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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Published Quarterly at
Decatur, Ga.

Volume XXIX May, 1936 No. 3

Entered as Second Class Matter May 9, 1928, at the Postoffice at Decatur, Georgia,
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Commencement, 1936

Sunday, May 3.

11:00 A. M. Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. Jno. S. Foster, D.D., Winston-
Salem, N. C.
5:00 P. M. Annual Sermon before Society of Missionary Inquiry, Rev.
H. Kerr Taylor, D.D., Educational Secretary of Foreign
Missions.
Thursday, May 7.

10:00 A. M. Annual Meeting of Board of Directors.
1:00 P. M. Annual Luncheon for Alumni and Directors.
8:00 P. M. Service of Memorial to Rev. W. M. McPheeters, D.D., LL.D.
Friday, May 8.

10:30 A. M. Annual Commencement Exercises. Address to Graduating
Class, Rev. Robert S. Boyd, D.D., Pastor First Presbyterian
Church, Columbus, Ga.

Conferring of Degrees and Presentation of Certificates.
Awarding of Prizes and Distinctions.

SECOND ANNUAL PASTOR'S INSTITUTE

Monday, May 11, 8:00 P. M Opening address by Rev. Jno. S. Land, D.D.,
Pastor St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, La.

Saturday, May 16, 12:00 Noon Closing address by Rev. Wallace McP. Alston,
Assembly's Director of Young People's Work.

SESSION 1936-1937
Fall Quarter

Thursday, September 10, 11:00 A. M. Session Begins.

Chapel Services. Address. Matriculation. Announcements.
November 20-25 Examinations.
November 26 Thanksgiving.

Winter Quarter

Friday, November 27, 8:30 A. M. Class work resumed.
Friday, December 18, 1 :00 P. M. Christmas Vacation begins.
Tuesday, January 5, 8:30 A. M. Class work resumed.
February 23-27 Examinations.

Spring Quarter

Tuesday, March 2, 8:30 A. M Class work resumed.

May 11-15 Examinations.

Sunday, May 16 Baccalaureate Sermon and Missionary Address.

Monday, May 17 Installation of Student Officers. Senior Banquet.

Tuesday, May 18

10:00 A. M. Meeting Board of Directors.

1 :00 P. M. Luncheon for Alumni and Directors.

8:00 P. M. Graduating Exercises.

Calendar, 1936

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

J. Sprole Lyons, Chairman

Class Going Out 1936

Rev. E. D. Brownlee Sanford, Fla.

Rev. J. Sprole Lyons Atlanta, Ga.

J. W. Dickson, Esq Anderson, S. C.

Rev. J. B. Hutton Jackson, Miss.

J. B. Campbell, Esq Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. John McSween Chester, S. C.

H. B. Dowell, Esq Prattville, Ala.

Class Going Out 1937

Rev. A. A. Little Meridian, Miss.

Rev. E. L. Hill Athens, Ga.

Rev. A. G. Irons Fairfield, Ala.

W. R. Barron, Esq Columbia, S. C.

Rev. F. K. Sims Dalton, Ga.

Rev. C. W. McCully Sharon, S. C.

Rev. E. N. Caldwell Tallahassee, Fla.

Class Going Out 1938

S. C. Hodges, Esq Greenwood, S. C.

Rev. Sam Burney Hay Auburn, Ala.

Jno. D. Baker, Esq Jacksonville, Fla.

Rev. A. L. Patterson Savannah, Ga.

Rev. Geo. M. Telford Abbeville, S. C.

Rev. O. M. Anderson Jackson, Miss.

J. R. McCain, Esq Decatur, Ga.

Executive Committee

J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman

E. L. Hill J. R. McCain

F. K. Sims John McSween
J. Sprole Lyons Sam Burney Hay

Finance Committee

J. Bulow Campbell, Chairman

C. H. Baldwin J. S. Kennedy

W. D. Beatie W. R. Barron

J. C. Copeland D. W. Robinson, Jr.

H. Lane Young

J. S. Kennedy, Atlanta, Ga., Treasurer

FACULTY MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

The Rev. James McDowell Richards, A.B., A.M., B.D., D.D.

President and Professor of Pastoral Theology

A.B., Davidson College; A.M., Princeton University; A.B., A.M., Oxford Uni-
versity; B.D., Columbia Seminary; D.D., Davidson College.

The Rev. Edgar D. Kerr, A.B., B.D., D.D.

Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

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

Theological Seminary; D.D., Presbyterian College; Graduate

Work, University of Chicago.

The Rev. James B. Green, A.B., D.D.

Professor of Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics, and Homiletics

Peabody Normal College; A.B., University of Nashville; Graduate of Union
Theological Seminary of Virginia; D.D., Presbyterian College.

The Rev. Wm.Childs Robinson, A.B., A.M.,B.D.,Th.M.,Th.D.,D.D.

Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Church Polity, and Missions

A.B., Roanoke College; A.M., 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 A. Cartledge, A.B., A.M., B.D., Ph.D.

Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis

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

The Rev. Patrick H. Carmichael, B.S., Ph.D., D.D.

Professor of English Bible and Religious Education

B.S., University of Alabama; Graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., New York University; D.D., Southwestern.

The Rev. Jno. S. Foster, A.B., B.D., D.D.

Acting Professor of Homiletics and Practical Theology

A.B., Southwestern University; B.D., Southwestern Seminary;
D.D., Hampden-Sydney College

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The Rev. Russell F. Johnson, A.B., B.D.

Instructor in Public Speaking

A.B., Birmingham-Southern College; Princeton Theological Seminary;
B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

The Rev. Henry W. McLaughlin, A.B., B.D., D.D.

Visiting Instructor in Country Church Work

A.B., Hampden-Sydney College; Union Theological Seminary of Virginia;
B.D., Louisville Presbyterian Seminary.

The Rev. Jos. H. Cudlipp, A.B., B.D.

Visiting Instructor in Religious Education and Theory of Worship

College and Seminary of Reformed Episcopal Church.

Robert F. Boyd

Instructor in Introductory Greek

College of Charleston; Columbia Theological Seminary.

Mrs. Samuel A. Cartledge
Director of Music

Jno. S. Foster, Clerk of the Faculty

Samuel A. Cartledge, Librarian

Mrs. F. C. Talmage

Mrs. S. A. Cartledge

Voluntary Assistants in Library

Miss C. Virginia Harrison, Registrar

Mrs. Edna M. Phinizy, Matron

VISITING SPEAKERS AND LECTURERS

Dr. J. Sprole Lyons Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. Harold Francis Branch Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Dr. B. K. Tenney Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. Cornelius Van Til Philadelphia

Dr. L. Ross Lynn Clinton, S. C.

Rev. E. T. Wilson Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. Russell F. Johnson Decatur, Ga.

Dr. William Elliott Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. H. B. Wade Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. 0. L. Davis Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. Lavens M. Thomas, II Emory University, Ga.

Rev. D. Lee Williamson Brazil

Dr. W. A. Alexander Birmingham, Ala.

Dr. L. Nelson Bell China

Rev. Wallace McP. Alston Richmond, Va.

Rev. Peter Marshall Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. Chas. A. Logan Japan

Dr. E. R. Kellersberger Africa

Mrs. E. R. Kellersberger Africa

Rev. Ralph McCaskill Savannah, Ga.

Rev. H. E. Russell McDonough, Ga.

Dr. D. Brainerd Legters Mexico

Rev. W. C. Cooper Stanfield, N. C.

Rev. S. H. Long Murphy, N. C.

Mr. Charles A. Rowland Athens, Ga.

Rev. Louis C. Melcher Knoxville, Tenn.

Dr. 0. G. Jones Mississippi

Dr. Jno. S. Foster Winston-Salem, N. C.

THE SEMINARY

Historic Columbia

On December 15, 1828, the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia,
representing Presbyterianism from North Carolina to the Mississippi,
inaugurated this institution by electing Rev. Thomas Goulding, D.D.,
as its first professor. For two years Dr. Goulding conducted the
work, chiefly propaedutic, in the Presbyterian manse at Lexing-
ton, Ga.

In 1830 the Seminary was removed to Columbia, S. C, and the
Faculty complemented by the election of Dr. George Howe and Dr.
Aaron W. Leland. Located in the center of South Carolina's capital,
the Columbia campus was most attractive. It holds a place in the
affection of every one of the thousand students who in the past hun-
dred years have attended the Seminary. The old Chapel still
symbolizes 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.

While located in the city whose name she bears, Columbia
Seminary numbered among her Faculty and alumni many dis-
tinguished leaders of thought and life in the Southern Presbyterian
Church. Indeed, the great distinctivities of our denomination were
largely coined and minted there. Any mention of our polity im-
mediately recalls the name of James Henley Thornwell; any con-
sideration of the principle of the spirituality of the Church brings up
the shade of Benjamin M. Palmer; while the missionary idealism
and enterprise of our Church have been incarnated in James Leighton
Wilson of Columbia's Society of Missionary Inquiry. During the
celebration of the Diamond Jubilee, which fittingly commemorates
these contributions as well as those of other Southern Presbvterian
worthies, the institution treasures the verdict of Dr. S. M. Tenney
expressed on the occasion of a historical survey: "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."

In recent years a strong conviction developed in the Columbia ter-
ritory that a re-location of the institution was necessary. At the time
of the location in Columbia that city was near the center of the
Presbvterian population of the Southeast. The development of the
Gulf States and the shifting of the center of our constituency made
necessary the removal of the Seminary further 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 further
West the light of the Gospel."

10 Columbia Theological Seminary

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 57-acre campus upon the hills
of Decatur. During the presidency of Dr. R. T. Gillespie two theo-
logical buildings, unsurpassed in the Presbyterian world, and four
faculty homes, were erected.

In 1928, the Centennial of the founding of the Seminary was cel-
ebrated during Commencement week, with the gracious participation
of the Atlanta General Assembly.

The wisdom of relocating the Seminary in Atlanta is clearly in-
dicated by the success with which the removal has been accomplish-
ed and by the enlarged service which the institution has already been
enabled to render for its constituent Synods. The outlook for the
future development of the Seminary, and for the further enlarge-
ment 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.

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 insisting that all full professors should hold an earned
doctor's degree, or a graduate degree of similar standing from some
recognized university. Thus, while conservative in theological out-
look, this institution is progressive in method and emphasizes the
necessity for a broad acquaintance with all fields of modern learn-
ing. 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 conversant with modern scholarship
and with all present trends in theological thought, in order that he
may meet the problems of his people. Hence it is our effort to en-
courage a broad general reading while, at the same time, laying a
firm foundation for the student in a thorough acquaintance with
the revealed truth of God's Word and with the historic standards of
our Church.

Columbia Theological Seminary 11

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, there-
fore, seeks constantly to emphasize the practical, spiritual, and de-
votional values of the material which is studied.

Grounds and Buildings

The physical equipment of Columbia Seminary in Decatur is in all
respects thoroughly modern and up-to-date. The buildings are con-
structed of red brick faced with grey limestone, and their architec-
ture, based upon the graceful lines of the academic Gothic, is beauti-
ful and impressive. Campbell Hall, the administration building, con-
tains the class rooms, the library, the chapel, the dining hall and
kitchen, social rooms, and offices of administration. In the entrance
hallway of this building, which was erected through the generosity of
Mr. J. B. Campbell of Atlanta in memory of his mother, is a bronze
memorial on which is inscribed this inspiring and appropriate
legend :

CAMPBELL HALL

Erected in Loving Tribute to
A Devoted Consecrated Christian Mother

Virginia Orme Campbell

"There Is No Higher Calling on Earth
Than That oj the Christian Ministry''''

The dormitory is divided into four sections, two of which bear
the names of the Seminary's former dormitories in Columbia. 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 beds, mattresses and pillows, study tables
and book shelves. Students are required to bring their own sheets,
bed covers, pillow cases, and towels. The whole plant is heated by
steam. Four homes for faculty members have been built on the
campus, and several other members of the faculty have apartments
in the dormitory. All the buildings are beautiful and substantial,
and everything that might lend to their comfort and efficiency has
been included.

