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Presbyteriau Committee of Piiblicatiou, Piiebuiond, Va

Annual Catalogue of the Officers

and Students of the Columbia

Theological Seminary

Under the Control of the Synods of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Nineteen Hundred and Five-Six

Calendar

1906.
May 1 ^Final Examinations Begin.

May 6 Baccalaureate Sermon, 11 :15 A. M., by

Rev. John W. Stagg, D. D., Birmingham,

Ala.
May 6 Missionary Address, 8:30 P. M., by Rev.

R. O. riinn, Atlanta, Georgia.
May 8 Meeting of the Board of Directors, 8:30

P.M.
May 10 Closing Exercises, beginning at 11 A. M. ;

Presentation of Diplomas and Certificates ;

Address to the Graduating Class by a

Member of the Board, beginning at 11

A. M.
September 19 Session of 1906-07 Begins. Address by a

Member of the Faculty at 5 P. M.

Matriculation of Students.
November 29 Thanksgiving Day.
December 25 Christmas Day.

1907.
January 22-26 Intermediate Examinations.
January 26 Close of First Term.
January 29 Beginning of Second Term.
February 28 Day of Prayer for Youth in Schools and
Colleges.

N. B. It is of the greatest importance that all students in
all classes be present on the opening day, since recitations
begin vn all classes on the second day of the session, and the
first few recitations determine and base the work of the
entire session

Board of Directors

SOUTH CAROLINA

Rev. W. G. Neville, D. D., LL. D., Clinton, S. C 1906

Rev. J. G. Richards, Blenheim, S. C 1906

Mr. W. a. Clark, Columbia, S. C 1907

Rev. W. J. McKay, D. D., MayesviUe, S. C 1907

Mr. John McSween, Timmonsville, S. C. . . 1908

Rev. B. p. Reid, Reidville, S. C 1908

GEORGIA

Rev. James Y. Fair, D. D., Savannah, Ga 1907

Rev. J. T. Plunket, D. D., Augusta, Ga 1907

Rev. J. W. Walden, D. D., Athens, Ga 1908

Me. J. T. Brantley, Waycross, Ga 1908

ALABAMA

Mr. J. H. Miller, Birmingham, Ala 1906

Rev. D. a. Planck, D. D., Mobile, Ala 1907

Rev. a. a. Little, Sehna, Ala. . 1908

FLORIDA

Rev. T. p. Hay, Gainesville, Fla 1907

Rev. W. E. Boggs, D. D., Jacksonville, Fla 1908

Coitiinittcc9 of the Board

Executive Committee Mr. W. A. Clark, Rev. B. P. Reid,

Rev. W. G. Neville, Rev. J. W. Walden.
Examvning Committee Rev. J. G. Richards, Rev. A. A.

Little, Rev. T. P. Hay.
Investing Committee Messrs. W. A. Clark, J. S. Muller,

W. B. Lowrance, O. E. Thomas, D. W. Robinson.
Committee on Material Property Rev. R. C. Reed and Rev.

W. M. McPheeters.
Librarian Rev. R. C. Reed.
President of Board Rev. W. E. Boggs.
Vice-President of Board Rev. J. W. Walden.
Secretary of Board Rev. W. G. Neville.
Treasurer of Board Mr. T. S. Bryan.

faculty

WILLIAM M: McPHEETERS, D. D., LL. D.,

PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS.

HENRY ALEXANDER WHITE, Ph. D., D. D.

PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE AND EXEGESIS.

WILLIAM T. HALL, D. D., LL. D.,

PROFESSOR OF DIDACTIC AND POLEMIC THEOLOGY.

RICHARD C. REED, D. D.,

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND CHURCH POLITY.

PERKINS PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL SCIENCE IN CONNECTION
WITH REVELATION, AND CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS.

PASTORAL THEOLOGY, SACRED RHETORIC AND ENGLISH
BIBLE.

The duties of these Chairs are distributed among the members
of the Faculty.

EDGAR DAVIS KERR, A. B.,

TUTOR IN GREEK.

Chairman of Faculty. W. M. McPheeters.

Librarian: R. C. Reed.

Cleric of Faculty : H. A. White.

Roll of Students

JUNIOR CLASS

Ervin, Clarendon Witherspoon, A. B., Davidson College.
Indiantown, S. C. Harmony Presbytery,

Gillespie, Richard Thomas, Jr., A. B., Davidson College.
Rock Hill, S. C. Bethel Presbytery.

Graham, Ennis, University of Georgia.

Athens, Georgia. Charleston Presbytery.

Harrison, Allen Reece, A. B., Davidson College.

Huntersville, North Carolina. Mecklenburg Presbytery.

McChesney, Paul Stanley, King College.

Bristol, Virginia. Holston Presbytery.

