Columbia Theological Seminary Bulletin: Course Catalog 1957-1958 Announcements 1958-1959, 51, number 2, March 1958

CATALOGUE NUMBER

Bulletin of

COLUMBIA

THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY

MARCH 1958

One Hundred and Thirty-first Year

Contents

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Calendars 2-4

Directors and Faculty 5-10

What Columbia Offers 13-26

Terms of Admission 27-30

Requirements for Degrees 31-43

Courses required for B.D 31-32

Expenses 43-45

Financial Aid 45-46

Courses of Study 47-83

Historic Columbia 83-85

Academic Awards 85-91

Memorial Funds 91-92

1957 Graduates 93

Roll of Students 95-105

Directions for Reaching the Seminary . . 108

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BULLETIN
Volume LI MARCH, 1958 No. 2

Published quarterly by the Directors and Fac-
ulty of Columbia Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S.

Entered as second class matter, May 9, 1928,

at the post office at Decatur, Ga., under the

Act of Congress of August 24, 1912.

BULLETIN OF

Columbia Theological
Seminary

Decatur, Georgia

CATALOGUE NUMBER 1957-58
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1958-59

An Accredited Member of the
American Association of Theological Schools

Founded 1828

Owned and Controlled by the Synods of

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,

and South Carolina

SERVING THE SOUTHEAST

Calendar 1958

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CALENDAR

SPRING QUARTER 1958

March 174:00 P.M. Class Work Resumed.

April 6 Easter.

April 18-20 Missions Conference, Rock Eagle Park, Eatonton, Georgia.

May 6 Annual Meeting, Board of Directors.

May 20-24 Senior Examinations.

May 27-31 Junior and Middle Examinations.

May 31 4:30 P.M. Faculty Reception honoring the Graduating Class
and the Guests.

June 1-2 Commencement Exercises.
Sunday, June 1

11:00 A.M. Baccalaureate Sermon delivered in Central Pres-
byterian Church, Atlanta, Ga. by its Pastor, Dr. Stuart R.
Oglesby, Jr.
8:00 P.M. Sermon before Student Society of Missionary In-
quiry delivered in Decatur Presbyterian Church by Dr. H.
Hoyt Miller, Kakinda, Luputa, Congo Beige.

Monday, June 2

10:30 A.M. Graduation Exercises in Druid Hills Presbyterian
Church, Atlanta, Ga. Address to Graduating Class by Dr.
Marshall C. Dendy, Executive Secretary of the Board of
Christian Education, Richmond, Va. Announcement of Prizes
and Distinctions. Awarding of Diplomas and Degrees.

SUMMER 1958
July 16-September 6 Summer Language School.
August 5-30 Summer Graduate School.

CALENDAR

SCHOOL SESSION 1958-59

FALL QUARTER

September 15-16 Registration of New Students.

September 16-18 Orientation Period.

September 17-18 Registration of Upper Classmen and Graduate
Students.

September 18 8:00 P.M. Opening Exercises in Seminary Chapel.

November 3-7 Ministers' Week.

November 4 Annual Meeting, Alumni Association.

November 27-30 Thanksgiving Holidays.

December 4-10 Examinations.

WINTER QUARTER

December 1 1 Class Work Resumed.
December 1912:00 P.M. Christmas Holidays.
January 5, 19594:00 P.M. Class Work Resumed.
March 5-11 Examinations.
March 12-15 Spring Holidays.

SPRING QUARTER
March 164:00 P.M. Class Work Resumed.
March 29 Easter.

May 5 Annual Meeting, Board of Directors.
May 19-23 Senior Examinations.
May 26-30 Junior and Middle Examinations.
May 31 -June 1 Commencement.

Board of Directors

PATRICK D. MILLER, Chairman

J. R. McCAIN, Vice Chairman
DONALD B. BAILEY, Secretary

Term to Expire May, 1957

N. P. YOWELL, ESQ Orlando, Florida

HARLLEE BRANCH, JR., ESQ Atlanta, Georgia

JAMES H. WOODSIDE, ESQ Greenville, South Carolina

REV. PATRICK D. MILLER Atlanta, Georgia

REV. J. HERNDON McCAIN Birmingham, Alabama

REV. VAN M. ARNOLD Greenwood, Mississippi

REV. CECIL D. BREARLEY .... Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Term to Expire May, 1958

REV. E. L. HILL Athens, Georgia

REV. DONALD B. BAILEY Kingstree, South Carolina

REV. STUART R. OGLESBY Atlanta, Georgia

RAY EVERS, ESQ Andalusia, Alabama

W. HERBERT SMITH, ESQ Clover, South Carolina

REV. RYAN L. WOOD West Palm Beach, Florida

ERST LONG, ESQ Ripley, Mississippi

Term to Expire May, 1959

WILLIAM A. L. SIBLEY, ESQ Union, South Carolina

REV. HENRY EDWARD RUSSELL Montgomery, Alabama

REV. U. S. GORDON Gainesville, Florida

J. R. McCAIN, ESQ Decatur, Georgia

REV. DWYN M. MOUNGER Jackson, Mississippi

H. LANE YOUNG, ESQ Atlanta, Georgia

REV. NEIL E. TRUESDALE Newberry, South Carolina

Executive Committee

P. D. MILLER, Chairman
STUART R. OGLESBY RAY EVERS

J. R. McCAIN H. LANE YOUNG

DONALD B. BAILEY H. E. RUSSELL

Finance Committee

H. LANE YOUNG, Chairman
LARKIN H. PARRIS WM. C. WARDLAW

Officers of Administration

PRESIDENT

THE REV. J. McDOWELL RICHARDS, d.d.

DEAN OF INSTRUCTION

THE REV. FELIX B. GEAR, Ph.D., D.D.

DEAN OF GRADUATE DEPARTMENT

THE REV. SAMUEL A. CARTLEDGE, Ph.D.

DIRECTOR OF FIELD WORK

THE REV. FRANCIS SIDNEY ANDERSON, Th.M.

CLERK OF FACULTY

THE REV. JAMES H. GAILEY, JR., Th.D.

LIBRARIAN

MR. HAROLD B. PRINCE, M.A., M.L.

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN CATALOGUER

MRS. CHIU LIU

REGISTRAR AND TREASURER

MISS C. VIRGINIA HARRISON

BURSAR

MRS. MARTHA R. ATKINSON

DIETITIAN AND HOSTESS

MRS. J. HOLMES SMITH

SECRETARIES

MRS. W. D. HARRIS
MRS. ELIZABETH WAIT

Faculty

THE REV. JAMES McDOWELL RICHARDS, D.D.

PRESIDENT

A.B., Davidson College; M.A., Princeton University; A.B., M.A., Oxford

University; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary; D.D., Davidson
College; LL.D., King College; Past Moderator of the General Assembly.

THE REV. WILLIAM CHILDS ROBINSON, Th.D., D.D.

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, CHURCH POLITY, AND APOLOGETICS

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

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

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

THE REV. SAMUEL ANTOINE CARTLEDGE, Ph.D.

PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND EXEGESIS

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

THE REV. MANFORD GEORGE GUTZKE, Ph.D., D.D.

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

A.B., M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Columbia University;
D.D., Austin College.

THE REV. FELIX BAYARD GEAR, Ph.D., D.D.

PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

A.B., Davis & Elkins College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary; Th.M.,

Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh;

D.D., Davis & Elkins College.

THE REV. CECIL ASBURY THOMPSON, S.T.M., D.D.

PROFESSOR OF EVANGELISM, COUNTRY CHURCH WORK AND MISSIONS

A.B., University of Florida; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary;
S.T.M., Biblical Seminary, New York; D.D., Davidson College.

THE REV. THOMAS HALDANE McDILL, JR., B.D

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY AND PASTORAL COUNSELING

A.B., Erskine College; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary; Graduate
Study at the University of Chicago.

THE REV. HUBERT VANCE TAYLOR, B.D.

PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEECH AND MUSIC

A.B., Lafayette College; B.Mus., Westminster Choir College; B.D.,
Columbia Theological Seminary.

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Richards

Hum McDill Prince W. C. Robinson

Stamper Taylor Thompson Thomson

THE REV. JAMES HERBERT GAILEY, JR., Th.D.

PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND EXEGESIS

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

THE REV. J. G. S. S. THOMSON, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LANGUAGE,
LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS

M.A., B.D., Ph.D., University of Edinburgh; Graduate Study at the
University of Oxford.

THE REV. WADE PRICHARD HUIE, JR., Ph.D.

PETER MARSHALL PROFFESOR OF HOMILETICS

A.B., Emory University; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., New College, University of Edinburgh.

THE REV. SHIRLEY CAPERTON GUTHRIE, JR., B.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY AND NEW TESTAMENT

A.B., Austin College; B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary;
Graduate Study at the University of Basel.

THE REV. PAUL LESLIE GARBER, Ph.D.

GUEST PROFESSOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY

A.B., College of Wooster; B.D., Th.M., Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Duke University.

THE REV. STUART ROSCOE OGLESBY, JR., D.D.

GUEST PROFESSOR OF URBAN CHURCH

B.A., Arkansas College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary, Va.; D.D.
Arkansas College; D.D., Union Theological Seminary, Va.

THE REV. JAMES McCONKEY ROBINSON, D.Theol., Th.D.

GUEST PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

A.B., Davidson College; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary; D.Theol.
University of Basel; Th.D., Princeton Theological Seminary.

THE REV. DAVID BARCLAY WALTHALL, JR., Th.D.

GUEST PROFESSOR OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

B.A., Davidson College; M.A., University of Virginia; B.D., Th.D.,
Union Theological Seminary.

THE REV. MARTIN ANTON SCHMIDT, D.Theol.

GUEST PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY

D.Theol., University of Basel.

THE REV. PAUL TRAUGOTT FUHRMANN, Th.D., Ph.D.

GUEST PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY

CI. Lie, Turin Classical Gymnasium-Lyceum V. Alfieri;

Lie. Theol., Independent School of Theology at Neuchatel;

Th.D., Drew Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Drew University

THE REV. ROBERT LANSING STAMPER, Th.D.

VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

A.B., King College; B.D., Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary;
Th.D., Union Theological Seminary.

THE REV. FRANCIS SIDNEY ANDERSON, B.D., Th.M.

INSTRUCTOR IN THE INDUSTRIAL CHURCH
DIRECTOR OF FIELD WORK

A.B., Hampden-Sydney College; B.D., Th.M., Columbia Theological

Seminary.

PROFESSOR EMERITUS

THE REV. JAMES BENJAMIN GREEN, D.D., LL.D.

A.B., University of Nashville; Graduate of Union Theological Seminary;

D.D., Presbyterian College; LL.D., Southwestern College;

Past Moderator of the General Assembly.

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Lecturers

SMYTH LECTURER

1958-59

THE REV. MARKUS BARTH, Th.D.

Subject:

LET PREACHING BE PREACHING (Matthew 5:1-20)

OTHER LECTURER

1958-59

THE REV. ROBERT F. BOYD, Th.D.

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SMYTH LECTURER

1957-58

THE REV. JOHN ALEXANDER MACKAY, D.D., D.Litt.

Subject:

THE CHRISTIAN QUADRILATERAL

OTHER LECTURERS

THE REV. JAMES McCONKEY ROBINSON, D.Theol., Th.D.

THE REV. WILLIAM MARION ELLIOTT, JR., Ph.D.

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PERMANENT FACULTY COMMITTEES

ADMISSIONS

CARTLEDGE, GEAR, RICHARDS, MCDILL

CURRICULUM AND FACULTY

GEAR, CARTLEDGE, RICHARDS

DEVOTIONAL LIFE

TAYLOR, ROBINSON, RICHARDS, THOMSON-
FIELD WORK

ANDERSON, GEAR, MCDILL, RICHARDS

GRADUATE WORK

GUTZKE. CARTLEDGE, GEAR, MCDILL, GAILEY

LIBRARY

CARTLEDGE, ROBINSON, GAILEY. THOMSON

SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS

GAILEY, ROBINSON. CARTLEDGE. PRINCE

SPECIAL LECTURERS

ROBINSON. GAILEY, GEAR. THOMSON

STUDENT LIFE AND ACTIVITIES

PRINCE. THOMPSON, GUTZKE, TAYLOR

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WHAT COLUMBIA OFFERS

Columbia Seminary offers the candidate for the ministry a stand-
ard theological training under a faculty of recognized scholarship
and conservative theology in a setting which includes the cultural
and strategic advantages of the city of Atlanta and the beauty and
charm of nearby Decatur.

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 theological
world by encouraging all full professors to earn a doctor's degree, or
a graduate degree of similar standing from some recognized univer-
sity. Thus while conservative in theological 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 field of his particular instruction
and is well equipped to lead his students in their studies and to assist
them in evaluating the material under consideration. It is our belief
that the modern minister has a positive duty to be thoroughly con-
versant with modern scholarship and with all present trends in theo-
logical 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 thor-
ough acquaintance with the revealed truth of God's Word and with
the historic standards of our Church.

A real emphasis is placed upon genuine scholarship, for scholar-
ship is the invaluable tool of the minister. The fact is recognized,
however, that it is only a tool, and that unless it is dominated by the
spirit of Christ it is worthless. All instruction at Columbia, 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 its work is fully accredited by that organi-
zation. 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. The seminary is also a
member of the Presbyterian Educational Association of the South.

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A Greater University Center

The presence in the Atlanta area of an unusual number of out-
standing educational institutions led some years ago to the idea of a
great cooperative undertaking in the field of higher education. A
program which looks toward the eventual development of a great
university system based on the plan successfully followed in Toronto,
Canada, was instituted, and significant progress has been made in that
direction. Institutions participating in the program at present are The
University System of Georgia, Emory University, The Georgia Insti-
tute of Technology, Agnes Scott College. Oglethorpe University, the
Atlanta Art Association, and Columbia Theological Seminary. Each
school maintains its absolute independence and its own distinctive
standards, but each has full access to the library and faculty resources
of the others. This plan has been approved by the General Education
Board of New York, which has already made generous appropria-
tions for the establishment of a union card catalogue of the various
libraries represented. This catalogue makes it possible for a student
or professor in any of the cooperating institutions to locate and
have access to any volume contained in any individual library. An
agreement has been reached between the faculties of Columbia
Seminary and of the Candler School of Theology in Emory Uni-
versity that students of either institution may, with the consent of
their professors, be admitted to courses taught in the other. In cer-
tain cases this arrangement may be of benefit to undergraduate
students in these schools, but it should be of particular value to
those who are taking work toward advanced degrees. When the
entire program becomes operative it will make Atlanta one of the
greatest educational centers in America and will afford students in
the seminary opportunities for graduate work which can ordinarily
be found only in a great university.

A Great Home Mission Territory

Statistics of the Church in Columbia's territory tell a graphic story.
When the seminary was founded it took both South Carolina and
Georgia to form one synod and that, at its best was not large in
membership. It contained five presbyteries, two in Georgia and three
in South Carolina, and these consisted of 128 churches with 8,560
communicants served by 73 ministers and 11 licentiates. The terri-
tory 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

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Atlanta, the home of the seminary, is in the center not only of this
territory but of the entire South.

This area contains 247,785 square miles with a population of
over fifteen million persons. Our Church in this territory reports
1,236 churches, 240,687 members, and 996 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 Presbyterianism has not done its proportion-
ate share toward the evangelization of this territory. There is genu-
ine need for a strong theological seminary located in the heart of
this section to send out well trained and warm-hearted young min-
isters into the development of the synods and the extension of
their work.

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

Industrial-Rural-Urban Church Work

The City of Atlanta, with its Presbyterian Church membership
of more than 26,000 and with its enrollment of more than 20,000 in
Presbyterian Sunday Schools, furnishes to the students various oppor-
tunities 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 other denominations.

The rapid growth of the South as an industrial section is present-
ing the church with a fresh challenge and with new opportunities.
Atlanta is itself a great manufacturing center, and is located in the
heart of a rapidly developing industrial area. Columbia Seminary
is thus afforded a rare opportunity for contact with this increasingly
important aspect of the life of our section.

In the outlying agricultural district, and in the villages and towns
which lie within easy reach of the seminary, the students have op-
portunity to study, under most favorable conditions, church work
in the rural and small town communities. This ideal location fur-
nishes exceptional advantages of a clinical nature for the thorough
preparation of ministers equipped for every task which the Church
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 Christian Education, and greatly

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strengthen the quality of the work offered in these departments.
A description of the observation work required in these classes will
be found in the brief prospectus of courses published elsewhere in
this catalogue.

The seminary seeks to provide specialized training for the three
major types of church to be found in the new south, the industrial,
the urban and the rural church. Each student is required to take a
course preparatory to work in one of these fields and may elect to
take additional courses and practical experience in any of them.
Opportunities for a theological internship or for summer training can
easily be made available in churches representative of the particular
type of work for which a student wishes to prepare himself.

A Presbyterian Center

Atlanta also affords a rare opportunity for the Presbyterian theo-
logical student by reason of the location here of so many of the
denominational offices. The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly,
the General Council of the Presbyterian Church, U. S., the Board of
Church Extension with its Divisions of Home Missions, Evangelism,
Negro Work, Radio and Television, Country Church, Urban Work,
and Christian Relations, and the Board of Women's Work all main-
tain their headquarters here. A property recently purchased near the
business heart of Atlanta has been made into a Presbyterian Cen-
ter which provides homes for all of these agencies as well as for
the Board of Annuities and Relief and the Presbyterian Bookstore.
This affords an opportunity for students of the seminary to benefit
from specialized guidance in these areas of church life, both by
visiting the respective offices and by the personnel of these agencies.

An Interdenominational Center

The City of Atlanta is also the center of significant interdenomi-
national work including a Regional office of the National Council of
Churches and the Protestant Radio and Television Center.

Columbia Theological Seminary is one of the institutions and
agencies which have united recently to form a corporation for the
establishment and maintenance of a Protestant Radio and Television
Center in this locality. Emory University and Agnes Scott College
are also founding donors of the corporation together with The Radio
Committee of the Presbyterian Church, U. S., and its counterpart in
the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church, the Protestant
Episcopal Church, the Lutheran Church, and the Southeastern Inter-

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council Office. A generous grant was made for this purpose by a local
benevolent foundation and other necessary funds were provided by
the schools and agencies which have a part in the work. A handsome
modern building has been constructed on a tract of land donated by
Emory University and its studios are equipped with the most modern
facilities for live broadcasts and for recording transcribed programs.
It is expected that this center will provide students of the semi-
nary with a remarkable opportunity to prepare themselves for the
increasing use of radio and television which are so important in the
ministry of today.

Home Mission Work

In addition to the training which results from observation of
others at work, the churches of Atlanta and the surrounding country
offer many and varied opportunities for mission work. The churches
of the city have well organized Sunday Schools and Young People's
Societies. The students of the seminary are expected to take an active
part in the work of these church organizations.

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

All members of the Junior class are assigned some special Field
Work project for their first year. Such projects include the Central
Church Baby Clinic, Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children,
Veterans Hospital No. 48, DeKalb County Jail, Fulton County
Juvenile Detention Home, Hillside Cottages, Sheltering Arms, Union
Mission, Bellwood Mission, and others. Places for those with little
experience in teaching and preaching are found whenever possible.
The variety of projects served in an unremunerative manner gives
splendid training in a variety of fields. The problems and procedures
in these various projects are discussed monthly in the practicums
for Juniors.

Supply Preaching by Students

Students of the Senior and Middle Classes are permitted to supply
vacant churches, provided absence from the campus does not con-
flict with their seminary duties. A considerable number of small
churches near Atlanta are thus supplied by members of the upper

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classes and real service has been rendered to the Home Mission
agencies of this section in this way. Except in special cases, members
of the Junior class are not permitted to undertake regular work.

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

Theological Internships

Columbia Seminary has been a pioneer in providing opportunity
for certain of its students to take a year of clinical training under
the oversight of older and more experienced ministers. This training
is 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 de-
vote himself especially to problems which he has discovered during
his period of practical training. The faculty of the seminary main-
tains 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 appoint-
ment to such an internship, but the decision of the Faculty will be
made in the light of its judgment as to the best interests of the indi-
vidual 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 permission of his presbytery. In all instances the church
which the student serves will provide such remuneration as may be
agreed upon by the congregation, the Faculty of the seminary, and
the student concerned. The plan has proved highly rewarding to the
increasing number of students who have accepted internships since
its inception in 1935.

Every clinical student must be under the regular supervision and
guidance of a pastor or some official of a presbytery as well as that
of the Department of Field Work. Regular monthly reports to the
Director of Field Work are required of each student taking this
form of training.

Clinical Training in Pastoral Counseling

The Seminary is a member of the Council for Clinical Training,
Inc. By reason of this membership, students of the Seminary are not
only afforded an opportunity to take an internship in the various clin-
ical centers provided by the Council, but also the Seminary has a
voice in the policy and organization of the Council. Academic credit
may be given on an elective basis for participation in the intern pro-

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gram afforded by the Council. Thus, additional training is provided
for the student at appropriate clinical centers, such as mental and
general hospitals and correctional institutions. The fundamental pat-
tern of training in all these types of institutions has been similar,
planned in the belief that a working knowledge of the scientific disci-
plines in use are prerequisite to any realistic pastoral work. This does
not mean that a student must learn all psychiatry or medicine or
penology before he can begin any pastoral work. It does mean that in
three months the student participating in this program is introduced
to the ways of work and ways of thought in these various professions
which deal curatively with human nature, that his feet are set on the
path of a rational acceptance and a sympathetic understanding of
human disorders, that through this acceptance and understanding his
vision of the spiritual dimensions of human nature is clarified in a
way that is realistic for thought and practical work and preaching.

