Catalogue of
Princeton Theological
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Registrar’s Office, 101 Hodge Hall.
President’s Office, Gymnasium.
President Stevenson, 86 Mercer Street.
Dr. Armstrong, 74 Mercer Street.
Dr. Blackwood, 60 Stockton Street.
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Dr. Erdman, 20 Library Place.
Dr. Hodge, 80 Mercer Street.
Dr. Loetscher, 98 Mercer Street.
Mr. Loos, 20 Alexander Street.
Mr. Martin, 8 Evelyn Place.
Mr. Murray. 309 Alexander Hall.
Dr. Schauffler, (Office) 6 Bank Street.
Mr. Sheddan, 287 Nassau Street.
Dr. J. R. Smith, 31 Alexander Street.
Dr. Vos, 52 Mercer Street.
Mr. Wheeler, 102 Alexander Hall.
Dr. Zwemer, 48 Mercer Street.
Payne Hall, 38-44 Alexander Street.
Benham Club, 95 Mercer Street.
Calvin Club, 44 Mercer Street.
Friar Club, 22 Dickinson Street.
Warfield Club, 29 Alexander Street.
Catalogue of
The Theological Seminary of
The Presbyterian Church
in the U. S. A. at
Princeton, N. J.
1929-1930
One Hundred and Eighteenth Year
The Princeton Seminary Bulletin
Volume XXIII, No. 4, January, 1930
Published quarterly by the Trustees of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church.
Entered as second class matter. May, 1907, at the post-offlce at Princeton, N. J.
under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS*
WILLIAM L. McEWAN, D.D., LL.D., Chairman
JOHN M. T. FINNEY, M.D., Vice Chairman
REV. WILLIAM B. PUGH, Secretary
From the Board of Directors :
GEORGE ALEXANDER, D.D New York City
WALLACE RADCLIFFE, D.D., LL.D Washington, D. C.
WILLIAM L. McEWAN, D.D., LL.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
LEWIS S. MUDGE, D.D., LL.D Philadelphia, Pa.
STUART NYE HUTCHISON, D.D Pittsburgh, Pa.
ROBERT E. SPEER, D.D., LL.D Englewood, N. J.
JOHN M. T. FINNEY, M.D Baltimore, Md.
J. WILLISON SMITH, Esq Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN T. MANSON, Esq New Haven, Conn.
SPENCER S. MARSH, Esq Madison, N. J.
From the Board of Trustees :
JOHN DIXON, D.D Trenton, N. J.
JOHN B. LAIRD, D.D Philadelphia, Pa.
MINOT C. MORGAN, D.D New York City
W. BEATTY JENNINGS, D.D PHn.ADELPHiA, Pa.
REV. PETER K. EMMONS Scranton, Pa.
REV. WILLIAM B. PUGH Chester, Pa.
THOMAS W. SYNNOTT, Esq Wenonah, N. J.
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Esq Madison, N. J.
WILLIAM P. STEVENSON, Esq Roselle. N. J.
JAMES H. POST, Esq New York City
JOHN B. EARNER, LL.D Washington, D. C.
From the Church at large:
WILLIAM HALLOCK JOHNSON, D.D.. .Lincoln University, Pa.
HARVEY S. MURDOCH, D.D Buckhorn, Ky.
ASA J. FERRY, D.D Chicago, III.
BENJAMIN F. FARBER, D.D New York City
J. AMBROSE DUNKEL, D.D Indianapolis, Ind.
REV. J. HARRY COTTON Columbus, Ohio
PRESIDENT KENNETH G. MATHESON Bryn Mawr, Pa.
PRESIDENT WEIR C. KETLER Grove City, Pa.
COL. GUILFORD C. BABCOCK Rockaway, N. J.
KENNETH H. BANNING, Esq Trenton, N. J.
PAUL C. MARTIN, Esq Springfield, Ohio
*See Minutes of General Assembly, 1929, pg. 134.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
THOMAS W. SYNNOTT, Esq., President Wenonah, N. J.
JAMES H. POST, Vice-President New York City
JOHN McDowell, D. D., Secretary East Orange, N. J.
JOHN DIXON, D.D Trenton, N. J.
THOMAS W. SYNNOTT, Esq Wenonah, N. J.
WILLIAM W. KNOX, D.D.* New Brunswick, N. J.
HENRY W. GREEN, Esq Trenton, N. J.
JAMES H. POST, Esq New York City
WILLIAM P. STEVENSON, Esq Roselle, N. J.