Rowan, Jesse Colin, A. B., Davidson College.

Carthage, North Carolina. Fayetteville Presbytery.

Rauschenberg, Fritz, Atlanta High School.

Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta Presbytery.

MIDDLE CLASS
DuBosE, Warner Harrington, Davidson College.

Columbia, S. C. Pee Dee Presbytery.

Kerr, Edgar Davis, A. B., Davidson College.

Charlotte, N. C. Mecklenburg Presbytery.

SENIOR CLASS
Boyd, William Harper, A. B., Presbyterian College of S. C.
Chnton, S. C. Enoree Presbytery.

Knox, Hubbard Allen, A. B., Davidson College.

Statesville, N. C. Concord Presbytery.

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SPECIAL STUDENTS
Allen, William Clark,

Columbia, S. C. Pee Dee Association.

Matheson, Rev. Robert Gordon, Louisville Theological

Seminary.
Max Meadows, Virginia. Abingdon Presbytery,

RoDRiGUEs, Rev. F. A.,

Campinas, Brazil. Presbytery of Minas.

Wayne, Edward Anthony, University of South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C. Columbia Conference.

WiLKiNS, Rev. Walter Eugene, A. B., Furman University.
Columbia, S. C. Fairfield Association,

SUMMARY

Senior %

Middle 2

Junior 7

Special 5

Total 16

Rcprcsentatioti

Instimttons

Davidson College 7 University of S. C 1

King College 1 Furman University 1

Presbyterian Col. of S. C. 1 Atlanta High School. . . . 1

University of Ga 1 Louisville Seminary 1

presbyteries

Abingdon 1 Fayetteville 1

Atlanta 1 Harmony 1

Bethel 1 Holston 1

Charleston 1 Mecklenburg 2

Concord 1 Minas, Synod of Brazil. . . 1

Enoree 1 Pee Dee 1

States

Brazil 1 South Carolina 7

Georgia 2 Virginia 2

North Carolina 4

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Class of 1905

Full graduates with degree of B. D. :
Coble, Charles Paul, A. B.
DuBose, Palmer Clisby, A. B.
McCully, Carl Wilson, A. B.
Simpson, Thomas Ellison, A. B.
Spence, Thomas Hugh, A. B.
Spencer, Arthur Ernest, A. B.
Ward, James Edward, A. B.

Members of the Class of 1905 who completed a portion of
the course of study:
Bradley, James.
Griffin, George Oswell.
Hannah, Joseph Eggleston.
Johnson, Asa Linton, A. B.

Bcddtorid

The Seminary year begins on Wednesday after the third
Monday in September, and ends on the second Thursday in
May. For the convenience of some of the classes and for pres-
byterial reports, the session is divided into two terms, the first
of which ends on the fourth Saturday in January, and the
second begins on the following Tuesday.

Hdmission

The Seminary is open to students of every evangelical
denomination. Every student entering the Seminary is
required to present a statement from his Presbytery, to the
effect that he has permission to enter the Seminary, and
specifying the course he is desired to take. Otherwise he
must furnish the Faculty with satisfactory testimonials of
being in full communion with some Christian church, and of
having been regularly educated at some college or univer-
sity ; or, in the absence of such testimonials, must satisfy the
faculty, by examination, that he is qualified to enter upon a
course of study in theology.

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All students, on entering the Seminary, are required to
subscribe to the following declaration : "Deeply impressed
with a sense of the importance of improving in knowledge,
prudence and piety, preparatory to the gospel ministry, I
solemnly promise, in reliance on divine grace, that I will faith-
fully and diligently attend to all the instructions of this
Seminary, and that I will conscientiously and vigilantly
observe all the iniles and regulations specified in the Consti-
tution, and also obey all the lawful requisitions, and readily
yield to all the wholesome admonitions of the professors of
the Seminary, while I shall continue a member of it."

It is desirable that Presbyterian students should connect
themselves with a Presbytery before coming to the Seminary.
Students from other Seminaries will be admitted ad eundem
on presenting a regular certificate of dismission from the
Seminary previously attended.

Courses of Study

^ JUNIOR

(18 hours a week.)

Old Testament. Hebrew Orthography, Etymology, Vo-
cabulary, Syntax of the Verb, and Translation at Sight
in Genesis ; Textual Criticism and Archseology 5

New Testament. Translation of Greek of the Four Gos-
pels, Essentials of Greek Grammar, Hamiony of Gos-
pels, and Life of Christ 5

Ecclesiastical History. Sacred History from the Creation
to the End of the Apostolic Period, Ancient Geography,
Archaeology and Chronology 2

Sacred Rhetoric. Outline of Sacred Rhetoric, Exercises
in Reading the Scriptures and Hymns 1

Missions. Bible Teaching, Biography, Geography, Eth-
nology and Philolog}^ 1

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Theology. Theology: Its Definition, Method of Distri-
bution, Relation to Philosophy, and Source; and Inspi-
ration of Scripture 1

English Bible. Old Testament: Study of the Several
Books, with a View to Discover the Organizing Principle

of Each

New Testament : Inductive Study of the Gospels 2

Mental Philosophy. A Course of Lectures 1

Elocution

MIDDLE

(17 hours a week.)

