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The Princeton Seminary Bulletin

Published Quarterly by the Trustees of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church

Entered as second class matter. May 1, 1907, at the post office at Princeton, N. J., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894.

Vol. XXI PRINCETON, N. J., November, 1927 No. 3

September twenty-seventh was the opening day of the Seminary year. On it new students matriculated and made choice of rooms. On another page will be found a further statement in regard to the matriculation this year.

The formal opening of the Seminary followed on Wednesday, the twenty- eighth, with exercises in Miller Chapel, at which President Stevenson presided and welcomed the old and new students. It was the pleasure of the Seminary to have as the speaker of the occasion the Rev. George Alexander, D. D., Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, who graduated from the Seminary fifty-seven years ago in the class of 1870, and who for forty-three years has served as a Director of the Seminary, far out-reaching any other member of the Board in his term of service. Dr. Alexander’s address, embody- ing the rich experience of his life-time ministry, is printed in this issue of the Bulletin from a stenographic report.

The Directors of the Seminary have as last year engaged the Rev. John H. Raven, D. D., Professor of Old Testament in the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, to serve as Acting Professor of Old Testament in the Seminary this year in conjunction with his teaching in New Brunswick. Professor George Johnson, Ph.D., of Lincoln University, has also been engaged to give part time service in the Department of Apologetics. He is also giving the theoretical por- tion of the course in Religious Education. The part of this course dealing with the practical methods of Religious Education is being conducted by the Rev. Harold McAfee Robinson, D. D., Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, with the assistance of other members of the staff of this Board. The Senior year course in Christian Sociology is also being given by this same group from Philadelphia. The Rev. Courtenay H. Fenn, D. D., of Peking, China, and the Rev. Ralph B. Nesbitt of India, are assisting in the De- partment of Missions. Dr. Fenn has also been asked by the Department of Homiletics to assist in the criticism and reading of sermons. The training of a double quartette to sing in the Seminary Chapel and the instruction of a vol- untary class in music has been committed to Mr. Raymond E. Rudy, Organ- ist of Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton.

The Stone Lecturer for this session is Professor Alexander Souter, D. Litt., of the University of Aberdeen. The date of these lectures will be No- vember 28 to December 2, and his subject “St. Augustine.” Dr. Souter was also the Stone Lecturer in 1924-25, his subject then being “The Earliest Latin Commentaries on St. Paul’s Epistles.”

The Mission Lecturer for this year is the Rev. Albert D. Dodd, who has been since 1903 a missionary in China. In recent years his station has been Tenghsien, Shantung.

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The Glory of the Ministry

The Opening Address by Rev. George Alexander, D. D.

Mr. President, members of the Faculty, in- terested friends of Princeton Seminary, par- don me if I ignore your presence and address myself exclusively to the young men who are here seeking preparation for the gospel min- istry, and especially to the class which to-day enter upon their novitiate.

I am sure you, my younger brethren, will not expect from me any formal or scholarly dis- course, but only such a familiar talk as can appropriately be given by one who at the end of the course is looking into the faces of youth who are girdling themselves for the race. “Nos morituri salutamus!”

What I have to say is so largely in the na- ture of reminiscence, personal experience and personal reflection, that I trust you will ex- cuse any excessive use of the first personal pronoun.

Just fifty-nine years ago my name was in- scribed on Dr. McGill’s ancient book and I was matriculated a student in Princeton Sem- inary. The two years that followed in these halls were the most significant and formative of my life. I hope that your Seminary course may be that for you, all of you. The things which I should like to say are the things which, it now seems to me, might have been profitable if I had heard them three score years ago.

First of all, let me express the hope that you have made sure your calling. That is a great hour in the history of any youth when he awakes to the consciousness that his life, to use Horace Bushnell’s phrase, is a plan of God, that God has thought of him and has a way of life for him. It is a great hour when he accepts that calling and endeavors to shape his course in accordance with the plan of God for him. It is a tragedy if any youth makes the great refusal when the Master calls. With- in the past three months letters have come to me from two octogenarians, both of them bewailing the fruitlessness of their lives in spiritual values; both of them confessing that in early life they were conscious of a defi- nite call to the Christian ministry, but were

lured away from that path by the attractions and rewards of another profession. They are Christian men, men of unblemished repute. One of them attained distinction as a member of the United States Congress, both of them are now yearning for an opportunity to do something for God before there comes “twilight and eve- ning bell, and after that the dark.” Sooner or later the youth who turns away when Christ calls, is sure to go away sorrowing.

But the tragedy is not less when any one having heard that call and accepted it, puts his hand to the plow with a backward look and a divided heart. Your President has sug- gested that I speak upon the Glory of the Chris- tian Ministry. There is no glory in the min- istry for the minister whose whole heart is not in the task. There is no glory in it for the minister who ever wishes that he were some- thing else than a minister. There is no glory in it for one who cannot at the close of his career and all along the way, say as the Apos- tle Paul said to his young comrade, “I thank my God who has enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the minis- try.”

There is no glory in the ministry for one who refuses to heed the counsel which Shakespeare put in the mouth of Wolsey, “Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition, by that sin fell the angels.” You are naturally and properly thinking of your future task, and desiring that it may be under conditions that will afford scope for your powers and incentive to excellence. You should desire this. But thank God if He answers your prayer by per- mitting you to begin your ministry in ob- scurity,— in contact with plain people where you will see human nature without any veneer or varnish. The most miserable failures in the ministry I have known have been by men placed too early in the fierce light that beats upon a metropolitan pulpit. I recall now a remark made to me by a friend in my Senior Year. “Haven’t you made a mistake in ac- cepting a pastorate of a little mission church in a disreputable suburb of a stagnant city? You might have done better.” Well, I could not possibly have done better. For fourteen years of joyous service the people of that humble parish taught me far more than I taught them. They taught me first of all to think of the sermon, not as an exercise in dia-

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lectics or as a work of literary art, but as an instrument to do something with, — a good in- strument, if it wrought conviction in those who heard and moved them to better thinking and to better living.