The campus, consisting of some fifty-seven acres of rolling wood-
land, is of unusual natural beauty, and allows ample room for future
expansion. Members of the student body have opened a number of
inviting pathways through the wooded section of the campus, and
the ground has been cleared for a lake which will eventually be
formed by impounding the waters of two small streams that flow
through the property.

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Cultural Advantages

Greater Atlanta, a commercial and educational center with a popu-
lation of 350,000, offers many advantages in a social and cultural
way. In addition to the Seminary, it boasts of such schools as Agnes
Scott College, Emory University, Oglethorpe University, the Georgia
School of Technology, the University of Georgia Extension School,
and twenty-eight other institutions of learning, exclusive of public
schools. These schools draw many outstanding men and women to
the city, and students of the Seminary have splendid opportunities for
contacts with the faculty members and students of other institutions.
Atlanta has long been famous as perhaps the outstanding musical cen-
ter of the South, but it also draws visitors of distinction in practically
every field of human activity. Throughout the year students in the city
frequently have opportunities to hear preachers, educators, scholars,
and political leaders of national or world-wide fame, and to the
individual who uses these opportunities wisely, they constitute a
liberal education in themselves.

Opportunities for Observing Religious Work

The City of Atlanta, with its Presbyterian Church membership of
more than 10,000 and with its even larger enrollment in Presbyterian
Sunday schools, furnishes to the students various opportunities for
engaging in active religious work. Within the metropolitan 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 of other denominations.

In the outlying agricultural districts, and in the villages and
towns which lie within easy reach of the Seminary, the students have
opportunity to study, under most favorable conditions, church work
in the rural and small town communities. This ideal location furn-
ishes 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 and in Religious Education, and greatly 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.

TERMS OF ADMISSION AND GRADUATION

Credentials

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

(1) A letter from the pastor or Session of the church of which
he is a member, stating that he is in full communion with the church,
possesses good natural talents, and is of a discreet deportment. If
the applicant 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. Every Presbyterian student applying for
admission is expected to present a statement from his Presbytery
authorizing him to enter this Seminary.

(2) A college diploma or certificate showing the completion of a
regular course of academic study. If he has not completed such a
course, the student must be recommended by his Presbytery as an
extraordinary case and furnish testimonials showing that he has re-
ceived adequate training in subjects fundamental to the studies of
the Seminary. It is becoming increasingly difficult for men who
have not had full college training to find a place in the ministry, and
Columbia Seminary definitely discourages such men from seeking ad-
mission unless it be under most exceptional circumstances.

(3) A transcript of his record at the last institution attended.

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 require-
ments 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.

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, Education, and
Psychology. It is also highly desirable that the student should have
the broadest possible acquaintance with the facts of modern science.

Instruction in the New Testament Department presupposes knowl-
edge of Greek. A student applying for admission should be able to
translate a passage of simple Attic prose and should have a fair
knowledge of the grammatical forms and syntax of the Greek lan-
guage. Students found to be inadequately prepared in this subject
are offered special courses in Elementary Greek during the first year
in Seminary, and do not begin the regular courses in the Greek New
Testament until the Middle Year.

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Students from Other Seminaries

A student coming from another seminary of recognized standing
will be received ad eundem gradum on his presentation of a letter
from that Seminary certifying to his good standing, and regularly
dismissing him to this Seminary. 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 the requirements of this
Seminary with reference to knowledge of the original languages of
Scripture.

Degrees

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 fully accredit-
ed college or university, will receive a diploma from this Seminary
certifying that he has earned this degree.

The revised Form of Government authorizes the Faculty to grant
the degree of Master of Theology (Th.M.) for not less than one
year's additional resident study; and the degree of Doctor of Theol-
ogy (Th.D.) for not less than two years' additional resident work.
The latter of these degrees is not offered at the present time, however,
and it will be the policy of the institution not to offer it until such
a time as an enlargment of the Seminary's teaching and library staff
makes possible a greater emphasis on advanced research work.
Studies leading to the degree of Th.M. are now available for proper-
ly qualified students, however, and several men have already re-
ceived admission to the status of candidates for the degree.

Certificates

Students who do not possess the requisite academic diploma, but
complete the regular course of study in the Seminary, receive a cer-
tificate of graduation. A student who takes a partial course may re-
ceive a certificate setting forth those subjects which he has completed.

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:

16 Columbia Theological Seminary

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
wholesome admonitions of the professors and directors of the Sem-
inary while I shall continue a member of it."

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 stu-
dent's attendance, punctuality, deportment, diligence, and scholastic
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 year.

Expenses

Fees. No charge is made for tuition, room rent, fuel, light or
library fees. Each student is expected to care for his own room
in the domitory, but janitor service is provided for all other parts
of the buildings without cost to the students. A contingency fee of
$5.00 is charged each student at the beginning of the first quarter
in order that funds may be available to provide athletic equipment,
take care of breakage, and meet certain other emergency needs
which may arise during the year.

Board. The boarding department is efficiently administered by
Mrs. Edna Phinizy, who has served the institution as matron during
the past six years. Meals are furnished the students at actual cost
and, although this varies somewhat with the season and with the
number of students in the dining room, it averaged considerably
less than five dollars per week last year. 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 instiution.

Textbooks. All required books are available at our book store
at reduced prices, but there are also frequent opportunities for stu-
dents to economize by purchasing second-hand copies. The cost of
textbooks will usually average about $25.00 per year.

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.

With the financial aid provided for candidates under the care of
our Presbyteries, many individuals on our campus meet all aca-
demic expenses, including board, books, and incidentals. A student
should be able to provide, from other sources, enough to care for

Columbia Theological Seminary 17

his transportation and clothing. After the first year in the Seminary,
this additional expense may be supplemented by summer work and
supply preaching.

Financial Aid

Loans to Candidates. The General Assembly's Committee of
Christian Education and Ministerial Relief, Louisville, Ky., provides
a loan each year for deserving students who are properly recom-
mended by their Presbyteries. This loan is to be repaid under condi-
tions prescribed by the General Assembly. For the past two years
the Committee has fixed the amount of this loan at $60.00, though
improving conditions may make possible a slightly larger loan in the
future. Application for the loan should be made through the Chair-
man of the Committee of Christian Education in the Presbytery. The
Seminary will be glad to furnish information and to render assist-
ance in the matter.

The payment of the student's loan is usually made in two in-
stallments. The first installment is received in October; the second
in April.

Scholarships. In addition to the loan described above the
Seminary will provide for each regular student, where it is abso-
lutely necessary, an annual scholarship not to exceed $150. In order
to obtain this scholarship the student must,

1st, have exhausted his own resources and have exercised the
opportunity to borrow from the Assembly's Executive Committee
of Christian Education;

2nd, present with his application a written statement from the
Chairman of Christian Education in his Presbytery recommending
that the scholarship be granted.

Under regulations which were first put into effect several years
ago, all students receiving scholarship aid are 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 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. No student who marries during his Sem-
inary course is eligible to receive scholarship aid thereafter, nor can
scholarship aid be granted to any ordained minister who may enroll
for special or graduate work. ,

Government Aid. During the past two years needy students of
the Seminary have had opportunity to secure further necessary as-
sistance by work done under the F. E. R. A. and N. Y. A. No an-
nouncement has been made as to whether the Government will con-
tinue this program next year but it is hoped that a similar oppor-
tunity will be available to our students.

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OUTLINE OF COURSES FOR THE BACHELOR OF
DIVINITY

Fall Quarter

101. New Testament
401. Homiletics
101. English Bible

Elective
101. Hebrew
212. History

108. Old Testament
221. History
302. Theology

JUNIOR YEAR

Winter Quarter
102. New Testament
401. Pastoral Theology
201. History

MIDDLE YEAR

Elective
102. Hebrew
102. English Bible

SENIOR YEAR

109. Old Testament
301. Apologetics
303. Theology

Spring Quarter

103. New Testament
401. Religious Ed.
211. History

Elective
103. Hebrew
301. Theology

110. Old Testament
103. Eng. Bible
304. Theology

Notes: Students who enter without at least two years or three quarters
of Greek in college must take N. T. 120, 121, and 104 in their Junior year
instead of N. T. 101, 102, and 103. They take N. T. 101, 102, and 103 in
their Middle Year instead of the three electives. As the courses N. T. 120
and 121 are non-credit, ten hours of elective work must be taken to bring the
total number of credit hours up to 135. Students should seek to remove this
deficiency as soon as possible by taking extra work as their grades may jus-
tify; in some cases it may be necessary for a student to come back for a
quarter in a fourth year.

Seniors of 1936-7 will take electives in place of Theology 302 and English
Bible 103, as they have already taken them.

The English Course

This course is offered only for the benefit of certain students who
may be received by their Presbyteries under the extraordinary case
clause of the Book of Church Order. Application for permission to
pursue the English Course must, in every case, be made to the Presi-
dent 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, where 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.

Where the Hebrew and Greek are omitted, students must choose,
from among the electives, courses sufficient to bring their daily
work to fifteen hours per week.

Students who take the English Course are given certificates for
subjects completed.

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

The degree of Master of Theology is to be granted to a student
who has attained a high degree of scholarship and has spent a year
or more in graduate study and has satisfied the requirements of the
Faculty for the degree. The Seminary is under no obligation to ad-
mit a student to candidacy for the degree unless the student can pre-
sent evidence of high scholarly attainments and promise, and unless
a satisfactory course of study can be planned from the courses
offered at the time. A prospective student should confer with the
President and the professors under whom he plans to study before
undertaking the work.

A candidate for the master's degree must have the degree of B.D.
from this Seminary or its academic equivalent. He must have a
working knowledge of the Hebrew and Greek languages. Examina-
tions in the languages are to be taken under the professors of
Hebrew and New Testament; graduate students who have averaged B
or above in their undergraduate courses in Hebrew and New Testa-
ment will be exempted from the language examinations.

For this degree, a candidate must submit a thesis and at least 40
hours credit. Both the course of study and the subject chosen for
the thesis must be approved by the professors of the group of spe-
cialization. In no case shall less than 15 hours be taken in the
group of specialization. At least 30 hours must be taken in resi-
dence in this Seminary. No student may take more than 15 hours
of graduate work during one quarter. The thesis must be approved
by a committee of the Faculty at least two weeks before the degree
is granted. Three typewritten, bound copies of the thesis must be
deposited in the library.

A student whose thesis subject and course of study have been ap-
proved by the professors of his group and who has passed the lan-
guage examinations may then apply for formal admission to candi-
dacy for the degree. Admission to candidacy is to be granted by a
majority vote of the Faculty. A student cannot be granted a degree
until at least four calendar months after he has been admitted to
candidacy.

At least a week before the degree is to be awarded, the candidate
must pass a satisfactory examination before the Faculty or a com-
mittee appointed by the Faculty. The examination may cover the
whole field in which the student is specializing, but emphasis will be
placed on the subjects covered in the thesis and the courses sub-
mitted for the degree.

The thesis for the degree of Master of Theology must be written
in some field of theological inquiry that offers potentialities for a
real contribution to religious knowledge; must show an adequate
acquaintance with the literature in the field chosen; must evidence

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a grasp of the subject culminating in well supported conclusions;
and must be presented in a creditable academic and literary form.

Further detailed directions concerning the form in which this
thesis is to be presented will be furnished candidates for the degree
in printed form after their matriculation at the Seminary.

