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COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

DECATUR, GEORGIA

Vol. XXXVII

February, 1945

No. 3

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SMYTH LECTURES

TOWN AND COUNTRY MINISTER'S INSTITUTE

NEW COURSES IN PUBLIC SPEECH

SUMMER SESSION FOR 1945

SMYTH LECTURES

The Smyth Lectures at Columbia Theological
Seminary will be delivered March 5-12, 1945, by
Dr. C. Darby Fulton, Executive Secretary of For-
eign Missions for the Presbyterian Church, U. S.
The subject selected for the series this year is
"Missions in the World Conflict." The first five
lectures will be delivered in the seminary chapel
each evening from Monday through Friday at
7:30, and the final lecture will be heard at 10:15
A. M. on Saturday.

Dr. Fulton is well known not only throughout
the Southern Presbyterian Church but also in
Protestant circles throughout America. Born in
Kobe, Japan, of distinguished missionary parents,
he was educated for the ministry at Presbyterian
College and at Columbia Theological Seminary.
He has also done postgraduate work at the Uni-
versity of South Carolina and at Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary.

After a brief pastorate in this country, he
served as a missionary in Japan from 1917-25.
In the latter year he returned to this country to
become Field Secretary of Foreign Missions for
the Presbyterian Church, U. S., and later assumed
the additional duties of Candidate Secretary. He
was elected Executive Secretary of Foreign Mis-
sions for his Church in 1932, and has served with
distinction in this office since that time. He was
Chairman of the Foreign Missions Conference
of North America in 1939-40.

Dr. Fulton is the author of one book, "Star in
the East," as well as of many articles in the church
press. He is eminently qualified to discuss the
vitally important subject which he has chosen for
this year's lectures.

TOWN AND COUNTRY MINISTER'S INSTITUTE

The Annual Minister's Institute at Columbia
Theological Seminary will be held March 5-16,
1945. The number of ministers from outside the
Atlanta area who will be permitted to attend will
be held below the maximum of fifty allowable
under regulations of the ODT. An unusually at-
tractive schedule has been arranged.

During the first week of the Institute, the
Smyth Lectures will be delivered by Dr. C. Darby
Fulton. He will be followed as a lecturer during

the second week by Dr. Arthur Wentworth
Hewitt, well-known minister of the Methodist
Church. Dr. Hewitt has devoted his life especially
to the work of the country church, having at one
time remained in a single rural pastorate for 25
years, declining to accept the appointment of his
bishop to large churches. He is one of the most
interesting lecturers in America, and is the author
of many books, including "Highland Shepherds,"
"Steeples Among the Hills," "God's Back Pas-
ture," and "The Shepherdess." His lectures at
Columbia Seminary will be in the field of pastoral
theology.

Another special lecturer during the Minister's
Institute will be Dr. Oswald T. Allis, formerly
professor in the Princeton and Westminster
Theological Seminaries. Dr. Allis is a distin-
guished Biblical scholar, and is the author of a
recent book in the field of Old Testament study,
"The Five Books of Moses," as well as of many
articles in such journals as the Princeton Theo-
logical Review, of which he was editor; and the
Evangelical Quarterly. In his lectures at Colum-
bia Seminary he will discuss the controversial
topic of "Dispensationalism." These lectures will
embody much of the material presented in the
new book which Dr. Allis has just prepared for
the press under the title, "Prophecy and the
Church," and in which he points out the dangers
inherent in dispensational teachings concerning
Scripture.

NEW COURSES IN PUBLIC SPEECH

The Administration of Columbia Theological
Seminary counts itself fortunate in having
secured the services of Dr. Harry Raymond
Pierce, Professor of English and Public Speech at
Berry College, as part time instructor in Public
Speech at the seminary.

Dr. Pierce is a graduate of Northwestern Uni-
versity and has received his doctor's degree. He
has taught Public Speech in Mount Union College,
Alliance, Ohio ; in Ohio University, Athens, Ohio ;
in Rollins College, Winter Haven, Florida, where
he served from 1929-42 ; and in the Berry Schools.
The record made by his students at Rollins College
in intercollegiate debates and in oratorical con-
tests was outstanding. He was for some years
president of the Boston Lyceum School, and acted
as coach and critic for many prominent lecturers
and musical and dramatic companies.

Through the cooperation of the administration
at the Berry Schools, Dr. Pierce's schedule has
been so arranged that he can devote two days each
week to work at Columbia Seminary. He will teach
two regular classes on each of those days and will
also meet with individual students to aid them in
improving their delivery of sermons.

SUMMER SESSION FOR 1945

In order that it may meet the needs of V-12
students, of candidates just finishing their college
work, and of ministers desiring to do graduate
work, Columbia Theological Seminary will hold
a summer session again this year. The summer
quarter will open on Thursday, June 7, and will
continue through Wednesday, August 22. With
rare exceptions members of the upper classes will
not be permitted to take courses during the sum-
mer, but will be required to do practical work in
churches as a part of their training for the min-
istry. The courses offered will be so planned as to
meet the elective requirements of new students
and to provide opportunities for graduate study.

For the benefit of ministers who desire to do
graduate work, the quarter will be divided into
two periods of five weeks each. The first period
will extend from June 7 through July 14, and the
second from July 17 through August 22. A total
of 7y 2 hours' credit toward a Th.M. Degree may
be earned by attendance for either of these pe-
riods. While it is desirable that students attend
for a full five weeks, it will be possible in excep-
tional cases for necessary credit to be earned by
uninterrupted work over a period of four weeks.
Students desiring to enroll for summer work are
urged to do so at once in order that the seminary
faculty may make necessary plans and arrange-
ments for their welfare. The exact courses to be
offered will be announced later and will be so
planned as to meet the needs of the different
groups enrolled.

Graduate students enrolling for work during the
summer will be expected to pay a registration fee
of $10.00. Room and board will be provided at a
cost of $10.00 per week. Undergraduates will pay
the regular quarterly rates as printed in the cata-
logue of the seminary.