Inform Vol.66 No.5 July 1972 News Bulletin From Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur, Georgia SPRING CALENDAR EVENT -FULL A. .president took office, new officers were elected for seminary organizations, 41 students received degrees, and five seniors were awarded fellowships and prizes during the spring of Columbia's 143rd year. The seminary inaugurated a new presi- dent for the first time in nearly 40 years in a service marked by colorful banners and attended by members of many parts of the seminary's family. The Rev. Dr. C. Benton Kline, Jr., was installed as Columbia's fifth president and professor of theology in a two-minute ceremony during the April 15 inaugural service. Speakers during the three-day inaugural were the Rev. Dr. James I. McCord, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, the Rev. Dr. J. Davidson Philips, former chairman of the Columbia Board of Directors, and the Rev. J. Leighton Ford, vice president and associate evangehst, Billy Graham A^^ocin tion Gifts of nearly S20,000 during 1971-72 for the Richards Fund for Graduate and Continuing Education were announced at the April 13 CFC meeting. Officers elected to serve with the other 1 1 members of the executive committee were Mrs. Dwight Goodner of Tallahassee, Fla., president, Mrs. Rudolph W. Johnson of Atlanta, vice president, and Mrs. Thomas 0. Cox of Climax, Ga., secretary. The group also approved the 1972-73 project, "Share the Cost", to help provide the additional monies needed for the support of each Columbia student beyond benevolence gifts and endowment income. The Rev. C. Jarred Hammett, minister to students at the University of South Carolina, was elected president of the Alumni Association for 1972 during Alumni Day activities on April 14. Vice president is the Rev. Wilson L. Nearing, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Thomasville, and the secretary is the Rev. William Watts Satterwlrite, pastor of the Riverdale (Ga.) Presbyterian Church. At the 139th commencement on June 4, 29 Master of Divinity, two English diplomas, eiglit Master of Theology, and two Doctor of Sacred Theology degrees were awarded. Dean James Thomas Laney of Candler School of Theology addressed the graduates before they received their de- grees and were vested with their hoods. "Jesus' ministry makes our ministry vahd," the Rev. Dr. J. Davison Philips, baccalau- reate preacher, told the graduates. He is pastor of the Decatur Presbyterian Church and immediate past chairman of the Columbia Board of Directors. Earlier in the year, Mr. Kenneth P. Wackes (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) received the Bryan Fellowship and the Society for Theological Scholarship theology award. He was awarded the Master of Divinity degree with distinction. Mr. James Bartow McLain, Jr. (Marietta, Ga.) received the Alumni Fellowship. Other S. T. S. awards went to Mr. C. 0. Magee (Corpus Christi, Tex.), the Samuel A. Cartledge Exegesis Prize; Mr. William A. Bryant, Jr. (Quincy, Fla.), historical; and Miss Mary Jones (Tuscumbia, Ala.), pastoral. Middler Sherwood McKay, Jr., Atlanta, was elected to head the Society of Mis- sionary Inquiry. The group's other 1972-73 officers are Middler Thomas B. Sullivan, Jr., Lafayette, Ga., vice president; Junior Harry H. Barrow, Baton Rouge, secretary; and Junior David L. Beville, Lithia Springs, Ga., treasurer. Under a newly adopted constitution the student body elected executive and judicial officers and nine representatives. President for 1972 is Middler William J. Holmes of Columbia, S. C. Middler Brad Hestir, Atlanta, is vice president, Junior Thomas Barclay, Corpus Christi, Tex., treasurer, and Junior Beverly Hageman, Winfred, Neb., secretary. Student wives elected Mrs. Glenn A. Ruggles of Dade City, Fla., president of the (Continued p. 4, col. 2} President C. Benton Kline (I) and Board Chair- man Frank B. Davis chat with Board Member James O. Speed following the April 15 inaugural service. Photo by Swenson Inform V^ OLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CLASS OF 1972 .fll BROWN FIFE HUIE JOHNSTON CAMPBELL CUTHILL HOLMES 4' JOHNSON JONES LASSITER LEACH Master of Divinity Theodore E. Blackwell, minister, Peneola and Crossnore Presbyterian