Do not interpret this as an apology for slovenliness in pulpit work.

The most satisfying among modern preach- ers, the most enriching to me was John Henry Jowett, and his diction was flawless. He might spend an hour searching for the word that would express his thought with precision and with absolute clarity. The sermon with him was a polished instrument, but an instru- ment. He never lost sight of his objective. On the other hand, Henry Ward Beecher, who would probably be rated by most people as the greatest preacher that America has pro- duced, once said to me, “I never made but one finished sermon, when I was a Presbyterian minister in Indianapolis, and that caused me so much humiliation that I never repeated the offense.”

The mention of his name recalls an episode in Seminary life which may perhaps be inter- esting, even if not informing. In 1870 Mr. Beecher was at the zenith of his reputation and his power. The class of 1870 had the temerity to invite him to come to Princeton and address them during the week preceding their gradu- ation. To our surprise and to the consterna- tion of the Faculty, he accepted. It was an inconsiderate thing for us to do, as his the- ology was not exactly of the Princetonian type, but ‘‘boys will be boys.” The Faculty very wisely concluded to make the best of a some- what embarrassing situation. Dr. Hodge in- vited him to his home and the class to meet him there. Everything passed without unto- ward incident and the address furnished the suggestion for the establishment at Yale of the Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching. Be- fore his lecture our committee asked him whether he wished the desk removed from the platform of the Second Church where he was to speak. His answer was characteristic, “If it is all the same to you, I should prefer to dispense with that devil-invented obstacle to the spread of the gospel.” He spoke to us on “Fishing for Men.” His address was packed with personal experience and humor and wis- dom. In the course of it he drew an amusing picture of a theological student issuing from

the Seminary with his half dozen well molded sermons with which to electrify and transform the world. “Young gentlemen,” said he, “mold your sermon to fit the man you expect to reach with it.” That was his way of saying what Paul meant when he said, “I am made all things to all men might by all means I save some.” It is glorious to preach the unfailing Gospel, when you have learned to trust in the power of the Word and when you have the privilege of seeing the Word preached mixed with faith in them that hear it.

Matching the glory of preaching the gos- pel is the glory of tending the flock of Christ. That is, if a man has the pastoral spirit. If he loves people, not simply humanity in the abstract, but men and women and children. If he is willing to get down underneath their burdens, to share their interests, to help them in their perplexities, to guide them in the way of life, there is in it a glorious reward. If he has not pastoral spirit, he had better begin to qualify for a swivel-chair position. The hap- piest minister that I ever knew, in spite of many handicaps and hindrances, — the happiest minister and the most tireless and devoted pas- tor was a graduate of this Seminary, who held it close to his heart, Theodore L. Cuyler. One day on the way to Princeton he dropped into the car seat beside me. He was almost stone deaf, and in what was intended to be a confi- dential tone, but which rasped the atmosphere and set all the passengers agog, he said, “Brother George, I am the spoiled child of Providence.” When near the end of his days, one evening he was addressing a group of ministers and recalling the great and good whom he had known that had passed on to the heavenlies, anticipating the joy of meeting them. Suddenly a change came over the spirit of his dream and he added, “Brethren, after all the world is so beautiful and life is so sweet, and people are so dear, that I sometimes feel like old Father Taylor, the preacher to the sail- ors in Boston. As he neared the end and his friends were gathered by his bed, someone said, “Ah, Father Taylor, you will soon be with the angels.” “With the angels,” said the old man feebly, “I think I would rather be with folks.”

Great is the reward in inward sat- isfaction which comes to the minister

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Christ. It is also a service which commands the respect and the reverence even of the most worldly. Geoffrey Chaucer was a man of the world; it was his delight to satirize the indo- lent dignitaries of the church, but there were two in that company of Canterbury who chal- lenged the homage of his soul. One was the “Clerk of Oxenford” in threadbare courtesy who,

. . . was levere have at his beedes heed Twenty bookes, clad in blak and reed Of Aristotle and his philosophye,

Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye.

The other was a good man of religioun:

And was a povre Persoun of a toun ; . . . But riche he was of holy thought and work. He sette nat his benefice to hyre,

And leet his sheep encombered in the myre, And ran to London, unto seynte Poules,

To Seken hymn a chaunterie for soules,

Or with a bretherhed to been withholde ;

But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it nat myscarie;

He was a shepherde and no mercenarie. . .

He wayted after no pompe and reverence,

He maked him a spiced conscience,

But Cristes lore, and his apostles’ twelve,

He taughte, but he folwed it hymselve.

In preaching and in pastoral service you will have trials and deprivations, but do not allow any man to pity you. Above all, do not get into the habit of pitying yourself. A grumbling parson who is always moaning over the hard- ships of his lot is a pitiable object. Of course he has trials; so has the merchant, so has the banker, and where they have one compen- sation the true minister of Christ has ten. Think what it means to have one’s mind engrossed with the noblest thoughts, hands and heart oc- cupied in the worthiest service, dealing not with mere things like the merchant nor with symbols of things like the banker, but with im- mortal souls that have in them the power of an endless life. Why, if I should awake some fine morning and find myself a captain of in- dustry or a Napoleon of finance confronted with his tasks, I should be tempted to ask, “Is thy servant a dog that he should do this?” Glory in your ministry and thank God con- tinually for the privilege of such service.

