Columbia Theological Seminary Bulletin: Course Catalog 1939-1940 Announcements 1940-1941, 33, number 1, April 1940

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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY

DECATUR - GEORGIA

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

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COLUMBIA
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SEMINARY

DECATUR, GEORGIA
Founded 1828

On the accredited list of the American
Association of Theological Schools

CATALOGUE

and

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Owned and controlled by the Synods of

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,

and South Carolina

SERVING THE SOUTHEAST

Samuel A. Cartledge

Jno. S. Foster

Manford George Gutzke

J. McDowell Richards

Wm. C. Robinson

Jas. B. Green

Edgar D. Kerr

Russell F. Johnson Chas. A. Sheldon, Jr.

CALENDAR

Commencement 1940

Sunday, May 12

11:00 A. M. Baccalaureate Sermon, Delivered at the First
Presbyterian Church, Decatur, Ga., by Rev. William
Crowe, D. D., Pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Talla-
dega, Ala.

8:00 P. M. Annual Sermon before Society of Missionary In-
quiry, Delivered in Seminary Chapel by Rev. James O.
Reavis, D.D., Field Secretary of Foreign Missions, Pres-
byterian Church, U. S.
Monday, May 13

8:00 P. M. Inaugural Address of Professor Manford George
Gutzke, D.D.
Tuesday, May 14

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 J. R. McCain,
Ph.D., LL.D., Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.
Conferring of Degrees.
Awarding of Honors and Distinctions.

SESSION, 1940-1941
Fall Quarter

Thursday, September 26, 11:00 A. M. Session Begins. Opening
Address Delivered in Seminary Chapel by Dr. John S. Foster.
Matriculation. Announcements.

October 1-4 Special Devotional Services led by Rev. S. H. Fulton,
Pastor Laurinburg Presbyterian Church, Laurinburg, N. C.

December 6-11 Examinations.

Winter Quarter

Thursday, December 12, 8:15 A. M. Class Work Resumed.
Thursday, December 19, Noon Christmas Holidays Begin.
Thursday, January 2, 1941, 8:15 A. M. Class Work Resumed.
March 4-8 Examinations.

Spring Quarter

Tuesday, March 11. 8:15 A. M. Class Work Resumed.

April 28-May 9 Rural Pastors' Institute.

April 28-May 3 Smyth Lectures, Delivered by Rev. William D.
Chamberlain, Ph.D., D.D., Professor of New Testament Exe-
gesis, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Louisville, Ky.

May 20-24 Examinations.

May 25-27 Commencement.

CALENDAR 1940

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

J. Sprole Lyons, Chairman

J. B. Hutton, Vice Chairman

A. L. Patterson, Secretary

Class with Terms Expiring 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. McCully Sharon, S. C.

Rev. E. N. Caldwell Tallahassee, Fla.

Class with Terms Expiring 1941

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

Rev. Sam Burney Hay Auburn, Ala.

Rev. U. S. Gordon Gainesville, Fla.

Rev. A. L. Patterson Savannah, Ga.

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

Rev. O. M. Anderson Rolling Fork, Miss.

J. R. McCain, Esq Decatur, Ga.

Class with Terms Expiring 1942

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.

Rev. Melton Clark Anniston, Ala.

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
W. D. Beatie W. R. Barron

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

J. S. Kennedy

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION

President
Rev. James McDowell Richards, D.D.

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

Clerk of Faculty
Rev. Manford George Gutzke, D.D.

Treasurer
Mr. J. Sherrard Kennedy

Registrar and Bursar
Miss C. Virginia Harrison

Librarian
Mrs. Julia D. Anderson

Matron in Charge of Refectory
Mrs. Edna M. Phinizy

FACULTY

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

The Rev. Edgar D. Kerr, D.D.
Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

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

Professor of Systematic Theology and Ho mile tics

The Rev. Wm. Childs Robinson, Th.D., D.D.
Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity, and Missions

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

Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis

The Rev. Manford George Gutzke, D.D.
Professor of English Bible and Religious Education

The Rev. John S. Foster, D.D.
Acting Professor of Homiletics and Practical Theology

The Rev. Russell F. Johnson, A.B., B.D.
Instructor in Public Speaking

Charles A. Sheldon, Jr., D.Mus.
Instructor in Music and Hmynology

Donald Bennett Bailey, A.B.
Instructor in Introductory Greek

The Smyth Lectures for 1940-41

Will Be Delivered by

Dr. Wm. D. Chamberlain

Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Louisville

Presbyterian Seminary, Louisville, Ky.

Trom the Mind of the Flesh to the Mind of Christ."

THE SEMINARY

Historic Columbia

On December 15, 1828, the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia,
representing Presbyterianism from North Carolina to the Missis-
sippi, inaugurated this institution by electing Rev. Thomas Gould -
ing, D.D., as its first professor. For two years Dr. Goulding
conducted the work, chiefly propaedeutic, in the Presbyterian
manse at Lexington, 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 pur-
pose and came in a peculiar way to symbolize the sanctity which
was there so eloquently inculcated. It is remembered as the place
where Woodrow Wilson was "reborn for eternity" and where the
Southern Presbyterian 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 sig-
nificant facts in connection with its past. Re -erected upon the
campus of that College the little building stands now as a link
with the past of both institutions 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 Semi-
nary numbered among her Faculty and alumni many distinguished
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 immediately
recalls the name of James Henley Thornwell; any consideration
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 Missionary Inquiry. As a tribute
to the greatness of these and of others who have been likewise
connected with its past, the institution treasures the verdict of
the late Dr. S. M. Tenney, first Curator of the Historical Founda-
tion of our General Assembly, expressed to the author of a histori-
cal survey written at the end of its first century: "The fruit of
your study, well substantiated, is that Columbia Seminary has in-
fluenced 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 forward 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
necessary. At the time of the location in Columbia that city was
near the center of the Presbyterian 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. Imme-
diately following this decision the Synod of Mississippi accepted
the invitation of her sister Synods to unite in the ownership and
control of the Seminary.

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

In 1928, the Centennial of the founding of the Seminary was
celebrated during Commencement week, with the gracious par-
ticipation of the Atlanta General Assembly.

The wisdom of re-locating the Seminary in Atlanta has been
indicated not only by the success with which the removal was
accomplished but also by the enlarged service which the institution
has already been enabled to render for its constituent Synods.
The outlook 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 today
are gaining clear intellectual apprehensions of the great truths of
the fathers. The romance of Columbia's yesterdays presages the
reality of her tomorrows.