Churches, Crossnore, N. C, Holston (not pictured) George A. Brown, Jr., pastor, First Presby- terian Church, Hartwell, Ga., Athens Norman Campbell, assistant minister, Second Presbyterian Church, Spartan- burg, S. C, Enoree Wendell Craker, Wesleyan James Lawrence Cuthill, assistant pastor, Georgia Avenue Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga., Atlanta John Fred Fife, undecided Dan Hogan, music director-organist, Hill- side Presbyterian Church, Decatur, Ga., Atlanta (not pictured) R. Michael Holmes, assistant pastor, North- west Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga., Atlanta Renee Huie, producer, Ideas on Tape, TRAV, Atlanta, Ga. (English diploma) J. Ernest Johnson, undecided Brian I. Johnston, pastor, First Presby- terian Church, Cedartown, Ga., Cherokee Mary N. Jones, Methodist Norman Eugene Lassiter, pastor, Allendale Presbyterian Church, Allendale, S. C, Charleston S. Caroline Leach, assistant campus minis- ter, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga., Atlanta MAGEE MCNAULL MUSSELMAN ODUM QUILLIN ^'^^><&- 4t^ SHOCKLEY MCRIGHT NEDER PLATT RIGHTMYER STEARNS Inform Clarence O. Magee, Jr., pastor, Olivia and Barbecue Presbyterian Churches, OUvia, N. C, Fayetteville James B. McLain, student. University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany James E. McNaiill, assistant pastor. North- minister Presbyterian Church, Macon, Ga., Augusta-Macon Danny A. McRight, chaplain intern. Clini- cal Pastoral Ed., Georgia Regional Hos- pital, Decatur, Ga., North Alabama Thomas L. Musselman, pastor, Andrews Presbyterian Church, Andrews, N. C, Asheville Charles N. Neder, assistant pastor. Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S. C, Congaree Ronald L. Odiim, pastor, Franklin Presby- terian Church, Frankhn, N. C, Ashe- ville Joseph W. Piatt, undecided James H. Quillin, undecided Joseph B. Rightmyer, assistant pastor. Chapel Woods Presbyterian Church, Decatur, Ga., Atlanta Howard G. Shockley, pastor, Piney Flats and New Bethel Presbyterian Churches, Piney Flats, Tenn., Holston Douglas B. Steams, chaplain-intern, Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Ga., Augusta-Macon SWINDALL THOMAS - J 4' ^m. VERMEIRE WACKES WATSON ZACHRY Master of Theology (not pictured) Vladimir Doule, pastor, Brno, Czechoslo- vakia Robert Allen Foster, pastoral counselor at Foothills Mental Health Center, Lenoir, N. C. Raymond Francis Horan, Jr., pastor. Catholic Church of St. Joseph, Athens, Ga. Kui Chid Lee, lecturer in homiletics, Hanil Womens' Theological Seminary, and editor, Pok-twen Malsem, Chunju, Korea Sun Young Lee, pastor, Korean Church, Chicago, 111. Ken-Ichi Nogi, pastor, Osaka, Japan George Harvey Porter, Jr., pastor, Hapeville Presbyterian Church, Hapeville, Ga. David George Shoemaker, public school teaching and youth work, Stone Moun- tain, Ga. Doctor of Sacred Theology (not pictured) James Don Aderhold, pastor, Columbia Drive Baptist Church, Decatur, Ga. James Russell Mason, associate professor of Bible, St. Paul Bible College, St. Paul, Minn. David E. Swindall, assistant minister/ chaplain-intern, First Presbyterian Church/Central State Hospital, Milledge- ville, Ga., Augusta-Macon Ronald M. Thomas, pastor, Jefferson, Rocky Creek, McBee Presbyterian Churches, Jefferson, S. C, Pee Dee (English diploma) Calvin L. Vermeire, pastor. First Presby- terian Church, Miami Beach, Fla., Ever- glades Kenneth P. Wackes, student, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, Tenn. James E. Watson, minister. New Dublin Presbyterian Church, Dublin, Va., Abingdon John A. Zachry, officer in training, Hamil- ton National Bank, Chattanooga, Tenn. F, ROM THE PRESIDENT June brings each year a sense of sadness and of joy. Sadness because we graduate a group of students who have spent three years on our campus and have been our friends. We have shared together in the discovery of truth, in the pain of growth, in higli moments of worship, and in times of grief, illness, and depression. So there is sadness at the departure of friends. But there is joy, too, because these men and women are going out to serve Jesus Christ and His Church and His world. Preparation is ended. Service begins. And there is joy that a new group of ministers is entering that service. In our sadness