Well, if you will suffer a closing word of exhortation from a Princeton man who has

traveled far on the Sunset Trail and can re- port that going is still good, it will be this: That you make the most of these months which are just before you, not only in the acquisition of the implements of your future calling, not merely in the technique of that calling, but let me emphasize what your President has already said, and counsel you make these coming months a time for soul culture, for spiritual growth. That is of far more account than mere intellectual attainment or perfection in technique of your calling. I have known min- isters who told me that they look back upon their Seminary course almost with horror, that it was for them a time of disappointment, un- settlement, disallusionment, that took the bloom and freshness from their religious experience and left a blight which would have been fatal if the exigencies of their calling had not thrown them back upon God for a fresh access of spiritual power. It was th'e reverse in my experience. It was a time for deepened Christian experience, enlargement and clarification of the outlook upon life. And if you ask what made it such, I should say in part the instruction of the class-room. For example, the course of Caspar Wistar Hodge in The Life of Christ, supplemented I confess by some less orthodox outside reading. In that class-room I got a new conception of Christ, not merely as a soteriological expedient, but as a Divine man who lived and walked among men and who is ready to be the Great Companion of those who are willing to walk with him to-day. That meant more than I can tell. Not less influential in the shaping of my inner life were the prayers of his father, Dr. Charles Hodge, in this place and in the oratory, which brought to me a new conception of our relation with the Heavenly Father and of the possi- bilities of communion with the Highest.

I am not sure but that a more important fac- tor still was fellowship with my own class. In the class-room, on the campus, in the prayer room that fellowship was invaluable. I prized it then; I would have prized it more if I could have looked into the future and known that the scholarly and cultured Imbrie would frame the symbols and shape the organized life of the Church of Christ in Japan; that Greg- ory who gained distinction in the realm of German scholarship would, when past three

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score and ten, die battling for a lost cause. It would have given new meaning to our con- tacts on the campus if I had recognized in our squad, which vanquished the University football team, such men as Chambers, whose Armenian students not long ago erected a tablet to his memory in Stuart Hall ; and Lu- cas, the veteran Saint of the Church of India ; and Hewitt, devoted pastor and inspiring col- lege president. Yes, and one whom you did not name, Mr. President, George MacKay, the apostle of Formosa, first on the football team, first in the class in Hebrew, and glorious in his service to his divine Master. So I say, prize your fellowship with your comrades in this time of training not only for what they are, but for the possibilities in them of becoming more than they are. Do not allow any cliques, or any theological differences, to drive you apart. I am not deprecating discussion or even con- troversy, because I believe there is real edu- cational value in the attrition of minds that differ in structure or training, but when con- troversy results in dividing into hostile camps men who are supposed to love with sincerity the same Lord and to be destined to the same service, then it is deadly.

I wonder if there is any one here to-day who was present at the semi-centennial of Dr. Charles Hodge more than half a century ago. It was an occasion which brought together such a distinguished company as does not often gather even in Princeton. If any here were present, you will recall the fact that the mo- ment of deepest interest was when that aged professor rose to address his former students after fifty years of instruction in the science of divine things. He said that his aim and the aim of those who labored with him had been to make all their teaching pivot on the person and work of Jesus Christ. “Over these portals,” said he, “I would write Jesus only.” Then stretching out his hands towards the audience and turning to those clustered about him on the platform, with eyes suffused, and face almost transfigured, he repeated twice in a voice deep and rich but trembling with emo- tion, “Jehovah Jesus ! Jehovah Jesus !” It is He who is calling us to His service. He is still saying, “Apart from me ye can do noth- ing.”

New Students

The students in residence in the Seminary this session whose names were not in the catalogue last year are as follows :

GRADUATE STUDENTS

John G. Anderson, Carrollton, Mo., Trinity University (Texas) ; Lane Seminary, 1918.

Fukuitsu Aoki, Ono, Japan, Shinshu Agri- cultural College, Biblical Seminary, 1926.

Ernst Bizer, Tailfingen, Germany, Marburg University, 1927.

Rolf Didrik Brandt, St. Paul, Minn., A. B., Luther College, 1924; Luther Seminary, 1927.

John Henry De Haan, Pella, Iowa, A. B., Calvin College, 1924; Theological School of the Christian Reformed Church, 1927.

Nicholas De Vries, Paterson, N. J., A. B., Calvin College, 1926; Theological School of the Christian Reformed Church, 1926.

Rhodas Clyde Douglas, Hashing, China, A. B., University of Florida, 1913; B. D., Union Seminary (Virginia), 1918.

Stephen Jackson England, Enid, Okla., A. B., Phillips University, 1924; A. M., 1925; B. D., Phillips University, Theological Depart- ment, 1926.

George Fischer, Haddonfield, N. J., Staats Realschule, Elbogen, Cze., 1918; Th.B., Evan- gelical Theological College (Texas), 1927; Th.M., 1927.

Howell Samuel Foster, Philadelphia, Pa., Reformed Episcopal Seminary, 1927.

Felix Bayard Gear, Beckley, W. Va., A. B., Da- vis-Elkins College, 1923 ; B. D., Union Seminary (Virginia), 1926.

George Bradley Hammond, Mexico City, Mexico, B. Arch. University of Michigan, 1916; Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1924.

Henry White Herrman, Whitestone, N. Y., University of Cincinnati Law School, Prince- ton Seminary, 1896.

Howard David Higgins, New York City, A. B., Columbia University, 1927 B. D., Re- formed Episcopal Seminary, 1927.

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Roy Emery Jones, Lake Park, Iowa, A. B., Buena Vista College, 1912; Omaha Seminary, I9I5-

Frederick Harold Leach, Detroit, Mich., A. B., Wheaton College, 1924; Th.B., Evangel- ical Theological College (Texas), 1927.

