Presbyterian Church. Required, Senior year, winter
quarter, five hours. Professor Robinson, Dr. Foster.

205. The History of Non-Christian Cults. Studies in the origin of
religion by Schmidt and Zwemer; the chief historical religions; and
(if time permits) sketch of the cultist movement. Elective, three
hours, fall quarter, even years. Professor Robinson.

206. The History of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The subject
is traced through the Bible and the history of the Christian Church.
Elective, three hours, fall quarter, odd years. Professor Robinson.

207. The Teachings of John Calvin. THE INSTITUTES with
studies thereon by Doumergue, Warfield, and others. Elective, two
hours, fall quarter, even years. Professor Robinson.

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208. The History of the Doctrine of the Atonement. Seminar in
which each student reports the doctrine of the atonement taught by
a representative of each of the four great Christian syntheses, the
Greek, the Latin, the Protestant, and the Modernist. Elective, two
hours, fall quarter, odd years. Professor Robinson.

Group III

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

A. Dogmatic and Biblical Theology

301. Introduction, Theology Proper, and Anthropology. Introduc-
tion embraces such matters as definition, aim, methods, sources, Scrip-
tures, etc. Theology Proper is distributed as follows: theism, anti-
theism, nature and attributes of God, the Deity of Christ, the nature
and office-work of the Holy Spirit, the decrees of God, and the works
of God. Anthropology treats of the origin, nature, and original state
of man, the covenant of works, the fall, sin, and free agency. Text-
book: Berkhof, REFORMED DOGMATICS, Introductory Volume and
Volume 1. Parallels: Strong, Warfield, and others. Required, Middle
year, spring quarter, five hours. Professor Green.

302. Christology and Soteriology. Christology covers such topics
as the plan of salvation, covenant of grace, person and work of Christ,
and the estates of Christ. Of Soteriology the following are the sub-
divisions: the order of Christian experience, regeneration, faith and
repentance, justification, adoption, sanctification, and the means of
grace the Word, sacraments, and prayer. Textbook: Berkhof, RE-
FORMED DOGMATICS, Volumes I and II. Parallels: Strong, War-
field, Orr, and Hodge. Required, Senior year, fall quarter, five hours.
Professor Green.

303. Eschatology and the Westminster Standards. Eschatology is
the doctrine of last things, and includes such interesting subjects as
the immortality of the body, the second coming of Christ, and future
rewards and punishments. The final section of the course in Theology
is a study of the Standards of our Church, the Confession of Faith,
and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. The aim here is not only to
acquaint 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. Textbooks: Berkhof, REFORMED
DOGMATICS, Volume II; and F. R. Beattie on The Standards. Re-
quired, Senior year, winter quarter, five hours. Professor Green.

304. Theology of the Psalms. The Book of Psalms is a little Bible.
It comprises many elements: law and gospel, history and prophecy,
philosophy, religion, and ethics; these make it a rich treasury. A
course in the theology of the Psalter includes studies not only in God,
but also in man, sin, revelation, Messiah, salvation, immortality, etc.
As the student explores this storehouse of materials for the work of
the ministry he will find a supply for his own spiritual needs. Elective,
five hours, winter quarter, even years. Professor Green.

305. A Course in Modern Cults. The Christian Church is losing
many members to various societies masquerading under the name of
religion. What is the explanation of the popularity of these new
sects? Why are so many people turning from the orthodox churches
and seeking satisfaction in these strange isms ? What are these re-
ligious oddities offering? Why is the Church of Jesus Christ not
meeting the cravings of those who go away to drink at other foun-

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tains ? From a study of the cults that flourish on American soil the
gospel minister can learn much that will be of value to him as he
seeks to guard his people from error and to guide them into the truth.
Elective, three hours, winter quarter, odd years. Professor Green.

306. Studies in the Holy Spirit. "When God designed the great
and glorious work of recovering fallen man, and of saving sinners to
the praise of the glory of His grace, He appointed in His infinite wis-
dom two great means therefor: the one was the giving of His Son
for them; the other was the giving of His Spirit to them. Without
the knowledge of the second in its truth, and without the improvement
of it in its power, the first will be altogether useless." The best book
on the Holy Spirit is the Bible. Studies in the Holy Spirit are exer-
cises in Biblical theology. The aim of this course is to give the student
a knowledge of the Spirit as He is in Himself, and in His relations
and work. Elective, five hours, spring quarter, even years. Professor
Green.

307. The Teaching of Jesus. Of those who have occupied the
teacher's office Jesus is easily first. The teachings of others are val-
uable, but His are indispensable. He was the Teacher sent from God.
He taught saving truth. His words possess an authority and a finality
that belong to the words of no other. Included in the teachings of
Jesus are all the great subjects of religion, and from them may be
deduced principles for the solution of all the problems of life. No
teacher of religion can afford to neglect the teaching of the Teacher.
Elective, five hours, spring quarter, odd years. Professor Green.

B. Apologetics

326. Apologetics. The function of Apologetics. The history of and
the present need for Apologetics in the current revolt against his-
toric Christianity. Vindication of the knowledge of God as given in
Christianity: that is, Theism, the religious nature of man, the Christ
of the Bible as the historical Jesus, the infallible truth and Divine
authority of the Scriptures. Term papers are presented on certain
of these themes by members of the class. Required, Senior year, five
hours, spring quarter. Professor Robinson.

327. Philosophical Apologetics. A comparison and contrast of the-
istic and anti-theistic epistemology, with a vindication of Theism
against the current anti-theistic trends. Elective by arrangement,
three hours. Professor Robinson.

C. Philosophy

351. The Philosophy of the Christian Religion. The premises of
this course are that God Who has revealed Himself in the Person and
work of Christ as unfolded in the Scriptures, which are the only in-
fallible rule of faith and practice, has not transgressed but honored
the truest conceptions of reason which is also His gift to man: that
before the mysteries of the Person of Christ, His supernatural birth
and works, His oneness with God, His atoning sacrifice, reason finds
its highest office not in denying their realities but in reverently
yielding itself to faith and worship and holy service: that in the
Christian system of truth whose Crown and Center is the Son of God,
Faith is not built upon the negation of intelligence but supported
by it.

The course will deal with such subjects as the origin and basis
of religion, its universal necessity, the Person of Christ, and Super-

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naturalism, together with criticism of Atheism, Agnosticism, Skep-
ticism and Pessimism. Fairburn's "PHILOSOPHY OF THE CHRIS-
TIAN RELIGION" will be used as the textbook. Elective, five hours,
winter quarter. Dr. Foster.