Instruction

Columbia Seminary has always sought to maintain the highest
standards of scholarship and in recent years has kept pace with
the practice of the best institutions of learning outside the theologi-
cal 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 theologi-
cal outlook, this institution is progressive in method and emphasizes
the necessity for a broad acquaintance with all fields of modern
learning. 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 ma-
terial under consideration. It is our belief that the modern min-
ister 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 encourage a broad general reading while, at the same
time, laying a firm foundation for the student in a thorough ac-
quaintance 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,
therefore, seeks constantly to emphasize the practical, spiritual,
and devotional values of the material which is studied.

Accreditation

Columbia Seminary is a member of the American Association of
Theological Schools and in 1938 was one of the 46 institutions
placed on the first list of fully accredited schools to be issued by
that organization. This approval of its work assures graduates of
the Seminary of full academic recognition for courses completed in
its classrooms. The Association makes no attempt to dictate the
theological views of its members but is concerned only with the
maintenance and improvement of their educational standards.

Grounds and Buildings

The physical equipment of Columbia Seminary in Decatur is in
all respects adequate for the needs of a modern theological institu-
tion. The buildings are constructed of red brick faced with grey
limestone, and their architecture, based upon the graceful lines of
the academic Gothic, is beautiful and impressive. Campbell Hall,
the administration building, contains 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 At-
lanta 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"

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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 single 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 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 walk-
ing at all seasons of the year. The presence on the seminary prop-
erty of two small streams not only adds to the charm of the cam-
pus, but affords a possibility of developing a lake which will be
large enough to furnish opportunity for boating and swimming.

Cultural Advantages

As a center of transportation and commerce with a population of
more than 350,000, Greater Atlanta offers many advantages in a
social and cultural way. Thus, in addition to the facilities avail-
able through its schools, it provides a multitude of worth-while
opportunities for the enrichment of the mental and spiritual life.
Atlanta has long been famous as perhaps the outstanding 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 preach-
ers, 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.

A Greater University Center

The presence in Atlanta of numerous outstanding educational
institutions has awakened in its leaders the idea of a great coopera-
tive development in education. Plans have now definitely taken
shape for the erection of a great university system, modeled
after the plan successfully followed in Toronto, Canada, in
which the University System of Georgia, Emory University, The
Georgia Institute of Technology, Agnes Scott College, The High
Museum of Art, and Columbia Theological Seminary will be co-
operating units. It is proposed that each school shall maintain its
absolute independence and its own distinctive standards, but that

14 Columbia Theological Seminary

each shall also have full access to the library and faculty re-
sources of the others. This plan has been approved by the Gen-
eral Education Board of New York, which has already made a
generous appropriation for the establishment of a union card cata-
logue of the various libraries represented. When the entire pro-
gram is completed it will make Atlanta one of the greatest edu-
cational centers in America and will afford students of the Semi-
nary opportunities for graduate work which can ordinarily be
found only in a great university.

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 Presby-
terian Sunday schools, furnishes to the students various opportu-
nities for engaging in active religious work. Within the metropoli-
tan 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
furnishes exceptional advantages of a clinical nature for the thor-
ough preparation of ministers equipped for every task which the
Church 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 Edu-
cation, and greatly strengthen the quality of the work offered in
these departments. A description of the observation work re-
quired 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 Caro-
lina and Georgia to form one Synod and that, at its best, was not
large in membership. It contained five Presbyteries, two in Geor-
gia 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 Mississippi 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.

Columbia Theological Seminary

15

This area contains 247,785
square miles with a population
of over ten million persons.
Our Church in this territory
reports 1,124 churches, 145,157
members, and 701 ordained
ministers and licentiates. Great
as is the progress which has
been made, however, the
Southeast continues to be one
of the greatest home mission
areas of America, and Pres-
byterianism has not done its
proportionate share toward
the evangelization 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
support 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.

STUDENT'S ROOM

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 circum-
stances each Presbyterian student applying for admission is ex-
pected 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 sub-
jects fundamental to the studies of the Seminary or he may be re-
quired to stand an entrance examination given by the faculty. It
is becoming increasingly difficult for men who have not had full
college training to find a place in the ministry, and Columbia Sem-
inary definitely discourages such men from seeking admission un-
less 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 re-
quirements for admission to the Seminary; but the classical course
of study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts is the normal
course of preparation for the Seminary.

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, Edu-
cation, and Psychology. It is also highly important that the student
should have the broadest possible acquaintance with the facts of
modern science.

It is desirable that all students of the Seminary shall have com-
pleted the proposed minimum pre-seminary curriculum which is
printed on page 28 of this catalogue. Those who lack basic courses

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in English, History, the Natural Sciences, Philosophy, and the So-
cial Sciences will be required to do supplementary work in these
fields under the guidance of faculty members.

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

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 de-
gree of Bachelor of Divinity, he must satisfy the requirements of
this Seminary with reference to knowledge of the original lan-
guages of Scripture.

Degrees

The standard degree of the Seminary is that of Bachelor of Di-
vinity (B.D). Any student who completes in a satisfactory manner
all of the courses of study required in the Seminary, and who has
presented to the Faculty a diploma of graduation from a recog-
nized college or university, will receive a diploma from this Sem-
inary 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
Theology (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 enlargement 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 properly qualified students, however, and
the requirements for this degree are stated elsewhere in the cata-
logue.

Certificates

Those students who, having been admitted under the extraordi-
nary 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 gos-
pel 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 stu-
dents; and that I will obey all the lawful requisitions, and readily
yield to all the wholesome admonitions of the professors and di-
rectors of the Seminary 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
student's attendance, punctuality, deportment, diligence, and scho-
lastic 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.

Theological Internships

Columbia Seminary has pioneered for the Presbyterian Church
in providing opportunity for certain of its students to take a year
of clinical training under the oversight of older and more exper-
ienced ministers. This year is ordinarily to be taken between the
Middle and Senior years at the Seminary in order that the student
in his last year of academic work may devote himself especially to
problems which he has discovered during his period of practical
training. The Faculty of the Seminary maintains close contact with
the student and with the minister under whom he serves during
the clinical year and is always prepared to offer its assistance and
advice. Any student may apply for appointment to such an intern-
ship but the decision of the Faculty will be made in the light of
its judgment as to the best interests of the individual concerned.
No student is required to take this fourth year of training contrary
to his own wishes and none is permitted to do so without the per-
mission of his Presbytery. In all instances the church with which
the student serves will provide room, board, and $25.00 per month
for a period of twelve months extending from September 1st to
September 1st. The plan has evoked highly favorable comment

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throughout the church as constituting a real forward step in theo-
logical education. The Seminary has been unable to meet the de-
mand of the churches for the appointment of men to serve in-
ternships in their work.