Summer Work

Ordinarily the seminary expects its students to be engaged in some
form of Field Work during the summer months, but in recent years
it has offered a Summer Graduate School in August, primarily for
ministers interested in a return to theological study. In addition mem-
bers of the Language Departments have offered courses in Beginners'
Greek and Hebrew during the summer. These courses are now in-
tended to provide the new student who has had no Greek with this
basic tool for theological study. It is also possible for some students
to attend the summer session of the Candler School of Theology at
Emory University for elective credit toward the completion of work
at Columbia Seminary.

Library Facilities

The library of Columbia Seminary contains one of the most exten-
sive and valuable collections of theological literature in the South
and is an indispensable adjunct to the work carried on in the class-
rooms. The collection totals more than 50,000 volumes of books and
periodicals and is being increased at a rate of approximately 1,000
volumes each year. Through the years, gifts from ministers and
friends have enriched the collection. The most important religious
journals, and a number of general periodicals, are available in the
library reading room.

Volumes in the library are catalogued according to the Union
Seminary, or Pettee, system of classification which is designed par-
ticularly for seminary libraries. Since the seminary is a part of the
University Center, students have access to the libraries at Agnes

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Scott College, Emory University, Georgia Tech, and other educa-
tional institutions of the city. Location of particular volumes is facili-
tated by use of the Union Catalog at Emory University.

The Campus

The physical equipment of Columbia Seminary in Decatur is mod-
ern and adequate. The buildings are constructed of red brick faced
with gray limestone, and their architecture, based upon the graceful
lines of the academic Gothic, is beautiful and impressive.

Campbell Hall, the administration building, contains on its first
three floors the classrooms, the chapel, the dining hall and
kitchen, student parlors, a prayer room, and offices of the adminis-
tration and faculty members. The fourth floor provides additional
dormitory space. This building was erected through the generosity
of the late Mr. J. Bulow Campbell of Atlanta in memory of his
mother.

The main dormitory is divided into four sections, two of which
bear the names of the seminary's former dormitories in Columbia,
Simons and Law Halls. 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. The whole
plant is heated by steam.

Twelve homes for faculty members are on the campus, con-
venient to the needs of students for conferences with members of
the faculty. All the permanent buildings are beautiful and substan-
tial, and everything that might lend to their comfort and efficiency
has been included.

Two apartment dormitories of fireproof construction have recently
been completed on the western edge of the campus. These buildings
provide comfortable quarters for eighteen student families. The semi-
nary also owns buildings in Decatur and Atlanta which provide living
quarters for twelve additional families.

The beautiful library of the seminary was completed in 1952. This
building, which is air-conditioned throughout, has a potential stack
capacity of 100,000 volumes. It contains a beautiful Gothic reading
room, carrels for individual students, a room for audio-visual educa-
tion, seminar room, a typing room, and adequate offices and a work
room for the staff. It has been appropriately named in honor of Mr.
John Bulow Campbell, a former member of its Board of Directors
and the principal benefactor of the institution.

The campus, consisting of slightly more than fifty acres of rolling

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woodland, is of unusual natural beauty and allows ample room for
future expansion. The Columbia Presbyterian Church, which was
organized in the seminary chapel in 1948, has erected a beautiful
Education building on a five-acre tract of land donated by the semi-
nary, and its worship services and church school are filling a place
of growing importance in the life of the institution as well as the
community. Future plans call for the erection of a beautiful and
commodious sanctuary and of a smaller chapel.

Cultural Advantages

As a center of transportation and commerce with a population
of approximately 900,000, Greater Atlanta offers many advantages
in a social and cultural way. Thus, in addition to the facilities
available 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 prac-
tically every field of human activity. Throughout the year students
have opportunities to hear preachers, educators, scholars, political
leaders and musicians of national or world-wide fame.

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, South Carolina, a lectureship bearing the name of its
founder was established at Columbia Seminary in 1911. In accord-
ance with the conditions of the bequest, some person of worthy
character and distinguished for learning and ability is chosen each
year by the Board and Faculty to deliver a course of lectures on
the fundamental principles of the Christian faith or on the practical
tasks of the Church.

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 over forty
years distinguished scholars and ministers have treated a large variety
of themes, doctrinal, critical, practical, archaeological, and historical.

Musical Organizations

In past years Columbia Seminary has been represented by excel-
lent quartettes which have occupied a prominent place in the musi-
cal life of the institution and have rendered a variety of services.

In recent years a strong Seminary Choir has been developed under

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the leadership of Professor Taylor. This group has sung in the regu-
lar worship services of various churches of the Atlanta area as well
as in programs at the seminary, and has been heard by many over the
radio. An annual tour of a week's duration is made to some area of
the supporting synods, and by visiting churches and schools in this
territory the Choir is proving to be an effective agency for presenting
the work of Columbia Seminary and the challenge of the Gospel
Ministry.

Religious Life

A constant endeavor is made to keep the life both of individuals
and of the school upon the highest possible plane. All classes in the
seminary are opened with prayer. Students and faculty members
meet in the Chapel on five days each week for a brief worship serv-
ice and, ordinarily, for the hearing of a devotional message. On two
days each week a member of the faculty conducts this service. On
one day of the week it is customary to have some visiting minister
or Christian layman as the speaker, and on another day the Student
Society of Missionary Inquiry is responsible for the program. On
the remaining morning a member of the Senior class conducts the
worship service and preaches the sermon.

A particularly helpful feature of the worship service conducted
at the seminary is found in the celebration of the Communion of
the Lord's Supper in the Chapel at appropriate intervals during the
year. One such service is customarily held during the first week of
the fall quarter. Other observances of the Sacrament are fixed at
special seasons during the school session, with at least one coming
in each quarter. These services rightly hold the place of pre-eminence
in the devotional and spiritual life of the campus.

Society of Missionary Inquiry

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

From time to time the regular chapel service of the seminary is
given over to the Society, which uses that opportunity both to
bring visiting speakers on missions to the campus and to have
messages delivered by members of the student body. Business meet-
ings of the Society are also held at fixed times during the year, and
a program for the promotion of devotional life on the campus is

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planned and carried out under the auspices of the organization.
A special mission conference is ordinarily held at some time each
year and a significant part of each Commencement is an address
delivered before the Society of Missionary Inquiry with an offering
taken for Foreign Missions. A campaign to secure funds for the
Home and Foreign Mission enterprises of the Church is conducted
annually by the Society, and presents students with a constant oppor-
tunity to contribute financially to the Gospel enterprise. A substan-
tial amount has been received in this way.

The Society has also sponsored an aggressive Home Mission
Program in the city of Atlanta and its environs. Members of that
organization have been particularly active in evangelistic preaching
and in house to house visitation in some of the neediest areas of the
city. Other work of visiting and conducting services is carried on
in county homes, prisons and prison camps; and special programs
are rendered in the Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies and
churches in the Atlanta area.

Social Life

Students of the seminary enjoy pleasant and wholesome social
contacts within the seminary family and in the area surrounding the
seminary. The homes of Faculty members are always open to student
visitors. The Faculty also entertains the different classes of the stu-
dent body in three parties or receptions during the school year. Other
gatherings are arranged by various groups.

From time to time recreational and social gatherings are held for
groups and classes under the supervision of the Director of Field
Work and the Department of Recreation of the City of Decatur
to teach the young pastor both how to play and how to direct a
program of fun and fellowship with youth groups. The leadership
afforded by the City of Decatur is of a very high professional order
and is proving both enjoyable and of great benefit in the training of
young ministers in this field. The seminary cooperates each year in
the annual Recreational Leadership School in the City of Decatur.
All Juniors participate in the instruction.

Wives 7 Club

The Columbia Theological Seminary Student Wives' Club is pat-
terned after the Women of the Church, and its purpose is to provide
Bible knowledge, spiritual discernment and social graces for each
member through a program of fellowship. Each wife is assigned to
a circle which meets weekly. Special Bible classes for the wives and
workshops in family life are offered throughout the year.

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Physical Culture and Recreation

Any minister who does not possess a strong, healthy body is tre-
mendously handicapped in his work and can hardly hope to measure
up to the strenuous demands of the modern pastorate. The semi-
nary, therefore, encourages all students to take regular exercise.
Three tennis courts, a volley ball and shuffleboard court, and an
athletic field provide adequate opportunity for outdoor sports in
which competition between the various classes is a feature of
great interest. The American Legion golf course, located a little
more than a mile from the seminary campus, allows students to play
for a very small fee, and golfers find an additional advantage in the
fact that the city of Atlanta owns several municipal courses. Basket-
ball is played on church courts which are available to the students,
and the Seminary Five competes annually in a full schedule of
games within the environs of Atlanta. Contests are also arranged
with various Presbyterian colleges in connection with visits by
student deputations. The fine climate of this section and the situation
of the seminary make it possible for students to engage in some
form of out-door sport on most days of the year.

Medical Care

The splendid hospital and medical facilities of Atlanta are readily
available to students of the seminary, and this fact insures the
proper care of those who require medical attention. Several of the
prominent physicians and surgeons of the city have always been will-
ing to give their services to the student body either without charge or
at rates which are greatly below those charged in ordinary practice,
and in so doing have rendered great service to the seminary and to
the Church.

Orientation Program

Every student who enters a theological seminary soon realizes
that the time he has in which to prepare for the Gospel ministry
is very short. He faces the question: "How can I derive the most
benefit from my seminary course?"

It is possible to lose much time, weeks or perhaps months, in
making the transition from the kind of academic work done in
college to the type of instruction given at the level of theological
education. Some studies in theology demand knowledge of special
principles of procedure before a student can pursue them with
facility and a sense of achievement. If certain methods and skills
peculiar to the intellectual work of a minister are not acquired

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during his theological training, it may be difficult or impossible to
learn them later. If, however, they are set forth early in his semi-
nary work and he is given an opportunity to practice them under
supervision while a student at the institution, they are more likely
to become a permanent part of his educational equipment for the
future. Columbia believes, therefore, that everything possible should
be done to help new students make a quick and easy adjustment to
theological study, and to help them adopt sound methods of study
as early as possible. With this purpose in view, an orientation pro-
gram has been arranged and is required of all new students during
the days preceding the regular opening of the seminary in the fall.
This program is without extra expense to the students except for
an appropriate charge for board.

Columbia's program includes the following elements:

1. An opportunity for new students to get acquainted with one
another and with student body leaders and members of the Faculty
before the "rush" of routine work starts;

2. Instruction concerning the use of a theological library as a
means of saving time and effort later;

3. Suggestions regarding the most effective methods of approach
to theological studies;

4. A battery of psychological and achievement tests similar to
those used in other educational institutions and designed to help
students meet particular deficiencies of preparation and personality
adjustment;

5. Periods of worship and inspiration designed to set the tone of
work in the Seminary upon a high spiritual plane.

Alumni Association

The Alumni of Columbia Seminary, always an intensely loyal
group, are banded into an Association which seeks to make an in-
creasing contribution to the welfare of the institution. The annual
business meeting of the Alumni Association is one of the principal
events of Ministers' Week in the Fall. For a number of years the
Association has promoted an Alumni Sharing Fund through which
graduates of the seminary have given to the support of the institu-
tion. Dr. Marc. C. Weersing, Pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Spartanburg, S. C, is president of the Association.

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TERMS OF ADMISSION

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

1. A written application for admission made in accordance with
the form prepared by the seminary and providing necessary bio-
graphical facts. Printed application blanks will be mailed by the
seminary upon request. The application must be accompanied by
a registration fee of $10.00 which will be credited toward payment
of fees for the first quarter. No refunds will be made in the case of
registrations which are cancelled after August 1 of the year in which
the student expected to enroll.

2. 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 expected
to present a statement from his presbytery authorizing him to enter
this seminary.

3. A satisfactory health certificate to be given by a competent
physician on a form prescribed by the seminary.

4. Satisfactory letters of reference as requested on the applica-
tion blank.

5. 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
required to stand an entrance examination given by the faculty.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for men who have not had full
college education to find a place in the ministry, and Columbia
Seminary definitely discourages such men from seeking admission
unless it be under most exceptional circumstances.

If the applicant for admission is an ordained minister, he must
present a letter from the ecclesiastical body to which he belongs
stating that he is in good and regular standing, and must meet the
necessary academic requirements.

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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.

In order to further the program of cooperation between colleges
of agriculture and theological seminaries which has recently been
developed, this institution will accept graduates of four-year colleges
of agriculture as candidates for its degree.

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 below. Those who lack basic courses in English, History,
the Natural Sciences, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences or who
may be found to be deficient in one or more of these fields may be
required to do supplementary work in them under the guidance of
faculty members.

Instruction in the New Testament Department presupposes knowl-
edge of Greek. Students should make an earnest effort to take during
their college course at least two years or three quarters of Greek,
either classical or New Testament. Students who have not had this
minimum of college Greek will be required to take the Beginners'
Greek course during the Summer Language School or in their first
year at the seminary. If at all possible, it is preferable that the Greek
course be taken during the summer before matriculation at the
seminary.

Proposed Minimum of Pre-Seminary Curriculum

It is desirable that a student should have acquaintance with the
following fields of study before beginning study in seminary and that
his work in these fields should be evaluated in terms of mastery of
the fields rather than in terms of semester hours or credits. Because

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some measure is necessary, however, a minimum is stated in terms
of semesters and semester hours.

Sem.
Basal Fields Semester Hrs.

English

Literature, Composition, and Speech 6 12-16

Philosophy 3 6-12

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

Bible or Religion 2 4-6

History 3 6-12

Psychology 1 2-3

A Foreign Language 4 12-16

At least one of the following:
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
French
German

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 col-
leges. 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.

(N.B. The foregoing statement 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 ap-
proved it. The suggestions included should be carefully studied by all can-
didates for the ministry who have not completed their college training.)

Students from Other Seminaries

A student coming from another seminary of recognized standing
will be granted appropriate transfer of credits upon his presentation
of transcript and of a letter from that seminary certifying to his good
standing, and regularly dismissing him to this institution. He must
also comply with the terms of admission set forth above, and if a
candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, he must satisfy

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the requirements of the seminary with reference to knowledge ot
the original languages of Scripture. It will not ordinarily be possible
for any transfer student to graduate in as little as one year's time
after matriculation here.

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 spe-
cial providential circumstances lead the Faculty to make an excep-
tion in his case.

Pledge

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

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

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REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES

The Degree of Bachelor of Divinity

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

The requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity may not
be completed in less than nine quarters. Satisfaction of the semi-
nary's requirements in Field Work as outlined on page 38 is also
required for graduation. In order to earn a degree a student must
maintain an overall average of C for his seminary course; this is
indicated by the accumulation of quality points which must number
no less than the number of hours required for graduation.

OUTLINE OF COURSES FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF DIVINITY

Fall Quarter
101 Old Testam't
151 English Bible
300a Theology . ,
300b Theology . ,
426 Past. Care . .
451 Homiletics . ,
'126 New Testam't

3

4
, 3
. 3

1
, 3

1V4

JUNIOR YEAR

Winter Quarter
102 Old Testam't . 3
300 Theology ... 3
300c Theology . . 3
426 Past. Care . . 1
430 Past'l Theol. . 3
490 Pub. Spkg. . . IV2
* 127 New Testam't \Vi

Spring Quarter
103 Old Testam't ,
152 English Bible ,
201 History
301 Theology . .
*128 New Testam'l

. 3
. 4

, 4
. 3

: 2

Total . . 14 &

Total . . 14 &

151/2

Total Hi/2, I41/2, & 16

16

MIDDLE YEAR

131 New Testam't
158 English Bible ,
202 History . . ,
302 Theology . . .
491 Pub. Spkg. . ,

5
, 2
, 4
, 3

105 Old Testam't . 3
203 History .... 4
303 Theology ... 3
400 Christian Ed. . 2
431 Pas'lTheol.. . 3

132 New Testam't
161 English Bible ,
304 Theology . . ,
326 Apologetics . ,

5
, 3
. 3
, 4

Total

151/2

Total 15

SENIOR YEAR

Total

15

104 Old Testam't .
204 History
305 Theology . . .
452 Homiletics . ,

4
4
3

, 3

133 New Testam't 5
153 English Bible . 4
401 Christian Ed. . 4
470 Evangelism . . 2

106 Old Testam't .
306 Theology . . ,
427 Theology . . .
495 Hymnology . .

3
3
3
3

Total

14

Total 15

Total

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Required of all candidates for a degree who have not had Greek in College.

In addition to the courses listed above, all candidates for the B.D. degree must
take enough elective courses to bring the total of their credits to 150.

All students are required to take one of the following courses: 480 Rural
Church, 482 Industrial Church, or 483 Urban Church.

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All students are required to take one of the following courses on Missions:
473 History of Christian Missions, 474 Missionary Problems, Program and Pro-
cedure.

Specialization in Exegesis

The seminary offers certain qualified students opportunity for
special work in Exegesis. Ordinarily all candidates for the B.D.
degree are required to take a minimum of 51 hours work in the
field of Bible study (17 hours in English Bible, 19 in Old Testament
and 15 in New Testament). However, students desiring to specialize
in the use of the original languages may elect to take a portion of
the required work in either Hebrew or Greek, provided that basic
requirements of 8 hours in the Department of English Bible are
satisfied, and that an additional 16 hours of electives be taken in
Old Testament or New Testament Exegesis.

Grading System

At the close of each quarter, grades are sent to all students and
their presbyteries.

A, (excellent) is the highest grade given; it is reserved for those
students whose work is of a markedly superior quality.

B, (good) is the grade given for work which, while not notably
superior, is clearly above the average.

C, (satisfactory) is the grade given for satisfactory work of the
average student.

D, (inferior) is the grade given for work which, while not alto-
gether satisfactory, is good enough to entitle the student to credit
for the course.

E, (conditioned) is the grade given those students whose work is
not good enough to entitle them to credit for the course, but to
whom the instructor is willing to allow a re-examination after addi-
tional study; on such re-examination no grade other than D or F
can be given.

F, (failure) is the grade given for failure and indicates that no
credit can be had except by repeating the course.

Quality Points will be given as follows: A, 3 quality points per
hour; B, 2 quality points; C, 1 quality point.

Students whose academic average falls below a C in any quarter
will not be permitted to participate in extra-curricular activities
(e.g., to make trips with the choir, basketball team, deputations, etc.)
during the following quarter.

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Distinctions

Students who have secured an aggregate of 445 quality points in
the 150 hours of work required for the B.D. degree graduate
"Summa Cum Laude." The distinction of "Magna Cum Laude"
is awarded to those who have earned 405 quality points; and those
who have 355 quality points are graduated "Cum Laude." In each
of these cases the appropriate distinction is recorded upon the stu-
dent's diploma.

These academic honors are subject to revision or forfeiture if the
student's field work is plainly unsatisfactory in the judgment of the
Faculty.

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

The degree of Master of Theology is granted to a student who has
spent a year or more in graduate study, has completed satisfactorily
at least forty-five hours of work with grades that average at least B,
has presented an acceptable thesis on some approved subject, and
has passed a final oral examination before the faculty or a com-
mittee of the faculty.

Of the forty-five hours required, at least forty shall be completed
in residence. Not more than five hours may be transferred from some
other graduate school or may be taken as a reading course out of
residence. No reading course may be taken at the beginning of a
program of study.

Work Taken Along with the B.D.: The faculty shall not be
obligated to accept extra electives taken as undergraduate courses
for graduate credit. But such of those courses as are approved by
the Dean of the Graduate Department and the student's sponsoring
professor will be given full credit toward the Th.M.

Admission to Study in the Graduate Department: Admis-
sion of the student to graduate study shall be by the Dean of the
Graduate Department. Doubtful cases will be referred to the com-
mittee on admissions of the faculty. The seminary is under no obli-
gation to admit a student unless the faculty is convinced that the
student could profit by a year's study and that a satisfactory course of
study can be planned from the courses that are available at the time.

Each applicant is expected to present evidence of achievement and
competence as a student, especially in the field of his major interest.
He must have the degree of B.D. from this seminary or its academic
equivalent. He must have passed the regular B.D. courses in Hebrew
and Greek; those students who plan to do their major work in the

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Old or New Testament departments must be able to handle the
appropriate language with ease.

At the time of admission to study, the student will be assigned at
least tentatively a sponsoring professor, who will be a member of
the department in which the student plans to specialize and under
whom he wishes to write his thesis. The sponsoring professor must
approve the courses taken by the student before the student com-
pletes his registration at the beginning of each quarter.

No student may take more than fifteen hours of graduate work
during one quarter.

Specialization: A student may specialize in any one of the four
major branches of the theological curriculum, the Biblical, the his-
torical the systematic, or the pastoral. At least fifteen hours must
be taken in the field of specialization. At least thirty hours must
be taken either in the field of specialization or in related courses
approved by the Dean of the Graduate Department and the profes-
sor under whom the student is writing his thesis. As many as fifteen
hours may be taken in any courses approved for graduate study
by the Dean.

