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Columbia Theological Seminary, a seminary of the Presbyterian Church, 
U.S., is operated and controlled by the Synods of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 
Mississippi and South Carolina through a Board of Directors. It is an accredit- 
ed member of the American Association of Theological Schools. 


INFORM 

Volume 65 February, 1971 No. 2 

Published 7 times a year (Jan., Feb., April, May, July, Oct., Nov.) by 
Columbia Theological Seminary, Box 520, Decatur, Georgia 30031. Second- 
class postage paid at Decatur, Georgia 30030. 


In Biblical thought a name is more than a label for identifi- 
cation; it is a statement of the essential character of the bearer. 
This is true, also, of the name "Columbia Theological Seminary." 
"Columbia" speaks of historic roots in a denomination and loca- 
tion in a particular city; 'Theological" describes the task; and 
"Seminary" indicates the way the task is accomplished. 

The words and pictures that follow attempt to convey the 
character of Columbia Theological Seminary. But words and pic- 
tures, alone, are incomplete. For Columbia's alumni, their alma 
mater's name evokes vivid memories, faces, traditions, and shared 
commitment. For others, the name is given life by the lives of 
those 2,400 alumni who have gone forth from Columbia to serve 
Christ and His Church. 

These men and women have provided leadership for the semi- 
nary's supporting synods of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. And 
beyond the geographical boundaries of the Synods of Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, they serve 
throughout the congregations and agencies of that Church, and in 
many other parts of the Church throughout the world. 

Columbia Theological Seminary prepares men and women for 
ministry and service as pastors and teachers, missionaries, coun- 
sellors, service agency leaders, chaplains, and administrators. The 
seminary's curriculum includes academic preparation in Bible 
study, the history and doctrine of the Church, and pastoral train- 
ing; practical preparation in field education and intern year pro- 
grams, clinical training, and teaching, preaching, hospital, and 
speech practicums; and personal preparation in spiritual growth, 
motivation, and understanding of the world's problems. 

As these men and women minister, the churches and the com- 
munities they touch know Columbia Theological Seminary. 

May we introduce the school and the training which their lives 
reflect? Read on, and meet Columbia Theological Seminary. 


COLUMBIA 


"Columbia" refers to the first permanent location of the semi- 
nary in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1828 a principal cultural, 
intellectual, and population center of the Southeast. 

The first idea of a theological school for the South was planted 
by the Presbytery of Hopewell (Georgia) as early as 1817, but it 
was not until 1824 that a constitution for "The Classical, Scientific, 
and Theological Institution of the South" was adopted by the 
Presbytery of South Carolina, and the members of the presbytery 
were authorized to act as the Board of Trustees for that institution. 

In 1827, the Board recommended to the Synod that the consti- 
tution be altered to make the institution solely a theological 
seminary. (There had been great opposition to the proposed 
literary department being in competition with the College of South 
Carolina.) The official name of the seminary became The Theolog- 
ical Seminary of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia; it soon 
became known as Columbia Theological Seminary - a name which 
was accepted as permanent in 1925. The revised constitution was 
adopted by Synod in 1828, and it was resolved to get the seminary 
into operation immediately. 

The Reverend Thomas Goulding, pastor of the Presbyterian 
Church in Lexington, Georgia, was elected the first Professor of 
Theology in December of 1828, and he gathered five students for 
instruction in the manse. Following completion of arrangements 
in Columbia, they moved to a campus there in January of 1830. 

That same year, the Reverend George Howe, a New Englandef, 
was elected by the synod as instructor in languages. The following 
year he became Professor of Biblical Literature, and, shortly, 
librarian, overseeing the growth of the seminary's library from the 
original 300 books collected by the presbyteries in 1829 to more 
than 3,000 by 1836. Dr. Howe also organized the first curriculum 
for the seminary, apparently modeling it after those of the Prince- 
ton Seminary and of Andover Theological Seminary. He served 
nearly fifty years  until his death in 1883. 

In 1857, the Synod of Alabama established the adoption of the 
seminary as "our own, placing its name among those of the 
institutions which we call 'ours', and which we are to cherish and 
care for, support, help, and encourage as our own". Florida (as 
part of the Synod of South Georgia and Florida) joined in 1884, 
with Mississippi completing the five-synod structure in 1925. 