Expenses

In accordance with the recommendation of the Presbyterian Ed-
ucational Association of the South the charges made to students
of the four seminaries supported by the Presbyterian Church,
U. S., have been uniformly increased. This step has been taken in
the belief that it is a wise principle for ministerial students to bear
some part of the expense of their theological education, even
though the Church continues to carry the major portion of the
load. No charge is made to students for tuition. The expenses
at Columbia Theological Seminary for each year will be as fol-
lows:

Registration S 25.00

Room Rent 65.00

Board 160.00

Total $250.00

The charges made for graduate students will be the same as for
other members of the student body.

A diploma fee of $5.00 is to be paid in advance of Commencement
by each student receiving either the B.D. or the Th.M. degree.

In the case of the wives of married students occupying rooms in
the section of the dormitory reserved for married couples no ad-
ditional room rent will be required, but a maintenance fee of $10.00
a year will be charged. Board in the Seminary refectory will also
be available to them at the standard rate of $160.00 per year.

The registration fee will be payable at the opening of the first
quarter for which a student enrolls. Other obligations are to be
arranged upon a monthly schedule so far as possible. No student
will be granted a degree by the Seminary until he has satisfied all
financial obligations incurred during his residence here.

Each student is expected to care for his own room in the dor-
mitory, but janitor service is provided for all other parts of the
buildings.

The boarding department is efficiently administered by Mrs.
Edna Phinizy as matron, assisted by a competent and faithful
group of servants. As the refectory is operated upon a non-profit
making basis the charge made represents the actual cost to the
Seminary of providing this service, so far as it is possible to esti-
mate the cost in the light of past experience. 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 com-
pare favorably with that at any similar institution.

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Textbooks. All required books are available at our book store
at reduced prices, but there are also frequent opportunities for
students 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.

Laundry and pressing are handled under a special arrangement
made by the Seminary with a Decatur firm and the average cost
of these per student runs from $3.50 to $4.00 a month. Other
expenses will be limited almost entirely to such items as clothing,
transportation, and amusements.

Financial Aid

Loans to Candidates. The General Assembly's Committee of
Christian Education and Ministerial Relief, Louisville, Ky., pro-
vides a loan each year for deserving students who are properly
recommended by their Presbyteries. This loan is to be repaid
under conditions prescribed by the General Assembly. In recent
years the Committee has fixed the ordinary amount of this loan
at $60.00, though this amount may be altered in the light of chang-
ing conditions. Application for the loan should be made through
the Chairman of the Committee of Christian Education in the
Presbytery. The Seminary will be glad to furnish information and
to render assistance in the matter.

The payment of 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 there are
a number of scholarships available for students who are unable
to meet their expenses without further financial assistance. These
scholarships are regarded not as gifts but as an investment made
by the Church in the training of its ministry. The amount granted
to any student is to be determined in the light of his other re-
sources and of the quality of work which he has done. Scholar-
ships cannot be awarded to those whose grades do not measure up
to requirements. Application for this aid is to be made to the
President of the Seminary on forms which will be supplied upon
request.

All scholarships will be payable in regular installments through-
out the year according to a schedule which will be set by the busi-
ness office of the Seminary.

In addition to meeting the requirements stated above the stu-
dent who receives a scholarship must

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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 recommend-
ing 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 stu-
dent help is used in the library, in the dining room, and on the
grounds. The work done is of substantial assistance to the Sem-
inary, 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.

A student who marries during the period of his preparation for
the ministry will not ordinarily be eligible to receive scholarship
aid thereafter, nor can scholarship aid be granted to ordained min-
isters who may enroll for special or graduate work.

Self Help. The location of the Seminary and the nature of its
schedule make it very difficult for its students to earn money by
secular work done during the school term. After the first year in
the Seminary, the student may earn a part of his expenses through
engagements for summer work or for supply preaching in churches
near the institution.

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

OUTLINE OF COURSES FOR THE BACHELOR OF
DIVINITY

Fall Quarter

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

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

101. Old Testament

152. English Bible
477. Public Speaking
Five hours of electives Five hours of electives

SENIOR YEAR

302. Theology 303. Theology

153. English Bible 204. History

Five hours of electives 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

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, Pastoral Theology
426, 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 (be-
cause of New Testament 145 and 146 being non-credit) as marks will allow,
normally in two or three hour electives.

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

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 admit a student to candidacy for the degree unless the student
can present 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. Ex-
aminations in the languages are to be taken under the professors
of Hebrew and New Testament; graduate students who have av-
eraged B or above in their undergraduate courses in Hebrew and
New Testament 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

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specialization. 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 ap-
proved by a committee of the Faculty at least two weeks before
the degree is granted. Three typewritten bound copies of the the-
sis must be deposited in the library.

A student whose thesis subject and course of study have been
approved by the professors of his group and who has passed the
language examinations may then apply for formal admission to
candidacy 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 candi-
date must pass a satisfactory examination before the Faculty or a
committee 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
submitted for the degree.

The thesis for the degree of Master of Theology must be written
in some field of theological inquiry 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 de-
gree 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 en-
tire 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.

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 permis-
sion to pursue the English Course must, in every case, be made to
the President of the Seminary before the student begins his work
and must be accompanied by a written request from the Presby-
tery 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 Testa-

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ment 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.

Mission Training Course

In order to provide needed training for lay missionaries Colum-
bia Seminary will offer in future a one-year course especially
designed to meet the requirements of candidates for this type of
service. Students enrolling for this training will be expected to
carry at least fifteen hours of regular class work throughout the
three quarters of the school year. Approximately two-thirds of
the work required in the course will be in the field of English
Bible and the student will thus be given full opportunity to equip
himself in this vitally important subject. Other studies are to be
elected from among the regular courses offered in catalogue after
conference with the faculty. Under ordinary circumstances, how-
ever, it will probably be advisable that work be taken in the His-
tory of Missions, the Westminster Standards, Presbyterian History
and Polity, Evangelism, Religious Education, Public Speaking, and
Hymnology.

The course of study outlined above has been adopted after con-
ference with the Executive Secretary of Foreign Missions for the
Presbyterian Church, U. S., and has been approved by him as
meeting the needs of lay missionaries in that Church. Students
enrolling for the course must be recommended for admission by
the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions if they expect to
serve in the Presbyterian Church, U. S., or by a similar authority
in their church if they represent a different denomination. A
certificate showing successful completion of the Mission Training
Course will be awarded to candidates who have met the require-
ments as stated.

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 satisfac-
tory 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 Presbyteries. A represents 95-100; B, 90-94; C, 85-89; D,
80-84; E, 75-79; and F, failure.

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Students who during their three years at the Seminary have
made no grade below A graduate "Summa Cum Laude." The dis-
tinction 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 average of B, and who have no grades below
C are graduated "Cum Laude." In each of these cases the appro-
priate distinction is recorded 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.