352. Logic. The aim of this course is two-fold. First, to discover
the laws of thought upon which the structure of knowledge rests by
a scientific study of the processes of thinking; second, to cultivate
the habit of accuracy in speech. The intimate relation between
thoughts and words is revealed and stressed, the latter being but the
verbal expressions in and through which thought completes itself.
Through a detailed and comprehensive survey of the fields of Deduc-
tive and Inductive reasoning the student is shown the methods by
which knowledge may be corrected and systematized, by which new
truths may be discovered, and the rules which must be observed to
obtain valid conclusions. Attention is also given to the conditions
from which errors or fallacies most commonly arise. Textbooks: AN
INTRODUCTORY LOGIC bv Creighton and Smart, and THE PRIN-
CIPLES OF REASONING by Daniel S. Robinson. Elective, three
hours, spring quarter. Dr. Foster.

D. Christian Ethics

376. Christian Ethics. Christian Ethics is a study of applied)
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 consideration of the duties and dynamics
of the Christian life. Text books: A HANDBOOK OF CHRISTIAN
ETHICS by D. S. Adam, and CHRISTIAN ETHICS by Newman
Smyth. Elective, five hours, fall quarter. Dr. Foster.

Group IV

PRACTICAL THEOLOGY

A. Religious Education

During the past two decades we have witnessed marked progress
in the development of Religious Education as a specialized field of
thought. Many of the leading theological seminaries have added it
to their curriculum offerings, and churches everywhere are seeking
greater efficiency by the use of facilities made available through
research in this field. Columbia Seminary is committed to the be-
lief that tremendous possibilities inhere in this relatively new sub-
ject for the training of ministers. We are employing the laboratory
method in this department to the end that the student may be privi-
leged to correlate carefully the theoretical and the practical as the
two are merged in a definite church situation.

In addition to the basic course required of all students, a group
of electives is provided in order that all of the men may have the
broadest possible training during their three years of residence on

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the campus. In the arrangement of these courses we have purposely
disregarded the matter of sequence, and hence they may be elected
by everyone irrespective of classification in the Seminary.

401. Organization and Administration. This course combines ex-
tensive library work, free class discussion, guided observation in small
groups in selected churches of Greater Atlanta, a carefully written
term paper correlating the work of the quarter, together with es-
pecial assignments made from time to time during the quarter. Re^
quired, Junior year, spring quarter, five hours. Professor Carmichael.

402. The Curriculum. This course is designed to lead the student
into an intelligent appreciation of the basic principles underlying the
curriculum of Religious Education, together with the practical appli-
cation of those principles in the work of the Church. Elective, three
hours, winter quarter, even years. Professor Carmichael.

403. Trends in Religious Education. A survey course embracing
some of the most recently published books in the field of religion.
These volumes are selected to secure for the student a fair cross-
section of current trends in religious thought. Elective, three hours,
winter quarter, odd years. Professor Carmichael.

404. Adult Psychology. An intelligent appreciation of psychologi-
cal attitudes is becoming increasingly recognized as an important
factor in the effective leadership of various age groups. This course
will introduce the student to basic principles of adult life helpful to
the development of a vital program of Religious Education for adults.
Elective, two hours, winter quarter, even years. Professor Carmichael.

405. Objectives in Religious Education. Almost every phase of a
minister's work has, in some measure, an educational significance.
Much of his task is predominantly educational. This course is de-
signed to provide guidance in the development of adequate and chal-
lenging objectives for effective leadership in this sphere of the
Church program. Elective, two hours, winter quarter, odd years. Pro-
fessor Carmichael.

406. Adolescent Psychology. The design for this course is essen-
tially the same as that stated for Adult Psychology. We are con-
cerned with the psychological approach only as it serves to make the
work of Religious Education more effective for a particular age group.
Elective, three hours, time to be arranged. Professor Carmichael.

407. Seminar in Education. This course represents a cooperative
undertaking. It was first given in the Spring of 1937 in response to
the expressed wish of a group of students desiring a clear conception
of the total educational program of the small church. Having set up
a hypothetical church situation, the group was divided into four
committees as working units. Class periods of two hours each were
devoted to the reading and discussion of the several committee re-
searches for the week, always keeping in mind the necessity for the
correlation of the separate studies into a unified whole. This, or
similar courses, will be given from time to time to students seeking
specialized work in the field of Religious Education. Elective, three
hours, time to be arranged. Professor Carmichael.

408. Supervision of Religious Education. While the minister may
actually do little of the educational work as such, the church looks to
him to supervise it. This course is designed to guide him in his prep-
aration for this particular responsibility. Elective, two hours, time
to be arranged. Professor Carmichael.

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B. Pastoral Theology

426. Pastoral Theology. This course is especially intended to fur-
nish the young- minister with the general principles on which he must
meet and solve the practical problems of the pastorate. Dr. Charles
R. Erdman's volume on THE WORK OF THE PASTOR is used as a
guide for the classroom discussion, but the principal required work of
the class is in the field of parallel reading and of practical and obser-
vational work. Among the subjects which are particularly emphasized
are personal evangelism, the pastor's relationship to the missionary
work of the Church, the pastor's duty as a citizen, the conduct of
regular worship and of marriage and funeral services, pastoral psy-
chology, church organization and finance, and church publicity. Mem-
bers of the class are required to attend services in representative
churches of various denominations in Atlanta to study the different
types of worship services, and to secure ideas of value in connection
with planning for the life and work of their own churches. Written
reports on this work are an essential part of the requirements in this
course. Required, Junior year, winter quarter, five hours. Professor
Richards, Dr. Foster.

427. Evangelism. Grounding itself on the truth that the work of
the minister is of a three-fold nature (1) spiritually developing the
Church, (2) shepherding the flock, (3) winning the unsaved, the de-
sign of the course is to acquaint the student with the fundamental
conditions which conspire to make the efficient evangelistic, pastoral
preacher. The special features of evangelistic sermons that secure
abiding results: sermons addressed to the intellect, the conscience,
and the heart: sermons that embody the Law and Grace will be em-
phasized. Attention will also be given to methods and avenues of
evangelism. Elective, two hours, spring quarter. Dr. Foster.