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 meeting all residence requirements the student should
be allowed the privilege of completing the writing of his thesis at
a later date.

Examinations

Aft the close of each quarter written examinations are held on all
the isubjects studied during the quarter. No student is permitted to
be absent from the examination of his class except for satisfactory
reasons. The Faculty may exempt Seniors from the final exam-
inations in the Spring Quarter in subjects in which their grades are
B or above.

Grades and Distinctions

At the close of each quarter, grades are sent to all students and
their Presbyteries. A represents 95-100; B, 90-94; C, 85-89; D,
80-84; E, 75-79; and F, failure.

Students who during their three years at the Seminary have made
no grade below A graduate "Summa Cum Laude." The distinction
of "Magna Cum Laude" is awarded to those who have earned grades
of A in 90 hours of their work and have received no grade below B.
Students who have A's in 45 hours of their work, who have an aver-
age of B, and who have no grades below C are graduated "Cum
Laude." In each of these cases the appropriate distinction is re-
corded upon the student's diploma.

The Schedule

In 1927 Columbia Seminary adopted the "Quarter System," which
is becoming so popular in leading universities and graduate schools
throughout the country. Each quarter has ten weeks for classes and
one week for examinations. Columbia now gives work during the
fall, winter, and spring quarters.

This system has proved most satisfactory, and it has several dis-
tinct advantages over the older system:

The attention of the student is normally centered on three
classes meeting each day in the week instead of on seven or eight
meeting one, two, three, or four times a week. There are three
examinations at the end of each quarter instead of seven or eight.

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An open Monday is secured without congestion on other days.
Students preaching on Sundays need miss no classes. An oppor-
tunity is given for supplementary and collateral reading.

The schedule is greatly simplified. Related subjects can more
easily be placed in logical sequence. The system is flexible enough
to allow it to be changed from time to time to keep abreast of the
best educational principles.

The simple unit of credit, the quarter hour, makes it easy for
credits from Columbia to be transferred to other graduate schools.
Columbia work is accepted at full credit by the 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. All required courses meet
five days a week throughout a quarter and give a credit of five hours.
135 hours are required for graduation.

Each student normally takes 15 hours each quarter. Students with
an average of C or above in one quarter may take 17 hours during
the next quarter; those with an average of B or above, 18 hours;
and those with all A's, 20 hours. Students taking more than the
required 15 hours may use their extra hours to remove the deficiency
of non-credit courses in Greek or as credit towards the degree of
Master of Theology. The course is arranged so that no student may
complete the requirements for the bachelor's degree in less than
nine quarters.

Elective courses are offered in units of two, three or five hours.
The shorter courses make possible a wider range of offerings and
allow more students to take advantage of the electives; few students
could profitably take 20 hours, but a good number could take 17 or
18 hours. Electives of two hours are given on Wednesdays and
Fridays; of three hours, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Nearly all of the electives will be given at the same period so that
students will have the widest possible range of choice.

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Schedule of Classes

Hour

Fall Quarter

Winter Quarter

Spring Quarter

8:30

' 101. New Testament
120. New Testament
108. Old Testament
Elective

* 102. New Testament
121. New Testament
109. Old Testament
Elective

103.
110.

New Testament
Old Testament
Elective

9:30

Electives

104.

Electives

New Testament

10:30

Chapel

11:00

401. Homiletics
101. Hebrew
221. History

401. Pastoral Theol.
102. Hebrew
301. Apologetics

401.
103.

304.

Religious Ed.

Hebrew

Theology

12:00

101. English Bible
212. History
302. Theology

201. History

102. English Bible

303. Theology

211.
301.
103.

History
Theology
Eng. Bible

Note: Theology 302 and English Bible 103 will not be offered in 1936-7,
as the seniors have already had them.

A FACULTY RESIDENCE

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 em-
phasizes the closer relationship sustained by certain departments of
study within a given group. The latter emphasis, as indicated in
another section, offers especial advantages for specialization on the
part of graduate students.

Especial attention is called to the new schedule with reference to
elective courses. Formerly practically all offerings were in units of
five hour courses. Beginning this year most electives will be in units
of two and three hours. Under the old system many students found
it necessary to take a twenty-hour load occasionally. The new ar-
rangement will make it possible for everyone to enrich greatly his
seminary course by taking a variety of electives.

To each major group division of the curriculum has been assigned
a large block of numerals to be used in designating the several
courses offered. To group I has been assigned numbers 101 to 199
inclusive; to group II has been assigned numbers 201 to 299 in-
clusive, etc. For the arrangement of departments within the several
groups and for the scheme of numbering see the description of
courses of study which follow.

Group I
Biblical Theology

Professors Kerr, Cartledge, Carmichael, and Mr. Boyd.
A. Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

The Church has always emphasized the importance of the orig-
inal languages 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 students for the
ministry to use intelligently and effectively the original languages
in interpreting the Sacred Oracles.

The Elective courses are offered to qualified students, who have
taken Hebrew throughout the Middle year, and who have shown
capacity for further profitable study of the language. These courses,
except in the case of course 104, may be varied and adapted to the
interests of the students applying for them. They may also be con-
tinued for one quarter, or more. The number of hours credit will be
determined by the needs of the students and the professor's schedule.

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101. Elements of Hebrew. The class begins the study of the
language by the inductive method. Orthography, etymology, and
syntax are taught from the Hebrew text of Genesis. Note books are
used for exercises in the inflectional forms of the language, in trans-
lation, and in translation from English into Hebrew. Textbooks:
Harper's Hebrew Method and Manual, and Harper's Elements of
Hebrew (both revised by J. M. P. Smith). Required, Middle year,
Fall. Professor Kerr.

102. Elements of Hebrew, continued. This course continues
work begun in the fall quarter with progressive additions in detail,
until the principal grammatical elements of the language are covered.
Textbooks: Same as for course 101. Required, Middle year, Winter.
Professor Kerr.

103. Hebrew Reading and Syntax. Hebrew reading, chiefly
from Exodus and Deuteronomy, with special reference to vocabu-
lary and grammar. Syntax is taught by use of a textbook, and
by careful attention to examples as they occur in the Hebrew Bible.
Textbooks: Kittel's Biblia Hebraica; Hebrew Lexicon by Brown,
Driver and Briggs; Davidson's Hebrew Syntax. Required, Middle
year, Spring. Professor Kerr.

104. Advanced Hebrew Syntax. This course offers a thorough
study in the syntax of the language by the use of textbooks and
the reading and comparison of selected illustrative passages from
the Hebrew Text. Elective. Professor Kerr.

105. 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 Hebrew Bible. Elective. Pro-
fessor Kerr.

106. Grammatical Interpretation of the Psalms. The class
will make detailed grammatical and exegetical studies in the Psalms,
which may be varied with passages from the Prophetic Writings.
The purpose of the course is to train the student in the practice of
grammatical interpretation of the Scriptures. Elective. Professor
Kerr.

107. Biblical Aramaic and Arabic. By arrangement with the
professor, courses will be given to qualified students in Aramaic and
Arabic. The number of hours and the particular nature of the
course will be determined by the needs and opportunities of the stu-
dents. Seminar, hours to be arranged. Work in these cognate lan-
guages may be substituted for a Hebrew Elective. Professor Kerr.

108. Old Testament Introduction. General introduction to
the Old Testament is taken up in this course, with particular at-
tention to the Canon and to certain specific lines of prophetic teach-
ing. Required, Senior year, Fall. Professor Kerr.

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109. Old Testament Criticism. This course involves a study
of the rise and present status of different schools of criticism, with
consideration of the problems, methods, and principles of historical
and literary criticism. Required, Senior year, Winter. Professor
Kerr.

110. Old Testament Practical Interpretation. During this
quarter the class will be occupied with detailed exposition of selected
portions of the Old Testament Scriptures. Required, Senior year,
Spring. Professor Kerr.

B. New Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

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

Every minister who hopes to lead the thought of his people must
keep abreast of the thought of the age. Students in this department
are expected to come to an intelligent understanding of the trends
of New Testament criticism, conservative and radical, through the
lectures, daily assigned reading, and parallel reading.

All work in this department is on the basis of the Greek text.
Ministerial 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 in their
Junior year the two non-credit courses, 120 and 121, and the course
104, for which credit can be counted as an elective. They will then
take the three required courses in their Middle year. They will make
up for the ten hours of non-credit work by taking extra elective
work as their marks justify; in some cases it may be necessary for
such students to take an extra quarter after the three full years.
Students should seek to remove this non-credit deficiency as soon as
possible; they will be definitely discouraged from undertaking regu-
lar preaching work until it is removed.

The three required courses in this department have been selected
so as to give a general introduction to the New Testament and to give
practice in detailed exegesis in the three types of literature therein,
historical, epistolary, and prophetical. The work in this department
is closely coordinated with that in the department 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 thor-
oughly some of the typical problems in the field.

101. General Introduction and the Epistle to the Gal-
ATIANS. Along with the detailed exegesis of, and special introduc-
tion to, Galatians, a study is made of such introductory subjects as

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the following: the Inter-Biblical period; the language of the New
Testament, its characteristics and relation to antecedent and con-
temporary Greek; textual criticism; the canon; the religious back-
ground of the first century; and the principles of grammatico-his-
torical interpretation. Required, Fall. Professor Cartledge.

102. The Synoptic Gospels. A study of the literature of the
Life of Christ, the extent and character of the sources, the literary
and historical character of the Synoptic Gospels, and the synoptic
problem. Exegesis of one of the Gospels and a comparison, through
a Greek harmony, of the others. Required, Winter. Professor Cart-
ledge.

103. The Book of Revelation. An intensive study of the one
prophetical book of the New Testament. Some comparison will be
made with the Old Testament and extra-canonical apocalypses. The
regular subjects of special introduction, including the Johannine
problem, will be studied. Students will be expected to acquaint
themselves thoroughly with as many different methods of interpre-
tation of this book as possible. Required, Spring. Professor Cart-
ledge.

104. The Greek of the New Testament Period. Readings in
the New Testament, the Septuagint, Epictetus, and the papyri. Em-
phasis will be placed on grammar and lexicography. Required for
students without college Greek, elective for others; five hours;
Spring. Professor Cartledge.

105. The Gospel of John. Introduction and exegesis. Empha-
sis will be placed on such critical questions as authorship, date,
relation to the Synoptics, historicity, etc. Elective, three hours, Fall,
1936. Professor Cartledge.

106. The Acts of the Apostles. Exegesis of, and special in-
troduction to, the book of Acts. A brief introduction to the Pauline
letters and the chronology of the apostolic age. Elective, three hours,
Fall, 1937. Professor Cartledge.

107. The Epistle to the Romans. Introduction and exegesis.
An intensive study of the great doctrines of the Epistle. Elective,
three hours, Winter, 1936-7. Professor Cartledge.

108. The Epistles to the Corinthians. Introduction and
exegesis. The life and work of the early Church. Elective, three
hours, Winter, 1937-8. Professor Cartledge.

109. The Pastoral Epistles. Introduction and exegesis. The
organization of the early Church. Elective, two hours, Fall, 1936.
Professor Cartledge.

110. The Life and Religion of Paul. This course is designed
for those wishing to do advanced research work in the New Testa-
ment. An intensive study will be made of various critical questions

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connected with this subject, such as chronology, the Mystery Reli-
gions, Judaism, Hellenism, etc. Elective, two hours, Winter 1936-7.
Professor Cartledge.

111. The Epistle to the Hebrews. An intensive study of the
Greek of the Epistle and of introductory matters. Elective, two
hours, Winter, 1937-8. Professor Cartledge.