Old Testament. Drill in Exegesis, and in Hebrew Syn-
tax ; Translation of Extended Passages ; Special Intro-
duction ; Elements of Higher Criticism and the Text ... 3

New Testament. Translation and Exegesis of Acts of
Apostles and Early Epistles ; Apostolic History 3

Ecclesiastical History. From the Apostolic Period to the
Reformation Period 3

Sacred Rhetoric. Outline Completed, and Written Exer-
cises for Criticism 1

Missions.- Chronological History of Missions; the World
Religions ; Kinds of Mission Work ; Qualifications and
Methods ; Incidental Value 2

Theology. The Theology of Natural Religion 3

English Bible. Old Testament: same as in Junior Year.
New Testament: Study of Contents and Logical Ar-
rangement of Epistles 2

Elocution

SENIOR
(16 hours a week.)
Old Testament. Studies in the Psalms ; Special Introduc-
tion ; Dillman on Genesis ; Prophecy 3

New Testament. Exegesis of Romans and Later Pauline
Epistles ; Studies in the Doctrine of the Apostles 3

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Ecclesiastical History. Modern Period, History of the

Presbyterian Church and Church PoHty S

Pastoral Theology and Homiletics. A Course of Lectures

and Exercises in the Composition of Sermons 1

Missions. Lectures on Mission Topics 1

Theology. The Theology of Redemption 3

English Bible. Same as in Middle Year 2

Elocution

POST-GRADUATE WORK

For those who desire to continue their course of study for
a longer time, or take special studies, no fixed curriculum is
prescribed, but each student is free to devote himself to those
branches which he wishes specially to pursue. Such students
may attend any of the regular classes, or they may pursue
advanced study and conduct original investigation under the
guidance of the several Professors in the Seminary.

OPTIONAL COURSES

No regular recitations are conducted on Mondays. This
makes it convenient to introduce optional courses for students
who wish to equip themselves better than the regular curricu-
lum permits. On request such courses will be provided by the
Professors of the several departments.

The Professor will reserve the right to say whether any
applicant shall take a desired course, basing his judgment
upon the recognized ability of the student and the probability
of interference with his regular work. He reserves the
further right to deteinnine, from the number making appli-
cation, whether the course shall be opened.

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Cbe Dcpartmcnte of Inetruction

Old t^estanient Literature and exegesis

Professor McPheeters.

The aim of this department is to put the student in a posi-
tion to interpret the Scriptures of the Old Testament in the
original. Special emphasis is laid upon the mastery of the
principles of Hebrew Etymology and Syntax ; the acquisition
of a copious vocabulary ; the formation and cultivation of
those mental habits which condition a correct exegesis ; and
the acquiring of sound principles of interpretation and of a
knowledge of the several branches of interpretation.

The work attempted is determined by the end had in view.
In the Junior Class the emphasis is laid upon securing a
working vocabulary, a thorough grounding in etymology,
and an initial acquaintance with the syntax of the verb. In
the Middle and Senior Classes the object chiefly aimed at is
to perfect the student's knowledge of syntax, and to ground
him in the knowledge and drill him in the apphcation of sound
principles of interpretation.

The matter and the extent of the courses in the Middle and
Senior Classes vary somewhat from year to year to meet the
varying needs and attainments of different classes.

The leading topics of General Introduction, such as the
Canon, the Text and Archaeology, are taken up and discussed
in their connexions; as are also such subjects as the Higher
Criticism, Prophecy, and Old Testament Theology.

Upon request, detailed information will be furnished to any
one desiring it, as to what will be the special features of the
work to be done in any of the classes for the coming session.

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JSfcw t^cstamcnt Literature and 6xege9t9

Professor White.

In the study of the New Testament it is assumed that each
student who enters the Seminary has fitted himself to read
some of the prose Hterature of the Greek language, and that
he has a knowledge of the forms of inflection and other rules
of syntax. All of those who propose to enter this field of
work are advised to add to their knowledge of classical Greek,
an acquaintance with some of the narrative portions of the
Greek New Testament.