428. Christian Sociology. This course is intended to furnish the
student with an introduction to the study of present day social con-
ditions and problems. An especial effort will be made to bring the
light of Scripture as a whole and especially of the teachings of Christ
to bear upon these problems, and to indicate the duty resting upon
Christians in the modern social order. Among the specific subjects
to be studied are the State, the family, property, poverty, crime, race,
and war. Elective, three hours, winter quarter. Professor Richards.

C. Homiletics

451. The Theory and Practice of Preaching. In this introductory
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 textbooks in this department are
Broadus' PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF SERMONS and
Herrick Johnson's THE IDEAL MINISTRY. Required, Junior year,
fall quarter, five hours. Professor Green.

452. Sermon Building. This course is largely taken up with a
study of different types of sermons textual, topical, expository, nar-
rative, doctrinal, special, evangelistic. Portions of Scripture which
afford an intensive study of these types are chosen and assigned for

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practical homiletical work. The sermon briefs which are daily pre-
sented are freely discussed by the class in a spirit of constructive
criticism and in the light of the principles which should govern the
preparation of sermons. Special attention is given the subject, aim,
introduction, plan, and conclusion of each sermon. The student offer-
ing a suggestion is required to support his criticism with valid rea-
sons. Elective, five hours, fall quarter. Dr. Foster.

453. Advanced Homiletics. The aim of this course will be to lead
the student into the broadest field of Homiletical study. Such sub-
jects as the inherent difficulties of modern preaching, the technique
of the sermon, the sources and ordering of its material, the psychology
of preacher and congregation will be given emphasis. It will include
intensive practice in the art of sermon building, the study of the lives
of some of the greatest preachers of the world, an analysis of their
sermons with a view to developing a passion for the attainment of
the highest ideals in one's own work. Elective, five hours, spring
quarter. Dr. Foster.

D. Public Speaking

476. Training of the Speaking Voice. The object in this course is
to learn and practice proper voice production. A syllabus of drills is
used to secure: ease of production, purity of vowel production and
musical quality, audibility and resonance, and accurate consonant ut-
terance. The method of instruction will be lectures and drills, alter-
nating with classroom speeches by the students. There will be personal
criticisms and assigned reading. Required, Junior year, one afternoon
a week throughout the year, three hours credit. Mr. Johnson.

477. Persuasive Speaking. The object in this course is to learn
and apply fundamental socio-psychological principles of public speech,
such as: limitation, visibility, and immediacy. In this course we are
thinking about persuading our audience to believe or to do something.
A notebook of lectures will be kept by students. Lectures will be
given explaining the principles desired, then the students will prepare
speeches to demonstrate. Text: Sarett and Foster, BASIC PRINCI-
PLES OF SPEECH. Required, Middle year, one afternoon a week
through fall and winter quarters, two hours credit. Mr. Johnson.

E. Music and Hymnology

490. Music and Hymnology. The aim of this course is to acquaint
the student with the great hymns of the church, to stimulate his own
appreciation of them, and to prepare him for the proper guidance of
his congregation in worship through song. The Presbyterian Hymnal
will be used throughout most of the course and the hymns which it
contains will be treated historically, linographically, inspirationally,
and practically. The students will be instructed in the elementary prin-
ciples of music and will have opportunity to engage as a group in
learning to sing the great songs of our faith. Parallel reading will be
assigned and papers required during the course. The class will meet in
the seminary Chapel each Tuesday morning throughout the year.
Required for all students with credit as a two -hour course. Dr. Shel-
don.

TOWN AND COUNTRY MINISTERS'
INSTITUTE

Rev. Henry W. McLaughlin, D.D., Dean
One of the important services which Columbia Seminary has ren-
dered to its constituent Synods in recent years has been the holding
of an annual mid-winter Institute for ministers. This two-weeks
period is ordinarily scheduled to coincide with the delivery of the
Smvth Lectures at the Seminary so that in addition to taking the
special short courses which are offered by regular faculty members
and by visiting instructors the ministers in attendance will have an
opportunity to attend this important series of addresses.

The work of the Ministers" Institute has been projected in coopera-
tion with the General Assembly's Executive Committee on Religious
Education and Dr. Henry W. McLaughlin, Director of Country
Church and Sunday School Extension, has played a large part in
making it possible. Dr. McLaughlin has not only been present each
vear as a visiting instructor to offer special courses in the work of
the rural church, but has been able to arrange for a number of
scholarships to be provided for the benefit of ministers who would
not otherwise be able to attend. Rev. Joseph H. Cudlipp, Pastor of
the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va., has also made
a large contribution to the success of past Institutes by offering
courses in Worship, Evangelism, and The Use of Art in Religious
Education.

The Ministers' Institute for the coming year will be held January
23 - February 3, 1939. During the latter part of this period the
Smyth Lectures for 1939 will be delivered bv Dr. Clarence E. Ma-
cartney, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The subjects of special courses to be offered by members of the
faculty and by Directors of Religious Education in neighboring
Synods, who have accepted an invitation to be present, will be an-
nounced later. The following courses which will be taught by Dr.
McLaughlin are not only open to all visiting ministers but are re-
quired work in the field of Pastoral Theology for the seminary
classes indicated:

Junior Year How to Preach to Country People, or A Study of
the Bible as a Rural Book. Text: "GOD'S OPEN," by Vance, "and
the English Bible.

Middle Year Youth and Sunday School Extension. Syllabus
YOUTH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL EXTENSION, by McLaughlin.

Senior Year The Program of the Town and Country Church.
Text: PROGRAM OF THE SMALL CHURCH, by Dr. D. B. Walt-
hall.

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LIBRARY FACILITIES

The Smyth Library of Columbia Seminary is one of the most
extensive and the most valuable collections of theological litera-
ture in the South, forming an indispensable adjunct to the work
carried on in the classrooms. In it are incorporated the larger parts
of the libraries of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., Rev. John Douglass,
Rev. George Howe, D.D., Rev. S. Beach Jones. D.D., Rev. S. M.
Smith, D.D., Rev. R. C. Reed, D.D., Rev. J. L. Martin, D.D.. Rev.
J. W. Flinn, D.D., Rev. Thornton Whaling, D.D., and Rev. W. M.
McPheeters, D.D. New books are being continuallv added. The most
important periodicals are kept on file. The libraries of the profes-
sors are also accessible to the students.

In addition to the facilities available on the campus, students are
granted the privilege of securing membership in the Carnegie Library
of Atlanta, and may upon request have access to the libraries of
the many great educational institutions in this city.