Raymond Clinton Miller, Riegelsville, Pa., A. B., Muhlenburg College, 19 22; A. M., Get- tysburg College, 1924; B. D., Yale Divinity School, 1925.

George Coit Moore, Livingston, Texas, A. B„ Austin College, 1902; B. D., Union Sem- inary (Virginia), 1908.

Leopold Paul Moore, Jr., Sakbayeme, West Africa, A. B., Ursinus College, 1920; Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1923.

Tsunenobu Muranaka, Tokyo, Japan, Meiji Gakuin College, 1922; Meiji Gakuin Seminary,

1925-

Magnus Nodtvedt, Moorhead, Minn., A. B., St. Olaf College, 1917; A. M., Columbia Uni- versity, 1920; Luther Seminary, 1925.

Bohumil Potmesil, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Gymnasium, Prague, 1922; B. D., John Hus Seminary, 1926.

Chang Keun Song, Seoul, Korea, Toyo Uni- versity, Japan ; Aoyama Gakuin Seminary, 1926.

Leslie Raymond Sovocool, Graceham, Md.,

A. B., Moravian College, 1925 ; B. D., Mo- ravian Seminary, 1927.

Kohei Takeda, Nagoya, Japan, Kobe Sem- inary, 1919.

William Henry Toedtman, Miamisburg, Ohio, A. B., Capital University, 1923 ; Evan- gelical Lutheran Seminary, 1927.

Tetsuji Tsuchiyama, Osaka, Japan, A. B., Pasadena College, 1915 ; B. D., Drew Sem- inary, 1918.

William Redd Turner, Columbus, Ga., Uni- versity of Georgia; Union Seminary (Vir- ginia), 1927.

Lowell Anderson Van Patten, Sterling, Kansas, A. B., Sterling College, 1923; Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1926.

Chester Eugene Whittier, Yaounde, West Africa, A. B., University of Minnesota, 1917;

B. D., McCormick Seminary, 1923.

Milton Arthur Yaeck, Watertown, Wis., A. B., Moravian College, 1925; B. D., Moravian Seminary, 1927.

SENIORS

Herbert Braun, Philadelphia, Pa., B. S., University of Pennsylvania, 1924.

Harry Michael Coulter, Berwick, Pa., A. B., Wheaton College, 1924.

Philip Mason Smith, Philadelphia, Pa., B. S., Temple University, 1924.

Harold John Snitker, Waukon, Iowa, A. B., Mission House College, 1925.

Zoltan Szikszay, Trenton, N. J., Francis Jo- seph University, Hungary.

Marion Francis Stuart, Perry, Mo., A. B., Westminster College (Mo.), 1925.

Paul Woolley, Brookline, Mass., A. B., Princeton University, 1923.

MIDDLERS

Wayne Wallace Gray, Tutwiler, Miss., A.

B. , Southwestern University, 1926.

Charles Huston Haines, Germantown, Pa., A. B., Princeton University, 1921.

Hugh Jack, Downhill, Ireland, A. B., Trin- ity College, Dublin, 1927.

George Jackson, Belfast, Ireland, A. B., Queen’s University, Belfast, 1926.

Barnard Maurice Luben, Coopersville, Mich., A. B., Hope College, 1926.

Christian Gunerius Olson, Brainerd, Minn., A. B., Augsburg College, 1926.

Frederic George St. Denis, Vancouver, B.

C. , Canada, University of British Columbia.

JUNIORS

Samuel James Allen, Philadelphia, Pa., C. E., Pennsylvania Military College, 1926.

Samuel Edward Arendt, Monmouth, 111., A. B., Monmouth College, 1926.

Henry Shepard Atkinson, East Northfield, Mass., Princeton University.

Henry Clay Banks, Norwood, Pa., A. B., Lafayette College, 1927.

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James McClure Barnett, Beaver Falls, Pa.,

A. B., University of Pittsburgh, 1926.

Norman Edgar Barnett, Brackenridge, Pa.,

College of Wooster.

William Treman Blackstone, South Pasa- dena, Calif., A. B., University of Southern California, 1927.

Jack C. Boerman, Hudsonville, Mich., A. B., Calvin College, 1927.

Harold J. Braden, Georgetown, Pa., College of Wooster.

Ebenezer Cobb Brink, Elizabeth, N. J., A

B. , Hamilton College, 1927.

Adolph Franklin Broman, Austin, Minn., B. S., University of Minnesota, 1922.

Menno Jacob Brunk, Harrisonburg, Va., A. B., Elizabethtown College, 1926.

John Williams Cannaday, Philadelphia, Pa., A. B., Roanoke College, 1927.

Harold Taber Commons, Waltham, Mass.,

A. B., Williams College, 1927.

Alexander Thompson Coyle, Westhampton Beach, N. Y., A. B., Harvard University, 1927. Frederick Barnard Crane, Dryden, N. Y., A.

B. , Lafayette College, 1927.

Everett Clark De Velde, Wheaton, 111., B. S., Wheaton College, 1927.

Joseph Craig Dickson, Pittsburgh, Pa., A. B., Westminster College (Pa.), 1927.

Chester Arthur Diehl, Grundy Center, Iowa,

A. B., Wheaton College, 1927.

George William Douglass, Camden, Ohio, College of Wooster.

James Willard Dye, Broadacre, Ohio, A. B., College of Wooster, 1927.

Bransford Eubank, Byrds, Texas, B. S., Texas Agricultural & Mech. College, 1922.

Daniel LeRoy Fegley, Lykens, Pa., A. B., Lebanon Valley College, 1927.