A student intending to specialize in the area of pastoral care and
counseling in the branch of pastoral theology is required to have
one full quarter of clinical training with the Council for Clinical
Pastoral Training, Inc., or the equivalent of this approved by the
professor of pastoral counseling.

Admission to Candidacy: At least five months before the stu-
dent can be granted a degree, he must be formally admitted to can-
didacy for the degree. Admission is by majority vote of the faculty.

Before being presented for admission, the student shall appear
before the Committee on Graduate Work with his sponsoring pro-
fessor present and submit a brief written sketch of his thesis project,
not later than January 15 of the year in which he hopes to receive
his degree. The Committee will evaluate the feasibility of the project
and the student's academic fitness to carry it out. The Committee
may impose qualifying examinations to help in determining the stu-
dent's fitness for graduate work. The Committee will hold a regular
meeting within the first two weeks of each quarter for the purpose
of examining students with a view to admitting to candidacy.

If the Committee on Graduate Work recommends approval of the
student and his thesis project, the faculty may vote formally to admit
the student to candidacy for the degree. This approves the thesis
subject and sets up a thesis committee for the student, normally
including the student's sponsoring professor as chairman and two

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other faculty members. The thesis committee is responsible for giving
advice to the student concerning his thesis and for recommending
the approval of the content of the thesis.

Immediately after admission to candidacy, the student should
confer with the Librarian about the form of the thesis and receive
the manual for the preparation of the thesis in proper form. The
student, or whatever typist he may engage, must follow the provi-
sions of this manual exactly or the thesis cannot be accepted as
satisfactory. The stenographic form of the submitted manuscript
shall be the responsibility of the student.

Thesis Seminar: Near the end of the winter quarter, a thesis
seminar will be conducted by the faculty or a committee of the
faculty. At this time the student shall submit an outline of his
thesis and at least a tentative bibliography. Suggestions may be
given the student at this time by any member of the faculty. The
membership of the thesis committee of the student may be changed
at this time if it is considered advisable.

The Final Oral Examination: When the content of the student's
thesis has been approved by his thesis committee, he should make
arrangements with the Dean for a time for his final oral examin-
ation. The examination may concern itself with the thesis or any
courses the student has taken in his graduate work.

The Submission and Acceptance of the Thesis: It shall be
the responsibility of the Thesis Committee to receive two copies of
the thesis from the student, to approve the content of the thesis
and to recommend them to the Librarian for inspection not later
than three weeks before graduation.

It shall be the responsibility of the student to present copies of
the thesis to the chairman of the thesis committee sufficiently in
advance to allow the committee time to examine it, to approve the
student for his final oral examination, and to approve it for recom-
mendation to the Librarian. The committee shall advise the stu-
dent as to what "sufficiently in advance" will be.

The Librarian shall check the manuscript as presented to him by
the chairman of the thesis committee to note whether it conforms
to the specifications set forth in the manual. It shall not be his re-
sponsibility to check any manuscript beyond the "minor altera-
tions" which he deems can possibly be made in time for re-inspec-
tion before graduation. He shall reject any manuscript which does
not conform exactly with the specifications set forth.

It shall be the responsibility of the student to keep in touch with
the Librarian after the manuscript has been recommended to the

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Librarian by the Thesis Committee. He shall make any alterations
required by the Librarian within the time set by the Librarian.
Failure to comply with such direction shall be the cause for rejec-
tion of the manuscript.

Time for Completing Work for the Degree: In order that a
high standard of attainment in scholarship may be maintained, it
may be advisable in many instances that the entire work leading to
the degree should not be completed in one year, but that after meet-
ing all residence requirements the student should be allowed the privi-
lege of completing the writing of his thesis at a later date. Students
who are supplying churches as pastors should normally expect to take
more time to finish the work.

Association with Emory University: As Columbia Seminary
and Emory University are both members of the University Center
of Georgia, students working for their Th.M. at Columbia may take
courses offered by the Candler School of Theology of Emory for
full residence credit. Such courses must be approved by the student's
sponsoring professor and the Dean of the Graduate Department as
fitting into the student's program of study. This working agreement
appreciably widens the offerings of both schools. No extra fees are
charged; the student pays the regular fees to the school in which
he is enrolled.

Costs: The costs for graduate work are just the same as those
for the B.D. The tuition fee is $100 a quarter for students taking a
full load. For those taking a smaller load, it is $8 per quarter hour.

Correspondence: Correspondence regarding academic matters
should be addressed to Dean S. A. Cartledge, The Graduate Depart-
ment. Correspondence regarding rooms and apartments should be
addressed to Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Bursar.

Degrees in Biblical Education (B.B.E. and M.B.E.)

Courses in the field of Biblical education are offered to provide
needed training for lay missionaries, teachers of Bible in public
schools, directors of Christian education, and others who should
not take the three year course leading to the B. D. Students taking
either one of these courses are allowed to pursue very flexible
courses of study, choosing courses that will best fit their needs from
among those offered in the four major departments of seminary in-
struction. The courses will be worked out each quarter after con-
sultation with the Dean of the Graduate Department.

Students enrolling in these courses must be properly recom-

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mended for admission by competent authorities of their denomina-
tion, must submit transcripts showing their college credits and
degrees, and must be accepted by the admissions committee of the
seminary. Application blanks will be sent out from the office of
the Dean of the Graduate Department.

The Bachelor of Biblical Education (B.B.E.)

The requirements for this degree are:

A bachelor's degree from an approved college or university.
A minimum of 40 hours credit and 40 quality points.
An acceptable research paper on a topic assigned by the Graduate
Committee.

A student may apply toward this degree not more than 5 hours
of credit for work done in other approved institutions of learning.

The Master of Biblical Education (M.B.E.)

The requirements for this degree are:

A bachelor's degree from an approved college or university.
A reading knowledge of at least one foreign language.
A minimum of 75 hours credit and 150 quality points.
An acceptable thesis as prescribed by the Graduate Committee.
A final oral examination covering the thesis and any courses sub-
mitted for the degree.

Students working for the M.B.E. degree may use courses already
submitted for the B.B.E. if their quality points are high enough.
They may be allowed to transfer work done in other institutions
for not more than 10 hours credit.

Students may be formally admitted to candidacy for this degree
at any time after they have earned 15 hours of credit. They must
have been admitted to candidacy at least a year before the degree
can be granted.

The procedure for admission to candidacy and the rules govern-
ing the thesis seminar, the acceptance of the thesis, and the final
examination applicable to the Th.M. degree apply also to the
M.B.E. degree.

The English Course

Certain students who may be received by their presbyteries under

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the extraordinary case clause of the Book of Church Order may take
a special course known as the "English Course." Application for per-
mission 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 presbytery
that the candidate in question be admitted to this course.

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

Students who are permitted to take the English Course are granted
a diploma provided they choose, from among the electives, courses
sufficient to bring their total academic work to 150 hours over a
period of nine quarters.

Special Students

A statement or transcript of courses completed will be granted to
those students whose presbyteries or other proper authority permit
them to take less than the above requirements and to any who may
enroll in the seminary for special study.

Examinations

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

Comprehensive examinations are also required in the fields of
Church History, English Bible, Theology and Pastoral Theology.
The examinations in Bible and History are given in the middle year
at the beginning of the fall quarter and at the end of the winter
quarter respectively. The examinations in Pastoral Theology and
Theology are given respectively during the winter quarter and
during the spring quarter of the Senior year.

The Final day for submitting all assigned work will be the last
day of classes for the quarter.

Field Work

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every possible type of practical training in Field Work for ministerial
students. The seminary's program of Field Supervision will assist all
students and recent graduates not only during the winter months but
throughout the entire year. Columbia's Field Work has two distinc-
tive aspects. The Field Director will visit the students on their fields
during the summer months and, when requested to do so, will con-
tinue to lend counsel to graduates of the seminary for several years
after the completion of their academic work.

In formulating policies for Field Work, it is the desire of the semi-
nary to restrict all concerned as little as possible, to require the least
amount of paper work and reports necessary, and to deal with every
student on an individual basis.

The Director of Field Work counsels with and supervises all stu-
dents serving in churches or other Field Work projects, prior to
graduation. Deputation and gospel teams and the number of outside
engagements are under the direction of the Faculty Field Work
Committee. Placement of all students in temporary and permanent
fields and all recommendations are handled through the Director of
Field Work or the Faculty Committee on Field Work.

Unless specifically excused by the Faculty each student is required
to be engaged in some form of Field Work during his entire period
of Seminary training. All such work should be under the super-
vision of the Director of Field Work. The satisfactory completion
of all Field Work is required for graduation, and if Field Work
reports are unsatisfactory, they will be sent to Presbytery along
with regular grades.

Due to the constantly expanding program and the highly intensive
nature of ministerial training today, the Faculty feels that it must
help the student to conserve his major interest and time for the regu-
lar course of study. This means some guidance and regulation con-
cerning the amount of time given to preaching and outside activities.
Ordinarily Juniors are not encouraged to accept regular preaching
assignments. Instead they are assigned for a full year to a variety of
projects for the purpose of giving them a broad introduction to the
practical work of the church. Middlers and Seniors are allowed to
accept regular preaching and pastoral responsibilities in accordance
with their opportunities, grades, class, and needs. A sympathetic and
elastic attitude is held concerning all the problems of Field Work.
Exceptions to the rules and policies, however, must be approved by
the Field Work Committee. Students who desire to serve a church
full-time on week-ends will be expected to spread their seminary
training over four academic years instead of three.

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Students who are deficient in certain phases of their practical train-
ing may be required to take extra work before graduation until their
Field Work is of a satisfactory quality.

The Schedule

Columbia operates on the "Quarter System," which is popular in
leading universities and graduate schools throughout the country.
Each quarter consists of ten weeks for classes and one week for ex-
aminations. Columbia ordinarily gives work only during the fall,
winter, and spring quarters.

The simple unit of credit, the quarter hour, makes it easy for
credits from Columbia to be transferred to other graduate schools.
Columbia's work is accepted at full credit by 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 and 150 hours are required
for graduation.

Each student normally takes from 15 to 18 hours' work per
quarter. Approximately 20% of the hours for graduation may be in
elective courses, so that all students have an opportunity to special-
ize in some field of their choice. Middlers and Seniors who have
made an average of B may supplement required work by taking
added electives up to a total of 20 hours. No student will be per-
mitted to carry more than 20 hours' work in a quarter.

Most elective courses are offered in units of two, three, or four
hours. Electives are so scheduled as to avoid conflicts when prac-
ticable, and to offer the widest possible range of choice. The year
and quarter when each elective will be given is indicated in connec-
tion with each course. Some electives are given only in alternate
years and are so indicated; the expression "odd years" means scho-
lastic years beginning in September of odd years, such as the term
1957-58. Other electives are not placed in regular rotation, but are
given only by arrangements between students and professors.

Seminar courses are intended primarily for graduate members but
may be elected by Middlers and Seniors who have an average of
not less than B for the preceding quarter, provided that in the
opinion of the professor an undergraduate may take a given seminar
with profit.

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Summer Language School

July 16 through September 6, 1958

All entering students who have not had their elementary Greek
in college are urged to give serious consideration to attending the
summer language school. In this way they will avoid the necessity
of beginning to learn two new languages at the same time. They
will also find it possible to take more elective work during their
seminary course.

The Greek language will definitely be taught by Professor Cart-
ledge, and the Hebrew by Professor J. G. S. S. Thompson during
the summer of 1958.

The work in both Hebrew and Greek will be of an intensive
nature. The classes will meet for two hours a day six days in the
week. The study of one language will occupy the full time of the
student. The summer classes cover in this intensive way the ground
that is normally covered in a full year with classes meeting three
hours a week, and the same credit is given. An elementary Greek
is really a college course, the seminary gives only five hours of
elective credit for it, whether it is taken in summer or winter. The
Hebrew, being a seminary course, is given full nine hours credit.

The courses are described in the catalogue as New Testament
126, 127 and 128 and as Old Testament 101, 102 and 103. Stu-
dents who have not had Greek in college may appropriately take
either Greek or Hebrew.

The tuition fee for the summer language school will be $65.
Rooms and apartments will be available, but no meals will be
served in the dining hall. Nearby restaurants are convenient.

Students should send in their applications to Acting President
F. B. Gear. They should indicate their preference for either Greek
or Hebrew, or if they would be willing to take either language for
the sake of making class sections of good size.

Classes will be held each day at 8:15 and 1 1 , except that on
Monday they will be 9:10 and 11.

Graduate Summer School

August 5-29, 1958

During the month of August the seminary plans to offer a num-
ber of courses primarily for ordained ministers. Each course of-
fered will carry a credit of two quarter hours and may be applied
toward the Th.M. degree. No student may take more than six hours
of credit any one summer.

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All classes are held in the new, air-conditioned library, so the
conditions for summer study are ideal. The student may take a
full load of classes or may take a smaller load of classes and have
more opportunity for his private study in the library. Students who
wish to brush up a bit on Greek or Hebrew may attend as auditors
the intensive language courses offered in the summer language
school, though these courses would carry no credit toward a grad-
uate degree.

The tuition will be $8.00 per quarter hour of credit taken.

Dormitory rooms and apartments will be available; they will be
assigned on a first-come-first-served basis, so students are advised
to write to Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Bursar, about living arrange-
ments as soon as possible. No meals will be served in the dining
hall, but nearby restaurants are conveniently available.

Students should apply for enrollment to Dean S. A. Cartledge
as soon as possible. The seminary reserves the right to cancel the
Graduate Summer School if a sufficient number of students has not
enrolled by June 1; if it is cancelled, students who have enrolled
will be notified immediately after June 1.

The following courses will be offered:

8:15 English Bible 168, Methods of Bible Study, Professor
Gutzke. A presentation of various procedures in study-
ing the Scriptures, with demonstration of the several
techniques in the study of selected portions of Scripture.

9:10 English Bible 173 G, Exposition of Ephesians, Professor
Gutzke. An intensive study of the epistle to the Ephes-
ians with collateral reading in historic interpretations.
Designed for graduate students.
Theology 319, The Theology of Pascal and His Protestant
Successors, Professor Fuhrmann. An intensive study of
the principles of Jansen, of Pascal's understanding of
man and supernatural order of charity wherein man is
transformed, also a study of A. Vinet and C. Malan
especially, of the fact of conscience as God's action
upon our subconscious, of the elimination of conflict
by the acceptance of Christ and of achieving humanness
through Christianity.

10:05 New Testament 137, The Epistle to the Galatians, Pro-
fessor Cartledge. Introduction to and exegesis of this
very important little epistle.

11:00 Theology 316 b, The Theology of Calvin's Institutio of

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1536, Professor Fuhrmann. The earlier statements of
Calvin will be explained in the light of their circum-
stances and understood in terms of his purpose.

11:55 Old Testament 113, Old Testament Theology, Professor
J. G. S. S. Thomson. Work in two main areas of the
field of Hebrew Studies will be undertaken. ( 1 ) That
of theology. Certain of the main lines of development
in the intertestamental period will also be considered.
(2) That of exposition of certain passages from the
OT, with special emphasis on some of the more theolog-
ically important words in the Hebrew vocabulary.

EXPENSES

The Presbyterian Church has always provided generously for the
education of its ministerial students and charges made by the semi-
naries have never represented even the approximate cost of a
theological education. At the present time the policy of all semi-
naries in the Presbyterian Church, U. S., is to fix their fees upon the
same general level, which has been set in such a way as to place the
opportunity for theological training within the grasp of any qualified
candidate. At the same time the very reasonable charges made
afford the student an opportunity to share with the Church in meet-
ing the expense of his theological education. Fees for the school
session of 1958-59 have been fixed as follows:

Tuition $ 300.00

Room Rent 90.00

Board (Georgia sales tax of 3% to be added) 350.00*

Student Activities 5.00

Total $ 745.00

^Subject to change in the event of necessity.

The fee for tuition charged all regular students will be due in three
installments of $100.00, payable at the beginning of each quarter.
Any students who are permitted to enroll for less than a normal
number of courses will be charged at the rate of $8.00 per quarter
hour. Permission to audit courses is sometimes granted to church

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members of the Atlanta area, and the fee charged for this privilege
will be at the rate of $6.00 per quarter hour.

A late registration fee of 50 cents a day will be charged after
the registration closes. No student may register later than two
weeks after the opening of a quarter unless permitted by do so by
special action of the Faculty.

A fee of $5.00 is to be paid in advance of commencement by each
student receiving a diploma from the seminary.

A limited number of rooms for married students are available
in a section of the dormitory reserved for that purpose. These are
designed especially to meet the need of students who have married
before deciding to study for the ministry. The seminary cannot
commit itself in advance to provide rooms for students who marry
during their course of study at the institution. No facilities for
housekeeping are available in the dormitory and married couples
residing there will be expected to take their meals in the refectory.
Board will be provided for the wives of students at the same rate as
that for the students themselves. The rental charged married couples
for their rooms will be $45.00 per quarter.

Each student is expected to care for his own room in the dormitory,
but janitor service is provided for all other parts of the building.
Students are required to bring their own sheets, bed covers, pillow
cases, and towels.

The boarding department is efficiently administered by Mrs. J.
Holmes Smith as dietitian and hostess, 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 estimate
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 compare favorably
with that at any similar institution.

Book Store. The seminary operates a book store for the benefit
of its students and all required textbooks as well as a wide range
of other religious literature can be purchased through it at reduced
prices.

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.

Apartments. The seminary owns thirty apartments for occu-
pancy by the families of students. Applications for these should be

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accompanied by a reservation fee of $25.00. The apartments are
adequately furnished and their occupants will need to provide for
themselves only such items as linens, silver, china, and cooking uten-
sils. Under regulations of the seminary, no furniture provided by the
institution may be moved out of an apartment but students desiring
to add rugs, table lamps, chairs, curtains, draperies or similar pos-
sessions of their own to the furnished equipment during the period
of their residence here have the privilege of doing so.

FINANCIAL AID

Loans to Candidates. The General Assembly's Board of Edu-
cation, Richmond, Virginia, provides 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. The amount of this loan is not to exceed $200.00 per
year, but students are to apply for no more of that sum than is
actually needed. Application for the loan should be made through
the chairman of the Committee of Christian Education in the pres-
bytery. 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 install-
ments. The first installment is received in November; the second
in February.

In case of special need loans may also be secured through the
seminary.

Scholarships. In addition to the loans 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 resources
and of the quality of work which he has done. Scholarships cannot
be awarded to those whose grades do not measure up to require-
ments. 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 throughout
the year according to a schedule which will be set by the business
office of the seminary.

Under regulations of the institution students receiving scholar-
ship aid are ordinarily expected to render a reasonable amount of
service to the seminary in return, and student help is used in the
library, in the dining room, and on the grounds. The work done

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is of substantial assistance to the seminary, and the students are
enabled to enjoy a feeling of greater independence and self-respect
through the fact that they are rendering some service in return for
the aid received.

A student who marries during the period of his preparation for
the ministry will not ordinarily be able to receive scholarship aid
thereafter if he increases his expenses by his marriage, nor can
scholarship aid ordinarily be granted to ordained ministers who may
enroll for special or graduate work.

A bequest of the late Rev. Thomas M. Barbee, D.D., of Mexico,
Mo., provides a number of generous scholarships which are avail-
able for students who agree to serve in rural fields for as much as
five years after graduation from the seminary.

Under the terms of the will of Dr. Barbee, a legacy of $68,000
was received by the seminary in 1952. This fund is to be kept in-
tact for twenty-five years and invested by the seminary. Its income
is to be used to assist ministerial students who are willing to work
among and in country churches for a period of five years, and to
assist pastors who are working in country churches. At the end of
the twenty-five-year period, the seminary is authorized to spend any
part of the corpus of the estate, as well as the income therefrom, for
any evangelical purposes.

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. A number of positions
in playground and Boys' Club work are available annually through
the Decatur Recreation Board and the Atlanta Y.M.C.A., however,
and these have been a source of help to many students. 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.

Veterans' Benefits. Columbia Theological Seminary is one of
the institutions approved by the government as a place of study for
veterans receiving educational benefits under Public Laws 16, 346,
550 (Korean War Veterans), and 634.

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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) Biblical
Theology, (2) Historical Theology, (3) Systematic Theology, and
(4) Practical Theology. In addition to its simplicity, this arrange-
ment reflects the unity of the curriculum and at the same time
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.

The schedule provides a well-rounded and comprehensive course
in preparation for the Gospel ministry, with due emphasis on the
various fields of study both practical and theoretical. The ar-
rangement now offered is more in keeping with recent trends in
education and with practices long prevalent in other (graduate)
professional schools than the former plan of offering a large variety
of electives for undergraduates.

Provision is made for the guidance of all students in the seminary
in a survey of the entire Bible which will eventuate in a comprehen-
sive examination scheduled at some time during the middle year.
This arrangement of the curriculum offerings in the Biblical Theol-
ogy Group has emerged from three basic convictions: (1) that pre-
dominantly the three years of seminary training rest ultimately in
the authority of the Scriptures; (2) that concerted effort should be
made to emphasize the centrality of the Bible in our total training
program; and (3) that every candidate for the Gospel ministry
should attain to a summary knowledge of the teachings of the entire
Bible before his ordination.

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

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GROUP I

Biblical Department

The Church has always emphasized the importance of the original
language of Holy Scripture in theological education. "The Old
Testament in Hebrew, and the New Testament in Greek, being
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 languages in
interpreting the Sacred Oracles.