The Smyth Library Fund

The late Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., of Charleston, S. C, made
provision in his will for the endowment of the library with a gift
of $10,000, and the income from this fund is used for the purchase
of books and periodicals necessary for the proper development of
the library facilities.

Librarian

For the past two years the library has been under the care of Miss
Harriet Kehrer as full time librarian, assisted by a number of student
workers. The process of cataloguing and indexing the volumes ac-
cording to the system of classification instituted at Union Theol-
ogical Seminary of New York is moving forward steadily and in
this way the usefulness of the library to the students and to ministers
of the Church has been greatly increased. Dr. S. A. Cartledge serves
as the faculty adviser to the librarian.

Lectures on the Thomas Smyth Foundation

Through a generous bequest of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., who
was for years the Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of
Charleston, S. C, a lectureship bearing the name of its founder was
established at Columbia Seminary in 1911. In accordance with the
conditions of the bequest, some person of worthy character and dis-
tinguished 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, and the interest on this amount each year is used
in providing for the delivery of the lectures. For more than twenty-

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five years distinguished scholars and ministers have treated a large
variety of themes, doctrinal, critical, practical, archaeological, and
historical. A list of these lecturers will be found on one of the
last pages of this bulletin.

The Smyth Lectures for 1937-38 were delivered by Dr. J. Sprole
Lyons, Pastor Emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta,
Ga., Past Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church U. S., and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Columbia
Seminary. Dr. Lyons spoke upon the subject of "Expository Preach-
ing.

The Lecturer for 1938-39 will be Dr. Clarence E. Macartney, Pas-
tor of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., who will
discuss the work of some of the great American preachers. Dr.
George Lang, Professor of Philosophy and Religion in the Univer-
sity of Alabama, will deliver the lectures in 1939-40.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Society of Missionary Inquiry

Soon after the Seminary began its regular work in Columbia, the
Society of Missionary Inquiry was founded for the purpose of fur-
thering an interest in missions, both at home and abroad. The Cen-
tennial of the Society was celebrated in Atlanta, February 1931,
with appropriate addresses and a pageant presenting a century of
service.

Regular meetings are held on alternate Monday evenings. At
these meetings various phases of Christian work are discussed by
students or by specially invited speakers. The Society also conducts
mission conferences in the Spring and Fall, these having been led
last year by five missionary alumni of Columbia Seminary who were
in America on furlough. A significant part of each Commencement
is the Address before the Society of Missionary Inquiry with an
offering taken for Foreign Missions.

Under the direction of the Society and in cooperation with At-
lanta Presbytery the members have taken full charge of evangelistic
preaching at "the Chapel," thus establishing a real rescue mission
in the heart of Atlanta. Students under regular assignment visit in
the neighborhood and hold three services each week in this mis-
sion during the school term, and the Presbytery provides for the
support of a member of the student body to continue the work
during the summer. Other work of visiting and conducting services
is carried on in county homes, prisons and prison camps; and
special programs are rendered in the Sunday Schools, Young Peo-
ple's Societies and churches of the Atlanta area.

"The J. Leighton Wilson Missionary Room" has been opened in
Campbell Hall. The room contains a number of highly prized mis-

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sionary books, curios, and trophies. This collection dates hack to
the early years of the Society, and it contains, among other valuable
missionary curios, the medicine 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 Quartette

For a number of years past Columbia Seminary has been repre-
sented by excellent quartettes which have occupied a prominent place
in the musical life of the institution and have rendered a variety of
services. Engagements have been filled at Sunday Schools, Church
services, young people's societies, Men-of-the-Church meetings,
Woman's Auxiliary meetings, public schools, colleges, conventions,
men's luncheon clubs, women's clubs, evangelistic meetings, hos-
pitals, prisons, and at other places. By invitation, the quartette has
rendered from time to time, acceptable programs over the radio
stations of Atlanta and over several other stations in cities visited.

Members of the quartette have opportunity to form many pleasant
and profitable contacts, and to render real service to the Seminary.
During the past year a student Choral Club has also rendered special
programs upon certain occasions.

Religious Exercises

A constant endeavor is made to keep the life both of individuals
and of the school as a whole upon the highest possible plane. All
classes in the Seminary are opened with prayer. Students and faculty
members meet daily in the chapel for a brief worship service, at
which time a message is usually brought by a faculty member or by
some visiting speaker. Other gatherings for worship are often con-
ducted by the students themselves and meetings of prayer groups are
held at frequent intervals.

On Thursday evenings the faculty and the students meet in the
chapel for regular preaching services conducted by the students.
Following this service the entire group retires to another room
where, as a part of the student's training in homiletics and public
speaking, faculty members offer constructive criticisms and sugges-
tions as to the subject matter, composition, and method of delivery
of the sermons. The satisfaction of the faculty's requirements in
connection with these sermons is one of the conditions of graduation
and before receiving a degree every student is expected to give evi-
dence of his ability to prepare and deliver an acceptable sermon.

During the early weeks of each school year it is customary for
a series of devotional messages to be brought to the students by
some minister especially qualified for the task. This period of spir-

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itual preparation for the year's work is crowned by a Communion
Service which is conducted in the Seminary Chapel early Sunday
morning. Other observances of this Sacrament are held at approp-
riate times during the school year. These services rightly hold the
place of preeminence in the devotional and spiritual life of the
campus. The Communion Set used in this service was presented by
the late Dr. W. M. McPheeters in memory of his wife, Emma Gold
Morrison McPheeters.

Home Mission Work

In addition to the training which results from observation of others
at work, the churches of Atlanta and the surrounding country 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 expected to take an
active part in the work of these church organizations.

A number of the students are engaged by the home mission com-
mittees within easy reach of Atlanta, to supply home mission fields,
and to assist in other forms of Christian work. In this way oppor-
tunity is provided for many students to engage in supply work and
other forms of religious activity, for which a reasonable remuner-
ation is usually 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 challenging tasks
and most fruitful opportunities for service.

The Seminary endeavors to cooperate with the Y. M. C. A., Sal-
vation 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 supply
vacant churches, provided absence from the campus does not con-
flict with their Seminary duties. A considerable number of small
churches near Atlanta are thus supplied by members of the upper
classes and real service has been rendered to the Home Mission
Agencies of this section in this way. Except in special cases, mem-
bers of the Junior class are not permitted to undertake regular work.