Among the buildings on the Columbia campus was the little 
chapel  formerly a carriage house  where Woodrow Wilson was 
to be "reborn for eternity", and where the Presbyterian, U. S., 
Book of Church Order was written. 


By the 1920s, the population of the Southeast - and of Presby- 
terians in the area - was shifting, and the centers of influence were 
moving with it. Atlanta had been a transportation center since the 
1880s, and so was developing as a commercial, industrial, educa- 
tional and cultural center, also. Certain Atlanta Presbyterians and 
leaders of the seminary were convinced of the city's leadership of 
the New South and its advantages for the seminary  and of the 
seminary for the city. In 1924, the Board of Directors agreed 
(after two previous refusals in 1887 and 1904), and the decision 
was made to move to Atlanta, if a campaign for the new facilities 
and endowment could be successfully completed in the Synod of 
Georgia. Launched in 1925, the campaign had a goal of $500,000 
which was promptly subscribed. In that success the cooperation 
of the city's 14,193 Presbyterians in their seventy-four churches 
played the determining part. 

In 1927, the seminary transferred its Columbia traditions and 
ministry, its students and faculty, and its books and equipment 
to a fifty-seven acre Decatur, Georgia, site on the outskirts of 
Atlanta, joining Candler School of Theology and another eleven 
of the current twenty-three institutions of higher education in 
the greater Atlanta area. The wisdom of this decision has been 
reinforced by the eventual location in Atlanta of the offices of 
many boards and agencies of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. 
and the headquarters of fifteen other denominations and church 
organizations; of another eleven educational institutions (including 
the Interdenominational Theological Center and several church 
colleges); and by the current reputation that Atlanta enjoys as a 
cultural center of the nation. 

The Synods of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and 
South Carolina control and support Columbia Seminary, and from 
her derive much of the strength of their leadership. Its graduates 
serve the Presbyterian Church, U. S., in other places, also, and 
in other denominations in this and eighteen other countries. 


Campus in Columbia, S.C. 


Campbell Hall, Decatur 


THEOLOGICAL . 


A student working with the 
Hebrew text. 


The main task of a minister is to be a theologian  one who 
helps people understand modern problems in the light of the 
eternal Biblical witness. Columbia Seminary prepares men and 
women for today's ministry by creating a theological environment 
in which faculty and students share an evaluative, questioning, 
discerning search for a living understanding of the Christian faith. 

This faith, in its Presbyterian branch, is Reformed in theology, 
Presbyterian in government, and Puritan in tradition. In achieving 
an understanding of this confessional faith, the history of the 
Church is seen  in its ideas, in its pivotal leaders, and in its 
changing structures  as the foundation of theological study. 

How is this accomplished? 

Word of God Intensive study of God's word is the orientation 
of the plan of instruction. Because of it and for it Columbia 
Seminary exists. It illuminates all that is taught and studied about 
Him, and all that is, eventually, spoken for Him. 

The Word deepens men's love of Christ, encourages their spiritual 
growth, and inspires their zeal for service. Students encounter it in 
formal study, and in daily public worship and private devotions. 

Word about God Study of understandings and interpretations 
of God's acts in the world builds the walls of Columbia's instruction. 
Historical' courses on the Church, its literature, and its theology 
occupy the major portion of the students' time. 

Word for God The awesome task of preparing to be God's 
spokesman, prophets, teachers, and servants is begun by study 
about God, but it is made possible only by the practice of those 
techniques that illuminate for men His will. Throughout the three 
years' work, the master of divinity student participates in a full 
range of practicums on preaching and speech, teaching, the roles 


Understanding the Church. 


The challenge of communicating 
in the world. 


of the minister, and pastoral care. The field education experience 
is developed with the advice of faculty members and is integrally 
linked with the classroom curriculum. Academic knowledge is 
sharpened in supervised field education situations throughout the 
three years, including one summer in a local parish, special com- 
munity ministries, and senior-year preaching and participation, for 
one quarter, in a local church. 

Students enter the seminary because of their motivation and 
response to God's demands upon them. During their years of 
struggle and preparation, they further develop their own patterns 
of personal devotional life, and are stimulated by student preach- 
ing, daily chapel services, and faculty and guest preachers and 
speakers. Campus groups, such as the Society of Missionary In- 
quiry and the Society for Theological Scholarship, foster further 
understanding of God at work through the Church. 