A. OLD TESTAMENT LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND
EXEGESIS

All candidates for the B.D. degree are required to take 19 hours
in the Old Testament department of which 16 hours are in specified
required courses, 101-105. Although 106 is indicated as required
it will be possible for students in their Senior year to elect another
exegesis course providing the required hours.

101. Elements of Hebrew.

The class begins the study of the language with orthography, followed in
due course by etymology and syntax.
Required, Junior year, fall quarter, three hours
Professors Gailey and Thomson

102. Elements of Hebrew, Continued.

Work begun in the fall quarter is continued with progressive additions in
detail, and translation from the Hebrew Old Testament is begun. Addi-
tional textbooks: The Hebrew Bible and a satisfactory Lexicon.
Required, Junior year, winter quarter, three hours
Professors Gailey and Thomson

103. Elements of Hebrew, Continued.

Reading of selections from the Book of Genesis is continued with empha-
sis on the grammatical and syntactical elements of the Hebrew language.
Required, Junior year, spring quarter, three hours
Professors Gailey and Thomson

104. Old Testament Introduction.

The student is introduced to the areas of Old Testament study, and prob-
lems illustrating the various areas are discussed. Areas included are geog-
raphy, history of neighboring peoples, textual and historical criticism,
the establishment of the Old Testament Canon, the interpretation of the
Old Testament, and its use in theology and preaching.
Required, Senior year, fall quarter, four hours
Professor Gailey

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105. Introduction to Exegesis and Study of Deuteronomy.

A study of techniques and principles of exegesis as applied to the Book

of Deuteronomy. The introductory questions relating to the Book and to

the Pentateuch will be discussed.

Required, Middle year, winter quarter, three hours

Professors Gailey and Thomson

106. Exegesis of Prophetic and Poetic Writing.
Exegesis of selected passages from the Psalms and Prophets.
Required, Senior year, spring quarter, three hours
Professors Gailey and Thomson

107. Advanced Hebrew Syntax.

A thorough study of the syntax of the language, using textbooks and the
reading and comparison of selected illustrative passages from the He-
brew text.

Elective, hours to be arranged
Professors Gailey and Thomson

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 He-
brew Bible.

Elective, hours to be arranged
Professors Gailey and Thomson

1 09. Biblical A ramaic.

The grammar of the Aramaic language will be presented and portions
of the Old Testament in Aramaic will be read together with selections
from the Elephantine Papyri.

Elective, limited to qualified students, hours to be arranged
Professors Gailey and Thomson

110. Manners and Customs of Old Testament Times.

A study of manners, customs and conditions of life in Old Testament
times as illustrated from recent investigations.
Elective, hours to be arranged
Professor Gailey

111. Textual Criticism of the Old Testament.

Special study and projects in the textual criticism of selections from the
Old Testament.

Elective, limited to qualified students, hours to be arranged
Professor Gailey

112. Studies in Recent Old Testament Literature.

Students will be given opportunity to survey publications relating to the
Old Testament in recent research. Qualified students may do exegesis on
texts of recent discoveries.
Elective, hours to be arranged
Professors Gailey and Thomson

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113. Introduction to Old Testament Thelogy.

This course aims to provide a theological background preparatory to
expository work on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. Such themes
as the Old Testament view of revelation, of God and Man, are con-
sidered; and also word studies in such subjects as sin in the Old Testa-
ment.

Elective, hours to be arranged
Professor Thomson

114-120. Exegesis of Selections from the Old Testament.

Introduction and reading of selections from various books of the Old
Testament will be scheduled from time to time as agreed upon.
Elective, hours to be arranged
Professors Gailey and Thomson

121. The Minor Prophets.

This course aims to provide an introduction to each of the books within
this area of Old Testament Literature. The historical background, the
literary structure, and the theology of the books are studied.
Elective, hours to be arranged
Professor Thomson

B. NEW TESTAMENT LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND
EXEGESIS

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

Every minister who hopes to lead the thoughts of his people must keep
abreast of the thought of the age. Students in this department are ex-
pected to come to an intelligent understanding of the trends of New Tes-
tament interpretation and criticism, conservative and radical, through the
lecture, daily assigned reading, and parallel reading.

All work in this department is on the basis of the Greek text. Ministe-
rial 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 courses 126, 127, and 128.

The courses in this department have been selected so as to give a gen-
eral introduction to the study of the New Testament and some practice
in detailed exegesis in the various types of literature found therein. The
work in this department is closely coordinated with that in the depart-
ment 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 thoroughly some of the typical
problems in the field.

126. Beginners' Greek.

A course in New Testament Greek for beginners.

Required of all students without sufficient college Greek, Junior year,

fall quarter, three hours a week, one and a half hours' credit

Professor Cartledge. Mr. Anderson

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127. Beginners' Greek.

A continuation of Course No. 126.

Required of all students without sufficient college Greek, Junior year,
winter quarter, three hours a week, one and one-half hours' credit
Professor Cartledge, Mr. Anderson

1 28. Greek Grammar and Reading.

After the completion of the beginners' Greek book, a study will be made

of a grammar of New Testament Greek, and there will be some reading

in the Greek Testament with a grammatical emphasis.

Required of all students without sufficient college Greek, Junior year,

spring quarter, three hours a week, two hours' credit

Professor Cartledge, Mr. Anderson

130. Romans.

A study of this major Pauline epistle in the light of the principles of

grammatico-historical interpretation. After a detailed introduction to the

epistle, a careful exegesis will be made of the Greek text. Some work will

be done in the fields of the life and theology of Paul, especially as they

touch this epistle.

Elective, fall quarter, three hours

Professor Cartledge

131. New Testament Introduction.

The student is introduced to the principles of grammatico-historical in-
terpretation and is given a survey of the materials available for using
those principles in the interpretation of the New Testament. General in-
troduction 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 Testa-
ment, reconstructing its background and giving an outline of its contents.
Required, Middle year, fall quarter, five hours
Professor Cartledge

132. Revelation.

An intensive study of the one prophetical book of the New Testament.
Some comparison will be made with the Old Testament and the extra-
canonical apocalypses. The regular subjects of special introduction, in-
cluding the Johannine problem, will be studied. Students will be expected
to acquaint themselves with as many different methods of interpretation
of this book as possible.

Required, Middle year, spring quarter, five hours
Professor Cartledge

133. The Gospels.

After an introduction to the Gospels there will be reading of selected
portions of the Greek text of the four Gospels. Along with the reading
there will be a consideration of the life of Christ and of typical problems
in the field of historical and textual criticism.
Required, Senior year, winter quarter, five hours
Professor Cartledge

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1 34. The Epistle to the Ephesians.

Exegesis with a view to the homiletical exposition of the epistle.
Elective, three hours.
Professor Robinson

135. The Epistle to the Philippians.

Exegesis with a view to the homiletical exposition of the epistle.
Elective, two hours
Professor Guthrie

1 36. The Acts of the Apostles.

Introduction to and exegesis of the one book in the New Testament which
traces the history of the early development of the Christian Church.
Elective, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Cartledge

137. The Epistle to the Galatians.

Introduction to and exegesis of this very important little epistle. Salvation
by faith in Jesus Christ alone. The place of law in God's plan.
Elective, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Cartledge

138. The Epistle to the Thessalonians.

Introduction to and exegesis of these two brief letters. The place of
eschatology in early Christian thought and life.
Elective, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Cartledge

139. The Pastoral Epistles.

Introduction to and exegesis of First and Second Timothy and Titus.
The work of the pastor and of church officers.
Elective, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Cartledge

140. The Epistle to the Corinthians.

Introduction to and exegesis of selected portions. The life and work of

the early Church.

Elective, hours and credit to be arranged

Professor Cartledge

141. The Epistle to the Hebrews.

Introduction and exegesis. A comparison of Christianity and Judaism.
Elective, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Cartledge

142. The Catholic Epistles.

Introduction to and exegesis of selected ones of the General Letters of

the New Testament.

Elective, hours and credit to be arranged

Professor Cartledge

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143. Advanced Textual Criticism.

Some practice in handling manuscripts, collating and evaluating their
texts, and a study of some of the more detailed theories in the field.
Elective, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Cartledge

144. 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, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Cartledge

145. The Social Teachings of the New Testament.

The discovery and interpretation of the New Testament teachings on
certain of the typical social problems of the present day.
Elective, hours and credit to be arranged
Professor Guthrie

146. Modern Literature.

Qualified students are allowed to take this reading course to familiarize
themselves with some of the books and technical journals in the New
Testament and general Biblical field written in recent years. Instead of
meeting class, the student will hand in written critiques of each book.
The course may be taken any quarter for any unit of credit up to a
maximum of five hours.
Elective, any quarter
Professor Cartledge

147. Rapid Reading of the Greek New Testament.

Students will read the complete Greek New Testament for a credit of
five hours. Such rapid reading is of great value in building a vocabulary
and becoming familiar with the atmosphere and idioms of New Testa-
ment Greek.
Elective, any quarter
Professor Cartledge

148. New Testament Research.

Qualified students will be allowed to work on various problems in the
New Testament field under the supervision of the professor, submitting
their findings in the form of term papers. Credit given will depend upon
the amount of work done.
Elective, any quarter
Professor Cartledge

C. ENGLISH BIBLE, INTERPRETATION OF THE SCRIPTURE
IN THE VERNACULAR

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 its required work two basic
courses in this field. A number of elective courses are also arranged.

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

As a means of increasing his familiarity with Scripture and of encour-
aging proper devotional habits, each student is required to read the entire
Bible at least once during his first two years after matriculation. Reports
concerning fulfillment of his requirement will be made at the beginning
of the Senior year. A statement concerning the completion of this read-
ing will be asked of each student in connection with his report on Field
Work at the end of the summer vacation.

150. Rapid Survey of Bible Content.

This course is designed to present a general survey of historical, geo-
graphical, biographical, and doctrinal content of the Scriptures, which
would be helpful to the student who is not acquainted with the written
content of the Bible.
Elective, offered annually, two hours
Professor Gutzke

151. Survey of Old Testament.

A study of the content of the Old Testament to become acquainted with
the factual material, as having been written to serve as a background
and an introduction for the Life of Christ and the Kingdom of God.
Required, Junior year, fall quarter, four hours
Professor Gutzke

151a. Salvation and Kingdom in the Old Testament.

The Pentateuch will be studied as an authoritative revelation of the plan

of salvation in which sinners are saved by the grace and the power of God

according to the promise given to Abraham. The kingdom era in Israel's

history will be studied as an authoritative revelation of the structure of

the Kingdom which God promised to establish in His covenant with

David.

Required, Junior year, fall quarter, four hours

Professor Gutzke

Note: Juniors who have not taken Old Testament survey courses in
college will be required to take 151. Those who have taken
Old Testament survey courses will be required to take 151a.

152. Survey of New Testament.

A study of the content of the New Testament, with emphasis upon the
life of Christ, the founding of the New Testament Church, and the
principles and practices of Christian living.
Required, Junior year, winter quarter, four hours
Professor Gutzke

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152a. The Kingdom of God and the Holy Spirit in the New
Testament.

The Gospels will be studied as the authoritative revelation of the nature
of the Kingdom of God in the Life, Teaching, Death and Resurrection
of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles will
be studied as the authoritative revelation of the Person, Work and Power
of the Holy Spirit as He lives and works in the believer according to the
will of God in the New Covenant.
Required, Junior year, spring quarter, four hours
Professor Gutzke

Note: Juniors who have not taken New Testament survey courses in
college will be required to take 152. Those who have taken
New Testament survey courses in college will be required to
take 152a.

153. The Church Epistles of Paul.

A study of the Pauline epistles, Romans through II Thessalonians to in-
tegrate the interpretation of the Christian life under the New Covenant
in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Required, Senior year, winter quarter, four hours
Professor Gutzke

154. The Major Prophets.

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel will be studied to note the func-
tions of the prophet in the life of God's people, and the content of their
message as a revelation of the will of God.
Elective, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

1 55. The Minor Prophets.

The last twelve books in the Old Testament canon will be studied by
expository method, noting especially the message of the prophets as a
revelation of the will of God.
Elective, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

1 56. The Poetic Literature.

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon will be

studied with special attention given to the function of worship in the

godly life.

Elective, schedule to be arranged

Professor Gutzke

157. The Gospels.

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John will be studied to gain a comprehensive
understanding of the significance of the coming and the work of Christ,
in the context of the Scriptures as a whole, and in relation to salvation.
Elective, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

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158. The Acts.

The Acts of the Apostles will be studied to note the program of the First
Century Church. The motives, message, and methods of the early Church
from the missionary and evangelistic viewpoint will be considered. (This
course serves as an excellent introduction to Evangelism 470.)
Required, Middle year, fall quarter, two hours
Professor Thompson

159. Jeremiah.

A study in the life and times of one of the great prophets of Israel with
an evaluation of his message for the world of today.
Elective, two hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Richards

160. Bible Synthesis.

A study of selected books in both Old and New Testament to grasp the
message of each book as a whole. Written reports and outlines based on
library research and student initiative are the major part of the require-
ments in the course. Class meetings will be arranged to suit programs of
the students who wish to take this course.
Elective, seminar, hours to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

161. The Social Message of the Old Testament.

An examination of the social insight revealed in the Old Testament writ-
ings with a view to discovering its bearing upon the ethical and moral
problems arising in Israel's history, as a demonstration of the permanent
significance for mankind of the principles revealed in this portion of
Scripture.

Required, Middle year, spring quarter, three hours
Professor Gutzke

1 62. The Pastoral Epistles.

An intensive study of New Testament Epistles, I Timothy through

Hebrews.

Elective, schedule to be arranged

Professor Gutzke

163. The General Epistles.

An intensive study of New Testament Epistles, James through Revelation.
Elective, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

166. The Ministry of the Prophets.

A survey of the work of the prophets in the life of God's people as re-
corded in the Scriptures, together with an examination of contemporary
interpretation of the significance of the prophetic ministry. This course
will culminate in an appreciation of the work of Christ as Prophet.
Elective, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

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168. Methods of Bible Study.

A presentation of various procedures in studying the Scriptures, with

demonstration of the several techniques in the study of selected portions

of Scripture.

Elective, schedule to be arranged

Professor Gutzke

169. Contemporary Views of the Bible.

A study of contemporary schools of thought holding different estimates
of the significance of the written Scriptures, as set forth by representa-
tive writers, with analysis of basic premises, appraisal of validity, and
comparison of each with the view set forth in the Westminster Con-
fession.

Seminar, hours to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

170. Research In Bible Doctrine.

A course of directed survey of standard works on Bible Doctrine, de-
signed to serve the needs of graduate students pursuing major studies in
this department. The program of study will be developed to suit the par-
ticular needs of the individual student.
Seminar, hours to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

171. Research In Biblical Theology.

A course of directed study of standard works of interpretation of Biblical
themes. Designed to serve the needs of graduate students pursuing major
studies in this department. The distinctive emphasis in this course will
be upon theological interpretation of selected Biblical material in the area
of the student's graduate work.
Seminar, hours to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

172G. Exposition of Romans.

An intensive study of the epistle to the Romans with collateral reading
in historic interpretations. Designed for Graduate Sudents.
Elective, two hours

173G. Exposition of Ephesians.

Course plan is similar to 172G.
Elective, two hours

D. THEOLOGY OF THE BIBLE

184. The Gospel of John.

This course concerns itself primarily with the theology of John, and
the light shed upon the gospel by the study of the religious environment,
including the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Elective, spring quarter, two hours
Professor James Robinson

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185. Salvation in the Old Testament.

This course combines exposition of some of the relevant passages in the

Hebrew text of the Old Testament, and a study of their theological

implications in so far as they touch on the Covenant, the Hebrew view of

Salvation, and the Messianic Hope.

Elective, hours to be arranged

Professor Thomson

E. ARCHAEOLOGY

190. Seminar in Archaeology and the Old Testament.

A general introduction to the nature and methods of biblical archaeology
as a science, an investigation of significant findings illustrative of the Old
Testament and a survey in English translation of relevant ancient Near
Eastern literature. The course will include museum visits, seminar ses-
sions, illustrated lectures by the instructor and others. General readings
and examination of specific expedition reports will be required.
Elective, winter quarter, two hours, even years
Professor Garber

191. Seminar in Archaeology and the New Testament.

A general introduction to the nature and methods of biblical archaeology
as a science and a survey of the literary and non-literary findings relevant
to the New Testament. The course will include seminar sessions and illus-
trated lectures by the instructor and others. General readings and exami-
nation of specific expedition reports will be required.
Elective, winter quarter, two hours, odd years
Professor Garber

GROUP II

Historical Department

Church History

The Church is the people of God gathered around the Messiah.
She is the worshipping and witnessing community living under the
Reign of Grace and looking for the Reign of Glory. As she was
founded, so has she been carried onward by the mighty acts of
God in Christ Jesus.

The Church appears in various forms under different conditions
among sundry peoples and in changing epochs. The history of the
Church treats of her missionary work, her doctrines and her wor-
ship, her organization and her vindication. In addition to the account
of these several phases in the general course, institutions receive
special attention in the course on Presbyterian history and polity,
defense against opposing views in Apologetics, Christian missions in
an elective course on that theme.

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201. Early Church History.

The New Testament basis of the Christian Church is found in the coming,
the ministry, the death, the resurrection and the ascension of Christ, in
the Great Commission, and the Pentecostal outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Thereafter, the Church is seen in its initial growth in the ancient Roman
Empire. Histories by Lietzmann, Lebreton, and Kidd are consulted and
Schaff is used as text.

Required, Junior year, spring quarter, four hours
Professor Robinson

202. Mediaeval Church History.

During the dark ages between the fall of Rome and the emergence of the
nations of Europe, the Church carried the torch of religion and education.
The fathers and the doctors formulated the heritage of the faith. The Ger-
manic peoples were won to the Christian allegiance. Tensions between
East and West led to schisms and separation. Worldliness evoked monas-
ticism, education flowered into scholasticism, reform freed the Church
from feudal control and brought in the papal autocracy. The great
mediaeval synthesis collapsed and the way was prepared for the Reforma-
tion. Text: Schaff.

Required, Middle year, fall quarter, four hours
Professor Robinson

203. Modern Church History.

Luther grasped the hand of God graciously extended to him in Jesus
Christ and the Reformation began. The German and the Swiss Reforma-
tions are studied in detail. The life and thought of the Church as it
developed during recent centuries first in Europe and then in America is
surveyed, Texts by Schaff and by Nichols.
Required, Middle year, winter quarter, four hours
Professor Robinson

204. Presbyterianism. Its History and Polity.

The polity of the primitive Church is treated in lectures on understand-
ing the Church. The Presbyterianism of the Reformation and Modern
History is dealt with by the use of McNeill's The History and Character
of Calvinism. The Presbyterianism of our Church is studied in our Book
of Church Order. Term papers are presented on one of the means of
grace.

Required, Senior year, fall quarter, four hours
Professor Robinson

205. The History of Religion in America.

With the help of such studies in American Civilization as those by Wer-
tenbaker, in New England thought by Perry Miller, and in the Churches
by W. W. Sweet, an elective is offered in the life and thought of the
American Churches. Text: W. W. Sweet, The Story of Religion in
America.

Elective, two hours
Professor Robinson

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207. The Teachings of Karl Barth.

Barth's Church Dogmatics 1.2, and Berkouwer, The Triumph of Grace in
the Theology of Karl Barth are used as texts.
Elective, two hours
Professor Robinson

208. 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

209. The Historical and Theological Studies of Warfield.

The writings of the great Princetonian are used for seminar studies and
theses on such subjects as: Augustine, Calvin, the Meaning of the Refor-
mation, the Westminster Confession, Revelation, the History of the Doc-
trine of the Trinity, Christology, Perfectionism.
Elective, two hours
Professor Robinson

210. The History of the Doctrine of the Atonement.

A course in which each student reports the doctrine of the atonement

taught by a representative of each of the four Great Christian syntheses,

the Greek, the Latin, the Protestant, and the Modernist.

Seminar

Professor Robinson

211. The Ecumenical Councils.

Special seminar in the history of the first six ecumenical councils using
Hefele and studying the sources. Each student makes a special study of
one council with seminar reports and a term paper.
Seminar, two hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Robinson

212. 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 writings of selected leaders
of our Church such as Dabney, Girardeau, Thornwell, Palmer, Baker,
Woodrow, Peck, S. Robinson, W. W. Moore, R. C. Reed.
Seminar, hours to be arranged
Professor Robinson

213. Scottish Theology in Relation to Church History.

The lectures of Principal John Macleod of Edinburgh on this theme and
the earlier lectures by Dr. James Walker on Scottish Theology and Theo-
logians guide the study which is amplified by seminar reports on the
works of "Scots' Worthies."
Elective, two or three hours
Professor Robinson

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214. History of the Doctrine of Justification.

The history of the cardinal article of Protestantism is studied with the
help of Kittel, the Reformers, E. Boehl, J. Buchanan, G. C. Berkouwer,
and others in class recitation and seminar reports.
Elective, three hours
Professor Robinson

215. Christological Eschatology .

As Christ is our ground of forgiveness so He is our hope of glory. In
Him, in His coming to earth and in His reign at God's right hand, all
our hopes gather. Using the professor's Sprunt Lectures as a guide, the
class follows the Christological approach in studying eschatology.
Elective, two hours
Professor Robinson

216. History of Christian Doctrine.

The foundation of Christian doctrine in the New Testament and its un-
folding in the early church. Textbook: Seeberg, History of Doctrines, I.
Elective, fall quarter, two hours
Professor Robinson

217A. Medieval Mystical Theology.