The 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 op-
portunity 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

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Columbia Theological Seminary

credit towards the degree of Master of Theology. The course is
arranged so that no student may complete the requirements for
the bachelor's 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 stu-
dents could profitably take 20 hours, but a good number could
take 17 to 18 hours. Electives of two hours are given on Wed-
nesdays and Fridays; of three hours, on Tuesdays, 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 year 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. Other electives are not placed in regular rota-
tion, but are given only by arrangements between students and
professors.

Seminar courses are intended primarily for graduate students
but may be elected by undergraduates who have an average of
not less than B for the preceding quarter.

Schedule of Classes

Hour

Fall Quarter

Winter Quarter

Spring Quarter

8:15

126. New Testament
145. New Testament
5 hour Electives

202. History

128. New Testament

303. Theology

129. New Testament

301. Theology

104. Old Testament

9:15

2 and 3 hour Elec.

2 and 3 hour Elec.

127. New Testament
All Electives

10:15

Chapel

Chapel

Chapel

11:00

451. Homiletics
101. Old Testament
153. English Bible

151. English Bible
102. Old Testament
204. History

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

12:00

201. History

152. English Bible

302. Theology

426. Pastoral Theol.
146. New Testament
5 hour Electives

203. History

Hours for Seminar Courses to be arranged.

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 institu-
tions 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 ad-

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.

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COURSES OF STUDY

General Statement

The curriculum materials of Columbia Theological Seminary
have been arranged in four major divisions, as follows: (1) Bibli-
cal Theology, (2) Historical Theology, (3) Systematic Theology,
and (4) Practical Theology. In addition to its simplicity, this ar-
rangement reflects the unity of the curriculum and at the same time
emphasizes 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.

Provision will be made for the guidance of all students in the
Seminary in a survey study of the entire Bible which will even-
tuate in a comprehensive examination scheduled at some time dur-
ing the senior year. This significant strengthening of the curriculum
offerings in the Biblical Theology Group has emerged from three
basic convictions: (1) that predominantly the three years of Semi-
nary 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 candi-
date for the Gospel ministery should attain to a summary knowl-
edge 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 stu-
dents but also to all who may, at such time, be matriculated in the
Seminary. The Seminary further reserves the right to withdraw
courses and to make necessary changes in the schedule at any
time.

Group 1

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

A. Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

The Church has always emphasized the importance of the origi-
nal languages of Holy Scripture in theological education. "The
Old Testament in Hebrew, and the New Testament in Greek, being

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immediately inspired by God, the Church is finally to appeal unto
them." Therefore, the Seminary endeavors to fit the students for
the ministry to use intelligently and effectively the original lan-
guages in interpreting the Sacred Oracles.

101. Elements of Hebrew. The class begins the study of the language
by the inductive method. Orthography, etymology, and syntax are taught
from the Hebrew text of Genesis. Note books are used for exercises in
the inflectional forms of the 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. Pro-
fessor Kerr.

103. Hebrew Reading and Syntax. Hebrew reading, with special refer-
ence to vocabulary. Syntax is taught by careful attention to examples as
they occur in the Hebrew Bible. Textbook: Kittel's BIBLIA HEBRAICA,
HEBREW LEXICON by Brown, Driver and Briggs. Required, Middle year,
spring quarter, 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 consideration of
the problems, methods, and principles of historical and literary criticism.
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 grammatical inter-
pretation 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 professor,
courses in Aramaic or Arabic may be given to qualified students. 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.

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

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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 strongly 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 defi-
ciency as soon as possible; they will be definitely discouraged
from undertaking regular 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, his-
torical, 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 interpretation and is given a survey
of the materials available for using those principles in the interpretation
of the New Testament. General introduction will include 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. Professor Cartledge.

127. Romans A study of this major Pauline Epistle in the light of the
principles of grammatico-historical interpretation. After a detailed intro-
duction 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, es-
pecially as they touch this Epistle. Required, Junior year, spring quarter,
five hours. Professor Cartledge.

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 intro-
duction, including the Johannine problem, will be studied. Students will
be expected to acquaint themselves with as many different methods of in-
terpretation of this book as possible. Required, Middle year, winter quarter,
five hours. Professor Cartledge.

129. The Greek of the New Testament Period. Readings in the New Tes-
tament, the Septuagint, Epictetus, and the papyri. Emphasis will be placed

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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. The discovery and in-
terpretation of the New Testament teachings on the social problems of the
present day. Seminar, fall quarter, odd years. Professor Cartledge.

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

133. Advanced Textual Criticism. Some practice in handling manuscripts
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, selected 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 version. 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 Cartledge.

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

138. Problems in the Life of Christ. A course dealing with typical prob-
lems in the field of historical and textual criticism in relation to the life of
Christ. Seminar, hours to be arranged. Professor Cartledge.

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

146. Readings in New Testament Greek. Completion of the beginners'
grammar and readings in the easier portions of the New Testament. Re-
quired of all students without sufficient college Greek, Junior year, winter
quarter, five hours, non-credit. Mr. Bailey.

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
preaching, Columbia Seminary includes as a part of her required
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 pos-
sible. The apparent overlapping at certain points is largely over-
come by the methods of approach which the several professors em-
ploy to guide their students in the study of the Bible. The Old and
New Testament departments lay especial emphasis upon the exe-

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getical study, while the English Bible department uses the exposi-
tory method. Our primary concern is not to offer the student a
wealth of homiletic material but rather to assist him in the devel-
opment 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. Old Testament History. A survey of historical and biographical ma-
terial recorded in the Pentateuch and in the historical books of the Old
Testament as having been written to serve as an introduction and a back-
ground for the life and work of Christ. Required, Junior year, winter
quarter, five hours. Professor Gutzke.

152. New Testament History. A survey of the Gospels and the Acts to
gain a comprehensive view of the Coming and Work of Christ and the Holy
Spirit. Required, Middle year, fall quarter, five hours. Professor Gutzke.

153. The Epistles of the New Testament. A survey of the Pauline and
the General Epistles to integrate the interpretation of the Christian life
under the New Covenant in the power of the Holy Spirit. Required, Senior
year, fall quarter, five hours. Professor Gutzke.

154. The Major Prophets. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel will be
studied to note the function of the prophet in the life of God's people, and
the content of their messages as a revelation of the Will of God. Elective,
three hours, spring quarter, odd years. Professor Gutzke.

155. The Minor Prophets. The last twelve books of the Old Testament
will be studied as above. Elective, three hours, spring quarter, even years.
Professor Gutzke.

156. The Poetic Literature. Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the
Song of Solomon will be studied with special attention paid to the function
of worship in the godly life. Elective, two hours, winter quarter, odd years.
Professor Gutzke.