JUNIOR CLASS
The work in this department begins with the translation and
critical interpretation of the Greek text of the four Gospels.
In connection with this the Junior Class makes a careful study
of the life of Christ in its several periods. This work occu-
pies the greater part of the entire session and is based upon
a study of the Harmony of the Gospels. Each student is
expected to read the biographies of Christ by Andrews,
Davis, Edersheim and others. To this study there is added
a careful analysis of each of the Gospels and its individual
characteristics. The subjects connected with General Intro-
duction, the Canon, the Text of the New Testament and
Textual Criticism are taught in a series of lectures. Every
student is expected to master the principles of Greek Ety-
mology and Syntax. Each student is expected also to use the
Working Library of the Seminary in the preparation of
papers upon assigned topics.

MIDDLE CLASS
The work of the Middle Class begins with the translation
and exegesis of the Greek text of the Acts of the Apostles.
The class makes a careful study of the early planting of the
Christian Church as set forth in the Book of Acts. In this
work is included the exegesis of the Epistle of James. Then
follows a critical interpretation of First and Second Thessa-

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lonians, Galatians, and First and Second Corinthians. The
Working Library is used by each member of the class in the
preparation of special papers.

SENIOR CLASS

The Doctrinal Teaching of the Apostles is the principal
subject of study in the Senior Class. This includes the trans-
lation and critical exegesis of the later Epistles of the Apostle
Paul, beginning with a careful and extended study of the
Epistle to the Romans. This is followed by a study of the
Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of the Apostle Peter and
the Epistles and the Revelation of the Apostle John. The
class also makes a careful examination of the life and work
of each of the three Apostles, Paul, Peter and John. In
addition to this work, the class enters upon the discussion of
some of the subjects embraced in the Biblical Theology of the
New Testament. Special papers prepared by the members
of the class are made the subjects of discussion in the class-
room. The Greek New Testament is used as a text book in
the class-room in each of the three classes throughout the
session. Each student is expected to become familiar with the
various Critical Commentaries found on the shelves of the
Working Library.

Didactic and polemic theology

Professor Hall.

The study of Systematic Theology is begun in the Junior
Year, and prosecuted through the Middle and Senior Years.

JUNIOR CLASS

This Class is occupied once a week with the Philosophy
of the Feelings, of the Will, and of the Conscience. The
text book used is Dabney's Practical Philosophy. Part of
the year is given to Butler's Analogy, also.

The Junior Class is also occupied once a week with Intro-
ductory Theology, embracing the Definition of Theology

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and the Method of its Distribution, the Relation of Theol-
ogy to Philosophy and Science, the Source of Theology or
the Rule of Faith and Duty, and the Inspiration of the Scrip-
tures. The text book used is the first volume of Hodge's
Systematic Theology.

MIDDLE CLASS

The Middle Class studies the Theology of Natural Reh-
gion, comprising the following topics: The Being of God,
Man's Natural Ignorance of God, Our Knowledge of God,
the Names of God, the Nature and Attributes of God, the
Trinity, the Decrees, Creation, Providence, Angels, Man, the
Will of Man in Innocence, Moral Government, the Covenant
of Works and the Principle of Federal Representation, the
Fall, Original Sin, including a full discussion of the theories
touching Hereditary Sin, the State and Nature of Sin, the
Pollution and Guilt of Sin, and the Degree of Guilt.

SENIOR CLASS

The Senior Class studies the Theology of Redemption,
consisting of the following topics : Election and Reprobation,
Appointment of the Mediator and Federal Head, the Covenant
of Grace, QuaHfications of the Mediator, the Person of Christ,
the Mediatorial Offices, the Mediatorial Estates, Vocation,
Grace, Regeneration, Faith, Justification, Repentance, Adop-
tion, Sanctification, the Moral Law, Prayer, the Last Things,
embracing Death, the State of the Soul after Death, the
Second Advent, the Resurrection of the Dead, the Final Judg-
ment, Glorification, Future Punishment, including the consid-
eration of Annihilationism, Future Probationism, and
UniversaHsm.

The text books of the Middle and Senior Classes are the
first volume of ThomwelPs Collected Writings, and the three
volumes of Hodge's Systematic Theology. Along with the
study of text books, lectures, written and unwritten, are freely
employed. The students are required to submit, at all meet-

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ings of the classes, digested statements in writing of what has
been gone over in preceding exercises. Constant reference is
made to the Westminster Standards.

6cck9ta9ttcal Ristory and Church polity

Professor Reed.
JUNIOR CLASS
This year is given to the study of Sacred History, or the
history of the church as contained in the Old Testament
Scriptures. As auxiliary to this, the class begins with a
short course in Biblical Geography, the object of which is
to acquire a familiar knowledge of the lands in which the
ancient people of God dwelt. The class devotes the re-
mainder of the year to the history of God's deaUngs with
the race, and especially with His chosen people, from the
beginning to the birth of Christ. Use is made of the results
of recent excavations in Bible lands.

