d5ulletin of COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY DECATUR, GEORGIA Vol. XXXVII February, 1945 No. 3 RETURN' POSTAGE GUARANTEED Entered as second-class matter, May 9, 1928, at the post office at Decatur, Ga., under the Act of August 24, 1912. PUBLISHED QUARTERLY AT DECATUR, GEORGIA 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.