157. Israel as a Kingdom. A study of the rise of the kingdom idea in
Israel, the establishing of the monarchy, the divided kingdom, the captivity,
and the restoration under Ezra and Nehemiah. This course will provide
opportunity for more detailed study of this period of Israel's history than
will be given in Course 151. Elective, two hours, winter quarter, even years.
Professor Gutzke.

160. Bible Synthesis. A study of selected books in both Old and New
Testaments to grasp the message of each book as a whole. Seminar discus-
sion of student reports will be the principal method of class work. Written
reports and outlines are an essential part of the requirements in this course.
Seminar, hours to be arranged. Professor Gutzke.

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 atten-
tion is given to the history of Southern Presbyterian 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. Professor Robinson.

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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 evolu-
tion follows the logical implication and the exposition 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 Reformation with
special emphasis on Luther and Calvin. The various definitions of the rule
of faith with consequent modifications of Christianity 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 development of liberal theology in America. Required,
Junior year, spring quarter, five hours. Professor Robinson.

204. Presbyterianism, Its History and Polity. The polity of primitive
Christianity in the light of recent research. The rise of the monarchial
episcopate out of the presbyterate. The restoration of Presbyterianism 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. Re-
quired, Senior year, winter quarter, five hours. Professor Robinson.

205. The Teaching of Karl Barth. The Gifford lectures are used as the
basis of study and discussion as to the doctrines of the noted Swiss theolo-
gian. Text: THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND THE SERVICE OF GOD.
Elective, two hours. 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. Professor Robinson.

207. The Teachings of John Calvin. THE INSTITUTES with studies
thereon by Doumergue, Warfield, and others. Elective, two hours. Pro-
fessor Robinson.

208. The History of the Doctrine of the Atonement. A course in which
each student reports the doctrine of the atonement taught by a representa-
tive of each of the four great Christian syntheses, the Greek, the Latin, the
Protestant, and the Modernist. Seminar. Professor Robinson.

209. Survey of the Theology of Karl Heim. A survey of the views of
the leading German evangelical theologian using his three volumes, GOD
TRANSCENDENT, JESUS DER HERR, and JESUS DER WELTVOLLEN-
DER. Elective, two hours. Professor Robinson.

210. Southern Presbyterian Worthies and Their Works. Following the
lines marked out in Dr. J. M. Wells' Sprunt Lectures, this course provides
for the study of the life and the writings of selected leaders of our Church
such as Dabney, Hoge, Girardeau, Thornwell, Palmer, Baker, Woodrow,
Peck, S. Robinson, W. W. Moore, R. C. Reed. Seminar, hours to be ar-
ranged. Professor Robinson.

Group III

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

A. Dogmatic and Biblical Theology

301. Introduction, Theology Proper, and Anthropology. Introduction em-
braces such matters as definition, aim, methods, sources, Scriptures, etc.
Theology Proper is distributed as follows: theism, antitheism, 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

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treats of the origin, nature, and original state of man, the covenant of
works, the fall, sin, and free agency. Textbook: Berkhof, REFORMED
DOGMATICS, Introductory Volume and Volume 1. Parallels: Strong, War-
field, and others. Required, Middle year, spring quarter, five hours. Pro-
fessor 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 Soterioligy the following are the sub-divisions: the
order of Christian experience, regeneration, faith and repentance, justifica-
tion, adoption, sanctification, and the means of grace the Word, sacraments,
and prayer. Textbooks: Berkhof, REFORMED DOGMATICS. Volumes I
and II. Parallels: Strong, Warfield, Orr, and Hodge. Required. Senior
year, fall quarter, five hours. Professor Green.

303. Eschatology and the Westminster Standards. Eschatology is the doc-
trine of last things, and includes such interesting subjects as the immor-
tality of the soul, the state of the soul immediately after death, the resurrec-
tion 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. Required. 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 satisfac-
tion in these strange isms? What are these religious oddities offering?
Why is the Church of Jesus Christ not meeting the cravings of those who
go away to drink at other fountains? 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 glori-
ous work of recovering fallen man, and of saving sinners to the praise of
the glory of His grace. He appointed in His infinite wisdom 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 exercises 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, three 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 valuable, but His are
indispensable. He was the Teacher sent from God. He taught saving truth.

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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 teach-
ing of the Teacher. Seminar, hours to be arranged. Professor Green.

B. Apologetics

326. Apologetics. The function of Apologetics. The history of and the
present need for Apologetics in the current revolt against historic Chris-
tianity. 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 his-
torical 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 Robin-
son.

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 infallible 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 Supernaturalism, together
with criticism of Atheism, Agnosticism, Skepticism, and Pessimism. Fair-
burn's "PHILOSOPHY OF THE CHRISTIAN 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 scien-
tific 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 compre-
hensive survey of the fields of Deductive and Inductive reasoning the stu-
dent 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. Text-
books: AN INTRODUCTORY LOGIC, by Creighton and Smart, THE PRIN-
CIPLES OF REASONING, by Daniel S. Robinson. Elective, three hours,
spring quarter. Dr. Foster.

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 appli-
cation 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. Textbooks: A HANDBOOK OF CHRIS-
TIAN ETHICS, by D. S. Adam, and CHRISTIAN ETHICS, by Newman
Smyth. Elective, five hours, fall quarter. Dr. Foster.

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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 students may be
privileged 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
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 extensive
library work, free class discussion, guided observation in small groups in
selected churches of Greater Atlanta, a carefully written term paper cor-
relating the work of the quarter, together with especial assignments made
from time to time during the quarter. Required, Junior year, spring quar-
ter, five hours. Professor Gutzke.

402. Theory and Technique of Religious Education. This course is de-
signed to give the student a grasp of the principles and procedures involved
in the program of inducing faith in God, in Christ, and in culturing Chris-
tians. The function of the Holy Spirit and the significance of the Scrip-
tures as the Word of God are noted and integrated with recognized peda-
gogical principles in presenting a technique for the Christian worker. This
course is basic for a systematic approach to all problems in the field of
Religious Education. Elective, three hours, winter quarter. Professor
Gutzke.

403. The Psychology of Leadership. A study of the function of the per-
sonality of the pastor, evangelist, teacher, parent, counselor, friend, etc., in
the educational process. The mechanisms employed in pastoral work, evan-
gelism, teaching, counseling, personal work, and church visitation will be
described and studied in correlation with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit
and the contributions of the Social Sciences. This course is designed to give
a comprehensive grasp of the significance of procedure in promoting Relig-
ious Education. Elective, two hours, spring quarter, odd years. Professor
Gutzke.