Ordinarily no student should undertake regular work oftener than
twice a month. Where necessity seems to require that a student en-
gage in full time supply work, the Faculty will consider each case
and decide upon it on its merits.

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Physical Culture

Any minister who does not possess a strong, healthy body is tre-
mendously handicapped in his work and can hardly hope to measure
up to the strenuous demands of the modern pastorate. The Seminary,
therefore, encourages all students to take regular exercise. On the
campus, there are tennis courts, a volley ball court, and a baseball
field. A neighboring golf course, the Forrest Hills Golf Club, allows
students to plav for a very small fee, and golfers find an additional
advantage in the fact that the city of Atlanta has several municipal
courses. Basketball is frequently played in the gymnasium of the
Decatur Presbyterian Church, and during the past year the Seminary
Five has successfullv plaved a strenuous schedule of games within
the City League of Atlanta. The city of Atlanta also offers a splendid
opportunity for competition in tennis with various schools and or-
ganizations when this is desired, and in years past the Seminary has
been represented by some strong teams in this sport. The fine climate
of this section and the situation of the Seminary make it possible
for students to engage in some form of open-air athletics practically
every day.

Medical Care

The splendid hospital and medical facilities of Atlanta are readilv
available to students of the Seminary and this fact ensures the proper
care of those who require medical attention. Several of the promi-
nent physicians and surgeons of the city have always been willing
to give their services to the student body either without charge or at
rates which are greatlv below those charged in ordinary practice,
and in so doiiis have rendered great service to the Seminary and to
the Church.

Space in the dormitory is provided as an infirmary to be used for
the benefit of students whose illness requires isolation but who do
not require hospital care.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Anna Church Whitner Memorial Fellowship

This Fellowship was established by Wm. C. Whitner, LL.D.. of
Rock Hill, S. C, as a memorial to his mother, who was an earnest,
consecrated, and devoted Christian. Each year the Fellowship is
awarded to some member of the Senior Class or of the five preceding
graduating classes. The income from the Fellowship, about $500,
will be used by the Fellow to finance a year's post graduate study
in an approved American or European institution. Since its estab-
lishment in 1928 this Fellowship has been awarded to the following
individuals, who are listed with the names of the institutions at
which they have elected to take graduate work:

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H. N. Alexander, Princeton Theological Seminary.
S. A. Cartledge, University ot Chicago.
I. M. Bagnal, Princeton Theological Seminary.
D. M. Mounger, University of Edinburgh.
T. H. Grafton, Northwestern University.
R. T. Gillespie, Emory University.
G. T. Preer, University of Virginia.
R. S. Hough, Princeton Theological Seminary.
(Work still to be taken.)

No appointment of Whitner Fellows has been made for the past
several years owing to temporary conditions affecting the income
available for the annual stipend. It is expected that it will be pos-
sible to resume appointments in the early future.

Resident Fellowship in New Testament

This Fellowship may be awarded to any college graduate who
has had such thorough preparation in Greek as to fit him for teach-
ing work in that department and who may be enrolled as a member
of any class at Columbia. The Fellow will be expected to teach
regular classes in Beginners' Greek for the benefit of students who
have not studied this language in college, or to do other work under
the Professor of New Testament.

The work required of a Fellow will not interfere with his regulai
studies.

Applications for Fellowships should be made to the President in
writing before February 15th in any school year.

The following men have been New Testament Fellows in past
years :

A. L. Patterson

E. D. Kerr

Samuel A. Linley

William T. Riviere

Samuel A. Cartledge

Wallace McP. Alston

J. \ era on McGee

G. Allen Fleece

John D. Cotts

Robert F. Boyd

Wilds Book Prize

Some years ago the Seminary received from Louis T. Wilds, Esq.,
a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S. C,
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 because of distinction
in his academic work. This prize was awarded last year to Mr. Wil-
liam S. Talmage of Korea.

EXTENSION WORK BY THE FACULTY

Evangelistic Services

Since the removal of the Seminary the faculty members have been
engaged in Atlanta and throughout the South, in practicallv 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 People's Conferences, Men's Clubs and
speak to almost every variety of civic and social club on a wide
range of topics.

In order to be effective teachers of men who are to be preachers
of the Gospel, it is essential that professors in a theological seminary
should be men of a deeply evangelistic spirit and that they should
not lose contact with the outside world and its needs. For this rea-
son, it is the policy of Columbia Seminary to encourage its profes-
sors in the holding of special evangelistic services as frequently as
their academic activities will permit, and practically all members
of the faculty conduct one or more such meetings annually.

Columbia Seminary Extension School

During the winter of 1933-34 the members of the Seminary Fac-
ultv at the request of the ministers of Atlanta instituted an impor-
tant venture in adult Religious Education. An Extension School
sponsored by the Presbyterian Ministers' Association and the Pres-
byterian Sunday School Superintendents' Association has been held
annually since that time with the exception of the past winter, and
a large number of Atlanta Presbyterians have been enrolled in the
courses. In order to be as accessible as possible to all of greater
Atlanta the school is held in a downtown church with classes meet-
ing for two hours on Tuesday and Friday evenings throughout a
period of eight weeks. Seven or eight different courses are offered
each vear and Leadership Training Credit is given for them either
by the Committee of Religious Education in Richmond, or by our
Department of Woman's Work.

The response with which the school has met indicates that it is
supplying a real need and large numbers of Sunday School workers,
young peoples' leaders, and Auxiliary members have been enrolled.
A considerable number of church officers and of the ministers of
Atlanta have also taken advantage of this opportunity for special
training. The attendance of most of those enrolled has been faithful
and a large percentage of the students have completed all require-
ments for credit.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Alumni of Columbia Seminary have always constituted an
intensely loval group, and the Alumni Association is a vigorous or-
ganization which seeks to make an increasing contribution to the
welfare of the institution. For a number of years past an alumni
office has been maintained on the campus and a competent member
of the student body is appointed each year as Alumni Secretary.
The secretaries of the Association who have served in recent years
have rendered valuable service by enlarging the files and records of
the organization and by promoting movements which it has initiated.

The annual business meeting of the Alumni Association is held
as one of the principal events of Commencement Week at the Semi-
nary and it is hoped that this will increasingly be a time for the sons
of the institution to return to its campus. All classes are urged to
arrange for reunions every five years at this season and the alumni
secretary will gladly cooperate in conducting correspondence and
making necessary arrangements to that end. A dinner meeting of
the Alumni is also held annually in connection with the meeting of
the General Assembly- In recent years members of the Association
have made substantial contributions to the support of the Seminarv
through the Alumni Sharing Fund, which has been promoted bv its
leaders with a view to giving the graduates of the institution an
opportunity to remain permanently and actively identified with its
work.