What does mystical experience mean in Christian Theology? How far
have the different currents of Christian Mysticism (e.g. Pseudo-Diony-
sian and Augustinian) expressed the salvation in Christ? How far have
they superseded it? Examples are given of the medieval mystics: Bernard
of Clairvaux, Hugo of St. Victor, Bonaventura, and Meister Eckhart.
Elective, two hours
Professor Schmidt

217B. Medieval Scholastical Theology, a Survey.

The three great concerns, which the medieval theologians found in
Augustine's thinking, were that of faith and intellect (theology and
philosophy), that of grace and freedom, and that of the sacraments.
With the help of Aristotelian philosophy, Augustine's theology was
modified and systematized (the chief examples are the works of Peter
Lombard and of Thomas Aquinas); but at the end of the middle ages
Augustine's great problems were opened anew to discussion. This study
helps our understanding of the differences between protestant and
catholic theology.
Elective, two hours
Professor Schmidt

218. History of Christian Thought in the Reformation and the

Modern Church.

Textbook: A History of Christian Thought, Vol. II, by Neve.
Elective, spring quarter, two hours
Professor Robinson

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219. Anselm of Canterbury.

A study of his life, his theological method, and his most important
works. Anselm's use of reason with respect to the content of our faith,
being characteristically different from that of the later medieval theolo-
gians, deserves especial attention today.
Elective, two hours
Professor Schmidt

220. The Proofs of God's Existence in the Middle Ages.
When this paragon example of a "natural (philosophical) theology" is
studied in its different historical phases from Anselm of Canterbury
through Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus and William Ockham, it shows
an increasingly critical attitude.

Elective, two hours
Professor Schmidt

221. Church and State in the Middle Ages.

A study of the struggles between Papacy and Empire, later between
Papacy and Councils, and of the theological conceptions behind them.
Elective, two hours
Professor Schmidt

GROUP III
Systematic Theology

A. DOGMATIC AND BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

300a. Theological Introduction.

An introduction to more effective methods of reading, thinking, and ex-
pression as students begin theological studies. Special attention will be
given to terminology and methods of theological study.
Required, Junior year, fall quarter, three hours
Professor Gear

300b. Background Studies.

A rapid survey of early Greek Philosophy as a means of preparing stu-
dents for theological thinking.

Required of Juniors who have not studied Philosophy,
fall quarter, three hours
Professors Gear and Guthrie

300c. Further Background Studies.

The aim of this course is to give the students a working knowledge of

Medieval Philosophy and Theology.

Required of Juniors who have not studied Philosophy,

winter quarter, three hours

Professors Gear and Fuhrmann

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300. A Survey of Theological Thought.

A survey of Christian thought prior to the Reformation as set forth in

the writings of some of the leading thinkers such as Augustine, Anselm,

and Aquinas.

Required, Junior year, winter quarter, three hours

Professor Gear

301 . Theology of the Reformation.

This course is designed to give students first-hand acquaintance with the

theological writings of the leaders of the Reformation such as Luther,

Melanchthon, and Calvin.

Required, Junior year, spring quarter, three hours

Professor Gear

302-304. Systematic Theology.

A study of the main points of Reformed Theology as contained in Cal-
vin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, standard outlines of Reformed
Theology, the Westminster Standards and other Reformed statements.
This study will be divided as follows:

302. Theology Proper and Anthropology .

The Reformed doctrine of God, His relation to man and the world;
the doctrine of Man, his relation to God, the world and mankind.
Required, Middle year, fall quarter, three hours
Professor Gear

303. Christology and Soteriology.

The Reformed doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ, the Holy
Spirit, and the application of the Work of Redemption.
Required, Middle year, winter quarter, three hours
Professor Gear

304. Ecclesiology and Eschatology .

The Reformed doctrine of the Church, the Sacraments, and of "last

things."

Required, Middle year, spring quarter, three hours

Professor Gear

305. Current Theological Thought.

A study of the main trends in contemporary theological thought and an
examination of current problems in the light of basic evangelical prin-
ciples.

Required, Senior year, winter quarter, three hours
Professors Gear and Guthrie

306. Theology in the Thought and Life of a Christian.

This course is for the purpose of enabling students vitally to relate the

basic principles of Christian Theology to the various aspects of life in

the modern world.

Required, Senior year, spring quarter, three hours

Professors Gear and Guthrie

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307. Roman Catholic Theology.

An examination of distinctive doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church
in the light of Scripture and Reformed thought.
Elective, fall quarter, three hours, even years
Professor Gear

308. Contemporary Cults.

A study of the various cults which have sprung up on the fringe of Chris-
tianity such as Mormonism, Christian Science, and Jehovah's Witnesses
or Russellism. This course has both a theoretical and practical purpose
so as to help the pastor effectively to deal with them.
Elective, three hours, odd years
Professor Gear

309. Theology in Literature.

This course consists of a study of some of the literary classics which have
definite and positive theological value.
Elective, spring quarter, three hours, odd years
Professor Gear

310. Theology and Modern Philosophy .

Students are given an opportunity to examine some of the philosophical
systems of our times from the standpoint of Christian Theology. Readings
from the works of outstanding philosophers will be assigned for study and
criticism. A working knowledge of Philosophy is necessary for this course.
Elective, spring quarter, three hours, even years
Professor Gear

311. Theology in Christian Experience.

This course aims to give the students an insight into Christian experience
at its best in non-Biblical writers as found in some of the great devotional
books. Some time will be devoted to a discussion of the nature and reality
of Christian experience. Some of the books in this field to be read are:
Augustine, The Confessions; Calvin, Letters to Cardinal Sadolet; Luther,
Concerning Christian Liberty; Comenius, The Labyrinth of the World;
William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life; and Bunyan,
Pilgrim's Progress. Changes in the books studied will be made from year
to year.

Elective, two hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gear

312. Theology and Civilization.

The significance of Theology as a foundation for a stable and enduring
society will be studied. Special emphasis will be given to the place of
Calvinism in the development of our national life, the basic differences
between a Protestant and a Roman Catholic society, and Communism as
a basis of civilization in the light of Christian Theology. Selected read-
ings and papers will be required.
Elective, three hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gear

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313. The Christian Doctrine of the Church.

This course will deal with the origin, nature, and mission of the Church;
the various theories of the Church and its relation to the State; and the
place of the Church in contemporary society.
Elective, two hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Gear

314. The Christian Doctrine of Grace.

Some time will be given to tracing the rudiments of the doctrine of Grace
in the Old Testament, in which are implicit the fuller and richer teach-
ings of the New Testament. A study will be made of the meaning of and
emphasis upon Grace in the New Testament, the value of the doctrine
in theological thought and in the Christian life, and its importance in
modern preaching.

Elective, hours and schedule to be arranged
Professor Gear

315. The Christian Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the teaching of the
Bible concerning the Holy Spirit. His place in Christian experience and
in the Christian Church will be given special attention.
Elective, hours and schedule to be arranged
Professor Gear

316. Seminar in Theology.

This course enables students to do independent and thorough work on a

theological subject of special interest to them. Papers will be read and

discussed.

Elective, two hours, schedule to be arranged

Professor Gear

316a. Theological Sources of Calvin.

Students will be introducted to the Dynamism of Luther and to the

original materials which Calvin used in building his Institutes such as

elements from the Roman Law. from the Church Fathers, from Peter

Lombard and others. The course will consider also the theology of

Zwingli with special attention paid to his ontology. Farel's resurrection

of Israel's Prophetism. the nature of Pre-calvinian French Protestant

Theology.

Elective, two hours

Professor Fuhrmann

316a. The Theology of Calvin's Institute of 1536.

The earlier statements of Calvin will be explained in the light of their

circumstances and understood in terms of his purpose.

Elective, two hours

Professor Fuhrmann

317. The Theology of the Great Creeds.

The vital statements of the Apostolic, Nicene, Quicumque, Augsburg and
La Rochelle Creeds will be studied with special reference to the strug-
gles of the Church.
Elective, two hours
Professors Fuhrmann and Gear

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318. The Theology of St. Bonaventure.

The thought of St. Bonaventure will be considered in the light of
Joachim's Biblical expositions and St. Francis' charity.
Elective, two hours
Professor Fuhrmann

319. The Theology of Pascal and his Protestant Successors.

An intensive study of the principles of Jansen, of Pascal's understand-
ing of man and supernatural order of charity wherein man is trans-
formed, also a study of A. Vinet and C. Malan especially, of the fact
of conscience as God's action upon our subconscious, of the elimina-
tion of conflict by the acceptance of Christ and of achieving humanness
through Christianity.
Elective, two hours
Professor Fuhrmann

319b. The Early Theology of Barth.

This course sketches the background of Nineteenth Century theology
out of which Barth came, and traces the development of Barth through
the formative years prior to the writing of Romans, and then through
the twenties in which his position was worked out in detail, and the
Barthian school formed. It concludes with the debates within the school
in the early thirties, out of which the Church Dogmatics derive as the
system of the later Barth.
Elective, fall, two hours
Professor James Robinson

320. Contemporary Continental Theology.

This course presents and evaluates the theology of the most influential
theologians of the century: Harnack, Herrmann, Troeltsch, Otto, Wob-
bermin, Barth, Brunner, Gogarten, Bultmann, Aulen, Nygren.
Elective, winter quarter, two hours
Professor James Robinson

B. APOLOGETICS

321. Apologetics.

In apologetics, the Christian begins intellectually where God has gra-
ciously placed him, that is, in Christ Jesus. From the point where the
light is brightest, he engages in a believing reflection upon and a humble
witness to the truth of the Christian faith. He speaks from faith to faith
of the bodily resurrection of Christ, of His Deity, of the living God,
of the Christian picture of man, and of the written Word in the light
of the Incarnate Word.

Required, Middle year, spring quarter, four hours
Professor Robinson

GROUP IV
Pastoral Department

A. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

During the past two decades we have witnessed marked progress
in the development of Christian Education as a specialized field of

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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 belief
that tremendous possibilities inhere in this relatively new subject 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.

400. Theory and Technique in Christian Education.

This course is designed 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 Christians. The function of the Holy Spirit and the sig-
nificance of the Scriptures as the Word of God are noted and integrated
with recognized pedagogical principles in presenting a technique for the
Christian worker. This course is basic for a systematic approach to all
problems in the field of Christian Education.
Required, Middle year, winter quarter, two hours
Professor Gutzke

401. The Church's Program of Christian Education.

This course is designed to orient the student in the total program of
Christian Education as planned and carried out by the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. Stress will be upon methods, materials and organization
but a sound basic philosophy will be included. Topics to be considered
include administration and leadership, children's work, youth work, adult
and family education, and curriculum.
Required, Senior year, winter quarter, four hours
Professor Walthall

402. Realization of the Spiritual Life.

An intensive study of the principles involved in achieving spiritual growth
and maturity in the individual Christian. Research in New Testament
material. Christian biography, and devotional thought.
Elective, hours and schedule to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

403. Psychology of Leadership.

A study of the function of the personality of the pastor, evangelist,
teacher, parent, counselor, friend, etc., in the educational process. The
mechanisms employed in pastoral work, evangelism, teaching, counseling,
personal work, and church visitation will be described and studied in cor-
relation with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and the contribution of the
Social Sciences. This course is designed to give a comprehensive grasp of
the significance of procedure in promoting Christian Education.
Elective, hours to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

404. Trends in Christian Education.

A survey course studying the development of this phase of church work
and various points of view sponsored in the church at large as reflected

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in recently published books. The influence of the social sciences and
pedagogical theory upon current procedures presented in contemporary
Christian Education literature will be observed. This course is designed
to enable the student to interpret the significance of the recent develop-
ment of Christian Education in the history of the Church and to orient
himself in that field of service as it is today.
Elective, hours to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

405. Sociological Aspects in Christian Education.

A survey of the field of social relations to recognize contemporary social
situations as problems of Christian Education. A review of the New Tes-
tament to note principles utilized in dealing with social problems. As-
signed reading in contemporary literature to discover prevalent schools
of thought as these analyze and interpret social conditions today. Seminar
discussions to gain further insight into the implications of the Church as
an institution in the social order, the Christian in society, and the Gospel
in the world.

Seminar, hours to be arranged
Professor Gutzke

406. Readings in Christian Education.

This course is designed for students who wish to study source material
which has contributed to the concepts now current in this field. Bibliog-
raphy and procedure will be chosen in line with any special interest of
the student. A maximum of five hours' credit may be allowed. Course
400 is prerequisite for this course.
Seminar, hours to be arranged
Professors Gutzke and Richards

407. The Education of Adolescents.

This course begins with consideration of the psychology of adolescents to
note the typical characteristics of persons in this stage of development,
with special attention to the phenomenon of conversion. The latter part
of the course deals with the normal problems arising in the religious
experience of a Christian adolescent.
Elective, two hours
Professor Gutzke

409. Methods of Teaching.

This course is designed to help the student understand the nature of the
teaching-learning process with emphasis upon the variety of methods
available in helping teachers achieve Christian goals with different age
groups. The course seeks to help the minister understand the sound use
of teaching methods so that he may use them successfully himself and
interpret them to others under his leadership.
Elective, two hours
Professor Walthall

410. Building a Leadership.

This course is planned to help those responsible develop an adequate pro-
gram of Christian service training in a local church including emphasis

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upon the discovery, enlistment and development of church workers.
Elective, two hours
Professor Walthall

411. The Use of A udio-V isuals in the Church.
This course seeks to develop in the student an understanding of audio-
visual methods and materials in relation to the goals of Christian educa-
tion and the program of the Church. The various types of equipment and
the wide variety of available resource materials, both projected and non-
projected, will be considered. Emphasis will be placed on the development
of an adequate audio-visual program in a church.
Elective, two hours
Professor Walthall

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A survey of contemporary literature in the field of Christian Education

to note the several schools of interpretation, and to examine their basic

philosophical ideas. Designed for Graduate Students.

Elective, schedule to be arranged

Professor Gutzke

B. PASTORAL CARE

426. Presbyterian Principles and Procedures.

This course is intended to acquaint the student with guiding principles
for his ministry and to prepare him for the field work which he will
do as a student. Appropriate reading in the field of pastoral theology
will be supplemented by the assignment of observational work. The
method followed will be that of informal classroom discussion with the
writing of appropriate term papers.

Required, Junior year, fall and winter quarters, two hours
Professor Richards

427. Church Administration.

As the student approaches the acceptance of a call to the regular pastor-
ate, it is important that he be as fully acquainted as possible with the
complex tasks which will confront him in his work. This course is de-
signed to provide him with guidance in his personal life, his responsibili-
ties with his congregation and community, and his relationship to the
program of his denomination. Much attention is given to the practical
duties and administrative work of the pastor in the regular program
of the church.

Required, Senior year } spring quarter, three hours
Professor McDill

428. Church Administration.

In dealing with the many tasks of the ministry no guidance can be so
fresh and effective as that of the men actively engaged in the work of
the various agencies of the General Assembly and of the pastorate. This
course is especially designed to improve the student's understanding of
the organization of the General Assembly and to prepare him for a more

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effective ministry by drawing on the wealth of leadership in the various
agencies of the Church and from the pulpits of Greater Atlanta. A num-
ber of outstanding leaders of the Church are asked to lecture to the class
upon some phase of the program of the General Assembly in its relation
to the local church, or on some particular phase of pastoral responsi-
bilities. An appropriate amount of parallel reading is assigned.
Elective, fall quarter, three hours
Professor McDill

429. The Literature of Pastoral Theology.

This course is designed especially for graduate students but may be given
to qualified members of the Senior class. There will be no regular class
work but a large amount of reading will be assigned. Students will be
expected to prepare written reviews of the books read and to write an
appropriate term paper. The course may be taken in any quarter and for
any unit of credit up to a maximum of five hours.
Professor McDill

430. Personality and Pastoral Care.

The lectures and discussions of this course are devoted to a consideration
of personality. This study is designed to give the pastor a comprehension
of the psychodynamics of personality from both a psychological and theo-
logical understanding in order to equip him for a more effective ministry.
The student will be expected to read extensively in the field of psychology
and to demonstrate ability to interpret this material theologically.
Required, Junior year, fall quarter, three hours
Professor McDill

43 1 . Pastoral Counseling.

The Christian pastor from the beginning has had the serious responsibility
of guidance and counseling. This course is designed to assist the student
in developing a working methodology for the care of souls. Various coun-
seling methods will be discussed from theological and psychological view-
points. The purpose of this study will be to equip the student for a more
effective pastoral work, increasing his ability to meet the needs of the
people whom he serves as pastor.
Required, Middle year, winter quarter, three hours
Professor McDill

432. Spiritual Resources in Pastoral Care.

In the care of souls, the pastor utilizes primary resources of tremendous

significance such as prayer, the Bible, the sacraments, literature, and

theology. This course, by means of lectures and class discussions, will

consider these dynamic resources and their integration in the pastoral

functions.

Elective, winter quarter, three hours, odd years

Professor McDill

434. Public Worship.

Beginning with Biblical teachings regarding worship, the student will be
introduced to the various forms of liturgy in several prominent denomina-
tions. This will be followed by a study of worship in the reformed tradi-
tion and the theological and dynamic concepts involved. The aim of the

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course will be to enable the pastor to serve more adequately as a leader
of Christian worship. This will include demonstrations and practices in
the conduct of worship, special services, and the sacraments.
Elective, spring quarter, three hours, odd years
Professor McDill

436. The Bible and Pastoral Care.

The purpose of this instruction is to enable the pastor to make more
effective use of the Bible in his pastoral work. The procedure will be to
study Bible personalities with emphasis on the relationship of this ma-
terial to the personality needs of the people in the average congregation.
In addition, some time will be given to the specific teachings of the Bible
on spiritual guidance and pastoral care.
Elective, spring quarter, even years
Professor McDill

438. History of the Care of Souls.

Throughout the history of the Christian Church, pastors have had the
responsibility for the care of souls through spiritual guidance, counseling,
and discipline. This course is planned to promote a greater understanding
of the means of pastoral care employed in the past. The intent of the
course is to correlate the work of the modern pastor with the historical
continuum and also to develop the pastor's ability to meet the needs of his
people by a knowledge of the work of the outstanding pastors of the
centuries.

Elective, hours to be arranged
Professor McDill

439. Pastoral Care and Moral Behavior.

The basic principle of this course involves the spiritual growth of the
individual Christian. The pastoral counselor is constantly confronted with
the question of the direction his people shall take in countless matters of
a moral nature. In order that the student may develop methods of moral
guidance based n Christian teachings, this course is offered.
Elective, spring quarter, even years
Professor McDill

440. Psychology and Theology.

Modern psychology has dealt with many of the concepts relating to per-
sonality that are an integral part of Christian theology. This course is for
the purpose of making a critical study of psychological theory and prac-
tice from the standpoint of Calvinistic theology.
Elective, spring quarter, three hours, even years
Professors McDill and Gear

44 1 . Research in Pastoral Care.

This study will involve a large amount of reading in the field of pastoral
care. Designed for graduate students in this field, research projects will
be devised to meet individual needs.

441. Research in Pastoral Care.
Professor McDill

442. Research in Pastoral Counseling.

The student will be expected to examine the literature in the field of pas-

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toral counseling and will spend some time on problems of research in case
studies. This course is arranged for graduate students in this department.
Seminar, winter quarter, three hours, even years
Professor McDill

443. Research in Pastoral Psychology.

This is a course of directed study in the sciences of man with special
emphasis on psychological theories of personality. The work will be pat-
terned to meet the needs of graduate students pursuing major studies in
this field.

Seminar, spring quarter, three hours, even years
Professor McDill

444. Seminar in Pastoral Counseling Methods.

Students desiring further supervision in basic counseling methods will
have direction and guidance of case studies in this seminar.
Seminar, hours to be arranged
Professor McDill

445. Seminar in Hospital Pastoral Care.

In cooperation with the Georgia Baptist Hospital of Atlanta, a pro-
gram for training theological students in hospital ministry has been
established. This program includes a weekly seminar under the leader-
ship of the chaplain, parallel reading, supervised visitation and counsel-
ing of patients.

A fee is required for students registered for this course of $15.00
per quarter.

Prerequisites: approval of the professor of pastoral care, and the
hospital chaplain.

Elective, any quarter, six hours for three quarters work
Chaplain E. A. Verdery, Chaplain Supervisor, the Georgia Baptist

Hospital

446. Introduction to Clinical Pastoral Training.

In cooperation with the Grady Memorial Hospital and the Georgian
Clinic of Atlanta, students may elect to participate in seminars in either
of these institutions. Grady Memorial Hospital is a general hospital with
approximately 1,100 beds which handles the majority of the emergency
cases for the metropolitan area of Atlanta and which provides hos-
pitalization on a charity basis for the citizens of this community. The
Georgian Clinic is a state hospital under the direction of the Georgia
Commission on Alcoholism. This rehabilitation program is designed to
meet the total needs of the victim of alcoholism, combining medical,
psychiatric and pastoral care.