This understanding of God's expectation of His people - in the 
Early Church, in the Reformation Church, in the Presbyterian 
world, and in today's Church - and these beginning preparations 
for ministering in His name, ready men and women for discovering 
their points of service to Him. 


SEMINARY' 


To be a seminary is to teach, and be taught, in a very special 
and specialized field. It assumes basic understandings of life and* 
people and the historical influences that have formed them (evi- 
denced, usually, by an undergraduate academic degree). 

Columbia Seminary is a particular gathering of men and women 
committed to beginning a life-long preparation for God's service. 
Her thirty resident and visiting faculty members bear proud 
academic and pastoral credentials for the preparation of the 
Church's leaders. Her more than 200 students come predominantly 
from the Presbyterian Church, U. S., but her community life is 
enriched by students from other denominations and from over 
half the states, and Christian churches in several countries. 

These members of the Columbia learning community teach, 
and are taught, in the formal classroom setting, in seminars, 
practicums, and other discussion groups, in individual conferences, 
and in joint program efforts. The faculty-student ratio is eight to 
one, making possible a creative interplay of ideas and thoughtful 
participation. 

Creative and traditional teaching methods are employed by 
Columbia's faculty. The traditional lecture, seminar and practicum 
methods are combined with team teaching, concerted planning for 
small-group learning situations, and varied use of video tape equip- 
ment. 

The challenge and resources of community and other education- 
al institutions are made available to the student body through the 
Seminary's cooperative work with such organizations as the Atlanta 
Theological Association, the Georgia Association for Pastoral Care, 
the Protestant Radio and Television Center, the Center for Medi- 
terranean Studies, The Urban Training Organization of Atlanta, 
Emory University, Georgia State University, Agnes Scott College, 
and other colleges and universities. The Seminary is a fully- 
accredited member of the American Association of Theological 
Schools. 

The completion of degree work is only a marking point in 
educating for ministry. Questions raised, methods taught, attitudes 
fostered  all encourage the life-long process of education. The 
Church deserves this, and the Seminary's five supporting synods 


(Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida) are 
the especial recipients of its advantages. 

Columbia recognizes this and through her program of Graduate 
and Continuing Education provides educational resources and 
support for ministers throughout their lives. At times ministers 
are invited to return for specialized study with the faculty. At 
other times the Seminary's resources are made available to ministers 
near their homes as an extension service. All of these opportunities 
are designed to encourage and make possible the further develop- 
ment of the Church's leaders. 


Varied teaching methods 


Dr. Kline 


Dr. Wardlaw 
and students 


Videotaping 


Columbia Seminary has this task: to prepare men and women 
as the leaders, pastors, and teachers of the Presbyterian Church, 
U. S. It has been charged with this responsibility by the Synods of 
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. And 
these synods have historically stated, and repeatedly confirmed, 
their intention to be responsible for the enabling support of this 
Seminary. 

Their support has included gathering the first books for the 
fledgling library, naming and encouraging leaders of the Seminary 
(from professors to members of the board of directors), encourag- 
ing the move from Columbia to Atlanta, and looking to Columbia 
Seminary for their new leadership. 

And that support is financial. It costs approximately $3,200 a 
year to educate each student. Just under a quarter of that cost is 
covered by student-paid fees. Synod benevolence gifts meet al- 
most twenty percent. Individual annual gifts to Living Endow- 
ment provide another twenty percent. 

Endowment income covers the largest amount of the cost per 
student  nearly one-third. This endowment income supports the 
library, teaching staff, and physical facilities, and provides financial 
assistance and emergency loan funds for students. 

Gifts to the Seminary's endowment are a sound investment. The 
annual dividends are returned to the whole Church in the lives of 
the men and women trained at Columbia. Gifts to this permanent 
endowment are also perpetual memorials paying grateful tribute to 
men and women who have served Christ and His Church and are 
remembered as their names are listed on specific endowed funds. 


SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS 

Financial assistance is provided for students at Columbia Semi- 
nary on the basis of their individual financial needs. The application 
process involves financial planning and budgeting in which the 
student receives the guidance and assistance of the Seminary's 
Financial Aid Officer. 

