COLUMBIA Bulletin of THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY DECATUR, GEORGIA Vol. XXXIX FEBRUARY, 1947 No. 4 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Decatur, Ga., under Act of August 24, 1912 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY AT DECATUR, GEORGIA MINISTER'S WEEK FOR 1947 ANNOUNCEMENT OF FELLOWSHIPS INDIANTOWN COUNTRY CHURCH AWARD A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM FOR MINISTERS' WEEK An attractive program of lectures has been arranged for the annual Ministers' Week which will be held at Columbia Theological Seminary April 21-26, 1947. The Smyth Lectures, which are to be presented during that period, are to be delivered by Dr. Groves Howard Cart- ledge, Dean of the Faculty and Head of the Chemistry Department at King College. Dr. Cartledge is a graduate of Davidson College and earned his Ph.D. at the Uni- versity of Chicago. He has served as Professor of Chem- istry at Johns Hopkins University, and was for fourteen years Head of the Chemistry Department at the Uni- versity of Buffalo. He has rendered distinguished service to his nation not only as a teacher and author but through important research in his chosen field during two world wars. The subject which Dr. Cardedge has chosen for his lectures on the Smyth Foundation is "Some Contributions of Science to Belief." An additional lecturer throughout the week will be Dr. Joseph L. Hromadka, Professor of Apologetics and Christian Ethics in the Princeton Theological Seminary. A native of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Hromadka was formerly Professor of Theology in the University of Prague. Be- cause of his uncompromising stand in behalf of political and religious freedom, he was compelled to flee from his homeland when the armies of Hitler invaded that coun- try. He has made a large contribution to religious thought in this country during the ensuing years as teacher, lecturer, and author, and is already well known throughout our Church. During the past year he has revisited Europe to renew his contacts with the life of the Church in his own country and elsewhere. The gen- eral theme which Dr. Hromadka will discuss in his six lectures at Columbia Seminary is "The Gospel and the Church." Other lectures will be delivered during the week by members of the faculty of Columbia Seminary. Dr. Felix B. Gear, newly-elected Professor of Systematic Theology, will be heard in a series of addresses entitled "An Empirical Philosopher Wresdes with Religious Ques- tions." Rev. Cecil Thompson, Professor of Evangelism and Country Church work, will lead a series of discus- sions on the problems of the Country Church. A group of representative leaders in this field from the Presby- teries of the five supporting Synods will be invited to attend and to participate in these discussions. The Seminary will be able to provide accommodations for a limited number of other ministers who will wish to attend the lectures. FELLOWSHIP AWARDS FOR 1946-47 At a recent chapel service announcement was made that the faculty has voted the award of fellowships to three members of the present Senior Class. The Alumni Fellowship goes this year to Mr. John Newton, of Gaines- ville, Ga. The two Bryan Fellowships were awarded to Mr. George Andrew Anderson, of Farmville, Va., and to Mr. Loren Eugene Jordan, of Hampton, Ga. Mr. Newton is a graduate of Davidson College in the class of 1935. For some years after graduation he was engaged in the field of life insurance where he had attained marked success before deciding to prepare him- self for the work of the ministry. He has made a dis- tinguished academic record at Columbia Seminary and is serving at present as president of the student body. During his two summers as a seminary student, he has served as assistant to the pastors of the Central Presby- terian Church, Atlanta, Ga., and of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Miami, Fla. Mr. Newton has ac- cepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at Waynesboro, Ga., and will postpone his graduate study for a time. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Hampden - Sydney College. He entered Columbia Seminary originally in the fall of 1941, but his studies were interrupted by the war and he served with the United States Army in the European Theater of Operations. During the past year he has been supply pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Eatonton, Ga. He is also Instructor in Beginners' Greek at the Seminary and is Vice-President of the Society of Missionary Inquiry. Mr. Anderson expects to use his fellowship in graduate study next year, but has not decided upon the institution in which he will enroll. Mr. Jordan is a graduate of Erskine College, where he began the theological studies which he has continued with distinction at Columbia Seminary. During his first summer as a student, he served as assistant to the pastor of the Purity Presbyterian Church, Chester, S. C, with especial responsibility for outpost work. At the conclu- sion of his Middle Year, he became supply pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Barnesville, Ga. Mr. Jordan has recently accepted a call to become pastor of the Presby- terian Church at Effingham, S. C, and has received per- mission of the faculty to defer the exercise of his fellow- ship for several years. INDIANTOWN, S. C, CHURCH ESTABLISHES IMPORTANT AWARD A highly important step to encourage interest in and promote the development of Country Church Work has been undertaken by the Presbyterian Church of Indian- town, S. C, under the inspiration of its pastor, Rev. C. J. Matthews. Members of that church have indicated their intention to establish for this purpose at Columbia Semi- nary an endowment fund which will amount to $3,000 in the immediate future, and which may be increased by later gifts. In accordance with the directions of the donors the principal of this fund is to be invested by the Directors of the Seminary, and the annual income from the invest- ment is to constitute the Indiantown Country Church Award. This prize is to be awarded annually to the member of the Middle Class of the Seminary who makes the most outstanding record of work in a rural church or field during the summer months between his second and third years in the institution. The award is to be based upon the student's knowledge of the needs of his field and his faithfulness in meeting those needs. The winner of the prize is to be selected by a committee of the faculty in consultation with the Chairman of Home Missions in the Presbytery in which the student labors. In the event that no student qualifies for this recognition in a given year, die income is to be used in increasing the amount of the award to the winners during the two succeeding years. In explaining the motive for their action, the donors have written: "This award is made available with the hope and prayer that more of our worthy young men may catch a vision of the possibilities of the Country Church, and dedicate the ministry of their lives to rural areas." The Seminary joins whole-heartedly in the hope which they have expressed, and welcomes the establishment of a fund for this purpose. A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE It is an immemorial custom for those who have suffered the loss of some friend or loved one to express their affection by sending a floral offering at the time of the funeral. Occasionally, however, there are those who prefer to express their affection and esteem in a different manner. Quite recently a friend of the Seminary, who had suffered bereavement, sent the institution a generous check, stating that it was given in memory of the de- ceased in lieu of the purchase of flowers. All such gifts received by the institution will be reported promptly to the bereaved family and a permanent record of the gift will be made in a Book of Remembrance which will be kept by the Seminary for this purpose.