Prerequisites: P. T. No. 430. consent of the professor of pastoral
care, and consent of the chaplain supervisor of the institution elected.
Elective, any quarter, two hours
Chaplain Charles V. Gerkin, Chaplain Supervisor, the Grady

Memorial Hospital
Chaplain Charles Hall, Chaplain Supervisor, the Georgian Clinic

447. Clinical Pastoral Training.

Columbia Theological Seminary is a member of the Council for Clinical

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Pastoral Training, Inc. A student may participate in the program of
clinical training in any of the member institutions which include mental
hospitals, general hospitals, and correctional institutions across the
country. A limited number of students may be permitted to elect this
training locally at the Grady Memorial Hospital or the Georgian Clinic,
subject to the prerequisites below. The program includes seminars under
the leadership of qualified chaplain supervisors and first-hand experience
with people in crisis situations enabling the student to evaluate and
improve his ability to function in the role of a pastor. Eiher one quarter
of this seminar, or the equivalent as approved by the professor of
pastoral care, is required for graduate students in this field of specializa-
tion. This program will require the full time of the student for one
quarter.

The fees for one quarter of clinical training with the Council are
$5.00 for registration and $120.00 for training, or a total of $125.00.
Because of the membership of the Seminary in the Council, a reduction
of $25.00 is granted to each student enrolled in the program from this
Seminary.

Although a student may elect to take more than one quarter of
clinical training, a maximum of only eight hours is allowed for elective
courses in institutional seminars or clinical training.

Prerequisites: consent of the professor of pastoral care and of a repre-
sentative of the Council for Clinical Pastoral Training.
Elective, any quarter, eight hours

C. HOMILETICS

PRACTICE PREACHING Juniors and Middlers preach at least once
each year before a section of their respective classes. This is done under
the supervision of the Homiletics and Public Speaking Professors with
the assistance of other members of the Faculty. A fully written sermon
must be presented to each professor one week before delivery. The
sermon is to be preached extemporaneously with only a brief outline
to aid the student. Professors hear the sermons and following delivery,
discuss them in the presence of the class. Credit for this exercise is
given by the Public Speaking Department (See Public Speaking 490 and
491). The professors may require a student to rewrite a sermon that is
not satisfactory.

Each Senior preaches once a year in the chapel before the entire
student body and faculty. After his delivery a committee from the
faculty meets with the Senior to discuss his sermon with him. A full
manuscript must be submitted to each of the advisory professors one
week before delivery. No credit is given for this exercise, though the
professors may require a Senior to rewrite his sermon if it is not satis-
factory.

The satisfaction of the faculty's requirements in connection with these
sermons is one of the conditions of graduation, and before receiving
a degree every student is expected to give evidence of his ability to
prepare and deliver an acceptable sermon.

450. Homiletics.

This is a course in English composition, grammar, and rhetoric for

students who. in the judgment of the Faculty, need further training in

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basic English in order to do satisfactory seminary work.
Elective, spring quarter, three hours
Professor Gailey

451. The Preparation of Sermons.

The primary purpose of this basic course is to teach the student how
to prepare a sermon. Consideration will be given to such matters as
the use of the Scriptures in preaching, the gathering and use of
materials, the development of structure and style, methods of delivery,
different types of sermons, and the place of the sermon in an order
of worship.

Required, Junior year, winter quarter, three hours
Professor Huie

452. Advanced Homiletics.

This course is designed to assist the student in working out a philosophy
of preaching which will serve as the basis for considering such practical
matters as the development of his own style of preaching, planning the
preaching schedule, problems of communication, and methods of con-
tinual self-evaluation.

Required, Senior year, fall quarter, three hours
Professor Huie

455. Sermon Workshop.

The purpose of this course is to assist the student in preparing outlines
and writing sermons. Attention will be given to special problems in-
volving structure and style. Recorded and printed sermons of outstand-
ing preachers will be studied and criticized.
Elective, schedule to be arranged
Professor Huie

461. Biblical Backgrounds for Preaching.

A. Preaching From the Old Testament. Different parts of the Old
Testament will be dealt with in teaching the student how to handle
them in his preaching. Some of the subjects to be considered are
preaching from the Pentateuch, preaching from the historical
books, preaching from the prophets, preaching from the wisdom
literature, and preaching from the apocalyptic literature.

B. Preaching From the New Testament. The same procedure as the
above will be followed in the New Testament writings. The sub-
jects to be considered here are preaching from the Synoptics,
preaching from Acts, preachings from the Johannine writings,
preaching from the Pauline writings, and preaching from the
Catholic epistles.

Elective, schedule to be arranged

462. Expository Preaching.

This course will deal with the nature and technique of biblical preach-
ing. Various types of biblical materials will be considered for sermon
preparation, with an emphasis on sound methods of exegesis and ex-
position.

Elective, schedule to be arranged
Professor Huie

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D. EVANGELISM and MISSIONS

This department is designed in all its courses to create a desire in the
heart of every student to win souls for Christ. It is also planned with
a view to instructing every student in every phase of evangelism so
that he will be able to train the lay leadership of his church in this
primary work of the Church. All courses are planned on an intensely
practical basis, and students are encouraged to participate in the various
types of evangelism during their entire seminary training. At the same
time an effort is made to stimulate an interest in the outreach of the
Church abroad and to prepare studenss for service on foreign mission
fields.

470. Methods of Evangelism.

The various types and methods of evangelism will be studied particularly
mass evangelism, visitation evangelism, and personal evangelism. The
student will study how and where to be an evangelist and also how to
train the people of his parish to be evangelists. The total and larger
aspects as well as channels and areas will be considered.

(Bible 158 is a suggested prerequisite and introduction for this course.)
Required, Senior year, winter quarter, two hours
Professor Thompson

471. Evangelistic Preaching.

The evangelist, the evangelistic sermon, the evangelistic meeting, conduct

of revival, and all phases of preparation for and participation in mass

evangelism are covered. Analysis of sermons of great evangelists. The

lives and techniques of great evangelists.

Elective, two hours, winter quarter. Alternate years

Professor Thompson

473. Introduction and Survey of Christian Missions.

The philosophy of Christian missions and a brief historical survey of
world-wide missions. Contemporary missions of the Presbyterian Church
U. S. with area studies. The promotion of missions in the local church.
A course designed for those preparing for mission service and also those
who desire to develop a missionary minded church here at home. Some
attention to the principles and problems of world-wide missions today
in a revolutionary world. Prerequisite for all other courses in Missions.
Required, two hours, middle year
Professor Thompson

474. Missionary Principles.

A survey of the principles, problems, and procedures of contemporary
missionary endeavor in the various Presbyterian U. S. Mission fields.
Area studies. The various types and phases of missions: evangelistic,
educational, medical and agricultural missions. The indigenous church.
Literacy work, radio and audio-visual. Especially designed for mission-
aries, appointees, and those considering or seeking appointment.
Elective, two hours
Professor Thompson

475. Seminar in Missionary Anthropology and Research.

An advanced course of directed reading and research in cultural and

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missionary anthropology. Survey of resources available to the present
day missionary. The professor will meet occasionally with the group
but largely give personal guidance individually to each student in his
field of special interest. For all appointees and those considering or
seeking appointment to world missions.
Two hours credit
Professor Thompson

476. Missions and Non-Christian Religions.

Analysis and survey of various non-Christian religions, clans, etc. in the
mission fields of the Presbyterian Church U. S. Confucianism, Hinduism,
Shintoism, Communism, Roman Catholicism, Animism, etc.

For all appointees and those considering or seeking appointment.
Elective, alternate years, two hours
Professor Thompson

E. WORK OF THE CHURCH

480. The Work of the Country Church. *

This is a general course in which the student is acquainted with the peo-
ple, problems, principles, and present trends of the rural church and
community. The total program of the Church will be related to the
particular field of rural church work.
Elective, winter quarter, two hours
Professor Thompson

481. Seminar in Rural Church and Community.

This is an advanced course or seminar for students desiring further work
in this field. The schedule will be arranged at hours to suit instructor and
class so as to give the major time to various field trips, research, directed
reading, practical projects, and papers. Various leaders in Rural and
Community Leadership will also be used as consultants and special
lecturers.

Elective, three hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Thompson

482. The Industrial Church.*

This course consists of a study of the industrial community in the South,
noting its growth, its problems, and its needs. The course will take note
of certain procedures that are designed to help the pastor to minister in
an effective manner the Christian Gospel in the industrial community.
Elective, winter quarter, two hours
Mr. Anderson

483. The Urban Church.*

This is a general course in which we want the student to become ac-
quainted with various kinds of Urban Churches. During the course due
consideration will be given to the down-town city church, to a church in
the residential section, to those that are in the environment of apartment

'A student is required to take one of these three courses in order to
earn the B.D. degree.

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houses, and churches that have been newly organized by larger churches.
This course will deal in a practical way with problems that arise in such
churches and with the methods and manner of conducting the worship,
practice, and administrative programs of such institutions.
Elective, winter quarter, two hours
Professor Oglesby

F. PUBLIC SPEAKING

From a practical viewpoint there are few, if any, aspects of the
minister's equipment which are more important than the ability to
speak in a pleasing and effective manner. It is vain for him to have
the knowledge of libraries in his mind and the gift of a finished
literary style in sermon preparation if his congregation cannot hear
or understand his message when he stands in the pulpit. Increasing
attention is properly being paid to this fact in the theological world
of our day. The satisfactory completion of prescribed courses in
public speech is one of the requirements for graduation from Co-
lumbia Seminary.

The Speech Department owns five recording machines and three
recording booths. These machines and booths are available to stu-
dents for the preparation of speech assignments. Student sermons
in Homiletics classes and the required student sermons before the
Faculty are recorded and students are required to study these record-
ings. In addition, the department has a library of recordings of
sermons by some of the finest speakers in contemporary American
pulpits.

Basic courses in speech are conducted with one hour of lecture
and one hour of laboratory work in a small speech section each
week. This enables each student to receive practice in speaking
before a group each week and to receive the helpful criticism of the
professor and the students. In addition, private conferences on speech
problems and progress are scheduled for each student throughout
the quarter and the professor is frequently available for informal
assistance to students practicing in the recording booths.

490. Training of the Speaking Voice.

Basic principles of voice production are presented in this course. Posture,
breathing, tone production, resonance, and articulation are studied in the
classroom with a view to the development of correct speech habits. Regu-
lar speaking and reading before the class with criticism by students as
well as the instructor. (Private conferences for each student.)
Required, Junior year, winter quarter, one and one-half hours
Professor Taylor

491. A dvanced Speaking.

In this course emphasis is placed upon vital, interpretative speech. Me-

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chanical details of speech production become servants making effective,
persuasive speech possible. Attention is given to mood and emotional
connotation of words and phrases. Gestures and facial expression are
studied and practiced. Continued correction is made of the individual
speech difficulties.

Required, Middle year, fall quarter, one and one-half hours
Professor Taylor

(Satisfactory completion of the foregoing courses in Public Speaking
is expected of all students and is one of the requirements for graduation.
The exact number of hours to be devoted to this training in each year of
a student's residence at the seminary will be determined in accordance
with the needs both of the individual student and of the group concerned.)

492. Advanced Speaking.

The course includes classroom practice with criticism by both students
and instructor; regular recordings to indicate phrasing, pitch, inflection,
and tone quality; sermons, Scripture reading, interpretation of great
religious poetry, and effective presentation of illustrations. Radio speech
technique is emphasized and instruction given in the preparation of manu-
scripts for radio.

Elective, two hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Taylor

G. MUSIC AND HYMNOLOGY

495. Music and Hymnology.

The aim of this course is to acquaint the student with the great hymns
of the Church, to stimulate his own appreciation of them, and to prepare
him for the proper guidance of his congregation in worship through song.
The Presbyterian Hymnbook will be used throughout most of the course
and the hymns which it contains will be treated historically, linographi-
cally, 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.
Required, Senior year, spring quarter, three hours
Professor Taylor

496. The Ministry of Music.

The organization of a total music program in the church as a part of the
Christian Education program. The study will be approached from the
standpoint of the minister rather than from the standpoint of the musician.
Elective, two hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Taylor

497. The Techniques of Musical Leadership.

A course designed for the student gifted in music who may use music as
a means of ministry in the church. Rehearsal techniques, vocal methods,
conducting, and literature will be studied.
Elective, three hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Taylor

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H. RADIO AND TELEVISION

499. Introduction to Religious Broadcasting.

A survey of the programs, techniques, facilities and Church-radio indus-
try relations. Students will write, transcribe, and evaluate their own pro-
grams and prepare for ministry through this means of communication.
Visits to radio and television stations and the Protestant Radio Center
will be scheduled.

Elective, two hours, schedule to be arranged
Professor Taylor

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 Goulding,
D.D., as its first professor. For two years Dr. Goulding conducted
the work, chiefly propaedeutic, in the Presbyterian manse at Lex-
ington, Georgia.

In 1830 the seminary was moved to Columbia, South Carolina,
and the faculty complemented by the election of Dr. George Howe
and Dr. Aaron W. Leland. Located in the center of South Caro-
lina's capital, the Columbia campus was most attractive. The old
chapel there was particularly interesting by reason of its history
as well as its origin. Used originally as the carriage house of a
Southern gentleman, this little building was later dedicated to a
sacred purpose and came in a peculiar way to symbolize the sanctity
which was there so 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, South Carolina, upon the
condition that a tablet be placed upon its walls setting forth the
most significant 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 distinctive principles of our denomination were
largely coined and minted there. Any mention of our policy imme-
diately recalls the name of James Henley Thornwell; any considera-
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shade of Benjamin M. Palmer; while the missionary idealism and
enterprise of our Church have been incarnated in John Leighton
Wilson of Columbia's Society of Missionary Inquiry. As a tribute
to the greatness of these and of others who have been likewise con-
nected with its past, the institution treasures the verdict of the late
Dr. S. M. Tenney, first Curator of the Historical Foundation of
our General Assembly, expressed to the author of a historical survey
written at the end of its first century: "The fruit of your study,
well substantiated, is that Columbia Seminary has influenced the
life of the Southern Presbyterian Church far more than any other
institution, and that is saying much, and yet not so much as the
facts you bring forward say."

Early in the Twentieth Century a strong conviction developed in
the Columbia territory that a re-location of the institution was neces-
sary. At the time of the location in Columbia that city was near the
center of the Presbyterian population of the Southeast. The devel-
opment of the Gulf States and the shifting of the center of our
constituency made necessary the removal of the seminary farther
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 farther West the light of the Gospel."

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

Atlanta Presbyterians provided a fifty-seven-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. A library, an additional wing
to the administration building, two apartment dormitories, and five
faculty homes have been added to the equipment of the seminary
in recent years.

In 1928, the Centennial of the founding of the seminary was cele-
brated during commencement week, with the gracious participation
of the General Assembly then meeting in Atlanta.

The wisdom of re-locating the seminary in Atlanta has been indi-
cated not only by the success with which the removal was accom-
plished but also by the enlarged service which the institution has
already been enabled to render for its constituent synods. The out-
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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.

Academic Awards

THE FANNIE JORDAN BRYAN FELLOWSHIPS

Under the terms of the will of the late Mrs. Fannie Jordan Bryan
of Columbia, South Carolina, a generous legacy was left to Colum-
bia Theological Seminary for the establishment of fellowships. De-
cisions concerning the nature of these fellowships and the terms
under which they are to be awarded were left to the discretion of
the Faculty and the Board of Directors of the seminary which will
administer the funds in such a way as to promote the best interests
of the institution, to further interest in scholarship among its stu-
dents, and to provide better trained leaders for the Church.

The income from the Bryan Fellowship Fund is sufficient at
present to make possible the awarding of several fellowships each
session, though the exact number to be given may vary from year
to year. The stipends paid will be designed to meet the expenses
of a year's graduate study at other leading seminaries or universities
of America and of foreign countries or, in cases where this is
deemed wise, at Columbia Seminary. The awards are to be made
to graduates of this seminary who have attained distinction in their
academic work and who show promise of outstanding usefulness in
the ministry. No attempt has been made to limit the application of
the fellowships to any particular fields of study, but in every instance
the course to be pursued and the institution at which this is taken
must be approved by the Faculty.

The first award of Bryan Fellowships was made in February,
1941, and Fellows have been elected annually since that time.

THE ALUMNI FELLOWSHIP FUND

The Senior Class of 1941 at Columbia Seminary, in a desire to
promote the welfare of their Alma Mater and of the Church, insti-
tuted a plan whereby one or more fellowships are to be awarded
annually to graduates of this institution. The members of that class
have agreed to make a yearly gift to the institution for that purpose

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and have enlisted the support of many other alumni in this under-
taking. The stipend provided will be equal to that of the Bryan
Fellowships.

THE ANNA CHURCH WHITNER MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP

This fellowship was established in 1928 by the late William C.
Whitner, LL.D., of Rock Hill, South Carolina, in memory of his
mother, who was an earnest, consecrated, and devoted Christian.

The principal of the endowment provided will not permit an annual
award upon this foundation but stipends providing for a year of
advanced study at an American or European University will be
made available for appointees at intervals of several years. Seven
Whitner Fellows have been enabled to pursue such studies during
the period since Dr. Whitner announced his donation.

WILDS BOOK PRIZE

Some years ago the seminary received from Louis T. Wilds, Esq.,
a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South
Carolina, the sum of $500.00 to provide an annual book prize. At
the close of each session the proceeds of the gift are invested in
books for a student elected by the Faculty because of distinction in
his academic work.

JAMES ROBERT HOWERTON AWARD

Dr. J. R. Howerton was one of the ablest and most useful of the
Columbia alumni. He served as pastor of some of our strongest
churches, taught at Stillman and later at Washington and Lee,
established Montreat, and published two very thoughtful books.
Columbia is happy to have his name and influence commemorated
in a cash award to the student writing the best paper in Presbyterian
History and Polity.

INDIANTOWN CHURCH AWARD

A highly important step to encourage interest in and promote
the development of Country Church Work has been undertaken
by the Indiantown Presbyterian Church of Hemingway, S. C. Mem-
bers of that church have established for this purpose at Columbia
Seminary an endowment fund which now amounts to $3,100.00, and
which may be increased by later gifts.

In accordance with the directions of the donors the principal of

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this fund is to be invested by the Directors of the seminary, and
the annual income from the investment is to constitute the Indian-
town 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 insti-
tution. 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, the 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.

THE EDGAR WATKINS SCHOLARSHIP

The Edgar Watkins Scholarship, which is awarded annually by
the Berean Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta,
is named in honor of Judge Edgar Watkins, eminent lawyer, civic
leader, and churchman. Judge Watkins was born in Campbell
County in 1868 and died in Atlanta in 1945. He was nationally
recognized and honored as a leader in his legal profession. He
served with distinction in various public offices which he held in all
places where he resided. He served as an Elder in the Presbyterian
Church for over forty years. He was for many years the Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of Oglethorpe University, and was the
author of a number of books.

Judge Watkins was the teacher of the Berean Bible Class of
Atlanta for over twenty years. His keen legal mind and his wide
knowledge of history gave his lessons the quality of learned lectures,
illuminated by his love of man and his faith in God and His Son
Jesus Christ. In appreciation of Judge Watkins' life of service, the
Berean Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta has
dedicated to his memory the scholarship which they maintain at
Columbia Theological Seminary.

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THE WILLIAM V. GARDNER SCHOLARSHIP

This Scholarship is also provided annually by the Berean Bible
Class of the First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga. It is appropri-
ately named in honor of Dr. Wm. V. Gardner, who was from
1936-1952 the beloved pastor of that church. Dr. Gardner has been
one of the most faithful friends of Columbia Theological Seminary,
and served ably as Chairman of its Board of Directors for a number
of years.

THE CLAUDE C. MASON, JR. SCHOLARSHIP

The Claude C. Mason, Jr. Scholarship is an annual award made
possible by gifts of the Fellowship Bible Class of the Morningside
Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Mason was a faithful mem-
ber and a deacon of the Morningside Presbyterian Church and a
successful man of business. He was at one time President of the
Fellowship Bible Class and had manifested especial interest in the
provision of scholarship aid for ministerial students at Columbia
Seminary. In memory of him and in recognition of his outstanding
Christian character and service, the members of the class have asked
that the scholarship contributed by them should bear his name.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

One of the great needs of every theological seminary is for annual
scholarships which may be awarded to needy and deserving students.
Very few candidates for the ministry come from homes of large
means. Many of them must of necessity exhaust their own resources
in securing the four-year college training which is a prerequisite to
the regular seminary course. Comparatively few of these men will
ever receive large salaries in the ministry, and it is important that
they should not enter upon their service handicapped by a crushing
load of debt. Hence it is a matter of great importance that aid should
be provided where needed. There are few, if any, ways in which a
finer investment can be made for all the causes of the Church.

The establishment of endowment funds for the permanent pro-
vision of scholarship aid offers a rare opportunity to contribute to
one of the most vital enterprises of the Church and at the same time
to create a fitting memorial to some loved one. Some years ago
$2,500.00 was named as the amount necessary to endow a full
scholarship at Columbia Seminary. Any gift of as much as $500.00.
when so designated, will be considered as establishing a permanent
endowment for scholarship purposes, however, and will be set aside

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as a trust fund which will bear the name given for it by the donor.

The seminary lists here with deep gratitude the names of such

scholarship funds, which have already been established at this
institution.