Columbia expects students to pay as much of the cost of 
their education as possible from their own resources. But beyond 
these resources there are many unmet needs. These needs Columbia 
attempts to meet so that no qualified student will be denied the 
education he seeks in preparation for service in the leadership of 
the Church. 

Scholarship Funds provide the resources to help students pay 
bills. But more than that they also encourage students in their 
studies by reminding them of the interested concern of men and 
women in the Church. 

Many friends have provided scholarship assistance through gifts 
large and small. We list below those established funds which ex- 
ceed $500. Descriptive paragraphs attempt in a limited way to de- 
pict what these funds accomplish each year for Columbia students. 


SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS OF $500 - $2,999 

Individually scholarship funds of this size provide books for a 
student for one or two quarters, or help a student family with 
medical expenses. Grouped with other similar funds they provide 
greater assistance for specific items in a student's budgeted needs. 

The J. Frank Alldis Scholarship $1,000 

The Mary and Catherine Alldis Scholarship 500 

The Susie Butler Anderson Scholarship - Georgia 

Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor 500 

The Ed Arnold Scholarship Fund 1 ,944 

The Dr. Joseph Davis Bennett Memorial Scholarship 1,500 

The Captain Blair Scholarship 1,667 

The David M. Boozer Memorial Scholarship 500 

The "Brother Bryan" Scholarship 1,596 

The Marie S. Bush Scholarship Fund 500 

The Mary Carmichael Scholarship 2,000 

The Habersham Clay Memorial Scholarship 2,500 

The Rosa Scott Coleman Memorial Scholarship 500 

The Mrs. A. V. Cooper Scholarship 1,500 

The Bobby Crook Memorial Scholarship Fund 536 

The Fellowship Bible Class (Morningside) Memorial 

Scholarship Fund 550 


The First Presbyterian Church of Marietta, Georgia 

Scholarship $2,500 

The First Presbyterian Church of Rome, Georgia Scholarship . . . 2,500 

The Maude Garland Scholarship 2,200 

The Georgia Society Dames of the Court of Honor 

Scholarship Fund 500 

The J. Wilder Glover Memorial Scholarship 2,500 

The Dr. and Mrs. Manford George Gutzke Fund 1,271 

The Ridgley Hall Scholarship 2,380 

The Joseph E. Hannah Memorial Scholarship 1,300 

The C. Virginia Harrison Scholarship 2,600 

The Harriet Tucker Hawkins Memorial Scholarship 1,050 

The Lottie and Loudie Hendrick Scholarship 2,500 

The Robert M. Hitch Scholarship 2,500 

The Little Fritz Lee Howard Memorial Scholarship 1 ,000 

The Carson Gillespie Jenkins Memorial Scholarship 1 ,000 

The Deen Jones Scholarship 1 ,024 

The Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship Fund 2,727 

The Robert King Memorial Scholarship Fund 2,999 

The King's Daughters Sunday School Class Scholarship 500 

The Aaron W. Leland Memorial Scholarship Fund 1 ,000 

The J. K. Livingston Scholarship 2,500 

The Ryan McDonald Scholarship Fund 500 

The Peter G. McEachern Memorial Scholarship 2,128 

The W. H. Mcintosh Memorial Scholarship 1,200 

The Dr. W. J. McKay Memorial Scholarship 2,025 

The Men's Bible Class Scholarship, First Presbyterian 

Church, Augusta, Georgia 642 

The Chandler A. Murphey Scholarship 1,460 

The Newton-Morris Scholarship 1 ,200 

The James H. Owens Scholarship 2,500 

The Elizabeth Ross Parkhill Memorial Scholarship 

First Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, Florida 1,025 

The Persian Scholarship 1,880 

The J. Davison Philips Scholarship 500 

The Mrs. J. Rupert Rees Scholarship 500 

The Reid Memorial Scholarship 2,500 

The John G. Richards Memorial Scholarship 2,900 

The Elizabeth Rigell Scholarship 1,875 

The Edward Thomas Robinson Memorial Scholarship 600 

The James Russell Scholarship 1 ,000 

The John Munn and Elizabeth Eccles Saunders Scholarship . . . . 2,500 

The John D. Snyder Memorial Scholarship 1 ,000 

The Thomas Harper Spencer Scholarship 2,500 

The Leila A. Thornton and W. A. Austell Scholarship 2,500 

The Thornwell Scholarship 1 ,000 

The Sadie Wells Memorial Scholarship Fund 550 

The Manford Leighton Wilkinson Memorial Scholarship Fund ... 505 

The Rev. James A. Wilson Memorial Scholarship 2,500 

The Women of the Church, Synod of Florida Scholarship .... 1 ,289 

The J. W. Woolfolk Memorial Scholarship 2,500 

The Martha Moss Yater Memorial Scholarship Fund 800 


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SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS OF $3,000 - $4,999 