MIDDLE CLASS

During this year the class studies the General History of
the Christian Church from the beginning of the Apostolic
Age, through the Reformation of the 16th Century. An
effort is made to gain a clear knowledge of the successive
steps by which the simple organization of the primitive church
was transformed into the elaborate hierarchy of the papacy.
Close attention is given to the history of doctrine, especially
the controversies out of which emerged the different creeds and
systems of theology. The method of teaching is by text
books, supplemented by occasional lectures.

From the middle till the close of this session the class meets
the Professor an hour each week in the study of Church Polity.

SENIOR CLASS
The class completes the General History of the Church
before the middle of the term. Then follows a course in
Christian Missions, with special reference to the present day

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mission work of the various churches of Protestant Christen-
dom, the present condition of the heathen world, and the
urgent need of a more fervent missionary spirit.

The latter part of the session is given to the study of the
Presbyterian Churches of the world.

Natural Science in Connection with Revelation and
Christian Hpologetica

This Chair is vacant for the present. Its field is partially
covered by Professor Hall in Mental Philosophy and Theol-
ogy, and Professors White and McPheeters in Introduction
and Criticism.

pastoral Cbeology and f>omiletic9

Professors Reed axd Hall.
JUNIOR CLASS

One hour a week is given through the entire session to
Homiletics under Professor Reed. When the class has
acquired some theoretical knowledge of sermonizing from the
text book, they are required to put the knowledge into practice
in making briefs of sermons. These briefs are submitted to
the Professor, and he gives the class the benefit of his criti-
cism.

MIDDLE CLASS

The course in Homiletics is continued with substantially
the same method of instruction as in the Junior year until the
text book is completed.

SENIOR CLASS

During the year Pastoral Theology and the Sacraments
are taught by Professor Hall. Text books: Hoppin's Pas-
toral Theolegy, and Armstrong's Sacraments of the New
Testament,

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rbc English Bible

Professors McPheeters and White.
MIDDLE AND SENIOR CLASSES
The Old Testament in English.

The Junior, Middle and Senior Classes devote one hour a
week to the study of the books of the Old Testament with
Professor McPheeters. Special attention is paid to master-
ing the contents of the several books and to determining the
place and function of each in the organism of the Old Testa-
ment revelation.

JUNIOR AND MIDDLE CLASSES
The New Testament in English.

The Junior Class uses during a portion of the session a
Harmony of the Four Gospels in English, with Professor
White. The Life of Christ in all its details, as given in the
Gospels, is made the subject of extended study. The Middle
and Senior Class uses the Acts of the Apostles in English for
a short time as a part of the course of study in the New Testa-
ment.

elocution

There is a special fund, the proceeds of which are available
to provide for instruction in Elocution by a proficient teacher.

examinations

At the close of each term, written examinations are held
upon all the subjects studied during the term. The written
examinations are submitted to the Synodical Examiners and
to the Board for their inspection, and are then transmitted to
the Presbyteries. "No member of the Seminary shall be
absent from the examination of his class ; and, in case of the
absence of any student, he shall be examined by the Faculty
at the commencement of the next term ; and if his examination
be not satisfactory, he shall be required to make up the

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deficiency, otherwise he may not proceed with the Class."
Constitution.

On a scale of 100, 75 is the minimum required in each
subject to pass from a lower to a higher class, and also for
graduation.

Reports to t)rtQbytcnc9

Reports are sent semi-annually to Presbyteries concerning
the attendance of the students upon the exercises of the Sem-
inary, and concerning their general deportment, dihgence and
standing in study.

Rhetorical Bxercises

In addition to the regular instruction in Sacred Rhetoric,
exercises in Oratory and Debate are held under the direction
of the Faculty.

Once a fortnight, original discourses of about fifteen
minutes in length are dehvered in the presence of the Faculty
and students. Criticism is invited from all present, the pur-
pose of which is to remove blemishes of matter, manner and
style. Usually two students speak at each meeting.

Once a fortnight, also, there is a debate upon some subject
chosen by the students, the aim of which is to cultivate freedom
of thought and readiness of speech in the students. The
Faculty is represented by the officer of the week, who presides,
and, should it be necessary, corrects errors in the arguments
and views advanced.

Reltgtoud Culture

Chapel. Daily prayers, which every student is required
to attend, are conducted in the morning by a member of the
Senior Class, and in the afternoon by one of the Professors.

Weekly Conference. Each Thursday afternoon, be-
ginning at 5 o'clock, is occupied by the Professors in a Con-
ference before the students upon personal piety, plans and
methods of study, and kindred topics ; the students take part
in the devotional exercises.

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Society of Missionary Inquiry.- This Society meets
twice a month, on Monday evenings, and holds a separate
business meeting once a month. It proves a power in awak-
ening and sustaining interest in missions, and takes practical
oversight of local mission work.