and joy, we offer prayers of thanksgiving for the churches from which these men and women have come to us; for the rich experiences of learning, worshipping, and sharing life on this campus; for the service they have already given in churches, camps, hospitals, prisons; above all for the call to the service of Jesus Christ and for the daily presence of His Spirit. So we also raise prayers for the work to which they go, the people they will serve, the Church in which they minister, and, above all, for them that they may be guided, equipped, sustained, and blessed in tlieir ministry. I hope you wUl join in the prayers for these who graduate, are still in Columbia Seminary, and for those who come to begin in July and September, and for us who teach. Inform 4) 350,000 SOUGHT IN MISSISSIPPI BY 1975 Leadership has been secured and activities begun in the Columbia Challenge Campaign in the Synod of Mississippi. Approved by the synod three years ago, this campaign has a financial goal of $350,000. Advance gifts will be sought from individuals this summer, and presentations made to church sessions this fall. The payment period is 1973-75. Student financial aid will receive $125,000, and 850,000 is sought to re- model 20-year-old student apartments. The purchase of property adjacent to the present campus will be made possible by $50,000 from Mississippians. The Con- tinuing Education Program for pastors will receive $50,000, and $75,000 will go for general endowment. Student apartments to be remodeled. The Rev. Robert Smith, Tupelo, and Mr. Frank Mitchener, Sumner, are chair- men for the campaign in St. Andrew Presbytery, and Columbia board member Erst Long of Ripley is working with them. In Central Mississippi the Rev. Dr. Cecil Thompson, a member of Columbia's board, is serving as coordinator. Another board member, the Rev. Dr. Richard Summers, Gulfport, is chairman for South Mississippi Presbytery. The Rev. Al Jepson, Columbia's director of development, is the staff leader. (Continued from p. 1) Wives Club for 1972-73. Others elected to serve with her are Mrs. Lamar Potts, Newnan, Ga., secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Whaley S. Barton, Miami, Fla., hospitality; Mrs. Martin L. Harkey, III, Danville, Va., Bible study; Mrs. Richard P. Neldon, Atlanta, publicity; and Mrs. P. David Snellgrove, Loudon, Term., social. Middler Joyce Rimes, Birmingham, is 1972-73 president of the Society for Theo- logical Scholarship. N, EW TEACHING PROGRAM OUTLINED Six selected Columbia seniors have been teachers to their fellow students in a pilot teaching seminar during the spring. The men and women taught the two- hour weekly junior teaching practicum, in rotation, as a requirement for their senior teaching practicum. At least twice each one was totally responsible for it; at other sessions they taught with the course's instructor. Then Prof. A. Milton Riviere, who is the faculty leader for the senior teaching prac- ticum, met with the six men and women for another two hours to help them critique their skills and experiences. The project will be repeated next year. V^ ONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM EXPANDED WITH NEW COURSES Ten new and repeated courses are planned for the 1972-73 Columbia Continuing Education Program, Prof. A. Milton Riviere, dean of ministry development, has announced. "Development of Church Officers", "Theology, Ministry, and Economic Sys- tems", "Skills of Inter-personal Communi- cations Through Groups", and "Mission Development" are new listings for the October through May series. Complete details about these and other courses will be included with the an- nouncement to be distributed early this summer. Requests for information should be made to Dean Riviere at the seminary. Visiting Instructor in Pastoral Ministry Irvin Elligan listens as Senior Mary Jones makes a point during one of his class sessions this quarter on "Exploring Mission in Urban Settings Beset by Social Change." Photo by Stanford COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Vol.66, No. 5, July 1972 Elizabeth Andrews, Editor Published 7 times a year / Jan., Feb., Apr., May, July, Oct., Nov. Inform DECATUR GEORGIA 30031 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT DECATUR, GA