Scholarship funds of this size provide each year the tuition for 
one student for one full quarter or they provide books for a 
student for a whole year. In some cases where accumulated 
resources and part-time work almost meet expenses a scholarship 
fund of this size enables a student to give attention to his studies 
instead of worrying about his finances. 

The Annie Newton Bennett and the Rev. John Newton 

Memorial Scholarship $3,500 

The Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Cunningham Scholarship 4,000 

The Decatur Women of the Church Scholarship Fund 3,955 

The LeRoy Gresham Scholarship 3,000 

The George R. Hairston, Jr. Memorial Scholarship 3,000 

The J. Erskine Love Scholarship Fund of the Peachtree 

Men's Bible Class 4,400 

The Elizabeth McFadden McLaurin Scholarship 3,000 

The Mr. and Mrs. S. L. McNair Scholarship 3,775 

The P. D. Patrick Scholarship 3,794 

The George H. Pendleton Memorial Scholarship 3,000 

The Cantey Venable Reed Scholarship 3,000 

The Lawson Williams Scholarship 4,386 

The S. R. Wynkoop Scholarship 3,000 


SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS OF $5,000 - $9,999 

Full tuition for two quarters or a major part of tuition for the 
entire year is provided by funds of this size. In another instance 
this size fund would provide for a family where the working 
mother's training enables her to have only a modest income job. 
This would free the student-father to devote his energies to his 
preparation for the ministry. 

The Frances Daniel Anderson Memorial Scholarship $5,000 

The Agnes Barden Scholarship 7,000 

The David A. Beatie Scholarship 6,000 

The Dr. and Mrs. John T. Brantley Scholarship 5,350 

The William Hawkins Corley Memorial Scholarship 8,750 

The Dempster-Cruikshank Memorial Scholarship Fund 5,000 

The Elizabeth W. Hamilton Fund 5,000 

The Frederick J. Hay and Annie Richards Hay Scholarship . . . 8,000 

The Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hagood Memorial Scholarship .... 5,000 
The Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah, 

Georgia Scholarship 5,000 

The Eloise White Johnston Scholarship 6,000 

The James Lindsey Memorial Scholarship Fund 6,500 

The Claude C. Mason, Jr. Scholarship Fund 6,145 


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The Rankin Scholarship $5,100 

The Slack Scholarship 8,825 

The John H. Spencer Memorial Scholarship 9,200 

The Josiah James Willard Memorial Scholarship 5,000 


SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS OF OVER $10,000 

These scholarship funds provide full tuition for one or more 
students for the entire year. In other cases they are used to pro- 
vide larger assistance needed by students who do not have sufficient 
resources as they begin their Seminary preparation or those whose 
family responsibilities are particularly demanding. 

The Thomas M. Barbee Scholarship Fund $147,930 

The W. D. and Nellie M. Beatie Scholarship Fund 22,000 

The L. M. Brown Scholarship 52,000 

The Chattanooga Scholarship 30,000 

The George Henry Cornelson Memorial Scholarship 25,000 

The Annie Finklea Davison Memorial Scholarship 10,000 

The William A. Elliott Memorial Scholarship 10,000 

The Fred J. Hay and Mildred J. Hay Scholarship 13,000 

The Dr. and Mrs. Berthold S. Kennedy Scholarship 10,000 

The Rev. James Garland Lane Memorial Scholarship Fund . . . 24,000 

The Fred A. and Alice Mundis Scholarship Fund 25,000 

The Mrs. Wingfield Ellis Parker Scholarship Fund 10,000 

The Louise Maytag Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund 247,327 

The Leila A. Thornton Scholarship 11,612 

The Mrs. Xantippi S. Woodward Scholarship Fund 18,019 

The Rosa L. Wyatt Scholarship Fund 10,000 


MEMORIAL FUNDS 

Even when a student is able to pay completely the fees charged 
for his theological education he is not paying the full cost. The 
Presbyterian Church has historically accepted the responsibility 
for paying a major share of the cost of the training of ministers, 
missionaries and other full-time church leaders. 