Mission Work. Columbia and its suburbs offers consid-
erable opportunity for religious work and training. There
are two mission churches in the suburbs. There are three
factory villages, besides two or three other districts of des-
titute and ignorant whites. Two missions are conducted
among these. There is abundance of opportunity for work
among the colored people. There are two organized colored
missions in which the students work. Prayer meetings, house-
to-house visitation, Sabbath-schools and street preaching
services are conducted by the students.

Regular Preaching. Students of the Middle and Senior
Classes are allowed, with the consent of the Presbyteries con-
cerned, and when it does not conflict with their Seminary
duties, to supply vacant churches in the State of South Caro-
lina, every part of which is easily accessible to Columbia.

Location ^nd Butldtngs

The city of Columbia, the capital of South Carohna, has
a population of about 35,000. It is situated on heights
overlooking the Congaree River, and is noted for the beauty
of its site, its broad and well shaded streets, its excellent
natural drainage, its quiet and refined society. It is a rail-
road and educational center, having, besides a number of lower
schools and institutions, the University of South Carolina,
the Presbyteria]! College for Women, the Methodist Female
College, and a Business College. Columbia is about mid-
way between the celebrated winter resorts, Camden and Aiken,
South Carolina. Its climate is, therefore, mild and genial.
Within the past few years, Columbia has entered upon a career
of steady, if not, indeed, of phenomenal development. The
establishment of large manufacturing enterprises in the

various suburbs of the city means, not only increased material
prosperity for the city, but enlarged opportunities for mis-
sion work by the students of the Seminary.

The Seminary occupies a beautiful square of four acres in
the heart of the residence portion of the city of Columbia.
Just across the street from the Seminary stands the Presby-
terian College for Women. The main floor of the central
building on the Seminary grounds is used for lecture rooms,
the third floor for the library. This building is flanked by
the two dormitories, Law Hall and Simons Hall. Each of
these dormitories has twenty-four rooms, commodious, well
ventilated and lighted. The rooms are kept in a thoroughly
cleansed and wholesome condition, and are supplied with a
complete suite of furniture, drugget and necessary linen and
bedding. The Ladies' Society of the First Church, Colum-
bia, has fitted up with new and handsome furnishings a
number of the rooms in Simons Hall. The Chapel is the
small brick building on the east side of the square ; the mess
hall is on the west side a new two-story brick building, a
picture of which is placed opposite this page.

historical Sketch

The Columbia Seminary was founded in 1828 by the Synod
of South Carolina and Georgia, which occupied the territory
now embracing the three Synods of South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida, so that these other Synods when they were
formed assumed for themselves the covenant relations entered
into by their forefathers. The Synod of Alabama entered
into the same compact in 1857. Dr. Goulding, of Georgia,
was elected the first Professor in 1828. In January, 1830,
he and his students removed from Georgia to Columbia. In
January, 1831, the present building was occupied and Dr.
Howe was elected his co-professor. In 1854, Simons Hall
was erected through the liberahty of Mrs. E. L. Simons, of
Charleston, and in 1855, Mrs. Agnes Law, of Columbia,
provided for the erection of a dormitory that bears her name.

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The establishment of this Seminary in Columbia, in 1828,
was the practical recognition, by the fathers of that day, of
the fact that they owed something to their generation and
something also to those who were to come after them.
Looking around them, they saw fields white to the harvest.
An increasing population with pressing spiritual needs was
filling the boundaries both of South Carolina and Georgia.
Looking ahead of them into the future, the fathers of that
day foresaw that time would make the call for efficient
laborers in this field only the more urgent. Their children,
even then, had begun to turn their eyes westward. The States
of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana were being settled by
those whose antecedents were in South Carolina and Georgia.
The Christian people of these two States followed with eager
interest not only the material, but also the spiritual progress
of those who had gone out from them, and were still of them.

In the narrative of the Synod of South Carolina and Geor-
gia for the year 1832, four years after the Seminary opened
its doors, the following statement occurs:

"It is to be hoped that the period is not far distant, when
the school of the prophets to which principally our Churches
look for the successors of those who are removed from th^
Ministry by death for the pastors who are to break the
bread of life among our numerous unsupplied Churches, shall
be so amply furnished by Christian liberality with the means
of imparting a complete Theological Education, that it shall
not be behind similar institutions to which the Churches in
other parts of our land look for their spiritual guides."

faculty

Accessus. Exitus,

1828 Thomas Goulding,* D. D., Professor of Ec-
clesiastical History and Church Polity. 1834
1831 George Howe,* D. D., LL. D., Professor of

Bibhcal Literature. 1883

*Deceased.