Arthur Edward French, Jr., Sharpsburg, Pa.,

B. S., Westminster College (Pa.), 1926.

Charles Fricke, Chicago, 111., A. B., Goshen

College, 1927.

Emil William Geitner, Nutley, N. J., A. B., Upsala College, 1927.

Frederick Lawrence Gibson, Palm Beach, Fla., A. B., Western Maryland College, 1914.

Robert Edward Glenn, Elmhurst, N. Y., Foyle College, Ireland.

George Faulk Graham, Davenport, Wash., A. B., Whitman College, 1927.

William Glen Harris, Crafton, Texas, A. B., Trinity University (Texas), 1927.

John Ross Hays, Emmitsburg, Md., A. B., Lafayette College, 1927.

John Kistler Highberger, Greensburg, Pa.,

A. B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1927. Howard Adams Hill, Carthage, Mo., A. B.,

Park College, 1927.

Luther Merriman Hollister, North Kings- ville, Ohio, B. S., College of Wooster, 1927. Herbert Vinton Hotchkiss, Ithaca, N. Y., A.

B. , Cornell University, 1917; A. M., Prince- ton University, 1926.

John Andrew Hunter, Jr., West Middlesex, Pa., B. S., Westminster College (Pa.), 1924.

John Cockins Inglis, Columbus, Ohio, B. S., Washington and Jefferson College, 1925.

Christian Morris Jenson, Wheaton, 111., A. B., College of Wooster, 1927.

Charles Edward Johnson, Virginia, Minn., A. B., St. Olaf College, 1927.

Russell Foster Johnson, Birmingham, Ala., A. B., Birmingham Southern College, 1926.

Kenneth McLellan Kepler, Shanghai, China, A. B., Princeton University, 1927.

Jacob Marcellus Kik, Grand Rapids, Mich., A. B., Hope College, 1927.

John Willard Koning, Cedar Grove, Wis., A. B., Carroll College, 1927.

Arthur Kollen Korteling, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, A. B., Coe College, 1927.

Allen Clarence Lee, Dunn, N. C., A. B., As- bury College, 1927.

Kyu Yong Lee, Won-san, Korea, Honolulu Seminary.

Donald Franklin Lomas, Green Bay, Wis.,

A. B., Carroll College, 1926.

John Nevius Lukens, Burlington, N. J., A.

B. , Princeton University, 1925.

Robert Samuel Marsden, Philadelphia, Pa., A. B., University of Pennsylvania, 1927.

George S. Maxwell, New Wilmington, Pa., A. B., Westminster College (Pa.), 1926.

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Mathews Ewing McPhail, Clarksville, Tex- as, A. B., Trinity University (Texas), 1925.

Clement Bricker Meyers, Greencastle, Pa., Lebanon Valley College.

Clair Archie Morrow, Eagle Rock, Calif.,

A. B., Occidental College, 1924.

Gerrit E. Mouw, Grundy Center, Iowa, A.

B. , Central College (Iowa), 1927.

Philip Nicholas, Philadelphia, Pa., A. B., Park College, 1927.

Harold John Ockenga, Chicago, 111., A. B., Taylor University, 1927.

Ralph Stewart Peterson, Preston, Minn., A. B., College of Idaho, 1927.

Robert Alexander Porter, Londonderry, Ire- land, A. B., Trinity College (Dublin), 1927.

John Cornelius Primus, Wellsburg, Iowa, A. B., Macalester College, 1925.

Joseph Everett Pringle, Grove City, Pa., Lift. B., Grove City College, 1927.

Paul Elwood Rickabaugh, Harrisburg, Pa.,

A. B., Wheaton College, 1927.

Van Dusen Rickert, Jr., Pottsville, Pa., A.

B. , Princeton University, 1923 ; A. M„ 1924. Arend Roskamp, Grundy Center, Iowa, A.

B., Calvin College, 1927.

Harry John Scheidemantle, New Castle, Pa.,

A. B., Muskingum College, 1927.

Tadahito Shizuoka, Kagashima, Japan, A.

B. , Pasadena College, 1927.

William Sherman Skinner, Gouverneur, N. Y., A. B., Colgate University, 1927.

Paul Louis Stumpf, Chicago, 111., A. B., Wheaton College, 1927.

George Edgar Sweazey, Fulton, Mo., A. B., Westminster College (Mo.), 1927.

Duane Richard Terry, Glendale, Calif., A. B., Occidental College, 1927.

Robert Max Tignor, Urbana, Ohio, A. B., Col- lege of Wooster, 1927.

Ralph Wesley Todd, San Antonio, Texas, A. B., Asbury College, 1926.

Clarence Erb Ulrich, Harrisburg, Pa., A. B., Lebanon Valley College, 1927.

Merlin Fred Usner, New Orleans, La., A. B., Maryville College, 1927.

Robert Lucius Vining, Maplecrest, N. Y., A. B., College of Wooster, 1927.

Oliver Jenkins Warren, Charleston, S. C., B. S., College of Charleston, 1926; A. M., 1927-

Henry Garner Welbon, Seoul, Korea, A. B., Maryville College, 1927.

Evan McCray Welsh, Wheaton, 111., A. B., Wheaton College, 1927.

Robert Harvey Wood, Chattanooga, Tenn., A. B., Maryville College, 1927.

Thomas Yff, Chicago, 111., A. B., Calvin Col- lege, 1927.

Ernest William Zentgraf, Jr., Stapleton, N. Y., A. B., Cornell University, 1927.