112. The Catholic Epistles. Introduction to, and exegesis of,
selected ones of the General Letters of the New Testament. Elective,
two hours, Fall, 1937. Professor Cartledge.

113. The Text and Canon of the New Testament. An ad-
vanced seminar course for students who wish to pursue these studies
further than the introductory course. Elective, hours to be arranged.
Professor Cartledge.

114. Geography and Archaeology. A study is made of the
geography of the Holy Land and the recent archaeological discov-
eries and their bearing on the New Testament. Elective, hours to
be arranged. Professor Cartledge.

115. Modern Literature. An advanced course, in which quali-
fied students pursue a course of reading under the guidance of the
professor and make reports and have discussions from time to time.
Elective, hours to be arranged. Professor Cartledge.

116. The Septuagint. Selected portions from the Greek Old
Testament will be read. A careful comparison is made 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 for students knowing Greek and Hebrew, hours to be ar-
ranged. Professor Cartledge.

120. Beginners' Grammar. A course in New Testament Greek
for beginners. Required of all students without sufficient college
Greek. Junior year, Fall, non-credit. Mr. Boyd.

121. Readings in New Testament Greek. Completion of the
beginners' grammar and readings in the easier portions of the New
Testament. Required of all students without sufficient college Greek.
Junior year, Winter, non-credit. Mr. Boyd.

C. English Bible, Old and New Testament Interpretation

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 her required
work three basic courses in this field. A number of elective courses
are also arranged, conditioned by the limitations of time on the
part of the Professor and the interests and needs of the students.

The courses in the three divisions of the Biblical Group have been
carefully planned to have a minimum of overlapping and at the

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same time to make the offerings in the field as broad as possible.
The apparent overlapping 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 emphasis 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.

101. English Bible, the Life of Christ. An objective of this
course is to secure for the student a vivid picture of the Life and
Teachings of Jesus Christ through a careful study of the Gospel
record, the use of commentaries and other helps provided by the
library, class room discussions, etc. An excellent introduction to
exegetical study in the New Testament Department. Required, Junior
year, Fall. Professor Carmichael.

102. English Bible, the Minor Prophets. An intensive study
of the last twelve books of the Old Testament together with other
Biblical materials having a direct bearing upon the message of the
Prophets. An especial effort is made to discover the historic context
out of which the Biblical record has come as an effective means of in-
terpretation, being careful at all times definitely to relate the mes-
sages of the distant past with situations of our own time. Required,
Middle year, Winter. Professor Carmichael.

103. English Bible, the Acts and the Pauline Epistles. An
intensive study based primarily upon The Acts. In this bit of his-
toric material the student is led to the discovery of basic principles
which undergird the essential elements in the life and progress of the
Christian Church in every age. Required, Senior year, Spring. Pro-
fessor Carmichael.

104. The Background of the Bible. The materials included
in this course deal with three distinct elements of interest to Bible
students: (1) The historic context of the Old Testament, (2) a study
of the literary types which inhere in the Scriptures, and (3) the
historic situation into which Jesus came. Elective, three hours,
Spring, 1936-7. Professor Carmichael.

105. A Romantic Pilgrimage. This course is designed to lead
the student into an intelligent appreciation of the manner in which
the Bible has been transmitted from the original languages through
various versions to the latest revised version which is the American
Standard. In this connection the student will be introduced to the
apocryphal writings and a brief consideration of the canon. Elec-
tive, two hours, Spring, 1936-7. Professor Carmichael.

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106. A Survey Course of the Old Testament. As an intro-
duction to this course a brief study will be made of literary types
in the Old Testament. Having discovered a large number of types
the class will select representative passages for intensive study
former classes have elected to study sections of Genesis, Job, Song
of Songs, Ruth and Esther. While the major emphasis will be on in-
terpretation, an attempt will be made to demonstrate the importance
of literary form as an aid to interpretation. Elective, three hours,
Winter, 1936-7. Professor Carmichael.

107. Leviticus. A careful study will be made of the whole sub-
ject of Offerings. We will attempt to discover the basic framework
of the Hebrew ritual of worship, idea of atonement, etc. Considera-
tion will be given to certain elements in Leviticus which are also
found in the New Testament. Elective, two hours, Winter, 1936-7.
Professor Carmichael.

108. Deuteronomy. A book in which the idea of obedience is
central. It contains many orations of Moses which are integral with
an otherwise romantic story of a people emerging from bondage
to a national existence. Elective, two hours, Winter, 1937-8. Pro-
fessor Carmichael.

109. Joshua and Judges. This course is fittingly associated with
the one in Deuteronomy. An attempt will be made to discover the
guiding hand of Providence as it is revealed in a lawgiver, a mili-
tary leader and a system of government. Elective, three hours, Win-
ter, 1937-8. Professor Carmichael.

Group II
Historical Theology

Professor Robinson

201a. History of Christian Missions.- The missionary motive
is found in the essential character of Christianity; its foundation in
the New Testament and its ever enlarging circles in the history of
the Church. Special attention is given to the history of Southern
Presbyterian Missions and to the biographies of the outstanding
Christian missionaries. Required, Junior year, Winter. Professor
Robinson.

201b. Telescopic View of Church History. This course out-
lines the field of Church History and familiarizes the student with
the chief facts and figures of the Christian movement. The early
centuries are passed in review and the various American denomina-
tions sketched. Required, Junior year, Winter. Professor Robinson.

211. History of Christian Thought to the Reformation.
The course of history reveals a marked parallelism between the logi-
cal and the historical developments of Christian doctrinal formula-
tion. The chronological evolution follows the logical implication

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and the exposition of this organic and genetic development, as it is
seen on the screen of the centuries, often gives a real grasp of its
larger truths. Required, Junior year, Spring. Professor Robinson.

212. The Reformation and Modern Religious Ideas. The
Reformation with special emphasis on Luther and Calvin. The vari-
ous definitions of the rule of faith with consequent modifications of
Christianity issuing therefrom. The influence of the philosophical,
scientific and critical movements upon Christian thought. The sys-
tems of Schleiermacher, Ritschl, Troelsch and Barth. The rise and
development of liberal theology in America. Required, Middle year,
Fall. Professor Robinson.

Two electives, from the following, will be given each year, chosen
so far as practicable to meet the wishes of students making such
selection.

213. The Teachings of John Calvin. The Institutes with
studies thereon by Doumergue, Warfield and others. Elective, two
hours. Professor Robinson.

214. The History of Non-Christian Cults. Studies in the
origin of religion by Schmidt and Zwemer; the chief historical reli-
gions; and (if time permits I sketch of the cultist movement. Elec-
tive, three hours. Professor Robinson.

215. The History of the Doctrine of the Atonement.
Seminar in which each student reports the doctrine of the atonement
taught by a representative of each of the four great Christian syn-
theses, the Greek, the Latin, the Protestant and the Modernist. Elec-
tive, two hours. Professor Robinson.

216. 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.

221. Presbyterianism, In Its History and Polity. The polity
of primitive Christianity in the light of recent research. The rise
of the monarchial episcopate out of the presbyterate. The restora-
tion of Presbyterianism at the Reformation. Research and papers
by class on the polities of Calvin, sixteenth century Scotland, the
Westminster Divines, and Thornwell. Survey of the Presbyterian
Churches of the world. The practical application of these principles
in the polity of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Required, Senior
year, Fall. Professor Robinson, Dr. Foster.

Group III
Systematic Theology

Professors Green and Robinson. Dr. Foster.

A. Dogmatics

301. Introduction and Theology Proper. Introduction em-
braces such matters as definition, method, source, the Scriptures, etc.

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Theology Proper is distributed as follows: theism, anti-theism, na-
ture and attributes of God, the Deity of Christ, the nature and office-
work of the Holy Spirit, the decrees of God, the works of God. Text-
book: Reformed Dogmatics, by Louis Berkhof, Introductory Volume
and Volume I. Parallels: Strong and Warfield. Required, Middle
year, Spring. Professor Green.

302. Anthropology and Christology. Anthropology treats of
the origin, nature, and original state of man, the covenant of works,
the fall, sin, free agency. Christology covers such sub-topics as the
plan of salvation, covenant of grace, person and work of Christ, the
estates of Christ. Textbook: Berkhof, Volume I. Parallels: Strong,
Warfield, Orr, Shedd, Hodge. Required, Senior year, Fall. Profes-
sor Green.

303. Soteriology and Eschatology. Of soteriology these are
the subdivisions: the order of Christian experience, regeneration,
faith and repentance, justification, adoption, sanctification and the
means of grace the word, sacraments, and prayer. Eschatology is
the doctrine of last things, and includes such interesting subjects as
the immortality of the soul, the state of the soul immediately after
death, the resurrection of the body, the second coming, future re-
wards and punishments, hell and heaven. Textbook: Berkhof,
Volumes I and II. Parallels: Strong, Warfield, Hodge, and others.
Required, Senior year, Winter. Professor Green.

304. Confession and Catechisms. The final course in Theology
is an examination of the Standards of our Church, the Confession of
Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. The aim here is
not only to acquaint the students with the symbols of our Church,
but to afford them a review and a new view of the most important
matters considered in the earlier stages of the course. Textbooks:
A. A. Hodge and F. R. Beattie on The Standards. Required, Senior
year, Spring. Professor Green.

B. Apologetics

301. Apologetics. The function of Apologetics. The history of
and the present need for Apologetics in the current revolt against
historic Christianity. Vindication of the knowledge of God as given
in Christianity: that is, Theism, the religious nature of man, the
Christ of the Bible as the historical Jesus, the infallible truth and
Divine authority of the Scriptures. Term papers are presented on
certain of these themes by members of the class. Required, Senior
year, Winter. Professor Robinson.

302. Philosophical Apologetics. A comparison and contrast
of theistic and anti-theistic epistemology, with a vindication of
Theism against the current anti-theistic trends. Elective, three hours.
Professor Robinson.

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C. Christian Ethics

301. Christian Ethics. Christian Ethics is a study of applied
Christianity. Its aim is, in part, to state how the Christian religion
has worked in the past; and, in part, to give guidance and direction
to men of good-will, that they may in the future live more perfectly
together according to Christ, and so bring to pass the Kingdom of
God. The method is to study the historic and progressive revela-
tion and realization of the Christian ideal. The application of this
method involves a consideration of the forms and spheres in which
the ideal is becoming real, and also a consideration of the duties
and dynamics of the Christian life. Text books: A Handbook of
Christian Ethics by D. S. Adam, and Christian Ethics by Newman
Smyth. Elective. Dr. Foster.

Group IV
Practical Theology

Professors Carmichael, Richards, Green and Dr. Foster,
Dr. McLaughlin, Mr. Cudlipp, Mr. Johnson

A. Religious Education

During the past two decades we have witnessed marked progress
in the development of Religious Education as a specialized field of
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 student may be
privileged to correlate carefully the theoretical and the practical as
the two are merged in a definite church situation.

In addition to the basic course required of all students, a series
of electives, covering a period of three years, is provided in order
that all of the men may have the broadest possible training during
their three years of residence on the campus. In the arrangement
of these courses we have purposely disregarded the matter of se-
quence, and hence they may be elected by everyone irrespective of
classification in the seminary.

401. Organization and Administration. This course combines
extensive library work, free class discussion, guided observation
in small groups in selected Churches of Greater Atlanta, a care-
fully written term paper correlating the work of the quarter, to-
gether with especial assignments made from time to time during the
quarter. Required, Junior year, Spring. Professor Carmichael.

402. The Curriculum. This course is designed to lead the stu-
dent into an intelligent appreciation of the basic principles under-

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lying the curriculum of Religious Education, together with the prac-
tical application of those principles in the work of the Church.
Elective, three hours, Fall, 1937-8. Professor Carmichael.