The Church meets its responsibility in financing theological 
education through annual benevolence budgets, special gifts and 
capital funds. Memorial funds provide over one-third of the annual 
income for theological education at Columbia Seminary. Un- 
designated Memorial Funds are especially valuable as they enable 
Columbia to meet the changing needs of each year and respond to 
the varied opportunities that come. 


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Memorial Funds not only honor and perpetuate the interest of 
Christian friends, but they also underwrite day-to-day expenses and 
provide for increased service through growth and development of 
facilities and program. 

The varied ways Memorial Funds meet daily needs at Columbia 
Seminary are illustrated in the descriptive paragraphs below. In 
these vital parts of its daily life the Seminary community is re- 
minded of the generosity and concern of those who have establish- 
ed these Funds and those whom the Funds honor. 


MEMORIAL FUNDS OF $500 - $2,999 

Books for the library, teaching equipment for the classroom, 
maintenance equipment, these are the things that Memorial Funds 
provide each year at Columbia. 

The Major Frank Leland Anderson Memorial Fund $1,000 

The Emily Deal Birdsong Memorial Fund 2,520 

The Dr. Frank C. Brown Memorial Fund 1 ,294 

The Mr. and Mrs. V. N. Carter Endowment Fund 2,000 

The Rev. John Cousar Memorial Fund 1 ,000 

The James M. Daniel Memorial Fund 2,500 

The Elton Payne "Bokey" Daniels Memorial Fund 1,000 

The James Miller Davison Memorial Fund 1,225 

The Joe Dixon Fund 512 

The Dr. Paul T. Fuhrmann Endowment Fund 1,037 

The J. Frank Hall and Dorothy Hall Gilleylen Memorial Fund . . . 940 

The C. W. Grafton Memorial Fund 1,970 

The Rev. J. B. and Mrs. L. C. Green Fund 1,134 

The Dr. William Thomas Hall Memorial Fund 1 ,000 

The J. M. Harris Memorial Fund 500 

The Lula Tatum Hunter Memorial 1 ,200 

The Mr. and Mrs. James Caller Jones Memorial Fund 500 

The Kenneth Marion Littlejohn M.D. Memorial Fund 1,014 

The John Beverly McDaniel Memorial Fund 1,000 

The Rev. and Mrs. D. Mel. McDonald Memorial Fund . . . . 1,010 

The James D. McDowell Memorial Fund 1,100 

The Hall T. McGee Memorial Fund 2,500 

The Rev. and Mrs. Neil Mclnnis Memorial Fund 1,406 

The Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Martin Fund 1,400 

The Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Matthews Memorial Fund 600 

The David Brainerd Missionary Fund 1 ,003 

The Rev. and Mrs. William T. Mulcay Fund 2,281 

The Mrs. S. R. Parker Endowment Fund 2,300 

The Volney Graham Philips Memorial Fund 2,800 

The Captain D. Townsend Pope Memorial Fund 1,000 

The Governor and Mrs. John G. Richards, Jr. Memorial 

Endowment Fund 823 

The Mr. and Mrs. James McDowell Richardson Endowment Fund . . 3,000 


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The Edna Eddings Robinson Memorial Fund 2,035 

The Dr. and Mrs. J. Holmes Smith Memorial Fund 1,310 

The Sarah Katherine Stamper Memorial Fund 1,250 

The R. Earle Statham Memorial Fund 1,485 

The James and Katherine Jackson Vance Memorial Fund .... 1 ,466 

The Wright-Cowan Fund 1,500 


MEMORIAL FUNDS OF $3,000 - $9,999 

The provision of theological education demands the dedicated 
talents of a host of persons seldom thought of, secretaries, mainte- 
nance personnel, library assistants, and cooks. Memorial Funds help 
provide the salaries for these important members of the Seminary 
community. These funds also bring to the Seminary each year for 
shorter periods of time preachers, teachers and spiritual leaders 
whose ministries enrich Seminary education. 