404 Trends in Religious Education. A survey course studying the devel-
opment of this phase of church work and various points of view sponsored
in the church at large as reflected in recently published books. The influ-
ence of the social sciences and pedagogical theory upon current procedures
presented in contemporary Religious Education literature will be observed.
This course is designed to enable the student to interpret the significance

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of the recent development of Religious Education in the history of the
church and to orient himself in that field of service as it is today. Elective,
two hours, spring quarter, even years. Professor Gutzke.

N.B. : Courses 402, 403 and 404 follow each other in logical sequence and whenever
practicable should be taken in that order.

B. Pastoral Theology

426. Pastoral Theology. This course is especially intended to furnish 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 dis-
cussion, but the principal required work of the class is in the field of par-
allel reading and of practical and observational work. Among the subjects
which are particularly emphasized are personal evangelism, the pastor's re-
lationship to the missionary work of the Church, the pastor's duty as a
citizen, the conduct of the regular worship and of marriage and funeral
services, pastoral psychology, church organization and finance, and church
publicity. Members of the class are required to attend services in repre-
sentative 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.

427. Evangelism. Grounding itself on the truth that the work of the min-
ister is of a three-fold nature (1) spiritually developing the Church, (2) shep-
herding the flock, (3) winning the unsaved, the design 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 emphasized. Attention will also be given to methods and ave-
nues of evangelism. Elective, two hours, spring quarter. Dr. Foster.

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 empha-
sis 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 prep-
aration, 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 SER-
MONS 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, narrative, doctrinal,
special, evangelistic. Portions of Scripture which afford an intensive study
of these types are chosen and assigned for practical homiletical work. The
sermon briefs which are daily presented 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 stu-
dent offering a suggestion is required to support his criticism with valid
reasons. Elective, five hours, fall quarter. Dr. Foster.

453. Advanced Homiletics. The aim of this course will be to lead the stu-
dent into the broadest field of Homiletical study. Such subjects as the in-

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herent difficulties of modern preaching, the technique of the sermon, the
sources and ordering of its material, the psychology of preacher and con-
gregation 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 preach-
ers 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. Elec-
tive, five hours, spring quarter. Dr. Foster.

454. Homiletic Literature. This course will offer opportunity for broad
general reading in the various fields which contribute to effective sermon
preparation. Seminar, hours to be arranged. 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, audi-
bility and resonance,, and accurate consonant utterance. The method of
instruction will be lectures and drills, alternating 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: limita-
tion, visibility, and immediacy. In this course we are thinking about per-
suading our audience to believe or to do something. A notebook of lec-
tures will be kept by students. Lectures will be given explaining the prin-
ciples desired, then the students will prepare speechs to demonstrate. Text:
Sarett and Foster, BASIC PRINCIPLES 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 appre-
ciation of them, and to prepare him for the proper guidance of his congre-
gation in worship through song. The new Hymnal of our Church 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 principles 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. Dr. Sheldon.

TOWN AND COUNTRY MINISTERS'
INSTITUTE

Rev. Henry W. McLaughlin, D.D., Dean
One of the important services which Columbia Seminary has
rendered to its constituent Synods in recent years has been the
holding of an annual Institute for ministers. The two-weeks'
period is ordinarily scheduled to coincide with the delivery of
the Smyth Lectures at the Seminary so that in addition to tak-
ing 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 ad-
dresses.

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The work of the Ministers' Institute has been projected in coop-
eration with the General Assembly's Executive Committee on Reli-
gious Education and Dr. Henry W. McLaughlin, Director of Coun-
try Church and Sunday School Extension, has played a large part
in making it possible. Dr. McLaughlin has not only been present
each year as a visiting instructor to offer special courses in the
work of the rural church, but has been able to arrange for a num-
ber of scholarships to be provided for the benefit of ministers who
would not otherwise be able to attend. The Directors of Religious
Education in the Seminary's supporting Synods were additional
visiting instructors for the Institute of 1940, and it is expected that
they will continue to cooperate in this undertaking.

The Pastor's Institute for the coming year will be held April 28-
May 9, 1941. During the first week of this period the Smyth Lec-
tures for 1941 will be delivered by Dr. Wm. D. Chamberlain, Pro-
fessor of New Testament Exegesis in the Louisville Presbyterian
Seminary.

The subjects of special courses and lectures which will be offered
by members of the regular Faculty and by visiting instructors will
be announced at a later date. The following courses which will be
taught by Dr. McLaughlin with the co-operation of the Synodical
Directors, will be required work in Pastoral Theology for the
classes indicated but will also be open to visiting ministers:

Junior Year Youth and Sunday School Extension. Syllabus by
Dr. McLaughlin with Dr. Glasgow's book, CHAPELS TODAY'S
EVANGELISTIC FRONTIER, as parallel.

Middle Year The Program of the Town and Country Church.
Text to be announced. The Synodical Directors will lead discus-
sions on "The Program of Religious Education for the Local
Church."

Senior Year Town and Country Church Leadership. Texts: THE
NEW CALL, by McLaughlin, and THE LITTLE CHURCH ITS
PROGRAM AND WORK, by D. B. Walthall.

LIBRARY FACILITIES

The Smyth Library of Columbia Seminary is one of the most
extensive and valuable collections of theological literature 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 continually added. The
most important periodicals are kept on file. The libraries of the
professors are also accessible to the students.

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In addition to the facilities available on the campus, students are
granted the privilege of securing membership in the Carnegie Li-
brary 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

Mrs. Julia D. Anderson is the full time librarian of the Seminary,
being assisted in this task by a group of student workers who have
special qualifications for the work. The process of cataloguing and
indexing the volumes according to the system of classification in-
stituted at Union Theological Seminary of New York is moving for-
ward 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-five years distinguished scholars and ministers have treated
a large variety of themes, doctrinal, critical, practical, archaeologi-
cal, and historical.

The Smyth Lectures for 1939-40 were delivered by Rev. George
Lang, Litt.D., D.D., Professor of Philosophy in the University of
Alabama, who spoke upon the subject, "The Elements of a Chal-
lenging Religion."

The Lecturer for 1940-41 will be Rev. Wm. D. Chamberlain,
Ph.D., D.D., Professor of New Testament Exegesis in the Louis-
ville Presbyterian Seminary, whose subject will be "From the
Mind of the Flesh to the Mind of Christ." Rev. Ben R. Lacy, Jr.,
LL.D., D.D., President, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond,
Va., will deliver the Lectures in 1941-42.

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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
Centennial 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 dates appointed by the Society. At
these meetings various phases of Christian work are discussed by
the students or by specially invited speakers. The Society also
conducts a special mission conference each spring. The speaker
for the conference to be held in April, 1940, is Rev. Plumer Smith
of our Congo Mission. 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 evangelis-
tic preaching at "the Chapel," thus establishing a real rescue mis-
sion in the heart of Atlanta. Students under regular assignment
visit in the neighborhood and hold three services each week in this
mission 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 serv-
ices 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-
sionary books, curios, and trophies. This collection dates back to
the early years of the Society, and it contains, among other val-
uable 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, col-
leges, conventions, men's luncheon clubs, women's clubs, evangelis-
tic meetings, hospitals, prisons, and at other places. By invitation.