W. BEATTY JENNINGS, D.D Philadelphia
MINOT C. MORGAN, D.D New York City
WILLIAM F. MAGIE, Ph.D., LL.D Princeton
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Esq Madison, N. J.
J. ROSS STEVENSON, D.D., LL.D Princeton
HON. JOHN RELLSTAB Trenton, N. J.
JOHN B. LAIRD, D.D Philadelphia
JOHN McDowell, D.D east orange, N. j.
A. R. NICOL, Esq Summit, N. J.
JOHN B. EARNER, LL.D Washington, D. C.
HON. EDWARD J. FOX, LL.D Easton, Pa.
REV. PETER K. EMMONS Scranton, Pa.
REV. WILLIAM B. PUGH Chester, Pa.
WILLIAM G. MOORE, Esq Haddonfield, N. J.
FRANK H. ROBSON, Esq Elizabeth, N. J.
ALEXANDER MACKIE, D.D Sharon Hill, Pa.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Finance — Wm. P. Stevenson, Chairman; James H. Post, and Ed-
ward P. Holden.
Real Estate — Thomas W. Synnott, Chairman; John Dixon, D.D.,
Wm. F. Magie, LL.D., and Henry W. Green.
Library — Wm. W. Knox, D.D., Chairman; John Rellstab, Henry
W. Green, Wm. F. Magie, LL.D., and Minot C. Morgan, D.D.
Conference — W. Beatty Jennings, D.D., Chairman; William P.
Stevenson and Thomas W. Synnott.
Budget — Edward P. Holden, Chairman; Wm. P. Stevenson and
James H. Post.
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees — Central Hanover Bank and
Trust Company, New York City.
Counsel of the Board for New Jersey — Huston Dixon, Esq., Tren-
ton, N. J.
♦Died May 3, 1929.
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MILLEJt CHAPEL ANH ALEXANHEK HALL
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FACULTY
J. ROSS STEVENSON, D.D., LL.D.
PRESIDENT
ACTING PROFESSOR OF HOMILETICS
FRANCIS LANDEY PATTON, D.D., LL.D.
EX-PRESIDENT OF THE SEMINARY
PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
GEERHARDUS VOS, Ph.D., D.D.
CHARLES T. HALEY PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
WILLIAM PARK ARMSTRONG, D.D.
HELEN H. P. MANSON PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE
AND EXEGESIS
CHARLES ROSENBURY ERDMAN, D.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
FREDERICK WILLIAM LOETSCHER, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D.
ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY
J. RITCHIE SMITH, D.D.
PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HOMILETICS
CASPAR WISTAR HODGE, Ph.D.
CHARLES HODGE PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
SAMUEL M. ZWEMER, D.D., LL.D., F.R.G.S.
PROFESSOR-ELECT OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONS
ANDREW W. BLACKWOOD, D.D.
PROFESSOR-ELECT OF HOMILETICS
DONALD WHEELER, A.M.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
JOHN MURRAY, A.M., Th.M.
INSTRUCTOR IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
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JOHN HOWARD RAVEN, D.D.
VISITING PROFESSOR OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE
GEORGE HANDY WAILES, D.D.
VISITING PROFESSOR OF HEBREW
ANDREW R. OSBORN, A.M.
VISITING PROFESSOR OF APOLOGETICS
HAROLD McAFEE ROBINSON, D.D.
LECTURER IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
COURTENAY H. FENN, D.D.
LECTURER IN MISSIONS
CHARLES FREDERICK DEININGER, A.M., B.D.
INSTRUCTOR IN OLD TESTAMENT
WHITNEY JENNINGS OATES, A.M.
INSTRUCTOR IN NEW TESTAMENT GREEK
RAYMOND E. RUDY
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
JOSEPH HEATLY DULLES, A.M.
LIBRARIAN
PAUL MARTIN, A. M.
REGISTRAR AND SECRETARY OF THE FACULTY
WILLIAM BOYD SHEDDAN, Ph.B.
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
GEORGE W. LOOS, Jr.
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND SUPERINTENDENT OF GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS
WILLIAM G. SCHAUFFLER, M.D.
MEDICAL ADVISER
EDNA HATFIELD
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
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SPECIAL LECTURERS
L. P. STONE LECTURER
DR. VALENTINE HEPP
PROFESSOR IN THE FREE UNIVERSITY, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
Subject: Calvinism and the Philosophy of Nature
STUDENTS’ LECTURER ON MISSIONS
JOHN STUART CONNING, D.D.