PARTIAL STUDENTS

Herbert Fergus Thomson, Canton, China,

A. B., McGill University, 1912; A. M., 1913. Ralph Manson White, Soochow, China, A.

B. , Park College, 1913.

Fellows 7

Graduate Students 41

Seniors S3

Middlers 69

Juniors 80

Partials 4

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Enrollment

As indicated in the Summary in the preceding article, the number of stu- dents to be listed in the 1926-27 cata- logue is two hundred and fifty-four. This number is attained through the matriculation of one hundred and nine- teen students who have not been pre- viously connected with the Seminary and one hundred and thirty-six who were connected with the Seminary last year or in some earlier year. This is the largest catalogued enrollment of the Seminary in its history except in the one year 1895-96, when there were two hundred and sixty-three names in the catalogue student list.

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The enrollment this year has taxed the capacity of the Seminary. When the fullest use had been made of the dormitory accommodations, there still remained, beside the married students living in town, a considerable number for whom rooms were not provided. To meet this emergency the house beside the Chapel, which has been occupied so many years by the late Dr. Davis, has been equipped as a dormitory and filled with students.

Missionaries in Residence

The Seminary has the pleasure of welcoming the following missionaries and their families to residence in Payne Hall :

Mr. C. A. Allen of Siam.

Rev. R. C. Douglas of China.

Rev. C. H. Fenn, D. D., of China.

Rev. G. R. Hammond of Mexico.

Rev. W. R. Johnson of China.

Rev. G. S. McCune, D. D., of Korea.

Rev. L. P. Moore of Africa.

Rev. R. V. Reeder of China.

Mr. P. C. Speers of India.

Mr. H. F. Thomson of China.

Mr. R. M. White of China.

Rev. C. W. Whittier of China.

The Selected Writings of Benja- min Breckinridge Warfield

At the time of his death in 1921, the late Dr. Benjamin Breckinridge War- field was the leading Calvinistic theo- logian in the English speaking world. An Editorial Committee proposes to publish through the Oxford Universi- ty Press, in a series of volumes, Dr. Warfield’s contribution to theological thought by reprinting the important

articles which he contributed to the various Bible Dictionaries and Ency- clopedias and to the theological re- views, especially Tbe Princeton Theo- logical Review.

The first volume, entitled “Revela- tion and Inspiration,” has just been is- sued from the press. It contains two articles on the Idea of Revelation, and a number of exegetical and critical ar- ticles on the Biblical idea of Inspira- tion and the grounds of belief in the plenary inspiration of Scripture.

The second volume will contain Dr. Warfield’s major articles on several Biblical doctrines, such as The Trinity, Predestination, Faith, The Person of Christ, etc.

The third volume will comprise the historico-critical articles on the Per- son and Work of Christ. These arti- cles are of importance from the apolo- getic point of view, and set forth the doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ in relation to modern critical New Testament discussion. They ex- hibit the author’s well known ability as a master in the field of New Testa- ment criticism. Of especial significance among these articles may be mentioned the articles on The Two Natures and Recent Christological Speculation, Christless Christianity, The Essence of Christianity and the Cross of Christ.

Volumes four, five and six will con- tain articles on Historical Theology. They will include the articles on Au- gustine, Calvin, and The Westminster Confession. These articles are author- itative on their respective subjects.

The seventh and eighth volumes will contain the articles on Perfectionism.

There will be a ninth volume of mis- cellaneous articles and a tenth volume

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containing the most important of Dr. Warfield’s book reviews.

It is as yet impossible to set an ex- act price for all of the volumes, but the publishers will accept advance or- ders for complete sets, to be delivered as and if published, at a price propor- tional to that of Volume I.

Volume I, now ready, may be or- dered through your bookseller, or di- rect from the publisher, Oxford Uni- versity Press, American Branch, 35 West 32nd Street, New York. It is bound in cloth, 8vo (9^2x634), PP- xiii 4-456, price, $3.00.

Paul’s Hymn of Love

A Christmas booklet, prepared by Dr. Charles R. Erdman, is being pub- lished by the Fleming H. Revell Co., New York City. It is an exposition of the Thirteenth Chapter of I Corinth- ians, and is entitled “Paul’s Hymn of Love.”

Fellows

It is the privilege of the Fellows of the Seminary, with the consent and ad- vice of the Professors under whom they take their fellowships, to study at approved institutions in the United States and abroad. This year those studying on Fellowships have chosen the following places of study: A. A. MacRae, Fellow in Semitic Philology; E. H. Rian, Fellow in Church History, C. J. Woodbridge, Fellow in Old Testa- ment Literature, and B. M. Christen- sen, Fellow in Apologetics, are at Berlin ; A. E. Tibbs, Fellow in New Testa- ment Literature, at Edinburgh; N. B.

Stonehouse, Fellow in New Testa- ment Literature, at Amsterdam ; L. G. Ice, Fellow in Church History, at Princeton.

Professor Kajiwara

Word has recently been received from President D. B. Schneder of the North Japan College, Sendai, Japan, announcing the death of Professor Chohachiro Kajiwara of the Theologi- cal Department of the College. Profes- sor Kajiwara was a graduate of Prince- ton Theological Seminary, in the class of 1897. He previously studied for two years in Princeton University. In 1898 he returned to Japan and imme- diately started independent Christian work in his native town. Being with- out any fixed income he endured much privation, but worked on zealously and courageously. In 1900 he was called to a professorship in the Theological Department of the North Japan Col- lege, where he labored continuously until the time of his death. In addi- tion to his work in the Theological De- partment, he taught the Bible in the classes of the college and in addition engaged most actively in evangelistic work and in Bible teaching in all parts of the country. Some twenty years ago he was engaged by the government to teach “morals” in the Post Office Training School and was thus brought into contact with hosts of young men who afterwards became postmasters or postal clerks throughout the prov- ince. All of them learned to esteem him and the Christian teaching which he gave. In more recent years he taught a Sunday morning Bible Class

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which was attended by the most phe- nomenal success.