403. Trends in Religious Education. A survey course embrac-
ing some of the most recently published books in the field of reli-
gion. These volumes are selected to secure for the student a fair
cross-section of current trends in religious thought. Elective, three
hours. Fall, 1936-7. Professor Carmichael.

404. Objectives in Religious Education. Almost every phase
of a minister's work has, in some measure, an educational signifi-
cance. Much of his task is predominantly educational. This course
is designed to provide guidance in the development of adequate and
challenging objectives for effective leadership in this sphere of the
church program. Elective, two hours, Fall, 1938-9. Professor Car-
michael.

405. Adult Psychology. An intelligent appreciation of psy-
chological attitudes is becoming increasingly recognized as an im-
portant factor in the effective leadership of various age groups. This
course will introduce the student to basic principles of adult life
helpful to the development of a vital program of Religious Educa-
tion for adults. Elective, two hours, Fall, 1936-7. Professor Car-
michael.

406. Supervision of Religious Education. While the minister
may actually do little of the educational work as such, the church
looks to him to supervise it. This course is designed to guide him
in his preparation for this particular responsibility. Elective, two
hours, Fall, 1937-8. Professor Carmichael.

407. Adolescent Psychology. The design for this course is
essentially the same as that stated for Adult Psychology. We are
concerned with the psychological approach only as it serves to make
the work of Religious Education more effective for a particular age
group. Elective, three hours, Fall, 1938-9. Professor Carmichael.

By special arrangement the Rev. Joseph H. Cudlipp offers each
year brief courses in the field of Religious Education. The following-
are courses available from time to time.

451s. Evangelism. Practical aspects of pastoral evangelism. The
evangelistic note in stated services, educational evangelism, building
an evangelistic congregation, individual evangelism, how to plan, con-
duct, and follow up special evangelistic services, giving the invita-
tion, the after meeting, dealing with individuals, use of gospel song,
open air services. Enlistment and training of personnel workers,
advertising the worship, visitation evangelism, evangelism in the
Sunday School. Mr. Cudlipp.

452s. The Adult Bible Class. Methods of teaching, suitable
courses, worship programs, training in worship, service and recrea-

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tional programs, organization and administration, plans for increas-
ing the class membership, adult class evangelism. The Presbyterian
program. Mr. Cudlipp.

453s. Youth In the Local Church. Organization and admin-
istration of the Young People's Department in the local church.
Training in worship and worship programs, service and recreational
programs, the Young People's League in Presbytery and Synod. The
Vesper Service. The Kingdom Highways. Mr. Cudlipp.

454s. Teaching the Youth of the Church. The best methods
of teaching young people. Class organization and program. The
best courses of study now available. Pupil activity and home prep-
aration. Leadership of group projects and class discussion. Youth
evangelism. Mr. Cudlipp.

455s. The Church School. Organization and administration.
Enlisting and training a leadership. The Workers' Council and stand-
ard training classes, constructive supervision of the school at work.
Through-the-week activities. Departmental worship and the unified
church program. Sunday School extension and evangelism. Mr.
Cudlipp.

456s. The Use of Art in Religious Education. A study of re-
ligious art and appreciation of the masters. Teaching by pictures in
the Sunday School. The use of pictures in worship and sermon.
Stories of the artists and interpretation of the better known master-
pieces of sacred art. Over one hundred pictures will be shown and
studied by the use of stereoptican in this course. Mr. Cudlipp.

B. Pastoral Theology

401. Pastoral Theology. This course is especially intended to
furnish the young minister with the general principles on which he
must meet and solve the practical problems of the pastorate. Dr.
Charles R. Erdman's volume on The Work of the Pastor is used as a
guide for the classroom discussion, but the principal required work
of the class is in the field of parallel reading and of practical and
observational work. Among the subjects which are particularly em-
phasized are personal evangelism, the pastor's relationship to the
missionary work of the Church, the pastor's duty as a citizen, the
conduct of regular worship and of marriage and funeral services,
pastoral psychology, church organization and finance, and church
publicity. Members of the class are required to attend services in
representative churches of various denominations in Atlanta to study
the different types of worship services, and to secure ideas of value
in connection with planning for the life and work of their own
churches. Written reports on this work are an essential part of the
requirements in this course. Required, Junior Year, Winter. Pro-
fessor Richards, Dr. Foster.

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Dr. McLaughlin, Director of Country Church Work of the As-
sembly, gives work each year for a period of two weeks, as follows:

402s. The Rural Imagery of the Bible, A Level Course. Aim:
To discover and relate the teaching of the Bible to rural conditions
and problems of today and to suggest how ministers of town and
country churches may make their messages more popular and ef-
fective to rural people. Textbook: The English Bible. Books of Ref-
erence: God's Open, by Vance, Nature Sermons, by Jefferson, The
Minister as a Shepherd, by Jefferson, The Country Church and Pub-
lic Affairs, by McLaughlin. Junior year, Dr. McLaughlin.

403s. The Purpose and Program of My Church, Credit Course
130b. Aim: To help town and country ministers to understand and
appreciate what the purpose is of the small and rural church as re-
lated to individuals, to communities and society as a whole, and to
discover the best methods of realizing this aim in rural communities.
Textbook: The Program of the Small Church, by Walthall (to be
published). Books of Reference: Religious Education in the Rural
Church, by McLaughlin, Religious Education in the Small Church,
by Sherrill, Churches of Distinction in Town and Country, by Brun-
ner. Middle year, Dr. McLaughlin.

404s. Town and Country Church Leadership, Credit Course
530b. Aim: To discover the problems of the town and country
churches and to help provide a specialized training for Christian
workers among rural people. Textbook: The New Call, by McLaugh-
lin. Books of reference: The shelf of books on the Country Church
in Columbia Theological Seminary library. Senior year. Dr. Mc-
Laughlin.

C. Homiletics

401. The Theory and Practice of Preaching. In this in-
troductory course both the theory and the practice of preaching are
studied, but the emphasis is on the practical. The aim is to teach
men: What preaching is and How to do it. The preacher, his call,
his message, his personality, his preparation, are discussed. During
the second half of the course, sermon briefs are required every week,
and special effort is made to train the men in the treatment of texts
that they may be "sound workmen, with no need to be ashamed of
the way they handle the word of the Truth." The textbooks in this
department are Broadus' Preparation and Delivery of Sermons and
Herrick Johnson's The Ideal Ministry. Required, Junior year, Fall.
Professor Green.

402. Advanced Homiletics. The aim of this course will be to
lead the student into the broadest field of Homiletical study. Such
subjects as the inherent difficulties of modern preaching, the tech-
nique of the sermon, the sources and ordering of its material, the
psychology of preacher and congregation will be given emphasis.

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It will include intensive practice in the art of sermon building,
the study of the lives of some of the greatest preachers of the world,
an analysis of their sermons with a view to developing a passion for
the attainment of the highest ideals in one's own work. Elective,
five hours, Dr. Foster.

403. Biblical Homiletics: Genesis. The purpose of this course
is to study the book of Genesis with especial reference to its homi-
letic values and use. Genesis as to form is narrative, history and
biography. While it teaches, its method is not didactic. It teaches
by event and example, character and life. As to substance, Genesis
is a history of origins. It is the seedbed of the rest of revelation.
Genesis is, therefore, fundamental it is ground work. All the be-
ginnings of which Genesis tells are related to the beginning and
progress of revelation for redemptive ends. The main object of this
course is to trace out the developing revelation of God's purpose of
grace on behalf of a sinful race. Elective, three hours. Professor
Green.

404. Biblical Homiletics: the Psalms. The object of this
course is to present the Psalms in their history, teachings, and use.
The Psalms are studied in their natural groups, and the groups are
arranged with reference to the soul's experience in its movement
out of sin towards God. The greater Psalms in each group are stud-
ied with care in order to discover and display their truth and their
beauty. Elective, three hours. Professor Green.

405. Biblical Homiletics: Epistle to the Hebrews. This
epistle is a theological argument interspersed with exhortation. Main-
ly doctrinal, its aim is intensely practical. Such also is this course in
the epistle. The great argument is followed through its various stages
to its grand conclusion. No less interesting than the argument is the
use the author makes of it in the hortatory passages. The student's
attention is directed to the author's exemplary skill in so managing
his exhortations as that they not only do not interrupt his discussion
but actually advance it toward its goal. Besides the main thesis,
the leading ideas of the epistle are noted and studied. This course in
Hebrews, like the ones in Genesis and Psalms, is an exercise primar-
ily in Homiletics. Elective, two hours, Professor Green.

D. Public Speaking

401. The aim of this course is to enable the student to discover
and remedy deficiencies in public speech. The development of each
student's best natural style is desired. Various types of speaking, re-
citing, and reading are practiced. Fundamentals such as proper
breath control, diaphragm delivery, lip and tongue exercises, pro-
nunciation, enunciation, posture, gesture, and interpretation of ideas
are taught. Special emphasis is given to Scripture reading, sermon
delivery, poems, illustrations and hymns.

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The method of the course is for each student to participate in the
work of each class period and receive suggestions as to weaknesses
and improvements.

Middlers and Juniors will receive fundamental and general in-
struction, while Seniors will specialize in the type of speaking they
will soon be doing. Required. Schedule to be announced later. Mr.
Johnson.

STUDENTS' LOUNGE

LIBRARY

The Smyth Library of Columbia Seminary is in many respects
the most extensive and the most valuable collection of theological
literature in the South, forming an indispensable adjunct to the work
carried on in the class-rooms. In it are incorporated the larger parts
of the libraries of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., Rev. John Douglass,
Rev. George Howe, D.D., Rev. S. Beach Jones, D.D., Rev. S. M.
Smith, D.D., Rev. R. C. Reed, D.D., Rev. J. L. Martin, D.D., Rev.
J. W. Flinn, D.D., Rev. Thornton Whaling, D.D., and Rev. W. M.
McPheeters, D.D. New books are being continually added. The most
important periodicals are kept on file. The libraries of the profes-
sors are also accessible to the students.

The Smyth Library Fund

The late Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., of Charleston, S. C, made
provision in his will for the endowment of the library with a gift
of $10,000, and the income from this fund is used for the purchase
of books and periodicals necessary for the proper development of
the library facilities.

Librarians

Unfortunately the endowment of the library does not permit the
employment of a full time librarian at present, but the work of the
library is under the direction of Dr. S. A. Cartledge, faculty libra-
rian, and is carried out by student assistants. Mrs. F. C. Talmage
of Atlanta, and Mrs. S. A. Cartledge are rendering the Seminary an
invaluable service by cataloguing and indexing the volumes in the
library according to the Union Theological Seminary of New York
system of classification. These voluntarv, trained librarians have
already catalogued several thousand volumes.

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Lectures on the Thomas Smyth Foundation

Through the generosity of the late Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., Pas-
tor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Charleston, S. C, a lecture-
ship has been established, called the Thomas Smyth Foundation. In
accordance 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 the Faculty to deliver a course of lectures
on the fundamental principles of the Christian faith.

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 the past twenty-
five years distinguished scholars and ministers have treated a large
variety of themes, doctrinal, critical, practical, archaeological, and
historical. A list of these lecturers will be found on one of the
last pages of this bulletin.

The lectures delivered on this Foundation in 1934-1935, by Dr.
Samuel M. Zwemer, Professor of History of Religion and Christian
Religion in Princeton Theological Seminary, were published by the
Cokesbury Press in 1935 under the title The Origin of Religion.

Dr. Cornelius Van Til, Professor of Apologetics at the Westmin-
ster Theological Seminary, delivered the series of lectures in 1935-
1936. The lecturer for 1936-1937 has not been announced.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

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.