The present officers of the Alumni Association are: Rev. John
McSween, Chester, S. C, President; Rev. Marshall C. Dendy. Gaines-
ville, Ga., Vice-President, and Mr. Jack McMichael, Secretary and
Treasurer.

A CAM PI S SCENE

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GRADUATING CLASS OF 1937

THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DIVINITY

Narciso Gonzales Barron, A.B South Carolina

Joseph Watts Conyers, A.B South Carolina

Robert Bee-Hill DuPree, A.B South Carolina

Moses Elmore Gregg, A.B South Carolina

Frank Rogan Morse, A.B Georgia

Marvin Thrasher Murphy, A.B Tennessee

Raymond Lee Nelson, A.B Arkansas

William Samuel Talmage, A.B Korea

ROLL OF STUDENTS, 1937-1938
Graduate Students

(In Residence for at least one quarter)

John Harold Bratt A.B.. Calvin College

Holland. Mich. Th.B., Calvin Seminary

Rev. Leonard Burns Gibbs A.B., Davidson College

Smyrna, Ga. B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

Rev. Chester Franklin Monk A.B., Davidson College

McDonough, Ga. B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

Rev. Clarence Eugene Piephoff A.B., Presbyterian College

Greenville, S. C. B.D.. Columbia Theological Seminary

Rev. George Lafayette Riddle A.B., Presbyterian College

Cherryville, N. C. B.D.. Columbia Theological Seminary

Marcellus Calvin Weersing A.B., Calvin College

Kalamazoo, Mich. Th.B., Calvin Seminary

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Senior Class

Van Munroe Arnold A.B.. Presbyterian College

Sylaeauga. Ala. North Alabama Presbytery

Robert Frederick Boyd A.B.. College of Charleston

Mt. Pleasant. S. C. Charleston Presbytery

Marion Gordon Bradwell A.B.. Bob Jones College

Bainbridge, Ga. Southwest Georgia Prebytery

William Ellsberry Cox A.B., Millsaps College

Jackson, Miss. Central Mississippi Presbytery

Leonard Oscar Elmore A.B.. Presbyterian College

Rock Hill, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery

Hugh Sigmund Fite A.B., University of Mississippi

Jackson, Miss. Central Mississippi Presbytery

Furman Ezekiel Jordan A.B.. Presbyterian College

Whitmire, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery

Cecil Bratton Lawter A.B., Wofford College

Atlanta, Ga. Enoree Presbytery

Jack Brame McMichael A.B., E. Texas State Teachers" College,

Boligee, Ala. Birmingham Presbytery

James Herman Magee A.B., Maryville College

Mt. Olive, Miss. Meridian Presbytery

John Rhodes A.B.. Presbyterian College

Cramerton, N. C. South Carolina Presbytery

James Rhodes Smith A.B., Maryville College

Meridian. Miss. Meridian Presbytery

William David Stewart A.B., University of Georgia

Athens. Ga. Athens Presbytery

Edgar Love Storey, Jr A.B.. Maryville College

Mt. Olive, Miss. Meridian Presbytery

Addison Alexander Talbot, Jr A.B., Bob Jones College

Tsing Kiang Pu, China Muhlenburg Presbytery

William Franklin Taylor Davidson College

Atlanta. Ga. University of Tennessee

Atlanta Presbytery
Boyd Baxter Underwood A.B.. Presbyterian College

Clinton. S. C. South Carolina Presbytery

William Lowry Walker. A.B., Austin College

Cleburne. Texas Ft. Worth Presbytery

James Russell Young A.B., Oglethorpe University

Wauchula. Fla. St. Johns Presbytery

Middle Class

James Reid Boyce A.B., Erskine College

Dade City, Fla. St. Johns Presbytery

William Joseph Boyd A.B., King College

Doddsville. Miss. Central Mississippi Presbytery

James Samuel Cantrell A.B., Howard College

Birmingham. Ala. Birmingham Presbytery

Robert Doggett Earnest A.B., King College

Johnson City. Tenn. Holston Presbytery

William Garnett Foster, Jr A.B., University of Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tenn. Dallas Theological Seminary

Knoxville Presbytery
Samuel Mason Hughes B.S., Presbyterian College

Clinton, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery

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Hugh Morris Jefferson A.B.. Centre College

Chatham. \a. Louisville Presbyterian Seminary

Montgomery Presbytery
Anderson Merrell Keith A.B.. Maryville College

Asheville, N. C. Asheville Presbytery

William Bellinger Lowrance A.B., University of South Carolina

Columbia. S. C. Congaree Presbytery

Archie Lephon McNair B.S., Berry College

Conway, S. C. Atlanta Presbytery

Earl Matson Miller, Jr A.B., King College

Johnson City. Tenn. Holston Presbytery

George Martin Pickard Boone A. S. T. College

Charlotte. N. C. Moody Bible Institute

Mecklenburg Presbytery
Richard Randall Potter A.B., Presbyterian College

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Charles Augustus Sheldon. Ill A.B.. Lniversity of Georgia

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Conrad Lawrence Stayton B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Birmingham. Ala. East Alabama Presbytery

Junior Class

Howell Bradford Anderson B.S., Georgia School of Technology

Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Tom Baine Anderson A.B.. Davidson College

Birmingham. Ala. Birmingham Presbytery

Nickels Ray Beacham A.B., Furman University

Greenville. S. C. M.A., Duke University

Enoree Presbytery
Clark David Benson A.B.. Wheaton College

Wheaton, 111. St. Johns Presbytery

Frederick Conrad Debele. Jr B.S., Georgia School of Technology

Savannah, Ga. Savannah Presbytery

Bratton Herman Dillard A.B., Columbia Bible College

Spartanburg, S. C. Enoree Presbytery

James Herbert Gailey, Jr A.B., Davidson College

Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

James Edward Graham A.B.. Presbyterian College

Rock Hill. S. C. Harmony Presbytery

Thomas Brem Hoover, Jr A.B., Davidson College

Paw Creek, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery

Francis Richard Home A.B., Lniversity of Mississippi

Jackson, Miss. LL.B.. Lniversity of Mississippi

Central Mississippi Presbytery
William Chester Keller A.B., Presbyterian College

Greenville, S. C. Enoree Presbytery

Lycurgus Alexander McCutchen B.S.. Howard College

Birmingham. Ala. Birmingham Presbytery

Walker Keller Maude A.B., Maryville College, U. S. A.