SUPERINTENDENT OF JEWISH EVANGELIZATION
BOARD OF NATIONAL MISSIONS
Subject: The Jew in the Modern World
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STUDENTS OF THE SEMINARY
FELLOWS
Alumni Fellow in New Testament Literature and Archi-
bald Robertson Scholar
Name Residence Place of Study
John Herman Bergen Franklin, Ind. Edinburgh
A.B., Franklin College, 1922
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1929
Gelston-Winthrop Fellow in Apologetics
Alexander Napier MacLeod Germantown, Pa. Edinburgh
A.B., Wheaton College, 1923
A.M., Princeton University, 1927
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1928 ; Th.M., 1928
Gelston-Winthrop Fellows in Systematic Theology
David Freeman Princeton, N. J. 112 A S
A.B., George Washington University, 1925
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1928
Jacob Tunis Hoogstra Paterson, N. J. Tubingen
A.B., Calvin College, 1928
Theological School of the Christian Reformed Church, 1928
Th.M., Princeton Seminary, 1929
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
And Other Students Pursuing Graduate Courses
Name
Residence
Room
Hasell Norwood Alexander
Brandon, Miss.
99 S S
A. B., Davidson College, 1910
B. D., Columbia Seminary, 1924
Luis Rodrigues Alves
Sao Carlos, Brazil
406 A H
Atheneu Valenciano, 1922
Th.B., Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Brazil, 1925
James Weldon Anderson
Lowrys, S. C.
323 B H
B.S., The Citadel-Military College
B.D., Columbia Seminary, 1923
of South Carolina, 1914
James Edwin Bear
Chinkiang, China
C 2 P H
A.B., Fredericksburg College, 1912
A. M., Washington and Lee University, 1915
B. D., Union Seminary (Virginia), 1922 ; Th.M., 1923
Guy Arthur Bensinger*
Dutch Neck, N. J.
A.B., Lafayette College, 1918
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1925
Joseph Boda
Kajdacs, Hungary
409 B H
Reformed Gymnasium of Papa, 1924
B.D., Central Seminary (Ohio), 1929
Lawrence Emil Brynestad
Northfield, Minn.
301 B H
A.B., St. Olaf College, 1921
Luther Seminary, 1926
Americo del Castillo
Isabela, Porto Rico
406 A H
A.B., Hastings College, 1929
Evangelical Seminary of
Porto Rico, 1927
Robert Clifton Dorn
Atlanta, Ga.
211 A H
A. B., Oglethorpe University, 1927
B. D., Columbia Seminary, 1928
Edward Capen Dunbar*
Flemington, N. J.
118 B H
Colby College
B.D., Newton Theological Institution, 1922
Howell Samuel Foster* Philadelphia, Pa.
Reformed Episcopal Seminary, 1927
Otto Geyer Stuttgart, Germany 315 H H
Pre-Theological School, Schoental and Urach, 1922
Tubingen University, 1926
John Henry Ginter* Hopewell, N. J.
A.B., Albright College, 1924
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1927
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Masao Hayashi Marita-Machi, Japan
Meiji Gakuin College, 1923
Meiji Gakuin Seminary. 1926
Th.B., Auburn Seminary, 1929
Seung Lak Kim Pyengyang, Korea
Union Christian College, Pyengyang, 1924
Union Seminary, Pyengyang, 1927
Th.M., Princeton Seminary, 1929
Harold Henry Klein Richboro, Pa.
A.B., Central College, 1925
New Brunswick Seminary, 1928
Howell Portman Lair Tsinan, China
A. B., College of Emporia, 1906 ; D.D., 1923
B. D., Presbyterian Seminary of Chicago, 1913
S.T.M., Union Seminary (New York), 1922
Clinton Herbert Loehlin Moga, India
A.B., University of Minnesota, 1920
A.M., Princeton University, 1923
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1923
William Montague MacInnis
A.B., Occidental College, 1926
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1929
Henry Miller*
Richard Murray Mussen
A.B., Occidental College, 1926
ThB., Princeton Seminary, 1929
Gosaku Okada
Aoyama Gakuin College, 1925
Aoyama Gakuin Seminary, 1928
Wilbur Nye Pike Lakehurst, N. J.
A.B., Asbury College, 1924
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1928
William Lawrence Pressly Statesville, N. C.
A. B., Erskine College, 1925
B. D., Erskine ^minary, 1929
Edwin M. Rhoad Elphrata, Pa.
A.B.. Lebanon Valley College, 1922
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1925
Henry Pierce Simpson New Monmouth, N. J.
A.B., University of Richmond, 1919
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1924
Charles Szebik Lebeny, Hungary
Reformed Gymnasium of Papa, 1925
University of Berlin
Succasunna, N. J.