The most impressive feature of his life was his deep love for Bible study. His one important publication was “The Mind of Paul,” which has had a wide circulation. In 1906 he came to America on a leave of absence and spent a considerable part of the year in Princeton. Pie had many friends in this country. His loss is very keenly felt, not only in Sendai, but through- out the Christian circles of Japan.

The Library

The Library has received from their authors the following books for the Alumni Alcove since the issue of the May Bulletin:

From the Rev. Prof. Henry van Dyke, D. D., LL.D., ’77, The Golden Key, N. Y., 1926; from the Rev. Robert E. Flickinger, D. D., ’78, The Flickin- ger Family History, Des Moines, Iowa, 1927, and from the Rev. Louis F. Ben- son, D. D., ’87, The Hymnody of the Christian Church, N. Y., 1927.

The following pamphlets have been received for the Alumni Alcove : From the Rev. H. G. C. Hallock, Ph.D., ’93, Hallock’s Almanac and Miscellany (in Chinese), 1927, Shanghai; from the Rev. President John Edgar, D. D., LL.D., ’03, Inaugural Address as Pres- ident of Wheaton College, Norton, Mass., 1927 ; from the Rev. Charles Vincze, a graduate student, 1922-23, The Office of the Ministry : address de- livered Sept. 5, 1927, in the Magyar Reformed Church of Perth Amboy, N. J. (two copies, type-written), and from the Rev. Albert W. Pierce, ’00. From

Coquina Beach to Coral Strand : a Sketch of the Progress of the Pres- byterian Church, U. S. A., in Florida from 1824 to 1927 (two copies).

Necrology

Since the list was closed for the last Necrological Report notice of the death of the following alumni has been re- ceived :

The Rev. Oliver Stone Dean, D. D., ’63, died Aug. 13, 1927, in Passaic, N. J.

The Rev. George C. Pollock, D. D., ’64, died May 4, 1927, in Boston, Mass.

The Rev. Francis J. Fairbanks, ’65, died Sept. 14, 1927, in Merchantville, N. J.

The Rev. Henry U. Swinnerton, Ph.D., ’66, died May 12, 1927, in Cherry Valley, N. Y.

The Rev. George T. Le Boutillier, ’67, died May 23, 1927, in St. Johnland, Kings Park, N. Y.

The Rev. Arthur Rose, D. D., ’67, died Oct. 31, 1926, in Belfast, Ireland.

The Rev. Elwood M. Wherry, D. D„ ’67, died Oct. 5, 1927, in Indiana, Pa.

The Rev. William W. Curtis, D. D., ’70, died April 17, 1927, in Los Angeles, Calif.

The Rev. Joseph P. Graham, D. D., ’72, died May 9, 1927, in Pasadena, Calif.

The Rev. John J. Graham, ’75, died April 11, 1927, in Geneva, Ohio.

The Rev. John A. Ewalt, D. D., ’77, died June 5, 1927, in Gahanna, Ohio.

The Rev. John P. Campbell, D. D., ’78, died Nov. 6, 1927, in Caledonia, N. Y.

The Rev. Samuel H. Young, D. D., ’78, died Sept. 2, 1927, in Clarksburg, W. Va.

The Rev. William T. Elsing, D. D., ’82, died July 24, 1927, in Merano, Italy.

The Rev. William T. Doggett, ’84, died April 23, 1927, in Danville, Va.

The Rev. Smith Ordway, D. D., '87, died Oct. 26, 1927, in Auburn, N. Y.

The Rev. Thomas N. Potts, D. D., ’89, died July 6, 1927, in Newport News, Va.

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The Rev. Edgar H. Rowe, ’89, died April 7, 1927, in Richmond, Va.

The Rev. Pedro Rioseco, ’91, died May 14, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pa.

The Rev. William W. Warne, ’91, died Sept. 6, 1927, in Norwich, N. D.

The Rev. Thomas M. Morrison, ’92, died May 10, 1927, in Binghamton, N. Y.

The Rev. Henry N. Nicholas, ’92, died Oct. 26, 1927, in Coaldale, Pa.

The Rev. John T. Dunn, ’96, died Jan. 31, 1923. Place unknown.

The Rev. John B. McCreery, ’00, died July 4, 1927, in Gardenville, N. Y.

The Rev. Edwin L. Eagleson, a graduate student, 1904-05, died June 11, 1927, in Wheel- ing, W. Va.

Alumni Notes

1880

The Rev. Sylvester W. Beach, D. D., a di- rector of the Seminary, has suffered the loss ef his wife, who died June 21, 1927, in Paris.

1882

The Rev. Walter L. Alexander has resigned the Pine Avenue Church of Findlay, Ohio.

1883

The Rev. James W. Parkhill, D. D., has been released from the church of Pierceton, Ind.

1887

The Rev. Alexander Waddell has suffered the loss of his wife, who died, after a linger- ing illness, July 22, 1927.

1890

The Rev. Prof. William H. Johnson, D. D., was inaugurated President of Lincoln Uni- versity Oct. 20, 1927. President Johnson has been a professor in Lincoln University since

1903.

The Rev. D. Ruby Warne has retired from the active pastorate and may be addressed at 730 Riverside Ave., Trenton, N. J.

1891

The Rev. Albert Evans, D. D., was honor- ably retired from the active ministry by the Presbytery of Chicago, Oct. 3, 1927.

1897

The Rev. Joseph Hunter, D. D., was elected moderator of the Synod of New Jersey at its fall meeting. He received the honorary de- gree of D. D. from Tusculum College in June, 1927.

1898

The Rev. Charles W. Harris, D. D., has been appointed head of the Bible Department and chaplain of Lafayette College.