The J. Frank Alldis Scholarship $ 1,000.00

The Mary and Catherine Alldis Scholarship 500.00

The Susie Butler Anderson Scholarship, provided by

Georgia Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor . . 500.00

The Agnes Barden Scholarship 7,000.00

The David A. Beatie Scholarship 6,000.00

The W. D. Beatie Scholarship 7,000.00

The Annie Newton Bennett and

Rev. John Newton Memorial Scholarship 3,500.00

The Dr. Joseph Davis Bennett Memorial Scholarship ... $ 1,295.00

The Captain Blair Scholarship 1,666.66

The Dr. and Mrs. John T. Brantley Scholarship 5,350.00

The "Brother Bryan" Scholarship 1,596.16

The Mary Carmichael Scholarship 2,000.00

The Habersham Clay Memorial Scholarship 2,500.00

The Rosa Scott Coleman Memorial Scholarship 500.00

The Mrs. A. V. Cooper Scholarship 1,500.00

The William Hawkins Corley Memorial Scholarship . . . 7,800.00

The Decatur Woman's Auxiliary Scholarship 2,500.00

The First Presbyterian Church, Marietta. Ga., Scholarship . 2,500.00

The First Presbyterian Church, Rome, Ga., Scholarship . . 2,500.00

The Maude Garland Scholarship 2,200.00

The J. Wilder Glover Memorial Scholarship 2,500.00

The LeRoy Gresham Scholarship 3,000.00

The Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hagood Memorial Scholarship . . 4,099.00

The George R. Hairston, Jr., Memorial Scholarship . . . 3,000.00

The Ridgley Hall Scholarship 1,430.00

The Joseph E. Hannah Memorial Scholarship 1,200.00

The Harriett Tucker Hawkins Memorial Scholarship . . . 1,050.00

The Lottie and Loudie Hendrick Scholarship 2,500.00

The Robert M. Hitch Scholarship 2,500.00

The Little Fritz Lee Howard Memorial Scholarship . . . 1,000.00
The Independent Presbyterian Church,

Savannah, Ga., Scholarship 5,000.00

The Carson Gillespie Jenkins Memorial Scholarship . . . 1,000.00

The J. K. Livingston Scholarship 2,500.00

The Peter G. McEachern Memorial Scholarship 2,128.00

The W. H. Mcintosh Memorial Scholarship 1,200.00

The Elizabeth McFadden McLaurin Scholarship 2,600.00

The Mr. and Mrs. S. L. McNair Memorial Scholarship . . 3,775.00

The Claude C. Mason, Jr. Memorial Scholarship .... 825.00
The Men's Bible Class, First Presbyterian Church,

Augusta, Ga., Scholarship 642.50

The James H. Owens Scholarship 2,500.00

The Elizabeth Ross Parkhill Memorial Scholarship,

First Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, Fla 1,025.00

The George H. Pendleton Memorial Scholarship .... 3,000.00

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The J. Davison Philips Scholarship 500.00

The Rankin Scholarship 5,000.00

The Cantey Venable Reed Scholarship 3,000.00

The Reid Memorial Scholarship 2,500.00

The John G. Richards Memorial Scholarship 2,640.00

The James Russell Scholarship 1,000.00

The John Munn and Elizabeth Eccles Saunders Scholarship . 2,500.00

The John D. Snyder Memorial Scholarship 1,000.00

The Thomas Harper Spencer Scholarship 2,500.00

The Leila A. Thornton Scholarship 10,000.00

The Leila A. Thornton and W. A. Austell Scholarship . . . 2,500.00

The Josiah James Willard Memorial Scholarship .... 5,000.00

The Lawson Williams Scholarship 4,386.00

The Rev. James A. Wilson Memorial Scholarship .... 2,500.00

The J. W. Woolfolk Memorial Scholarship 2,500.00

The S. R. Wynkoop Scholarship 3,000.00

Other Memorial Funds

In the course of years Columbia Seminary has received a number
of gifts or legacies which, in accordance with the instructions of the
donors and with the desire of the institution, are to be maintained
as perpetual memorials. These gifts are ordinarily to be maintained
as permanent trust funds, the income from which is to be used in
the general work of the institution, although, at the discretion of
the Board of Directors, one of them may ultimately be used for
building purposes. In addition to the Smyth bequest for the Library
and Lectureship Funds and to the Bryan and Anna Church Whitner
Fellowship Funds, which are described elsewhere, it is appropriate
that special mention should be made of the following memorials:

The Frances Daniel Anderson Memorial Fund $ 5,000.00

The J. Bulow and Virginia Orme Campbell

Memorial Fund 43,113.84

The Dr. Thomas Chason Memorial Fund 10,000.00

The Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Cooke Fund 7,000.00

The James M. Daniel Memorial Fund 2,500.00

The J. M. Davison Memorial Fund 500.00

The Richard Thomas Gillespie Memorial Fund .... 16,161.32

The C. W. Grafton Memorial Fund 1,970.00

The J. B. Green Chair of Theology 100,000.00

The Dr. William Thomas Hall Memorial Fund 1,000.00

The Mr. and Mrs. James Caller Jones Memorial Fund . . 500.00

The John King Memorial Fund 29,649.44

The Dr. Joseph Pelham Knight Memorial Fund . . . 5,000.00

The Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson Knight Memorial Fund . 1,114.50

The Aaron W. Leland Memorial Scholarship Fund . . . 1,000.00

The Kenneth Marion Littlejohn Memorial Fund .... 1,013.75

The John Beverly McDaniel Memorial Fund 1,000.00

The Rev. James D. McDowell Memorial Fund 1,000.00

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The Neill Mclnnis Memorial Fund 863.00

The Thomas S. and William M. McPheeters Memorial Fund 6,705.00

The Peter Marshall Chair of Homiletics 250,000.00

The Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Martin Fund 1,000.00

The Captain D. Townsend Pope Memorial Fund .... 1,000.00

The Edna Eddings Robinson Memorial Fund 735.00

The James and Katherine Jackson Vance Memorial Fund . 511.00

The William Clarke Wardlaw Memorial Fund 7,500.00

The Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whitten and

J. H. Whitten, Jr., Fund 1,500.00

The Martha Moss Yater Memorial Fund 800.00

Student Loan Funds

In addition to or in place of aid through scholarships, the semi-
nary has been enabled by the generosity of its friends to make loans
of varying amounts to worthy students from time to time as these
are needed. The creation of such loan funds is another means by
which a worthy memorial to some loved one may also be made a
permanent means to the upbuilding of the Church, and the seminary
would record its abiding gratitude for what its friends have done in
this respect. The following loan funds have been established through
the years and are now available:

The Luther H. Maxwell Loan Fund $25,000.00

The Margaret Bensell Loan Fund 1,021.56

The Jasper N. Dorsey Loan Fund 1,165.00

The Jennie L. Hamilton Loan Fund 5,000.00

The Ives Loan Fund 600.00

The Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhns Loan Fund 600.00

The Kekomoisa Bryan Loan Fund 328.00

The James Bailey Magruder, Senior and Junior Loan Fund 300.00

The Helen Penniman Warren Memorial Loan Fund . . . 250.00

The J. Blanton Belk Loan Fund 150.00

The Naomi Mitchell Simons Memorial Loan Fund . . . 150.00

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GRADUATING CLASS OF 1957

DIPLOMAS

JOHN KEARFOTT BOYD
ANDREW HUGHES BULLARD
GROVER CURTIS MOORE
THOMAS JEFFERSON ROGERS

BACHELOR OF DIVINITY

ROBERT BURDET ALLMAN

JAMES McKENZIE BAIRD, JR.

WILLIAM ALLEN BODIFORD

JOHN GORDON BRADFORD

FRANCIS MUSTARD BROWN

JAMES COAD, JR.

JOSEPH WATTS CONYERS, JR.

DONALD MATTHEWS COVINGTON

BARRY CRAVENS COX

PAUL WILLIAM CROUCH

ROBERT SMITH DENDY

CHARLES ARCHER DODSON

RAYMOND FOSTER EDWARDS

THOMAS EDWARD ELLIS

HUGH REGINALD ESCO, JR.

MANSON PAINE ESTES

GEORGE HANLIN FITZGERALD, Cum Laude

JAMES WILLIAM FLANAGAN, JR.

HENRY THOMAS FOLEY. JR.

CHARLES OLIVER GAHAGAN

IRWIN PAINTER GATES, JR.

GEORGE ALBERT GRISSOM

WILLIAM FREDERICK GROFF, JR.

CHARLES JARRED HAMMETT

NORMAN EDMOND HARPER, Cum Laude

robert hobart hull
hallett glenwood hullinger
estell joseph hulse
james herbert hurst
glen forest hutchison
miss agnes irene johnson
dennis ketchem
john courtfnay laughlin
daniel baker lott
rob roy McGregor, jr.
jack edward maxwell
harry norval miller, jr.
george emmet nickels
marcus brown prince, iii
fielding dillard russell, jr.
charles alan schism
william franklin shouse
paul edmund smith, jr.

ROBERT LEWIS SMITH, Cum Laude
JAMES ORMOND SPEED, JR., Cum Laude
JAMES THOMAS STEVENSON, JR.
ROBERT HAROLD TEED
JAMES ROBERT WALKUP
THOMAS BRUNSON WARREN
RICHARD GARLAND WATSON
HARRY BENNETT WILKINSON
DAVID LEE WILLIAMSON, JR.
GEORGE ROBERTS WRIGHT

MASTER OF THEOLOGY

WILLIAM JAY DONALDSON. JR.
JAMES DuPRE NEWSOME, JR.

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AWARDS MADE IN 1956-57

FANNIE JORDAN BRYAN FELLOWSHIPS

JAMES ORMOND SPEED, JR.
ROBERT LEWIS SMITH

ALUMNI FELLOWSHIPS

GEORGE HANLIN FITZGERALD
NORMAN EDMOND HARPER

WILDS BOOK PRIZE
JAMES ORMOND SPEED, JR.

INDIANTOWN CHURCH AWARD
CHARLES JARRED HAMMETT

PRESBYTERIANISM PRIZE

rob roy McGregor, jr.
shin ishimaru

BROADWAY PLAN AWARD
GLEN FOREST HUTCHISON

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ROLL OF STUDENTS
1957-1958

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE OF MASTER OF THEOLOGY

REUBEN THOMAS ALLEN, JR.
Decatur, Ga.

EARLE PARTLOW BARRON, JR.

Atlanta, Ga.

WADE HAMPTON BELL, JR.
Decatur, Ga.

HENRY THOMPSON CLOSE

Washington, Ga.

JAMES COAD, JR.
Carnesville, Ga.

ROBERT LEE CONNER

Morrison, 111.

WALTER GRANGER COOK
Atlanta, Ga.

JOHNSTONE LEWIS COPPOCK

Roanoke, Va.

KENNETH PALMER CRAIG

Doraville, Ga.

DAVID NORMAN DANIELS
Monroe, Ga.

JOHN MICHAEL GURET

Long Island, N. Y.

CARL JOSEPH HAHN,
Atlanta, Ga.

JR

JEFFERSON BRYAN HATCHETT, JR.

Commerce, Ga.

JOSEPH EMMETT HENDERSON
Norcross, Ga.

SHIN ISHIMARU
Kobe, Japan

HUGH M. JEFFERSON
Atlanta, Ga.

PHILO LOVE McKINNON
Jonesboro, Ga.

WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON
Decatur, Ga.

JOHN HENRY SADLER
Atlanta, Ga.

EMORY RICH SERCY
Atlanta, Ga.

A.B., University of Tennessee

B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary

A.B., Erskine College
B.D., Erskine College

A.B., Brown University

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.E.E., Vanderbilt University
B.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

B.S.F., University of Georgia

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Central College

B.D., Western Theological Seminary

D.V.M., University of Georgia
B.D., Union Theological Seminary

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Davidson College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Emory University

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Yale College

B.D., Westminster Theological Seminary

B.B.A., Georgia State Business College
Th.B., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Campinas, Brazil

A.B., Emory University

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.C.S., University of Georgia
B.D., Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary

Shikoku Christian College
Kobe Reformed Seminary

A.B., Centre College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Occidental College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.D., Theological Seminary Union

B.S., Davidson College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Florida A. & M. College
B.D., Morehouse College

95

CHILTON FRAZIER THORINGTON
Atlanta, Ga.

LEONARD THOMAS VAN HORN
Quitman, Miss.

WILLIAM THOMAS WING, JR.
Atlanta, Ga.

A.B., King College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B.,The King's College

M.A., Mississippi Southern College

B.S., Wheaton College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN
BIBLICAL EDUCATION

RALPH CLAYTON ARBAUGH
Norton, Va.

MARLIN HENRY DAY
Atlanta, Ga.

B.S., Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
B.S., Mississippi State College

MISS ANNA KATHERINE DICKSON B.S., University of Tennessee
Bethel Springs, Tenn.

MISS CHARLOTTE ANNE
HOLZWORTH
Decatur, Ga.

ROBERT EMERSON JACKSON
Decatur, Ga.

PAUL JUDSON MOSS
Brunswick, Ga.

THOMAS WOODROW SNOW
Atlanta, Ga.

ALFONSO VETERANE
Atlanta, Ga.

BETTY WILLIAMSON
Decatur, Ga.

A.B., Agnes Scott College

B.B.A., Emory University
A.B., Mercer University
A.B., Oglethorpe University
B.S., University of Illinois
B.S.. Queens College

WILLIAM FORBES PROPHET

Kingsport, Tenn.

MRS. WILLIAM FORBES PROPHET

Kingsport, Tenn.

MISSION TRAINING

Juilliard School of Music

Juilliard School of Music

SENIOR CLASS

HERSCHEL ALLEN, JR.
Monticello, Ga.

JOHN THOMAS ALLEN
Chattanooga, Tenn.

JAMES FINLEY ANDERSON

Baltimore, Md.

HERBERT BAILEY
Lithonia, Ga.

ROBERT CRAWFORD BANKHEAD
York, S. C.

A.B., Davidson College

Augusta-Macon Presbytery

A.B., Wheaton College

Presbyterian Church, U. S.

A.B., Waynesburg College
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Davidson College

Bethel Presbytery

96

GARY DONALD BARBER
Spartanburg, S. C.

THOMAS WILLIAM BARKER

Bristol, Tenn.

HERBERT BERNARD BARKS, JR.

Chattanooga, Tenn.

JAMES ARTHUR BEARD

Charlotte, N. C.

BENJAMIN CLAYTON BELL

Montreat, N. C.

HARRY BLACK BEVERLY

Moultrie, Ga.

WARREN STOCKTON BLANTON,
JR.*
Albany, Ga.

MALCOLM ALEXANDER BONNER

Buckatunna, Miss.

A.B., Wofford College

Enoree Presbytery

B.S., East Tennessee State College
Orange Presbytery

A.B., University of Tennessee
Knoxville Presbytery

B.S., North Carolina State College
Mecklenburg Presbytery

A.B., Wheaton College

Asheville Presbytery

A.B., University of Florida
Methodist Church

Presbyterian College

Southwest Georgia Presbytery

A.B., Maryville College

Meridian Presbytery

LADSON MONTGOMERY BREARLEY A.B., Presbyterian College

Myrtle Beach, S. C.

EDWIN OSCAR BYRD, JR.
Norwood, N. C.

GORDON CALVIN CAMPBELL

Springfield, Mo.

JOHN FLOYD CONNER, JR.
Loudon, Tenn.

CHARLES BLANTON COUSAR

Raleigh, N. C.

JAMES MILLEN DARNELL

Memphis, Tenn.

LUCIUS BEDDINGER DuBOSE

Birmingham, Ala.

PINCKNEY CHAMBERS ENNISS, JR.
Atlanta, Ga.

JAMES PATTERSON FLEMING

Charlotte, N. C.

FREDERICK CURTIS FOWLER,

Duluth, Minn.

JOHN RHEA HALL
Bristol, Tenn.

WILLIAM DOSTER HINES

Opelika, Ala.

PAUL LEWIS KENDALL

Springfield, 111.

WILLIAM LOWRY McBATH

Atlanta, Ga.

FRED WILSON McDANIEL, JR.

Williamston, N. C.

Ill

Pee Dee Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Mecklenburg Presbytery

A.B., Southwest Missouri State College
Carthage-Ozark Presbytery,
U. S. A.

A.B., Carson-Newman College

Presbyterian Church, U. S.

A.B., Davidson College

Granville Presbytery

A.B., Southwestern at Memphis
Memphis Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Birmingham Presbytery

B.S., Davidson College

Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Mecklenburg Presbytery

B.S., Northwestern University

Duluth Presbytery, U. S. A.

A.B., King College

Holston Presbytery

B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute
East Alabama Presbytery

A.B., Bob Jones University
Congaree Presbytery

B.B.A., University of Georgia
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Albemarle Presbytery

Approved college degree to be earned before award of theological degree.

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HENRY DIETER MOONEY
Columbus, Ga.

WILLIAM CHRISTAL MOUNTS
Dallas, Texas

A. B., King College

Southwest Georgia Presbytery

A.B., Southern Methodist University
Dallas Presbytery

CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS MURPHY B.S., Davidson College

Belmont, N. C.

ROBERT LEE MYERS
Charleston, S. C.

MILLS JUNIUS PEEBLES
Bishopville, S. C.

HARRY FREDERICK PETERSEN,
Columbia, S. C

HARRY WATSON PHILIPS
Tallahassee, Fla.

HOWARD ELSON PITTARD
Stone Mountain, Ga.

Ill

FRED JAMES POWELL,
Chester, S. C.

JR.

ROBERT EUGENE RANDOLPH

Norfolk, Va.

GLENN BYERS ROBINSON

Gastonia, N. C.

HENRY NEILL SEGREST, JR.*
Tuskegee, Ala.

CHARNELL STERLING SEXTON
Atlanta, Ga.

SETH QUINTON SHAVER
Lithonia, Ga.

ANGUS ROBERTSON SHAW
Huntersville, N. C.

RIDLEY GEORGE SMITH, JR.
Atlanta, Ga.

THOMAS AURELIUS STALLWORTH
Atlanta, Ga.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS
New Smyrna Beach, Fla.

JAMES MARVIN TAYLOR

Clinchfield, Ga.

GEORGE BROWN TELFORD, JR.

South Charleston, W. Va.

JAMES KNOX THOMPSON*

Scottsboro, Ala.

THOMAS PHILLIPS TIDWELL

Atlanta, Ga.

EDWIN GEORGE TOWNSEND
Setauket, L. I., N. Y.

Kings Mountain Presbytery

B.S., University of South Carolina
Independent non-sectarian
Church

A.B., Presbyteran College

Harmony Presbytery

B.S., Davidson College

Congaree Presbytery

A.B., Wheaton College

Florida Presbytery

A.B., Bob Jones University
Baptist Church

B.S., Davidson College

Bethel Presbytery

A.B., Hampden-Sydney College
Norfolk Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Kings Mountain Presbytery

Presbyterian College

East Alabama Presbytery

A.B., Mercer University
Baptist Church

A.B., University of Rochester
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Bob Jones University

Mecklenburg Presbytery

B.B.A., University of Georgia
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College
Atlanta Presbytery

B.S., Stetson University
Baptist Church

A.B., University of Georgia

Augusta-Macon Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Kanawha Presbytery

Alabama Polytechnic Institute
East Alabama Presbytery

A.B., King College

Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Stetson University

St. Johns Presbytery

*Approved college degree to be earned before award of theological degree.

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JAMES KELLY UNGER, JR.

French Camp, Miss.

OTIS FAIN WARREN
Piney Flats, Tenn.

GEORGE DANA WATERS, III

Charlotte, N. C.

ROY EDGAR WATKINS, JR.
Greenville, S. C.

ROBERT BRUCE WILLS

Baltimore, Md.

B.S., Mississippi State College
Meridian Presbytery

A.B., King College

Holston Presbytery

B.S., Davidson College

Mecklenburg Presbytery

A.B., Furman University
Enoree Presbytery

B.S., University of Maryland

Presbyterian Church, U.

S. A.

CHARLES RACE WOMACK

Jacksonville, Fla.

CHARLES DAVIS YOUNG
Clinton, S. C.

B.S., University of Florida
Suwannee Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

South Carolina Presbytery

CHIN SEI YU

Chulla Namdo. Korea

A.B., Chosen University

Chunnam Presbytery
Kwangju, Korea

CLINICAL YEAR STUDENTS

THOMAS LORRAINE ARE B.M., Westminster Choir College

Batesburg, S. C. Congaree Presbytery

Serving internship in the Dallas Presbyterian Church, LaGrange, Ga.

EDWARD SPILLMAN BERRY, JR. A.B., Wheaton College

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Everglades Prestery

Sterving internship in the First Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, N. C.

HENRY WOODALL BRAY, JR. A.B., Emory University

Ben Hill, Ga. Atlanta Presbytery

Serving internship in the First Presbyterian Church, Bluefield, W. Va.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER
McCUTCHEN, JR.

Birmingham, Ala.

Sterving inter. lsliip in the First Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, Ala.

A.B., Presbyterian College

Birmingham Presbytery

EUGENE BARCLAY NORRIS B.Ch.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

Birmingham, Ala. Atlanta Presbytery

Serving internship in the First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, Ala.

FRANKLIN RANDOLPH RITTER A.B., Stetson University

Jacksonville, Fla. St. John's Presbytery

Serving internship i;i the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, Durant, Okla.