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Accessus. Eccitus,

1833 A. W. Leland,* D. D., Professor of Christian

Theology. 1856

1836 Charles Colcock Jones,* D. D., Professor

of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1838
1848 Charles Colcock Jones,* D. D., Professor

of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1850

1852 Alex. T. McGill,* D. D., Professor of Ec-

clesiastical History and Church Polity. 1853

1853 B. M. Palmer,* D. D., LL. D., Provisional

Instructor in Ecclesiastical History and
Church Polity. 1853

1854 B. M. Palmer,* D. D., LL. D., Professor of

Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1856

1856 A. W. Leland,* D. D., Professor of Sacred

Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology. 1871

1858 J. H. Thornwell,* D. D., LL. D., Professor

of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1862

1857 J. B. Adger,* D. D., Professor of Ecclesiasti-

cal History and Church Polity. 1874

1861 James Woodrow, Ph. D., D. D., LL. D.,
Perkins Professor of Natural Science in
Connection with Revelation. 1886

1867 WiLLL^M S. Plumer,* D. D., LL.D., Pro-
fessor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1875
1870 Joseph R. Wilson,* D. D., Professor of Pas-
toral and Evangelistic Theology and Sacred
Rhetoric. 1874

1875 William S. Plumer,* D. D., LL. D., Pro-

fessor of Pastoral, Casuistic and Historic
Theology. 1880

1876 J- L. Girardeau,* D. D., LL. D., Professor

of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1886

1882 Chas. R. Hemphill, D. D., Associate Pro-
fessor of Biblical Literature. 1883

"^Deceased.

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Accessus. . Exitus.

1882 Wm. E. Boggs, D. D., Professor of Ecclesi-

astical History and Church Pohty. 1885

1883 Chas. R. Hemphill, D. D., Professor of

Biblical Literature. 1885

1885 Jas. D. Tadlock,* D. D., LL. D., Professor

of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity. 1898

1886 J. L. Girardeau,* D. D., LL. D., Professor

of Didactic and Polemic Theology. 1895

1887 Chas. C. Hersman, D. D., Professor of Bib-

lical Literature. 1888

1888 Francis R. Beattie, Ph. D,, D. D., Perkins

Professor of Natural Science in Connection
with Revelation, and Christian Apologetics. 1893
1888 William M. McPheeters, D. D., Professor

of Bibhcal Literature. 1893

1892 Daniel J. Brimm, A. M., Associate Professor

of Biblical Literature. 1893

1893 William M. McPheeters, D. D., LL. D.,

Professor of Old Testament Literature and
Exegesis.

1893 Daniel J. Brimm, D. D., Professor of New

Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1900

1893 Samuel S. Laws, A. M., M. D., LL. D.,
D. D., Perkins Professor of Natural Science
in Connection with Revelation, and Christian
Apologetics. 1898

1895 William T. Hall, D. D., LL. D., Professor
of Didactic and Polemic Theology.

1898 Richard C. Reed, D. D., Professor of Eccle-
siastical History and Church Polity.

1900 John W. Davis, D. D., Professor of New

Testament Literature and Exegesis. 1902

*Deeeased.

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Accessus. Exitus. j

1901 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M., Adjunct Professor '

in the Chair of Pastoral Theology, Homi-

letics, and the English Bible. 1902 ;

1902 Henry Alexander White, Ph. D., D. D., j

Professor of New Testament Literature and j

Exegesis. \

Lecturers

1898 Samuel M. Smith, D. D., Lecturer in Pas- \

toral Theology and Homiletics. 1899 i

1898 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M., Lecturer in EngHsh j

Bible. 1901 ;

XTutors in f>ebrew

1851 Bazile E. Lanneau, A. M. 1855 j

1856 James Cohen,* A. M. 1862 i

1872 Charles R. Hemphill, A. M. 1878 j

1889 Daniel J. Brimm, A. M. 1892 ;

1892 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M. 1893 i

1893 EvANDER D. Brown, A. M. 1894 :

1894 Charles M. Richards, A. B. 1896 :
1896 William H. Mills, A. B., B. D. 1898 |
1898 Melton Clark, A. B. 1898 :
1898 Samuel C. Byrd, A. M. 1902

1902 Ernest N. Bradshaw, B. D. 1894 i

1904 James B. Branch, A. B., B. D. 1905 |

tutors in Greek

1894 Alfred L. Patterson, A. B. 1895 '

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1905 Edgar Davis Kerr, A. B.

Library

The Library contains about 20,000 volumes, mostly theo-

logical. In it are incorporated the larger parts of the Hbra- |

ries of Dr. Smyth, Rev. John Douglass, Prof. Greorge Howe, ^

^Deceased.

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and S. Beach Jones, D. D. New books are being continu-
ally added from a rather small fund for the purpose, as well
as by gift. The libraries of the Professors, amounting to
several thousand volumes, are accessible to the students.