Philadelphia. Pa.
Clarence Elmer Pickens Howard College

Birmingham. Ala. Birmingham Presbytery

Cameron Van Brent Thompson University of Florida

Tallahassee. Fla.

Columbia Theological Seminary

Harold Layton White

Mineral Wells. Texas

Samuel Hollingsworth Zealy.
Augusta. Ga.

A.B.. Austin College
M.A., Austin College

Ft. Worth Preshytery
Moody Bible Institute

Augusta Presbytery

Special Students

(Taking one or more regular course?, but not matriculated for a degree.)

William Walter Rowland Citadel

Atlanta, Ga. Moody Bible Institute

Rev. Harold McQ. Shields A.B.. Davidson College

Atlanta, Ga. B.D.. Union Theological Seminary

Rev. E. T. Wilson A.B., Presbyterian College

Atlanta, Ga. B.D.. Columbia Theological Seminary

Educational Institutions Represented

Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1

Austin College 2

Berry College 1

Bob Jones College 2

Boone A. S. T. College 1

Calvin College 2

Calvin Seminary 2

Centre College 1

Citadel 1

College of Charleston 1

Columbia Bible College 1

Dallas Theological Seminary 1

Davidson College 6

Duke University 1

E. Texas State Teachers College, 1

Erskine College 1

Furman University 1

Georgia School of Technology 2

Howard College 3

King College 3

Louisville Theological Seminary. 1

Maryville College 5

Millsaps College 1

Moody Bible Institute 3

Oglethorpe University 1

Presbyterian College 11

University of Chattanooga 1

University of Florida 1

University of Georgia 2

University of Mississippi 2

University of South Carolina 1

University of Tennessee 1

Wheaton College 1

Wofford College 1

Total number institutions represented, 34.

States and Countries Represented

Alabama

Florida :

Georgia

Illinois

Michigan

Mississippi 7

North Carolina 5

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. 2

Pennsylvania 1

South Carolina 13

Tennessee 3

Texas 2

Virginia 1

China 1

Total states and countries represented, 13.

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, Germany. Sub-

ject: Theological Movements in Germany During the Nineteenth
Century.

1913 Robert E. Speer, LL.D., New York City. Subject: Some Missionary

Problems Illustrated in the Lives of Great Missionary Leaders.

1914 Robert A. Webb, D.D., LL.D., Louisville, Kentucky. Subject: The

Doctrine of the Christian Hope.

1915 William Hoge Marquess, D.D., LL.D., New York City. Subject: The

Period from Abraham to Joshua as Illustrated by the Results of
Archaeological Discovery.

1916 J. Campbell White, A.M., LL.D., Wooster, Ohio. Subject: Missions and

Leadership.

1917 W. S. Plumer Bryan, D.D., Chicago, Illinois. Subject: The Grace of God.

1918 Benjamin B. Warfield, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject:

Counterfeit Miracles.

1919 Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject:

Christianity and the Modern Man.

1920 A. H. McKinney, D.D., New York City. Subject: Guiding Girls to

Christian Womanhood.

1921 Louis Matthews Sweet, S.T.D., Ph.D., New York. Subject: The Origin

and Destiny of Man in the Light of Scripture and Modern Thought.
1923 J. Sprole Lyons, D.D., Atlanta, Georgia. Subject: Sermonic Sources.
1923 L. E. NcNair, 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. D.D., Jackson, Miss. Subject: Regulative Ideas in

Preaching.
1923 James I. Vance. D.D.. Nashville. Tenn. Subject: Sermonizing.

1923 Dunbar H. Ogden, D.D., Mobile, Ala. Subject: The House in Which

the Minister Lives.

1924 Egbert W. Smith, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. Subject: The Call of the

Mission Field.

1925 A. M. Fraser, D.D., Staunton, Virginia. Subject: Church Unity.

1926 Samuel L. Morris, D.D., Atlanta. Georgia. Subject: The Fact of

Christianity.

1927 J. Gresham Machen, D.D.. Princeton. New Jersey. Subject: The Virgin

Birth.

1928 Charles R. Erdman, D.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: The Life

of D. L. Moody.

1929 William T. Ellis. Swarthmore. Pa. Subject: Explorations and Ad-

ventures in Bible Lands.

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.

1932 Melvin Grove Kyle. D.D.. LL.D., Louisville. Ky. Subject: In the Foot-

steps of Bible Characters.

1933 W. Taliaferro Thompson. D.D., Subject: The Psychology of Christian

Growth.

1934 Frazer Hood, Ph.D., Litt.D., Davidson. N. C. Subject: The Christian's

Faith.

1935 Samuel M. Zwemer, D.D., Princeton, N. J. Subject: The Origin of

Religion.

1936 Cornelius Van Til. Ph.D., Philadelphia. Pa. Subject: God and Human

Knowledge.
1938 J. Sprole Lyons. D.D.. Atlanta. Ga. Subject: Expository Preaching.

APPENDIX

Members of the Faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary,

1828-1938

Accessus Exitus

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 History 1838

1848 and Church Polity. 1850

1852 Alexander T. McGill,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History

and Church Polity. 1853

1853 Benjamin M. Palmer.* D.D.. LL.D., Provisional Instructor and

Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity, and 1856
1862 Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1865

1855 James Henley Thornwell.* D.D.. LL.D., Professor of Didactic and

Polemic Theology, and of Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology. 1862
1857 John B. Adger.* D.D.. Professor of Ecclesiastical History and

Church Polity. 1874

1861 James Woodrow,* Ph.D.. D.D.. LL.D., Professor of Natural

Science in Connection with Revelation. 1886

1867 William S. Plumer,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Didactic and

Polemic Theology, and Professor of Pastoral, Casuistic and

Historical Theology. 1880

1870 Joseph R. Wilson,* D.D.. Professor of Pastoral and Evangelistic

Theology and Sacred Rhetoric. 1874

1876 John L. Girardeau,* D.D.. LL.D., Professor of Didactic and

Polemic Theology. 1895

1882 Charles R. Hemphill.* D.D., Associate Professor and Professor

of Biblical Literature. 1885

1882 William E. Boggs,* D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History and

Church Polity. 1385

1885 James D. Tadlock,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical His-
tory and Church Polity. 1898

1887 Charles C. Hershman.* D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature. 1888

1888 Frances R. Beattie,* Ph.D., D.D., Professor of Natural Science

in Connection with Revelation, and Christian Apologetics. 1893

1888 William M. McPheeters,* D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of Biblical Lit-
erature and of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1935

1892 Daniel J. Brimm, M.A., Associate Professor of Biblical Literature

and Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1900

1893 Samuel S. Laws.* M.D., D.D.. LL.D., Professor of Natural Science

in Connection with Revelation, and Christian Apologetics. 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,* M.A., 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. C. Pearson * D.D.. Professor of the English Bible. 1913

Columbia Theological Seminary

and Religious
the Seminary
and Polemic

the Seminary.