Regular meetings are held on alternate Monday evenings. At
these meetings various phases of Christian work are discussed by
students or by specially invited speakers. The Society also conducts
mission conferences in the Spring and Fall, these having been led
during the past two years by Dr. Darby Fulton,' 15 and Dr. Nelson
Bell, respectively. A significant part of each Commencement is the
Address before the Society of Missionary Inquiry with an offering
taken for Foreign Missions.

Under the direction of the Society the members have taken full
charge of evangelistic preaching at "the Chapel," thus establishing
a real rescue mission in the heart of Atlanta. Students under reg-
ular assignment visit in the neighborhood and hold three services
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for the support of a member of the student body to continue the
work during the summer. 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 of the Atlanta area.

"The J. Leighton Wilson Missionary Room" has been opened in
Campbell Hall. The room contains a number of highly prized mis-
sionary books, curios, and trophies. This collection dates back to
the early years of the Society, and it contains, among other valuable
missionary curios, the medicine chest used by Dr. Wilson while in
Africa, and a leaf from the Diary of David Brainard. The Societv
is now making an effort to increase this valuable collection. As far
as possible, the pictures of all the graduates of the Seminary who
have gone to foreign mission fields will be placed in this room.

The Quartette

For a number of years past Columbia Seminary has been repre-
sented by excellent quartettes which have occupied a prominent place
in the musical life of the institution and have rendered a variety of
services. Engagements have been filled at Sunday Schools, Church
services, young people's societies, Men-of-the-Church meetings,
Woman's Auxiliary meetings, public schools, colleges, conventions,
men's luncheon clubs, women's clubs, evangelistic meetings, hos-
pitals, prisons, and at other places. By invitation, the quartette has
rendered from time to time, acceptable programs over radio station
WSB of the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga., and over several other
stations in cities visited.

Members of the quartette have opportunity to form many pleasant
and profitable contacts, and to render real service to the Seminary,
the Church, and the Kingdom. The success of this group and the
many favorable comments which have been made upon its work are
attributable, in very large degree, to the splendid musical training
given the students by Mrs. S. A. Cartledge, the Seminary's Director
of Music.

Religious Exercises

A constant endeavor is made to keep the life both of individuals
and of the school as a whole upon the highest possible plane. All
classes in the Seminary are opened with prayer. Students and faculty
members meet daily in the chapel for a brief worship service, at
which time a message is usually brought by a faculty member or by
some visiting speaker. Other gatherings for worship are often con-
ducted by the students themselves and meetings of prayer groups are
held at frequent intervals.

On Thursday evenings the faculty and the students meet in the
chapel for regular preaching services conducted by the students.

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Following this service the entire group retires to another room
where, as a part of the student's training in homiletics and public
speaking, faculty members offer constructive criticisms and sugges-
tions as to the subject matter, composition, and method of delivery
of the sermons.

During the early weeks of each school year it is customary for
a series of devotional messages to be brought to the students by
some minister especially qualified for the task. This period of spir-
itual preparation for the year's work is crowned by a Communion
Service which is conducted in the Seminary Chapel early Sunday
morning. Other observances of this Sacrament are held at frequent
intervals during the school year. These services rightly hold the
place of preeminence in the devotional and spiritual life of the
campus. The Communion Set used in this service was presented by
the late Dr. W. M. McPheeters in memory of his wife, Emma Gold
Morrison McPheeters.

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 remuner-
ation is usually provided.

Atlanta Presbytery fosters a vigorous work among the colored
people. This is considered one of the most important features of
its work, and gives opportunity for special training in this field,
which, in the South, constitutes one of our most challenging tasks
and most fruitful opportunities for service.

The Seminary endeavors to cooperate with the Y. M. C. A., Sal-
vation Army, Evangelistic Clubs, and other agencies engaged in
various forms of informal preaching and welfare service in shops,
industrial plants, jails, and elsewhere.

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, mem-
bers 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 en-
gage in full time supply work, the Faculty will consider each case
and decide upon it on its merits.

Physical Culture

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 Seminary,
therefore, encourages all students to take regular exercise. On the
campus, there are tennis courts, a volley ball court, and a baseball
field. A neighboring golf course, the Forrest Hills Golf Club has
been kindly allowing students to play free of charge on certain days
of the week, and golfers find an additional advantage in the fact
that the city of Atlanta has several municipal courses. Basketball
is frequently played in the gymnasium of the Decatur Presbyterian
Church, and during recent years the Seminary Five has played a
strenuous schedule of games within the Atlanta Presbyterian Sunday
School League, of which it is a member. The city of Atlanta also
offers a splendid opportunity for competition in tennis with various
schools and organizations, and in years past the Seminary has been
represented by some very strong teams in this sport. The fine cli-
mate of this section and the equipment of the Seminary make it
possible for students to engage in some form of open-air athletics
practically every day.

The splendid hospital and medical facilities of Atlanta are readily
available to students of the Seminary and this fact ensures the proper
care of those who require medical attention. Several of the promi-
nent physicians and surgeons of the city have always been willing
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.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Anna Church Whitner Memorial Fellowship

This Fellowship was established by Wm. C. Whitner, LL.D., of
Rock Hill, S. C, as a memorial to his mother, who was an earnest,
consecrated, and devoted Christian. Each year the Fellowship is
awarded to some member of the Senior Class or of the five preceding
graduating classes. The income from the Fellowship, about $500,
will be used by the Fellow to finance a year's post graduate study

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in an approved American or European institution. During the past
eight years this Fellowship has been awarded to the following indi-
viduals, who are listed with the names of the institutions at which
they have elected to take graduate work:

H. N. Alexander, Princeton Theological Seminary.

S. A. Cartledge, University of Chicago.

I. M. Bagnal, Princeton Theological Seminary.

D. M. Mounger, University of Edinburgh.

T. H. Grafton, Northwestern University.

R. T. Gillespie, Emory University.

G. T. Preer, University of Virginia.

R. S. Hough, Princeton Theological Seminary.

Resident Fellowship in New Testament

This Fellowship may be awarded to any college graduate who has
had such thorough preparation in Greek as to fit him for teaching
work in that department and who may be enrolled as a member of
any class at Columbia. The Fellow will be expected to teach regular
classes in Beginners' Greek for the benefit of students who have not
studied this language in college, or to do other work under the Pro-
fessor of New Testament.

The New Testament Fellowship provides its holder with room,
board, and tuition, and with a cash stipend which varies in accord-
ance with the duties required of the Fellow, but is in all cases suf-
ficiently generous to be of very great assistance to the successful ap-
plicant.

The work required of a Fellow will not interfere with his regular
studies.

Applications for Fellowships should be made to the President in
writing before February 15th in any school year.

Wilds Book Prize

Some years ago the Seminary received from Louis T. Wilds, Esq.,
a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S. C,
the sum of five hundred dollars, to provide an annual book prize.
At the close of each session the proceeds of the gift are invested in
books for a student selected by the Faculty because of distinction in
his academic work. This prize was divided last year between Mr.
John D. Cotts of Holland, Mich., and Mr. J. Kenton Parker of Mt.
Mourne, N. C.

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EXTENSION WORK BY THE FACULTY

Evangelistic Services

Since the removal of the Seminary the faculty members have been
engaged in Atlanta and throughout the South, in practically every
form of service required of a minister. They preach; administer the
sacraments for vacant churches; teach Bible classes; conduct classes
in schools of Missions, teacher training schools, and young people's
conferences; attend other conferences of various kinds; address
Synods, Presbyteries, Young People's Conferences, Men's Clubs and
.-.peak to almost every variety of civic and social club on a wide
range of topics.

In order to be effective teachers of men who are to be preachers
of the Gospel, it is essential that professors in a theological seminary
should be men of a deeply evangelistic spirit and that they should
not lose contact with the outside world and its needs. For this rea-
son, it is the policy of Columbia Seminary to encourage its profes-
sors in the holding of special evangelistic services as frequently as
their academic activities will permit, and practically all members
of the faculty conduct one or more such meetings annually.

Columbia Seminary Extension School

During the past three winters the members of the Seminary fac-
ulty have given their services to make possible a new venture in
adult Religious Education. In addition to the Seminary faculty Dr.
William Huck, Director of Religious Education for the Presbytery
of Atlanta, taught one course last winter. This school is operated
under the auspices of the Presbyterian Ministers' Association and
the Presbyterian Sunday school Superintendents' Association of
Atlanta, for a period of ten weeks each year, in the Church School
Building of the North Avenue Presbyterian Church. Seven or eight
courses are offered each year for which credit is given either by the
Committee of Religious Education in Richmond or by our Depart-
ment of Woman's Work. Classes are held on Tuesday and Friday
nights throughout the ten weeks, for a period of two hours each
night.

We are gratified with the large numbers who have taken advan-
tage of the school and the enthusiasm with which they support it.
The faithfulness in regularity of attendance has been marked. In
every way the work begun seems to indicate that it is meeting a real
need and should be continued.

PASTOR'S INSTITUTE

At the request of the Synod of Georgia the first regular Pastor's
Institute of Columbia Seminary was held last year as an experiment,
intended to determine whether such a conference period would not
meet a real need in the lives of ministers throughout this section.

48 Columbia Theological Seminary

The attendance upon the first institute was highly gratifying and at
the conclusion of the week the ministers present, by a unanimous
vote, expressed appreciation of the program and requested the Sem-
inary to make the offerings of similar courses and lectures a part
of its regular service to the Church. In compliance with that request,
and in the desire to make its facilities as thoroughly available to
our ministers as possible, the Seminary has prepared for a second
institute which will have been held by the time this catalogue em-
erges from the press.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Alumni of Columbia Seminary have always constituted an
intensely loyal group, and the Alumni Association is a vigorous or-
ganization which seeks to make an increasing contribution to the
welfare of the institution. For the past three years an Alumni Of-
fice has been maintained on the campus under the direction of Mr.
Eugene L. Daniel, a student who has served as Alumni Secretary
and who has rendered invaluable service in enlarging the files and
records of the Association and in promoting movements which it
has initiated. Mr. Daniel will be succeeded in the office next year
by Mr. Jack McMichael, another student who has had valuable ex-
perience in personnel and clerical work and who is well fitted for
this task.

The Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association, formerly an
event of Commencement Week, is now held in connection with the
Annual Pastor's Institute. This meeting is devoted primarily to fel-
lowship, the transaction of necessary business, and to the election
of officers, but a special effort is also being exerted to make it a
time for the reunion of classes which have graduated five, or any mul-
tiple of five, years previously. Other dinner meetings of the Alumni
are held annually in connection with the General Assembly and dur-
ing the Minister's Conference at Montreat. In accordance with a
plan which originated with a group of its leaders, the Association
has, for the past two years, made a substantial financial contribution
to the support of the Seminary through the Alumni Sharing Fund.

Officers of the Association who have served with distinction dur-
ing the past year are: Rev. Charles L. Smith, Atlanta, Ga., Presi-
dent; Rev. John Melton, Rome, Ga., Vice-President; and Mr. Eu-
gene L. Daniel, Atlanta, Ga., Secretary and Treasurer.

The officers who have been elected for the year 1936-1937 are:
Rev. E. T. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga., President; Rev. W. H. Jackson,
Stockbridge, Ga., Vice-President; and Mr. Jack McMichael, Boligee,
Ala., Secretary and Treasurer.