The John Marshall Blakely Travel Fund $3,500 

The Katherine Golucke Conyers Memorial Endowment Fund . . . 4,305 

The Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Cooke Fund 7,000 

The Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Corbin Memorial Endowment Fund .... 7,000 

The Carlyle Fraser Memorial Endowment Fund 5,425 

The Dr. Joseph Pelham Knight Memorial Fund 5,000 

The Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson Knight Memorial Fund .... 3,225 

The Dean G. and Mildred S. McKee Endowment Fund 3,762 

The Thomas S. and William M. McPheeters Memorial Fund .... 6,705 

The Charles Malone and Janie McDowell Richards Memorial Fund . 6,225 

The William Clarke Wardlaw Memorial Fund 7,500 

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

Memorial Fund 4,750 

The May H. Wyatt Memorial Fund 5,000 

The H. Lane Young Memorial Fund 5,635 


MEMORIAL FUNDS OF $10,000 AND MORE 

The maintenance and repair of buildings grows more expensive 
each year, yet it must always be carefully done in order to preserve 
the fine facilities provided at Columbia. Faculty members must be 
paid adequate salaries and opportunities must be provided for the 
continuing study which enables them to make their greatest con- 
tribution to the life of the Church. Memorial Funds insure that 
these and many other daily needs are met each and every year. 

The Laura B. Campbell Fund $95,000 

The Virginia Orme Campbell and J. Bulow Campbell 

Memorial Fund 43,114 


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The Daniel Monroe and Amanda Lessley Carmichael 

Endowment Fund 10,600 

The Dr. Thomas Chason Memorial Fund 10,000 

The John and Mary Franklin Foundation 60,000 

The Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Gillespie Memorial Fund 16,841 

The Herbert and Gertrude Halverstadt Memorial 

Endowment Fund 19,691 

The Claude M. Hutchison Memorial Fund 20,000 

The John King Memorial Fund 36,694 

The J. Erskine Love Memorial Fund 23,173 

The Mrs. Azalia Oberg Memorial Fund 148,750 

The Harry F. Petersen, Jr. Memorial Fund 146,523 

The John M. Saunders Memorial Endowment Fund 23,402 

The Smyth Lectureship 10,000 

The Smyth Library Fund 10,000 

The Henry Alexander White Memorial Fund 40,000 

The Harry and Jessie Woodward Watters Memorial Fund .... 40,000 


ENDOWMENT FOR TEACHING 

At the heart of the Seminary's ministry of training ministers is 
its faculty. The men who serve as professors carry the responsibility 
for instruction and also perform a pastoral ministry through their 
many contacts with students outside the classroom. 

Some persons, families and churches choose the endowment of 
teaching as a means of honoring and expressing gratitude for 
Christian leaders and strengthening the Seminary. Through this 
endowment they provide annually compensation for faculty mem- 
bers in a particular department. Funds for this purpose are nec- 
essarily of larger amounts and the Seminary lists here with gratitude 
the following Funds which exceed $50,000. 

The Cartledge Chair of New Testament $65,999 

The C. Darby Fulton Chair of Missions 191,894 

The J. B. Green Chair of Systematic Theology 100,010 

The Peter Marshall Chair of Homiletics 271,700 

The Vera Bowen Munson Endowment Fund 218,572 

The Department of Pastoral Counseling 500,000 

The J. McDowell Richards Chair of Biblical Exposition .... 200,000 


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STUDENT LOAN FUNDS 

Each year some Columbia students face particular financial 
crises. Often sickness or an accident create an immediate emergency 
financial need. Frequently these crises come to married students 
whose resources are already stretched to the limit. These needs 
are met through Student Loan Funds. 

The Kekomoisa Bryan Fund S 500.00 

The Jasper N. Dorsey Loan Fund 15,868.44 

The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hannah Loan Fund 4,550.00 

The Luther H. Maxwell Loan Fund 27,866.00 

The Student Loan Fund 24,774.00 

established with gifts honoring: 

J. Blanton Belk Mrs. P. M. McGoldrick 

Margaret Bensell James Bailey Magruder 

J. M. Dixon Moody-Sterling Families 

Elizabeth W. Hamilton Naomi Mitchell Simons 

Jennie L. Hamilton Helen Penniman Warren 

Alice Allgood Henderson Brown Williams 

Miss Margaret Dora Henderson Maybelle Winton 

Ives Family Louise Woodward 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhns Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wright 


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