The Smyth Reference Library Rooms, located in Simons
Hall, have been fitted up in a handsome style by Miss Sarah
Ann Smyth and the Ladies' Society of the Second Church,
Charleston. In these rooms are kept the books needed for
daily use and the various periodicals taken and received.
The rooms are kept warm and are furnished with electric
lights.

The Society of Inquiry has a considerable and quite inter-
esting Museum, together with a small hbrary of recent works
on Missions.

expenses

There are no fees nor charges for room-rent. The Sem-
inary furnishes buildings, kitchen utensils, table ware and
linen, and pays the salary of the Matron. The cost of good
board is reduced to a minimum under the careful supervision
of the Matron, Miss Mary McKenzie, and ranges from $8 to
$10 per calendar month.

By a special arrangement, books are purchased at about
cost. Some text books can be obtained from the Library.
Washing can be had at $1.25 per month. Traveling ex-
penses of students, upon first entering the Seminary, are paid
when necessary; and further assistance is given to students
from scholarships, and from the Students' Fund, so far as it
will allow. The student requiring such assistance must bring
from the Chairman of Education in his Presbytery a written
statement of the amount he will need for the session to supple-
ment what he has available for his support.

Donations for 8pcctal Objects

For Renovating and Refurnishing Smythe Reference
Library and Reading Rooms :
Ladies' Society, Second Church, Charleston. . . .$100 00

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For Renovating and Refurnishing Students' Rooms :

First Church, Selma, Ala $50 00

First Church, Columbia 50 00

First Church, New Orleans 50 00

First Church, Rock Hill 50 00

First Church, Charleston 45 00

Purity Church, Chester 40 00

Yorkville Church 15 00

Ladies' Societies, Greenville 15 00

Ladies' Societies, Birmingham 15 00

For Support of Students :

Friends in Selma, Ala 200 00

Ladies' Society, Second Church, Charleston. . . 300 00

Ladies' Society, First Church, Charleston. ... 150 00

Ladies' Society, First Church, Columbia 100 00

Opportunities for Liberality

1. There is need, both for room and for safety > of a fire-
proof library building.

2. There should be a larger Library Fund, an addition of
$10,000, or more, to the endowment of the Library.

3. There should be a larger and more commodious Chapel
of brick or stone.

4. The Students' Fund should be largely increased, or a
number of scholarships yielding at least $100 each, per an-
num, should be added.

5. There is room for a variety of Lectureships.

6. In a smaller way, gifts of books, maps, charts, casts for
the Library and Lecture-rooms, and of suppHes for the Board-
ing Hall are always gratefully received.

form of Bequest

The proper form of a bequest is as follows :
"To the Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary
of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Florida of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, to

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them and their successors, I give and bequeath the sum of

, (or I devise a certain parcel or tract of land, etc.,) to

be applied by them to the uses and benefit of said Seminary,
as follows, etc."

Testators will do well to have respect to the laws of the
State in which they reside. The State of South Carolina
requires that a last Will and Testament be signed by the
testator in the presence of three witnesses.

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Cbe Charter

An Act to extend the Charter of "The Board of Directors
of the Theological Seminary of the Synod of South
Carohna and Georgia," to change the name of the incor-
porated body and better define and limit the powers
thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the charter heretofore granted
in the name of "The Board of Directors of the Theological
Seminary of the Synod of South Carohna and Georgia," be,
and the same is hereby, renewed and extended in the name of
"The Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary of the
Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida,
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States," with all
the powers, privileges and conditions granted and conferred
upon said corporate body by the Acts chartering the same and
the past Acts amending the same.

Section 2. This corporation is under the direction and
control of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Florida, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States,
through Directors to be chosen by said Synods in such way,
manner and number as they may agree upon and determine,
and under such agreement and plan of government as the said
associated Synods shall adopt for said Theological Sem-
inary.

Section 3. This corporation is empowered to retain, hold,
possess and enjoy all such property rights and effects as are
now held and possessed in the name of the Board of Directors
of the Theological Seminary of the Synod of South Carolina
and Georgia, or which may be hereafter given, bequeathed or
devised to it, or in any manner lawfully acquired, and it is
empowered and directed to sell, alien, convey and transfer the
same or any part thereof, in the management, control, conduct

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and support of said Theological Seminary, according to such j

by-laws, constitution and plan of government as have hereto-

fore been or may hereafter be prescribed by said associated j

Synods. !

Section 4. That the charter of the said corporation in the
name as hereby amended, with such powers as are hereby \

confirmed and conferred, be, and is hereby, extended for a
period of fifty years from the approval of this Act. \

Section 5. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with i

this Act are hereby repealed. '

Approved the ninth day of March, A. D. 1896. I

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