GRADUATING CLASS OF 1935

THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF THEOLOGY

Richard Franklin Simpson, B.A., B.D Georgia

THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DIVINITY

William Massey Mclnnis, B.A North Carolina

George Thomas Preer, B.A., M.A Georgia

Henry Seymour Robinson, B.A North Carolina

Stephen Jamison Sloop, B.A North Carolina

Robert McNair Smith, B.S Louisiana

Charles Conner West, B.A Georgia

Edgar Bert Wilkinson, B.S Florida

CERTIFICATES WITHOUT GRADUATION

William Adolphus James South Carolina

Clarence Limuel Letson Georgia

Columbia Theological Seminary

ROLL OF STUDENTS 1935-1936
Senior Class

Name Residence

David Fairley Blue, Jr., A.B. Parkton, N. C.

Davidson College

Bennie Lee Bond, A.B.

Mercer University-

Presbytery
Fayetteville

David Eugene Boozer, A.B.
Newberry College

James Boyce Bradley, A.B.
Erskine College

Homer Stevens Chapman, A.B.
University of Georgia

Llewellen Brooks Colquitt, Jr., A.B.
Davidson College

John Dangremond Cotts, A.B.
Hope College

Eugene Lewis Daniel, B.S.

Georgia School of Technology

William McLeod Frampton, Jr., A.B.
Presbyterian College

Kenneth Littlejohn Hamilton, B.S.
Presbyterian College

Robert Spencer Hough, A.B.
Millsaps College

John Robert Howard, B.S.
Davidson College

Charlton Dobyns Hutton, A.B.
Millsaps College

Robert Morrison Lemly, A.B.
Presbyterian College

Avondale Estates, Ga. Baptist

Newberry, S. C. South Carolina

Clinton, S. C. South Carolina

Covington, Ga. Atlanta

Columbus, Ga. Macon

Holland, Mich. Atlanta

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta

Charleston, S. C. Charleston

Spartanburg, S. C. Enoree

Jackson, Miss. Central Mississippi

Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta

Jackson, Miss. Central Mississippi

Ewell Lee Nelson, A.B.

Fayetteville, Tenn.

Atlanta

Presbyterian College

Freeman Benson Parker, A.B.

Macon, Ga.

Macon

Presbyterian College

Joseph Kenton Parker, Jr., A.B.

Mt. Mourne, N. C.

Concord

Davidson College

Claude Gillespie Pepper, Jr., A.B.

Hamlet, N. C.

Mecklenburg

Presbyterian College

John Edwards Richards, A.B.

Liberty Hill, S. C.

Bethel

Davidson College

Charles Chamberlain Shafe, A.B.

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta

South Georgia Teachers College

John Edward Talmage, A.B.

Korea

Atlanta

Maryville College

Middle Class

Name

Residence

Presbytery

Narcisso Gonzales Barron, A.B.

Columbia, S. C.

Congaree

Presbyterian College

William Ellsworth Cox

Jackson, Miss. Central Mississippi

Millsaps College

Robert Bee-Hill DuPree, A.B.

Owings, S. C.

South Carolina

Erskine College

Columbia Theological Seminary

Moses Elmore Gregg, A.B.
Presbyterian College

Frank Rogan Morse

University of Georgia

Marvin Thrasher Murphy, A.B.
University of Chattanooga

Raymond Lee Nelson, A.B.
Arkansas College

William Samuel Talmage, A.B.
Maryville College

Franklin Taylor

Davidson College
University of Tennessee

Florence, S. C.

Pee Dee

Eatonton, Ga.

Savannah

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga

(U. S. A.)

Havana, Ark.

Ouichita

Korea

Atlanta

Atlanta, Ga.

Atlanta

Junior Class

Name

Van Munroe Arnold, A.B.
Presbyterian College

Robert Frederick Boyd

College of Charleston

Marion Gordon Bradwell, A.B.
Bob Jones College

Leonard Oscar Elmore. A.B.
Presbyterian College

Hugh Sigmund Fite, A.B.

University of Mississippi

James Edward Graham. A.B.
Presbyterian College

Furman Ezekiel Jordan, A.B.
Presbyterian College

Cecil B. Lawter, A.B.
Wofford College

Jack Brame McMichael, A.B.
East Texas State College

Albert Spencer Noblitt
Duke University

John Rhodes, A.B.

Presbyterian College

James Rhodes Smith, A.B.
Maryville College

William David Stewart. A.B.
University of Georgia

Edgar Love Storev, Jr., A.B.
Maryville College

Addison Alexander Talbot, Jr.
Bob Jones College

Boyd Baxter Underwood, A.B.
Presbyterian College

William Lowry Walker, A.B.
Austin College

Residence
Sylacauga, Ala.

Presbytery
North Alabama

Mt. Pleasant, S. C. Charleston

Bainbridge, Ga. Southwest Georgia
Rock Hill, S. C. Bethel

Jackson, Miss. Central Mississippi
Rock Hill, S. C. South Carolina

Whitmire, S. C.
Spartanburg, S. C.
Boligee, Ala.

Marion, N. C.
Cramerton, N. C.
Meridian, Miss.
Athens, Ga.
Mt. Olive, Miss.

South Carolina

Enoree

Birmingham

Concord

South Carolina

Meridian

Athens

Meridian

Bowling Green, Ky. Muhlenburg

Clinton, S. C. South Carolina

Cleburne, Texas. Ft. Worth

Columbia Theological Seminary

Graduate Students

Rev. Russell F. Johnson, A.B., B.D. Decatur, Ga.

Birmingham-Southern College

Princeton Theological Seminary

Columbia Theological Seminary-
Rev. Clarence Eugene Piephoff, A.B. Greenville, S. C.

Presbyterian College

Columbia Theological Seminary

Rev. Charles L. Smith, A.B., B.D. Atlanta, Ga.

Presbyterian College
Columbia Theological Seminary

Rev. Edgar Bert Wilkinson, B.S., B.D. Jacksonville, Fla.
Davidson College
Columbia Theological Seminary

Rev. D. Lee Williamson, A.B., B.D. Brazil

Presbyterian College
Union Theological Seminary

Rev. J. Russell Young Atlanta, Ga.

Oglethorpe University
Columbia Theological Seminary

Atlanta

Enoree

Atlanta

Suwanee

Atlanta

W. Hoyte Nichols

Special Students

Atlanta, Gi

STUDENT'S ROOM

Columbia Theological Seminary 53

Lecturers on the Thomas Smyth Foundation

1911 Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject:

The Theistic View of the World.

1912 Casper Rene Gregory, D.D., LL.D., University of Leipsic, Germany. Sub-

ject: Theological Movements in Germany During the Nineteenth
Century.

1913 Robert E. Speer, LL.D., New York City. Subject: Some Missionary

Problems Illustrated in the Lives of Great Missionary Leaders.

1914 Robert A. Webb, D.D., LL.D., Louisville, Kentucky. Subject: The

Doctrine of the Christian Hope.

1915 William Hoge Marquess, D.D., LL.D., New York City. Subject: The

Period from Abraham to Joshua as Illustrated by the Results of
Archaeological Discovery.

1916 J. Campbell White, A.M., LL.D., Wooster, Ohio. Subject: Missions and

Leadership.

1917 W. S. Plumer Bryan, D.D., Chicago, Illinois. Subject: The Grace of God.

1918 Benjamin B. Warfield, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject:

Counterfeit Miracles.

1919 Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject:

Christianity and the Modern Man.

1920 A. H. McKinney, D.D., New York City. Subject: Guiding Girls to

Christian Womanhood.

1921 Louis Matthews Sweet, S.T.D., Ph.D., New York. Subject: The Origin

and Destiny of Man in the Light of Scripture and Modern Thought.
1923 J. Sprole Lyons, D.D., Atlanta, Georgia. Subject: Sermonic Sources.
1923 L. E. McNair, D.D., Jacksonville, Florida. Subject: Passion in Preaching.
1923 W. McF. Alexander, D.D., New Orleans, Louisiana. Subject: The Man

and His Message.
1923 J. B. Hutton, D.D., Jackson, Miss. Subject: Regulative Ideas in

Preaching.
1923 James I. Vance. D.D., Nashville, Tenn. Subject: Sermonizing.

1923 Dunbar H. Ogden, D.D., Mobile, Ala. Subject: The House in Which

the Minister Lives.

1924 Egbert W. Smith, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. Subject: The Call of the

Mission Field.

1925 A. M. Fraser, D.D., Staunton, Virginia. Subject: Church Unity.

1926 Samuel L. Morris, D.D., Atlanta, Georgia. Subject: The Fact of

Christianity.

1927 J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: The Virgin

Birth.

1928 Charles R. Erdman, D.D., Princeton, New Jersey. Subject: The Life

of D. L. Moody.

1929 William T. Ellis, Swarthmore, Pa. Subject: Explorations and Ad-

ventures in Bible Lands.

1930 Wm. C. Covert, D.D., LL.D., Philadelphia, Pa. Subject: Worship and

Spiritual Culture.

1931 W. P. Paterson, D.D., LL.D.. Edinburgh, Scotland. Subject: The

Christian Interpretation of History.

1932 Melvin Grove Kyle. D.D., LL.D., Louisville. Ky. Subject: In the Foot-

steps of Bible Characters.

1933 W. Taliaferro Thompson, D.D., Subject: The Psychology of Christian

Growth.

1934 Frazer Hood, Ph.D., Litt.D., Davidson, N. C. Subject: The Christian's

Faith.

1935 Samuel M. Zwemer, D.D.. Princeton, N. J. Subject: The Origin of

Religion.

1936 Cornelius Van Til, Ph.D., Philadelphia, Pa. Subject: God and Human

Knowledge.

54 Columbia Theological Seminary

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

Name

Home address

Present address

Are you under care of Presbytery? If so, which?

Schools attended \ears Graduate? Degree

How many years have you taken Greek? Where?

What Greek works have you read?

Average grade.

Your pastor's name and address

Date of birth Place of birth

Are you married? Have you any children?

Are you willing to subscribe to the following pledge?

"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, if ad-
mitted as a student, 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 wholesome admonitions of the professors and direc-
tors of the Seminary while I shall continue a member of it."

Signature

Note: This application may be accompanied by a letter setting forth
any additional facts.

INDEX

Academic Awards 44, 45

Admission and Graduation 13

Alumni Association 48

Application for Admission 54

Board 16

Board of Directors 5

Calendar 3, 4

Certificates 15

College Preparation 13

Courses of Study 23-38

General Statement 23

Group I -Biblical Theology 23-30

Group II Historical Theology__ 30, 31
Group III Systematic Theology__31-33

Group IV Practical Theology 33-38

Credentials 13

Cultural Advantages 12

Degrees 15, 19, 20

Outline of Courses for Degree

of B.D 18

Requirements for Degree

of Th.M.

.19, 20

Directions for Reaching

Seminary (Inside back cover)

English Course 18

Examinations 20

Expenses 16, 17

Extension Work by Faculty 46, 48

Evangelistic Services 46

Columbia Seminary Extension

School 46

Pastor's Institute 46, 48

Faculty Members and Officers 6, 7

Fees 16

Fellowships 44, 45

Anna Church Whitner Memorial_44, 45

Resident 45

Financial Aid 17

Grades and Distinctions 20

Graduating Class 1935 49

Grounds and Buildings 11

Historic Columbia 9, 10

Home Mission Work 43

Instruction 10, 11

Lecturers on Smyth Foundation 53

Librarians 39

Library 39

Opportunities for Observing

Religious Work 12

Pastor's Institute 46, 48

Pledge 15, 16

Physical Culture 44

Preaching by Students 43, 44

Quartette 42

Religious Exercises 42, 43

Reports to Presbyteries 16

Roll of Students 50-52

Schedule 20, 21, 22

Seminary, The 9-12

Scholarships 17

Smyth Lecture Foundation 40

Smyth Library Fund 39

Society of Missionary Inquiry 40, 42

Student Activities 40-44

Students from Other Seminaries 15

Visiting Speakers and Lecturers 8

Wilds Book Prize 45

Bulletin

Supplementary to the Catalogue of

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

CALENDAR

and

ANNOUNCEMENTS
1937-38

Published Quarterly at
Decatur, Ga.