MIDDLE CLASS

BENJAMIN JERRY BASS
Latta, S. C.

ROBERT WARREN BEVIS

Duluth, Minn.

ROBERT WARNER BOSTON
Darlington, S. C.

JOHN ROBERT BRADSHAW

West Monroe, La.

A.B., University of South Carolina
Pee Dee Presbytery

A.B.

University of Minnesota
Duluth Presbytery, U.

A.B., Furman University

Pee Dee Presbytery

A.B., King College

Red River Presbytery

99

S. A.

JAMES LONG BRAY, JR.

Miami, Fla.

CLIFFORD HODGES BREWTON
Savannah, Ga.

LEWIS WILLIAM BULLARD

Blountstown, Fla.

CHARLES WARREN CALDWELL

Daytona Beach, Fla.

HAE CHUN CHUNG

Taegu, Korea

WILLIAM ROY CONINE, JR.

Hapeville, Ga.

CHARLES EMANUEL COOK, JR.
Charlotte, N. C.

CLARENCE DRAYTON COOPER
Sumter, S. C.

WILLIAM ALDRIDGE DANTZLER

Birmingham, Ala.

HERMAN DeBOER

Garfield, N. J.

WILLIAM JOSEPH DeLAY
Decatur, Ga.

CHARLES MARTIN EFIRD
Kannapolis, N. C.

MONROE TIMOTHY ELDER
Port St. Joe, Fla.

JAMES TAYLOR FRAZIER
Ashland, Ky.

LEE MADDUX GENTRY

Chattanooga, Tenn.

JOSEPH AUTRY GREER
Valdosta, Ga.

MASAYA HIBINO

Aichi-Ken, Japan

ROBERT MILTON HORNE
Moultrie, Ga.

DONALD THEO HUBBARD
Anderson, S. C.

GEORGE BENNY HUTCHINS
Forest City, N. C.

JAMES EDWARD IVES

Norfolk, Va.

DENNIS JAMES KENNEDY*
Tampa, Fla.

CARL LAMAR KESSEL
Blountstown, Fla.

ROBERT CHARLES KORN
Columbia, S. C.

* Approved college degree to be earned before award of theological degree.

100

A.B., King College

Athens Presbytery

A.B., Covenant College

Savannah Presbytery

B.S., Florida State University
Florida Presbytery

A.B., Wheaton College

St. Johns Presbytery

Korean Presbyterian Seminary

A.B., Davidson College

Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Erskine College

Mecklenburg Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Harmony Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Birmingham Presbytery

A.B., Hanover College

East Alabama Presbytery

A.B., Baylor University
Baptist Church

B.S., Davidson College

Concord Presbytery

A.B., University of Florida
Florida Presbytery

A.B., Centre College

Lexington-Ebenezer Presbytery

B.B.A., University of Chattanooga
Knoxville Presbytery

B.S., Davidson College

Southwest Georgia Presbytery

A.B., Tennessee Temple College
Baptist Church

B.S., Centenary College of Louisiana
Southwest Georgia Presbytery

B.S., Erskine College

Piedmont Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Kings Mountain Presbytery

A.B., King College

Presbyterian Church, U. S.

Tampa University

Westminster Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

A.B., University of South Carolina
Congaree Presbytery

PAUL RANDOLPH KOWALSKI
Anderson, S. C.

SAMUEL BURTON LAINE

New Orleans, La.

JOHN HARDEN LAW
Brunswick, Ga.

ROY NATHANIEL LEWIS, JR.
Atlanta, Ga.

ROBERT SUMTER LINK, IV.
Laurens, S. C.

JOHN DAVID LOVE
York, S. C.

FREDERICK WILLIAM LUPTON,
Chattanoga, Tenn.

GORDON LeROY LYLE
Gainesville, Ga.

HENRY WEBB MALCOLM, JR.

Tampa, Fla.

RALPH EMMERSON McCASKILL,
JR.*
Gretna, Fla.

JOSEPH ANDREW McCONNELL

Birmingham, Ala.

JOHN McLEAN, JR.
Anderson, S. C.

BEVERLY FREELAND MOSELEY**

Hattiesburg, Miss.

MARSHALL BANKS NEIL, III
Clinton, S. C.

SAMUEL ROSCOE NETTLES, JR.

Meridian, Miss.

KENNETH INGELBY NEWMAN
Leesburg, Fla.

DAVID BIRGER PEDERSEN

Signal Mountain, Tenn.

RAY BERNARD PENNINGTON
Greenville, S. C.

ROLAND POWELL PERDUE
College Park, Ga.

LAWRENCE HUBBARD RICHARDS
Atlanta, Ga.

PETER RYNDERS, JR.

Hull, Iowa

JAMES JULIUS SCOTT, JR.
Decatur, Ga.

PAUL GUNTER SETTLE

St. Albans, W. Va.

* Approved college degree to be earned
** Withdrew.

B.S., Clemson College

Piedmont Presbytery

B.S., Tulane University

New Orleans Presbytery

A.B., King College

Savannah Presbytery

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Presbyterian Church, U. S.

A.B., Presbyterian College

Kings Mountain Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College
Bethel Presbytery

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology

Knoxville Presbytery

A.B., Oglethorpe University
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Stetson University

St. Johns Presbytery

Presbyterian College
Florida Presbytery

B.S., Davidson College
Birmingham Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Piedmont Presbytery

B.S., Mississippi State College
Meridian Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

South Carolina Presbytery

A.B., King College

Meridian Presbytery

A.B., University of Florida
St. Johns Presbytery

A.B., Emory University

Knoxville Presbytery

A.B., Bob Jones University
Kanawha Presbytery

A.B., University of North Carolina
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Houghton College

Methodist Church

A.B., Calvin College

Christian Reformed Church

A.B., Wheaton College

Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Bob Jones University
Kanawha Presbytery

before award of theological degree.

101

RICHARD PORTER SHAU
Huntersville, N. C.

ROCKWELL MacDONALD SMITH

Baltimore, Md.

RICHARD KNOX SVVAYZE
Jackson, Miss.

LOWELL BEACH SYKES

Medford, N. Y.

HERBERT PINKNEY
TOWN SEND, JR.
Bainbridge, Ga.

ELDON DONALD WADSWORTH
Fairmont, W. Va.

JOHN GARY WALLER
Montgomery, Ala.

WILLIAM OSCAR WATERS
Monticello, Ga.

LOREN VAUGHT WATSON

Chattanooga, Tenn.

CLARENCE DeLEON WEAVER. JR.

Hopewell, Va.

HARRY FANNIN WING
Gainesville, Ga.

HAROLD VERNON WRIGHT

Stone Mountain, Ga.

A.B.

Bob Jones University

Mecklenburg Presbytery

B.S., Hampden-Sydney College
Abingdon Presbytery

A.B.. Wheaton College

Central Mississippi Presbytery

A.B.. Wheaton College

Long Island Presbytery, U. S. A.

B.B.A.. University of Georgia
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B.. Fairmont State College

Grafton Presbytery, U. S. A.

A.B., Huntingdon College

East Alabama Presbyter)

A.B., Mercer University

Augusta-Macon Presbytery

B.B. A., University of Chattanooga
Knoxville Presbytery

A.B.. Bob Jones University

East Hanover Presbytery

A.B., University of Florida
Athens Presbytery'

B.S.. University of Georgia

Presbvterian Church. U. S.

ALLEN DAILEY ACKLEY, JR.
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.

JOHN WILLIAM ALDRIDGE

Leland, Miss.

GEORGE DAVIS ALEXANDER
Athens, Ga.

L'NIOR CLASS

A.B

Wheaton College

West Jersey Presbytery, U.

S. A.

A.B.

A.B.

University of Mississippi

Central Mississippi Presbytery

University of Georgia
Athens Presbytery

GEORGE WOODSIDE ALEXANDER
Huntersville, N. C.

CLAUDE IVAN ALLEN.

Gainesville, Fla.

JK

A.B., Bob Jones University

Mecklenburg Presbytery

University of Florida
Suwannee Presbytery

FRENCH L. ARRINGTON

Hardwick, Ga.

A.B.

University of Chattanooga
Church of God

FRANK MOREHEAD BARKER.
Birmingham, Ala.

JR.

BRETT LUCAS BAXLEY,
Savannah, Ga.

IK

B.S.

Auburn Polytechnic Institute
Birmingham Presbytery

.A., University of Georgia
Athens Presbytery

GERALD LEE BELL,

Knoxville, Tenn.

JK.

B.S.

University of Tennessee
Knoxville Presbytery

DAVID GAILLARD BOYCE
Charlotte, N. C.

B.S.

Davidson College

Presbyterian Church, U. S.

Approved college degree to be earned before award of theological degree.
'* Withdrew.

102

LAWRENCE EARL BRIGGS
Marshall, Tex.

JAMES FRANK BROWN**
Decatur, Ga.

GEORGE DEWEY CARTER, JR.

Atlanta, Ga.

JONES KNOX CHAMBLIN

Jackson, Miss.

FRANK KALMAN CHAPO

Lackawanna, N. Y.

CORTEZ ALONZO COOPER, JR.
Thomasville, Ga.

ALLEN THOMAS COWAN
Johnson City, Tenn.

GLEN ARRINGTON CROFTON, JR.

Maxton, N. C.

JOHN MELVIN CROW
Atlanta, Ga.

LESTER LIONEL DATTLER
Decatur, Ga.

BEN DAVID DUNAGAN
Memphis, Tenn.

JAMES GRAY EDWARDS

Hopewell, Va.

HUGH LEE EICHELBERGER, JR.
Clinton, S. C.

JERRY DEAN FINLEY
Seneca, S. C.

ROBERT DONALD FITLER

Vicksburg, Miss.

ROY THOMAS GEIGER

Brunswick, Ga.

A.B., East Texas Baptist College
Paris Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College
Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., King College

Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., Wheaton College

Presbyterian Church, U. S.

A.B., Maryville College

Buffalo-Niagara Presbytery,
U. S. A.

B.S., Davidson College

Abingdon Presbytery

B.S., East Tennessee State College
Holston Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Fayetteville Presbytery

A.B., Emory University

Atlanta Presbytery

A.B., University of Georgia
Athens Presbytery

LL.B., University of Tennessee
Memphis Presbytery

A.B., King College

East Hanover Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

South Carolina Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Piedmont Presbytery

A.B., University of Mississippi

Central Mississippi Presbytery

A.B., Lee College

Church of God

JIMMY LEONARD HAMMOND

Powder Springs, Ga.

A.B.

WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRINGTON A.B.
New Zion, S. C.

SAMUEL WHITE HESLIP A.B.

Bristol, Tenn.

CHARLES JEFFERSON

HOLLINGSWORTH, III*
Macon, Ga.

JAMES HARRY HUFFAKER B.S.,

Johnson City, Tenn.

STEPHEN McQUEEN HUNTLEY, JR. A.B.
Dahlonega, Ga.

Anproved college degree to be earned before
** Withdrew.

103

Bob Jones University
Baptist Church

Presbyterian College
Harmony Presbytery

King College

Holston Presbytery

Mercer University

Augusta-Macon Presbytery

East Tennessee State College
Holston Presbytery

Davidson College
Athens Presbytery

award of theological degree.

WILLIAM BAIRD JOHNSON
Atlanta, Ga.

WILLIAM ROWLAND JOHNSON
Asheville. N. C.

EDWARD JULIAN KNOX

Lynnville, Tenn.

CLAYTON KELLER LITTLE, JR.

Pennington, N. J.

THOMAS LANDIS LLEWELYN

Baltimore, Md.

GEORGE DANIEL McCALL

Marion, N. C.

A.B., Emory University

Atlanta Presbytery

B.S.. Presbyterian College

Asheville Presbytery

B.S., Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Columbia Presbytery

B.M.E., General Motors Institute

New Brunswick Presbytery,
U. S. A.

A.B., Western Maryland College

Baltimore Presbytery, U. S.

B.S., Davidson College

Concord Presbytery

GEORGE ALFRED McCROSKEY. JR. A.B., King College

Florence, Ala.

WILLIAM OTTIS MOORE, JR.

Rocky Mount, N. C.

ANDRAL BRATTON PLEXICO
Sharon, S. C.

ARCHIE CHEVIS REED, JR.
Winnsboro, S. C.

JAMES MITCHELL RICE, JR.*
South Charleston, W. Va.

JERRY GLENN ROBINSON

Lincolnton, N. C.

JOHN CALVIN ROSE
Miami, Fla.

WILLIAM HENRY ROSE, JR.
West Point, Miss.

EUGENE RAMSAUER RUCKER*
Davidson, N. C.

SIBBETT FRANKLIN SAPP, JR.
Dawson, Ga.

DONALD BOLTON SMITH
Waynesboro, Ga.

LONALD ELLIOTT TRENT
Reidsville, N. C.

L. RAMON VEAL
Atlanta, Ga.

TRANKLIN ALEXANDER WEAVER
Florence, S. C.

JULIAN HAMILTON WHITE
Jackson, Miss.

DONALD LEE WILSON
Savannah, Ga.

LESLIE MICHAEL WINSHIP

Bronxville, N. Y.

North Alabama Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Albemarle Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College
Bethel Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Congaree Presbytery

Davis and Elkins College
Kanawha Presbytery

A.B., Davidson College

Kings Mountain Presbytery

A.B., University of Miami

Everglades Presbytery

B.S., University of Mississippi

East Mississippi Presbytery

Davidson College

Mecklenburg Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College

Southwest Georgia Presbytery

LL.B., Mercer University

Augusta-Macon Presbytery

A.B., King College

Orange Presbytery

A.B., Presbyterian College
Atlanta Presbytery

B.S., Jacksonville State College
Church of God

A.B., Southwestern at Memphis

Central Mississippi Presbytery

A.B.. Piedmont College

Athens Presbytery

A.B., Lafayette College

Westchester Presbytery, U. S. A.

Approved college degree to be earned before award of theological degree.

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ENGLISH COURSE

LANE ADAMS

Bay St. Louis, Miss.

TODD WADSWORTH ALLEN
Key Biscayne, Fla.

JOHN CARLYLE COX
East Point, Ga.

JULIUS JESSE COX
Marianna, Fla.

University of Mississippi
Everglades Presbytery

Everglades Presbytery

A.B.. Atlanta Christian College
Christian Church

Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Florida Presbytery

ALBERT BAILEY DRAKE
Atlanta, Ga.

WILLIAM BLAINE EMERSON

Jacksonville, Fla.

A.B., Oglethorpe University

Chattanooga Presbytery, U. S.

Suwannee Presbytery

WILLIAM LaRUE FRIEND
Marietta, Ga.

JIMMY LLOYD LYONS

Holdenville, Okla.

ARCHIE LUTHER McNAIR

Vass, N. C.

ROY MELVIN MILLER

Sarasota, Fla.

Santa Monica Junior College
Baptist Church

Harding College

East Arkansas Presbytery

University of Georgia
Pee Dee Presbytery

King College

Westminster Presbytery

WILLIAM TAYLOR MOORMAN
Decatur, Ga.

JACK EMERSON MORRIS
Decatur, Ga.

B.S., University of Tennessee

Georgia State College

Presbyterian Church, U. S.

ALEX JACKSON MORRISON

Monroe, N. C.

WILLI NILSSON

Stockholm, Sweden

Mecklenburg Presbytery
Morra Latin

JOHN CONWAY ROPP
Columbia, S. C.

ERNEST TERREL SEVERS
Charlotte, N. C.

University of South Carolina
Congaree Presbytery

Mecklenburg Presbytery

HUBERT CARROLL SHELTON

Hollywood, Fla.

FRANK DANIEL SLADDEN
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

RUSSELL LITTLEJOHN STRANGE
Sumter, S. C.

Ohio Wesleyan University
Everglades Presbytery

Rollins College

Everglades Presbytery

Harmony Presbytery

SEFTON BENNETT

STRICKLAND, JR.
Lithonia, Ga.

WILLIAM HARVEY TAYLOR

Jacksonville, Fla.

PAUL KIVETT VESTAL
Atlanta, Ga.

University of Georgia
Atlanta Presbytery

Duke University
Suwannee Presbytery

Oglethorpe University
Atlanta Presbytery

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Form of Bequest to the Seminary

Perhaps the greatest possibility for the perpetuation and improve-
ment of our Church's institutions lies in the writing of wills which
will make provision for gifts to Christian Education. It is not neces-
sary that such legacies should be large in size. If a sufficiently large
number of individuals would leave small amounts to be invested for
the Christian enterprise every need could be met.

Columbia Seminary earnestly requests the interest of its friends in
this form of giving. Many of these could include it in their own wills.
Others might interest their acquaintances in this opportunity to link
themselves with a work which will be eternal in its results. Every
such legacy will help. The President of the seminary will welcome
the opportunity to confer with any who may be interested and to
advise as to the specific purposes for which such funds may best be
designated.

The following form of bequest is suggested:

I hereby give and bequeath to Columbia Theological
Seminary, situated in Decatur. Georgia, the sum of
(or the following real or personal

property) to be used for the purpose of said seminary
for in such manner as is set forth herewith).

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INDEX

Academic Awards . . . 85-87, 94

Accreditation 13

Admission 27

Alumni Association .... 26

Apartments 44

Thos. M. Barbee Fund ... 46

Bible Reading 54

Board 43

Board of Directors .... 5

Book Store 44

Calendar 2-4

Campus . 56-57, 21

Clinical Training in

Counseling 18

College Preparation .... 28-29
Columbia's Territory . . .14-15
Courses of Study:

General Statement ... 47
Group I

Biblical Theology . . 48-60
Group II

Historical Theology . 60-64
Group III

Systematic Theology . 64-69
Group IV

Practical Theology . . 69-83
Cultural Advantages ... 22
Degrees:

Bachelor of Divinity . . . 31-32
Biblical Education .... 36-37
Master of Theology . . . 33-36
Directions for Reaching

the Seminary 108

Distinctions 33

English Course 37

Examinations 38

Exegesis, Specialization in . 32

Expenses 43-44

Faculty 7-10

Faculty Committees ... 12

Fees 43

Fellowships:

Alumni 85

Fannie Jordan Bryan . . 85
Claude C. Mason, Jr. . . 88
Anna Church Whitner . 86

Field Work 38

Financial Aid 45-46

Form of Bequest 106

Wm. V. Gardner

Scholarship 88

Grading System 32

Graduate Summer School . 41-43

Graduating Class of 1957 . 93
Grounds and Buildings . . 21
Home Mission Work . . . 14-17
James Robert Howerton

Award 86

Indiantown Church Award . 86
Industrial-Rural-Urban

Church 15

Instruction 13

Lecturers 11

Library Facilities 19

Loans to Candidates ... 45

Medical Care 25

Memorial Funds 91-92

Musical Organizations . . 22
Officers of Administration . 6

Orientation Program ... 25
Outline of Courses for

B.D. Degree 31

Pledge 30

Physical Culture and

Recreation 25

Presbyterian Center .... 16
Pre-Seminary Curriculum . 28-29
Protestant Radio &

Television Center .... 16

Religious Life 23

Reports to Presbyteries . . 30
Requirements for Degrees . 31-37
Roll of Students

1957-58 95-105

Schedule 40

Scholarship Funds .... 88-91

Scholarships 45

Self Help 46

Seminary, The 83-85

Smyth Lectureship .... 22

Smyth Lecturers 11

Social Life 24

Society of Missionary

Inquiry 23

Special Students 38

Students from Other

Seminaries 29-30

Student Loan Funds .... 92
Summer Language School . 41
Supply Preaching by Students 17
Theological Internships . . 18
Transfer of Credits .... 29-30

University Center 14

Veterans' Benefits 46

Edgar Watkins Scholarship . 87

Wilds Book Prize 86

Wives' Club 24

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Directions for Reaching the Seminary

The campus of the seminary is located in the southeast section
of Decatur, Georgia, about one-third of a mile from the bus line.
Students coming by train over roads other than the Georgia Rail-
road will ordinarily save time by taking the trackless trolley to
Decatur after arriving at an Atlanta station. For purposes of con-
venience, however, 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.

Students arriving at either Atlanta station without heavy hand
luggage will find it to their advantage to take the South Decatur
trolley at its stop on Alabama Street. They will leave the car at
the corner of Derrydown Way and Columbia Drive in Decatur,
whence a walk of three-tenths of a mile southward on Columbia
Drive will bring them to the seminary.

Students with heavy baggage will find it to their advantage to
take the Main Decatur trolley which they will board at its stop
on Pryor Street at Edgewood Avenue. This stop is only a few blocks
from the Union Station but a transfer via one of several other lines
will be advisable for those arriving at the Terminal Station. Upon
arrival in Decatur, one should leave the car at the stop opposite the
Georgia Railway Station. Cab service at a moderate rate is easily
available from a nearby taxi-stand to the seminary.

Students who travel by bus or who arrive via the Georgia Rail-
road from Augusta may buy their tickets to Decatur and secure a
taxi to bring them to the seminary.

In case of confusion or difficulty in carrying out these directions,
call the seminary from some nearby telephone and, if possible, a
car will be dispatched from this point.

THE SEMINARY DOES NOT EXPECT STUDENTS TO
ARRIVE ON SUNDAY AND NO ONE WILL BE IN THE
OFFICE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OR TO MAKE AS-
SIGNMENT OF ROOMS ON THAT DAY.

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