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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 pleas-
ant and profitable contacts, and to render real service to the Sem-
inary. During recent years a student Choral Club has also ren-
dered 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 fac-
ulty 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 sepaker. Other gatherings for worship are often
conducted 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 gradua-
tion and before receiving a degree every student is expected to
give evidence 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-
itual preparation for the year's work is crowned by a Communion
Service which is conducted in the Seminary Chapel. Other observ-
ances of this Sacrament are held at appropriate times during the
school year. These services rightly hold the place of pre-eminence
in the devotional and spiritual life of the campus. The Communion
Set used in this service was presented by the late Dr. W. M. Mc-
Pheeters 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 coun-
try offer many and varied opportunities for mission work. The
churches of the city have well organized Sunday Schools and young
people's societies. The students of the Seminary are 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-

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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 sup-
ply vacant churches, provided absence from the campus does not
conflict 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 Mis-
sion Agencies of this section in this way. Except in special cases,
members of the Junior class are not permitted to undertake regu-
lar work.

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

Physical Culture

Any minister who does not possess a strong, healthy body is tre-
mendously handicapped in his work and can hardly hope to meas-
ure up to the strenuous demands of the modern pastorate. The
Seminary, therefore, encourages all students to take regular ex-
ercise. 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 play 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 successfully played 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 organizations 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 situa-
tion of the Seminary make it possible for students to engage in
some form of open-air athletics practically every day.

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Medical Care

The splendid hospital and medical facilties of Atlanta are readily
available to students of the Seminary, and this fact ensures the
proper care of those who require medical attention. Several of the
prominent 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 greatly below those charged in ordi-
nary practice, and in so doing 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

The Fannie Jordan Bryan Fellowhips

Under the terms of the will of the late Mrs. Fannie Jordan Bryan
of Columbia, S. C, a generous legacy has been left to Columbia
Theological Seminary for the establishment of fellowships. The
exact nature of these awards and the rules in accordance with
which the Fellows will be selected are to be determined by the
Faculty and Board of Directors of the Seminary. The corpus of
the legacy is to be received by the institution during the present
year and it is believed that the income from this will be large
enough to endow at least two fellowships for graduate study in ap-
proved institutions. It is expected that the first award of these
will be made in the spring of 1941, and that Fellows will be elected
annually thereafter.

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
to be 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 establishment 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:

H. N. Alexander, Princeton Theological Seminary.

S. A. Cartledge, University of 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.)

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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 hoped 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 un-
der the Professor of New Testament.

The work required of a Fellow will not interfere with his regular
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. Vernon McGee

G. Allen Fleece

John D. Cotts

Robert F. Boyd

Tom Baine Anderson

Donald Bennett Bailey

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.
Robert Earnest, Johnson City, Tenn.

EXTENSION WORK BY THE FACULTY

Since the removal of the Seminary the faculty members have
been been engaged in Atlanta and throughout the South, in prac-
tically 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,

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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. A special Leadership Training
Conference for the Presbyterians of Greater Atlanta is conducted
by the professors of the Seminary in cooperation with the Relig-
ious Education Committee of Atlanta Presbytery during the winter
months.

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

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Alumni of Columbia Seminary have always constitued an
intensely loyal group, and the Alumni Association is a vigorous
organization 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 mem-
ber of the student body is appointed each year as Alumni Secre-
tary. 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 correspon-
dence 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 Seminary through the Alumni Sharing Fund, which has been
promoted by 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,
Knoxville, Tenn., Vice-President, and Mr. Alex McCutchen, Bir-
mingham, Ala., Secretary and Treasurer.

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ROLL OF STUDENTS, 1939-1940

Graduate Students

Rev. William Joseph Boyd A.B., King College

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

Rev. Robert Dogget Earnest A.B., King College

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

Rev. William James Hazelwood A.B., Presbyterian College

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

Rev. Edward Freer Hills A.B., Yale University

Oak Park, 111. B.D., Westminster Theological

Seminary
Rev. Russell Foster Johnson A.B., Birmingham-Southern College

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

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

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

Rev. James Rhodes Smith A.B., Maryville College

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

Senior 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

Clark David Benson A.B., Wheaton College

Wheaton, 111. St. Johns Presbytery

James Reid Boyce A.B., Erskine College

Dade City, Fla. 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

Howard Bascom Foran A.B., King College

Holston, Va. Holston 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., LL.B., University of Mississippi

Jackson, Miss. Central Mississippi Prebytery

William Chester Keller A.B., Presbyterian College

Greenville, S. C. Enoree Presbytery

Walter Keller Maude A.B., Maryville College

Philadelphia, Pa. Atlanta Presbytery

Conrad Lawrence Stayton B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Birmingham, Ala. East Alabama Presbytery

Cameron Van Brent Thompson A.B., University of Florida

Tallahassee, Fla. Florida Presbytery

Harold Layton White A.B., M.A., Austin College

Mineral Wells, Texas Ft. Worth Presbytery

Samuel Hollingsworth Zealy Moody Bible Institute

Augusta, Ga. Augusta Presbytery

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Clinical Year Students

Major Hayes Clark A.B., Davidson College

Dothan, Ala. East Alabama Presbytery

Serving internship in First Presbyterian Church, Waycross, Ga.

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

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Serving internship in First Presbyterian Church, Stark ville, Miss.

Lycurgus Alexander McCutchen B.S., Howard College

Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Presbytery

Serving internship in First Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill, S. C.