1913 James 0. Reavis. D.D.. LL.D.. Professor of the English Bible,
Homiletics. and Pastoral Theology.

1916 Edgar D. Kerr. D.D.. Instructor in the Hebrew and Greek Lan-
guages, and Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Languages.

1920 Hugh R. Murchison. D.D.. Instructor in Missions.

1920 Melton Clark. D.D.. Professor of English Bible

Education.

1921 John M. Wells. Ph.D., D.D.. LL.D.. President of

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

Theology.
1925 Richard T. Gillespie.* D.D., LL.D.. President of

1925 Charles C. McNeill, D.D.. Acting Professor of Ecclesiastical His-

tory. Church Polity, Pastoral Theology, and Missions.

1926 William C. Robinson, M.A., Th.D.. D.D., Professor of Ecclesiasti-

cal History. Church Polity, and Missions.

1926 H. Waddell Pratt. D.D., Acting Professor of New Testament Lit-

erature and Exegesis.

1927 Hunter B. Blakely. Th.D.. D.D.. Professor of New Testament Lit-

erature and Exegesis.

1930 Samuel A. Cartledge. M.A., Ph.D.. Associate Professor and Pro-
fessor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis.

1932 J. McDowell Richards. M.A. (Oxon), D.D.. President of the Semi-
nary and Professor of Pastoral Theoloav.

1934 Patrick H. Carmichael. Ph.D.. D.D.. Litt.D.. Professor of English
Bible and Religious Education.

1936 John S. Foster. M.A., D.D., Associate Professor of Homiletics and
Practical Theology.

1920

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1932
1924

1930

1927

1930

^Deceased.

^)\JCAT/o^

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

Name

Home address-

Present address

Are you under care of Presbytery? If so, which?

Schools attended \ears Graduate? Degree

How many years have you taken Greek?_ Where?_

What Greek works have you read?

Average grade

Your pastor's name and address

Date of birth Place of birth

Are you married? Have you any children?

Are you willing to subscribe to the following pledge?

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

Signature

Note: This application may be accompanied by a letter setting forth
any additional facts.

INDEX

Academic Award? 46. 48

Admission and Graduation 16

Alumni Association 50

Application for Admission 59

Board 18

Board of Directors 5

Calendar 3, 4

Certificates 17

College Preparation 16, 17

Columbia's Territory 15

Courses of Study 27-39

General Statement 27

Group I Biblical Theology 27-33

Group II Historical Theology 33-34

Group I'll Systematic Theology. _34-36
Group IV Practical Theology 36-39

Cultural Advantages 14

Degrees 17. 21. 22

Outline of Courses for B.D. Degree_ 20

Requirements for Th.M. Degree 21, 22

Directions for Reaching

Seminary (Inside back cover)

English Course 21

Examinations 22

Expenses 18-20

Extension Work by Faculty 49

Evangelistic Services 49

Columbia Seminary Extension

School 49

Faculty 7, 8

Faculty Members, 1828-1938 56, 57

Fees 18

Fellowships 46, 48

Anna Church Whitner Memorial_46, 48

Resident 48

Financial Aid 19, 20

Government Aid 20

Grades and Distinctions 22

Graduating Class, 1937 51

Grounds and Buildings 13, 14

Historic Columbia 10, 11

Home Mission Work 45

Instruction 11, 13

Lecturers on Smyth Foundation 55

Librarian 42

Library 42

Loans to Candidates 19

Medical Care 46

Officers of Administration 6

Opportunities for Observing

Religious Work 14, 15

Pledge 18

Physical Culture 46

Preaching by Students 45

Pre-Seminary Curriculum 26

Quartette 44

Religious Exercises 44, 45

Reports to Presbyteries 18

Roll of Students 51-54

Schedule 23, 24

Scholarships 19

Seminary, The 10-15

Smyth Lecture Foundation 42, 43

Smyth Library Fund 42

Society of Missionary Inquiry 43, 44

Student Activities 43-46

Students from Other Seminaries 17

Town and Country Ministers'

Institute 40

Visiting Speakers and Lecturers 9

Wilds Book Prize 48

DIRECTIONS FOR REACHING THE SEMINARY

The campus of the Seminary is located in the southeast section
of Decatur, Ga., about one-half mile from the street car line. Stu-
dents coming by train over roads other than the Georgia Railroad
will ordinarily save time by taking the street car to Decatur after
arriving at an Atlanta station. For purposes of convenience, how-
ever, they are advised in all instances to purchase rail tickets from
the point at which they entrain to Decatur in order that baggage
may be checked through to the local station.

Upon arriving at the station in Atlanta, students may telephone
to the Seminary to receive instructions how to reach the Seminary,
or they may ask the clerk at either the Information or the Traveler's
Aid desk, how to reach the North Decatur street car. Trunk checks
should be brought to the Seminary where arrangements will be made
for transfer of trunks and other baggage.

From all stations it is better to take the North Decatur car line.
In reaching this line it will be necessary to transfer once, except
from the Union Station, where the car passes within a short distance.

Upon arrival in Decatur leave the street car at the end of the
route in front of the DeKalb County Court House, The Decatur
Taxi Company has a stand located near to this point on South Mc-
Donough Street and can provide economical transportation to the
Seminary campus. In case of confusion or of difficulty in carrying
out these directions, call the Seminary from some nearby telephone
and, if possible, a car will be dispatched from this point.

Students who travel by bus may buy their tickets to Decatur,
where they will alight near the center of the city and should pro-
ceed in accordance with the directions given above for those arriv-
ing by street car.