1899

The Rev. Edward S. Brearley has been re- leased from the pastorate of the Hopewell church, N. J., on account of the state of his health, the release taking effect Oct. 15, 1927.

The Rev. Clinton W. Lowrie, D. D., has been released from the Fullerton Avenue Church of Chicago, 111.

The Rev. Harry B. Vail has accepted a call to the First Church of Ironton, Ohio.

1902

The Rev. Ralph E. Clark has accepted a call to Calvary Church, Independence, Ore.

1905

The Rev. Prof. Oswald T. Allis, Ph.D., re- ceived the honorary degree of D. D. from Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, in June, 1927. Dr. Allis and Miss Ruth Robinson were married in Princeton, Sept. 21, 1927.

The Rev. George A. Brewer, D. D., has been elected a member of the Board of Christian Education.

1907

The Rev. Albert C. Dudley, Ph.D., has been released from the Englewood Church of Chi- cago, 111.

1907-1908

The Rev. Charles S. Sholl, D. D., a graduate student, 1907-08, was elected moderator of the Synod of Louisiana (U. S.) at its fall meet- ing.

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1909

The Rev. Asa J. Ferry, D. D., and his con- gregation of the Edgewater Church of Chi- cago, 111., engaged in the dedication of a large and imposing new Community House during the week of June 12 to 19, 1927.

The Rev. Jesse Halsey received the honorary degree of D. D. from the College of Wooster at its commencement in June, 1927.

1911

The Rev. Henry Geddes was released from the church of Delphos, Ohio, in September, that he might accept a call to the church of Logan in the same state.

1912

The Rev. Wallace H. Carver, after a ten years’ pastorate in the Second Church of Rah- way, N. J., has gone to the Northminster Church of Evanston, 111., taking up his work there on Feb. 1, 1927.

The Rev. John Muyskens, Jr., was installed pastor of the First Church of Wheeling, W. Va., June 17, 1927.

1913

The Rev. Reuben A. Torrey, Jr., missionary in China, is detained temporarily in this country, and has been appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions as acting district secre- tary of the Southern District, with offices in St. Louis.

1915

The Rev. Walter E. Jordan and the congre- gation of Calvin Church, Philadelphia, cele- brated in October the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the church. Mr. Jordan has been pastor of this church since 1920.

1918

The Rev. Donald G. Barnhouse was installed pastor of the Tenth Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 4, 1927.

1919

The Rev. Leroy Y. Dilliner has accepted a call to the church at Eatontown, N. J.

The Rev. Thomas Murray, D. D., was in- stalled pastor of the First Church of Denver, Colo., Sept. 30, 1927.

The Rev. Andrew K. Rule has been installed Professor of Church History in the Presby- terian Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky.

The Rev. Paul H. Walenta, pastor of the Park Avenue Church (U. S.) of Norfolk, Va., has accepted a call to the Fulton Avenue Church (U. S. A.) of Baltimore, Md.

1920

The Rev. William E. Baskerville has been released from the church at Lebanon, Ore..

The Rev. William Masselink, Th.D., and Miss Mary Clarice De Boer were married Oct. 25, 1927, in Leota, Minn. Their address is Holland, Mich.

The Rev. Russell H. Woltz was installed pastor of the Lithopolis, Ohio, group of churches, Sept. 27, 1927.

1922

The Rev. William F. Wefer was released from the church at Dayton, N. J., June 28, 1927, to take effect Aug. 31, 1927, and has been installed pastor of the church of the Good Shepherd, New York City.

The Rev. Edmund F. Miller has accepted a call to the Wakefield Church of Germantown, Philadelphia.

1922-1923

The Rev. Roy D. Echlin, a graduate student, 1922-23, was installed pastor of the church of Nevada, Iowa, Oct. 11, 1927.

1923

The Rev. Charles E. Graf, was installed pas- tor of the Second Church of Chester, Pa., July 7, 1927.

The Rev. Nathaniel U. McConaughy was in- stalled pastor of the church of Iron Mountain, Mich., Sept. 26, 1927.

1925

The Rev. Edward Masselink, Th.D., was or- dained and installed pastor of Trinity Re- formed Church of Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 6, 1927.

The Rev. Thomas H. Mitchell has accepted a call to the churches of Indian Trail and Siler, N. C., Southern Church, with his address at Indian Trail, N. C.

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The Rev. Jarvis S. Morris has taken up his work as pastor of the Central Church of Russellville, Ark.

The Rev. Charles Sharp has accepted a call to the church of Cookeville, Tenn.

1925-1926

The Rev. Henry A. Lynch, a graduate stu- dent, 1925-26, has accepted a call to the church of Geneseo, Kans.

1926

The Rev. Oscar L. Daley and Miss Dorothy Alma Sweeny were married June 20, 1927, in New York City.

The Rev. Norman S. McPherson and Miss Florence May Fairbanks were married Aug. 23, 1927, in Yonkers, N. Y.

1927

The Rev. Klair L. Armstrong and Miss Bes- sie Grace Cunningham were married June 29, 1927, in Coatesville, Pa.

The Rev. Gladstone P. Cooley was ordained and installed pastor of the church of Blooms- bury, N. J., July 20, 1927.

John Philip H. Goertz was ordained by the Presbytery of Brooklyn-Nassau, Sept. 28, 1927.

The Rev. Albert J. Sanders and Miss Edna May Farnham were married June 4, 1927, at Buck Hill Falls, Pa. They have gone as mis- sionaries to the Philippines, and their address is Tacloban, Leyte, P. I.

Charles F. Van Horn, Jr., was ordained and installed pastor of the Honey Brook Church, Honey Brook, Pa., June 28, 1927.

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