Volume XXX May, 1937 No. 2

Entered as Second Class Matter May 9, 1928, at the Postoffice at Decatur, Georgia,
Under the Act of August 24, 1912.

**.:

CALENDAR

Commencement 1937

SUNDAY, MAY 16

11:00 A.M. Baccalaureate Sermon, Delivered at the Westminister Presby-
terian Church, Atlanta, Ga., by Rev. Peter Marshall, Pastor.
8:00 P.M. Annual Sermon before Society of Missionary Inquiry. Delivered
at Morningside Presbyterian Church by Rev. H. E. Russell, Mc-
Donough, Ga.

MONDAY, MAY 17

6:30 P.M. Senior Banquet.

TUESDAY, MAY 18

10:00 A.M. Annual Meeting Board of Directors.

1:00 P.M. Alumni Luncheon and Business Meeting.

8:00 P. M. Commencement Exercises in Seminary Chapel. Address to Grad-
uating Class by Dr. Henry H. Sweets, Executive Secretary of
Christian Education and Ministerial Relief in Presbyterian
Church, U. S.
Conferring of Degrees.
Awarding of Honors and Distinctions.

SESSION 1937-1938
Fall Quarter

Thursday, September 9, 11:00 A. M. Session begins. Opening Address in

Seminary Chapel. Matriculation. Announcements.
September 14-17 Special Devotional Services led by Rev. Daniel Iverson,

Pastor Shenandoah Presbyterian Church, Miami. Florida.
November 19-24 Examinations.
Thursday, November 25 Thanksgiving.

Winter Quarter

Friday, November 26, 8:15 A. M. Class Work Resumed.

Friday, December 17, 1 :00 P. M. Christmas Holidays begin.

Tuesday, January 4, 1938 Class Work Resumed.

January 24-29 Smyth Lectures Delivered by Rev. J. Sprole Lyons. D.D., LL.D.,

Pastor Emeritus First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta. Ga.
January 24-February 4 Rural Pastors' Institute.
February 22-26 Examinations.

Spring Quarter

Tuesday, March 1, 8:15 A. M. Class Work Resumed.
May 10-14 Examinations.
May 15-17 Commencement.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE

In accordance with a custom which has been followed at Columbia
Seminary for some time the catalogue of this institution is published
in alternate years. This bulletin is issued as a supplement to the
catalogue which was published in May, 1936, and contains only such
information as is necessary in order to bring that publication en-
tirely up to date. The calendar for 1937-38 is announced, important
plans for the coming year's work set forth, and new courses which
have been added during the past year are described. The schedule
of classes remains the same as that announced last spring except that
in future the first period will begin at 8:15 rather than at 8:30
A. M., and the second period will be moved forward correspond-
ingly. The Chapel Service will be held at 10:15 and, under ordinary
circumstances, a recess period of fifteen minutes will thus be pro-
vided before the opening of the third period at 11:00 o'clock.

In other respects the information given in the catalogue, which
will be mailed upon request to all those for whom it is not already
available, does not require alteration at the present time.

THE SMYTH LECTURES FOR 1937-38

It is peculiarly appropriate that the next series of lectures upon
the Thomas Smyth Foundation should be delivered by one who has
had such an important part in the life of Columbia Seminary and
of the entire Presbyterian Church, U. S., as Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, Pas-
tor Emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Ga. Dr.
Lyons has been for more than fifty years a minister of the Gospel,
having occupied a number of the most important pulpits of our
denomination and served with such distinction as preacher, pastor,
and presbyter that in 1913 he was elected Moderator of its General
Assembly. A graduate of Union Theological Seminary in Rich-
mond, Va., he has been intimately connected with each of the four
seminaries of our Church and has played a leading part in the estab-
lishment and maintenance of Columbia Seminary in Atlanta, having
served for the past four years as Chairman of its Board of Directors.
The subject of his lectures will be "Expository Preaching," a theme
which should be of vital interest to all ministers and ministerial
students, and to the treatment of which Dr. Lyons will bring not
only his native gifts of intellect but the fruits of his long experience
as one of the outstanding expository preachers of his day as well.

These Lectures will be delivered during the week of January 24-
29, 1938, and will thus fall within the period of the annual Rural
Pastors' Institute, which will be held this year from January 24
through February 4.

DR. SHELDON OFFERS INSTRUCTION IN
HYxMNOLOGY

Through the generosity of Dr. Charles A. Sheldon. Jr., of Atlanta
in giving his time for the purpose Columbia Seminary has been able
to enrich its curriculum this year by the addition of much needed
instruction in music and hymnology. This class, which was instituted
during the Spring Quarter of the present year, will meet for one
hour each week during the entire session of 1937-38 and will include
all members of the student body.

Nationally recognized as one of the outstanding musicians of the
South today, Dr. Sheldon is eminently qualified to serve as a teacher
of young ministers. A great grandson of Dr. John S. Wilson, who
was a pioneer Presbyterian minister of this section and the organizer
of the First Presbyterian Churches of Atlanta and Decatur, he has
himself been Minister of Music in the First Presbyterian Church of
Atlanta for eighteen years, and a son, Charles Sheldon, III, is now a
student in Columbia Seminary.

Dr. Sheldon received his early education in the public schools of
Atlanta, but his musical education as an organist was taken under
Dr. J. Lewis Browne, Dr. J. Fowler Richardson, and Harry Rowe
Shelby of New York City, and he received training as a pianist un-
der Kurt Mueller. He has also made a special study of Hymnology
and Choral Church Music in summer courses taken at Northwestern
University.

In addition to his connection with the First Presbyterian Church
of Atlanta, Dr. Sheldon has for twenty years been the city organist
of Atlanta and has played frequently in Catholic. Episcopal, and
Methodist Churches as well as in the Jewish Temple of this city. He
is an authority on acoustics and on organ architecture, and his na-
tional reputation as a concert organist is indicated by the fact that
he appeared as a featured artist at the concert given several years
ago at the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Pa. He
has been invited to be a member of the select group which will ap-
pear in an organ recital to be given at Northwestern University dur-
ing its next summer session. The degree of Doctor of Music was
conferred upon him by Oglethorpe University in 1923.

Columbia Seminary counts itself honored in having Dr. Shel-
don associated with its faculty, and the Church owes him a debt of
gratitude for his willingness to thus contribute his time and his tal-
ent to the training of its young ministers in a vitally important field.

APPOINTMENT OF A FULL-TIME LIBRARIAN

The library of Columbia Seminary has for years been recognized
as one of the most valuable collections of theological literature to
be found in the South, but owing to the fact that the institution had

no full-time librarian this asset has never previously been utilized
to the best advantage. Mrs. F. C. Talmage of Atlanta and Mrs, S. A.
Cartledge had rendered an exceedingly important service for a num-
ber of years in voluntarily beginning the cataloguing and indexing
of the volumes in the library according to a modern system of classi-
fication, and the institution will ever owe them a debt of gratitude
for their lasting contribution to its welfare in their fine progress with
that task. In spite of this unselfish service on their part, however,
the daily work of the library had still to be handled as best it might
by part-time student librarians under the oversight of a faculty
member.

Last September, as one of the first direct benefits derived from its
successful financial campaign, the institution was able for the first
time to engage a full-time librarian and was fortunate in securing
Miss Harriet Kehrer of Decatur, Ga., a graduate of the University
of Georgia with library experience, for that position. Miss Kehrer
is a sister-in-law of Dr. S. A. Cartledge, the faculty supervisor of the
library, and in cooperation with him she has already done a great
deal to improve this essential part of the seminary's life and work.
More than 2,000 additional volumes have been accessioned during
the past eight months, and the task of cataloguing the other books is
proceeding at an accelerated pace. In addition to this the library
and its contents have been better cared for than ever before and,
through the employment of student-assistants under direction of Miss
Kehrer, the extent of its usefulness to students and faculty members
alike has been greatly enhanced. It is hoped that the day is not far
distant when the usefulness of the library can be still further in-
creased by the addition of a circulating department consisting of
volumes which will be available to the ministers of this section by
mail, but further time will be necessary before arrangements looking
to that end can be completed.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADDITIONAL COURSES

Group IV

A. Religious Education

408. Seminar in Education. This course represents a coopera-
tive undertaking. It was first given in the Spring of 1937 in response
to the expressed wish of a group of students desiring a clear con-
ception of the total educational program of the small church. Hav-
ing set up a hypothetical church situation the group was divided
into four committees as working units. Class periods of two hours
each were devoted to the reading and discussion of the several com-
mittee researches for the week, always keeping in mind the necessity
for the correlation of the separate studies into a unified whole. This,
or similar courses, will be given from time to time to students seek-
ing specialized work in the field of Religious Education. Elective,
three hours. Professor Carmichael.

C. Homiletics

406. Sermon Building. This course is largely taken up with a
study of different types of sermons textual, topical, expository,
narrative, doctrinal, special, evangelistic. Portions of Scripture
which afford an intensive study of these types are chosen and as-
signed for practical homiletical work. The sermon hriefs which are
daily presented are freely direussed by the class in a spirit of con-
structive criticism and in the light of the principles which should
govern the preparation of sermons. Special attention is given the
subject, aim, introduction, plan, and conclusion of each sermon.
The student offering a suggestion is required to support his criticism
with valid reasons. Elective, five hours. Dr. Foster.

407. Logic. The aim of this course is two-fold. First, to dis-
cover the laws of thought upon which the structure of knowledge
rets by a scientific study of the processes of thinking; second, to
cultivate the habit of accuracy in speech. The intimate relation be-
tween thoughts and words is revealed and stressed, the latter being
but the verbal expressions in and through which thought completes
itself. Through a detailed and comprehensive survey of the fields of
Deductive and Inductive reasoning the student is shown the methods
by which knowledge may be corrected and systematized, by which
new truths may be discovered, and the rules which must be observed
to obtain valid conclusions. Attention is also given to the conditions
from which errors or fallacies most commonly arise. Textbooks:
An Introductory Logic by Creighton and Smart, and The Prin-
ciples of Reasoning by Daniel S. Robinson. Elective, three hours.
Dr. Foster.

E. Music and Hymnology

401. Music and Hymnology. The aim of this course is to ac-
quaint 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 Presby-
terian Hymnal will be used throughout most of the course and the
hymns which it contains will be treated historically, linographically.
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. The class will meet in the seminary Chapel each Tuesday
morning throughout the year. Required for all students during 1937-
38, credit as a two-hour course. Dr. Sheldon.

PROPOSED MINIMUM PRE-SEMINARY CURRICULUM

(N. B. The statement which is printed below has been approved by the
General Assembly of our Church and is published here at the request of that
body. It should be carefully studied by all candidates for the ministry who
have not completed their college training.)

Following is a proposed minimum statement of fields of study with which
it is desirable that a student should have acquaintance before beginning study-
in seminary. It is desirable that the student's work in these fields of study
should be evaluated if possible on the same basis of his mastery of these
fields, rather than in terms of semester hours or credits. But many institutions
use the latter methods of calculation. Therefore in connection with the fields
of study, is indicated a minimum for each, stated in terms of semesters and
semester hours.

Basal.
Fields. Semesters Sem. Hrs.

English

Composition and literature 4 8-12

Philosophy 2 4-6

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

History 2 4-6

Psychology 1 2-3

A foreign language

At least one of the following:
Latin

Greek a prior knowledge of Greek is of great advan-
tage to a Seminary student.
French

German a knowledge of German is of advantage
to a student pursuing advanced theological study.

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 colleges. 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.