Middle Class

Donald Bennett Bailey A.B., Davidson College

Rock Hill, S. C. Bethel Presbytery

Francis Buchanan Benton A.B., Southwestern

Bessemer, Ala. Birmingham Presbytery

Adam Hawthorne Davidson, Jr A.B., Princeton University

Dallas, Texas

Curry Watkins Davis A.B., Bob Jones College

Mobile, Ala. Mobile Presbytery

Elmer Remer Enlow, Jr A.B., Wheaton College

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

George Harbin Kirker, Jr University of Alabama

Selma, Ala. Tuscaloosa Presbytery

Donald Overton Mclnnis A.B., Davidson College

West End, N. C. Fayetteville Presbytery

Cliff Hill McLeod A.B., Presbyterian College

Ocala, Fla. Suwannee Presbytery

Thomas Holt Makin A.B., Bob Jones College

Bradenton, Fla. St. Johns Presbytery

Frank Alfred Mathes B.S., Georgia School of Technology

Jonesboro, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Benjamin Franklin Moore, Jr A.B., University of Georgia

Athens, Ga. Athens Presbytery

Merle Culpepper Patterson A.B., Presbyterian College

Moultrie, Ga. Southwest Georgia Presbytery

Everett Hamlin Phillips A.B., King College

Taylor, Miss. North Mississippi Presbytery

Charles Wesley Rightmyer A.B., Fairmont State Teachers' College

Fairmont, W. Va. Atlanta Presbytery

John Graham Spurrier A.B., Columbia Bible College

Charlotte, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery

Hubert Golden Wardlaw A.B., Presbyterian College

Marietta, Ga. Cherokee Presbytery

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Junior Class

Vance Barron A.B., Arkansas College

Batesville, Ark. Arkansas Presbytery

Daniel Clyde Bartges A.B., Columbia Bible College

Drexel Hill, Pa.
Alfred Lyon Bixler A.B., Davidson College

Haddonfield, N. J. Mecklenburg Presbytery

Marion Harvey Currie Wheaton College

Augusta, Ga. Augusta Presbytery

Chester Edward Davis B.S., University of Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tenn. Knoxville Presbytery

Joseph Harlan Gilmore, Jr A.B., Presbyterian College

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Halvor Edward Iverson A.B., Davidson College

Miami, Fla. St. Johns Presbytery

David MacNab Morrison A.B., Presbyterian College

McClellanville, S. C. Charleston Presbytery

Charles Wayne Potter A.B., Wheaton College

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Charles Moore Robinson, Jr A.B., University of North Carolina

Fayetteville, N. C. Fayetteville Presbytery

Flournoy Shepperson, Jr A.B.. Hampden-Sydney College

Greenville, S. C. Enoree Presbytery

James Hoge Smith, Jr A.B., Presbyterian College

Agricola, Va. West Hanover Presbytery

Robert Ernest Smith A.B., Erskine College

Donalds, S. C. South Carolina Presbytery

John Allen Taliaferro Austin College

Sherman, Texas Dallas Presbytery

Neil Edward Truesdell B.S., Presbyterian College

Bethune, S. C. Congaree Presbytery

Students Enrolled for English Course

Joseph Louis Griggs

Cornelius, N. C.
Clarence Elmer Pickens

Birmingham, Ala.
Joseph Arthur Sanders

Greenville, S. C.
Leonard Oscar Therrell

Greenville, S. C.
George Dana Waters, Jr

Forrest Park. Ga.

Columbia Bible College

Mecklenburg Presbytery
Howard College

Birmingham Presbytery
Newberry College

Holston Presbytery
Presbyterian College

Enoree Presbytery

Atlanta Presbytery

Special Students

Nickels Ray Beacham A.B., Furman University

Atlanta, Ga. M.A., Duke University

Enoree Presbytery

Rev. James Nelson Montgomery A.B., Washington & Lee University

Hwaianfu, Ku. China B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

Ira McLees Moore B.S., The Citadel

Olanta, S. C. Harmony Presbytery

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APPENDIX

Members of the Faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary,

1828-1939

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., Profesor 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 Po-
lemic Theology, and Professor of Pastoral, Casuistic and Histor-
ical Theology. 1880

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

Theology and Sacred Rhetoric. 1874

1876 John L. Girardeau,* D.D., LL.D., Professor of Didactic and Po-
lemic 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. 1885

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

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1911 Thornton Whaling,* D.D., LL.D., President of the Seminary and

Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1921

1911 R. G. Pearson,* D.D.. Professor of the English Bible. 1913

1913 James O. Reavis, D.D., LL.D.. Professor of the English Bible.

Homiletics, and Pastoral Theology. 1920

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. 1926

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

Education. 1932

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

and Professor of Practical Theology. 1924

1921 James B. Green, D.D.. Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theol-
ogy.
1925 Richard T. Gillespie,* D.D., LL.D., President of the Seminary. 1930

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

tory. Church Polity, Pastoral Theology, and Missions. 1927

1926 William C. Robinson, 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

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

erature and Exegesis. 1930

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 Theology.

1934 Patrick H. Carmichael. Ph.D.. D.D., Litt.D., Professor of English

Bible and Religious Education. 1938

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

1939 Manford George Gutzke. M.A.. D.D.. Professor of English Bible
and Religious Education.

^Deceased.

INDEX

Academic Awards 46, 47

Accreditation 12

Admission and Graduation 16

Alumni Association 48

Application for Admission 55

Board 19

Board of Directors 5

Calendar 3, 4

Certificates 17

College Preparation 16, 17

Columbia's Territory 14, 15

Courses of Study 29-39

General Statement 29

Group I Biblical Theology 29, 33

Group II
Historical Theology 33, 34

Group Ill-
Systematic Theology 34, 36

Group IV
Practical Theology 37, 39

Cultural Advantages 13

Degrees 17, 22, 23

Outline of Courses for
B.D. Degree 22

Requirements for
Th.M. Degree 22, 23

Directions for Reaching Seminary
(Inside back cover)

English Course 23, 24

Examinations 24

Expenses 19, 20

Extension Work by Faculty 47, 48

Evangelistic Services

Faculty 7, 8

Faculty Members, 1828-1940 52-53

Fellowships 46, 47

Fannie Jordan Bryan
Fellowships 46

Anna Church Whitner
Memorial 46, 47

Resident 47

Financial Aid 20, 21

Government Aid 21

Grades and Distinctions 24, 25

Greater University Center 13, 14

Grounds and Buildings 12, 13

Historic Columbia 9, 10

Home Mission Work 44, 45

Instruction 10, 12

Librarian 41

Library 40, 41

Loans to Candidates 20

Medical Care 46

Mission Training Course 24

Officers of Administration 6

Opportunities for Observing

Religious Work 14

Pledge 18

Physical Culture 45

Preaching by Students 45

Pre-Seminary Curriculum 28

Quartette 42, 44

Religious Exercises 44

Reports to Presbyteries 18

Roll of Students 49, 51

Schedule 25, 26

Scholarships 20, 21

Self Help 21

Seminary, The 1-15

Smyth Lecture Foundation 41

Smyth Library Fund 41

Society of Missionary Inquiry 42

Student Activities 42, 45

Students from Other Seminaries ....17

Textbooks 20

Theological Internships 18, 19

Town and Country Ministers'

Institute 39, 40

Wild Book Prize 47

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

Name in full

Home address ...
Present address.

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

Schools attended Years 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
directors 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.

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 Travel-
er'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 dis-
tance.

Upon arrival in Decatur leave the street car at the end of the
route in front of the DeKalb County Court House. Taxi service at
reasonable rates is easily available from this point to the Seminary.
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.