Riverside, N. J.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Fukui-Ken, Japan
405 A H
305 A H
A I P H
C I P H
400 A H
401 A H
400 H H
303 H H
214 H H
421 B H
William Wallace Thompson* Philadelphia, Pa.
Reformed Episcopal Seminary, 1925
II
Wilhelm Henry Westby
Sioux City, Iowa
303
B
H
A.B., St. Olaf College, 1923
Th.B., Luther Seminary, 1926
Inku Yun
Tongrai, Korea
305
B
H
Meiji Gakuin College, 1926
Meiji Gakuin Seminary, 1929
DeWitt Philo Zuse
York, Pa.
203
H
H
A.B., Lebanon Valley College, 1926
Th.B., Princeton Seminary, 1929
Graduate Students — 31
•On part time.
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SENIOR CLASS
Name Residence
Samuel Edward Arendt* Monmouth, 111.
A.B., Monmouth College, 1926
Henry Clay Banks Norwood, Pa.
A.B., Lafayette College, 1927
James McClure Barnett Beaver Falls, Pa.
A. B., University of Pittsburgh, 1926
Norman Edgar Barnett Brackenridge, Pa.
College of Wooster
Harold James Braden Georgetown, Pa.
B. S., College of Wooster, 1927
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
Alexander Thompson Coyle Westhampton Beach, N.
A.B., Harvard University, 1927
Frederick Barnard Crane Dryden, N. Y.
A.B., Lafayette College, 1927
Joseph Craig Dickson Pittsburgh, Pa.
A.B., Westminster College (Pa.), 1927
James Willard Dye Broadacre, Ohio
A.B., College of Wooster, 1927
Elmer Chrisman Elsea* Marshall, Mo.
A. B., Westminster College (Mo.), 1927
Bransford Eubank Brownwood, 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
Frederick Lawrence Gibson* Palm Beach, Fla.
A.B., Western Maryland College, 1914
Chauncey Rolland Gleason* Osborn, Ohio
Princeton University
Room
170 A S
313 H H
202 H H
207 H H
58 M S
210 A H
34 W S
317 H H
209 H H
Y.
216 H H
202 H H
414 H H
407 H H
N I
107 A H
203 H H
414 H H
305 A H
108 A H
13
Name
Residence
Charles Huston Haines* Germantown, Pa.
A.B., Princeton University, 1921
William Glen Harris Strawn, 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
Luther Merriman Hollister North Kingsville, Ohio
B. S., College of Wooster, 1927
Thomas Thornton Holloway, Jr. Dallas, Texas
A. B., Southern Methodist 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
Kenneth McLellan Kepler Shanghai, China
A.B., Princeton University, 1927
John Willard Koning
A.B., Carroll College, 1927
Arthur Kollen Korteling
A.B., Coe College, 1927
Alexander Kumanovsky
University of Berlin
John Nevius Lukens
A.B., Princeton University, 1925
Matthews Ewing McPhail Clarksville, Texas
A.B., Trinity University (Texas), 1925
Cedar Grove, Wis.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tonste, Ukraine
Burlington, N. J.
Clement Bricker Meyers* Greencastle, Pa.
Lebanon Valley College
Clair Archie Morrow Eagle Rock, Calif.
A.B., Occidental College, 1924
Gerrit E. Mouw Orange City, Iowa
A.B., Central College (Iowa), 1927
Philip Nicholas Philadelphia, Pa.
A.B., Park College, 1927
William Johnston Pellow* Pukekohe, New Zealand
Auckland University
Room
log A H
409 H H
117 H H
209 H H
205 H H
201 A H
III A H
44 M S
411 A H
21 E P
307 H H
201 H H
202 A H
25 M P
409 H H
205 B H
58 M S
301 A H
109 H H
217 B H
14
Name
Residence
Room
Clyde Edward Rickabaugh*
Trenton, N. J.
300 H H
A.B., Lebanon Valley College, 1926
Paul Elwood Rickabaugh
Harrisburg, Pa.
300 H H
A.B., Wheaton College, 1927
Harry John Schetdemantle
New Castle, Pa.
217 H H
A.B., Muskingum College, 1927
Russell William Shepherd
Middlebush, N. J.
207 B H
A.B., Albion College, 1927
William Sherman Skinner
Gouverneur, N. Y.
204 A H
A.B., Colgate University, 1927
Paul Louis Stumpf
St. Louis, Mo.
200 H H
A.B.. Wheaton College, 1927
George Edgar Sweazey
Fulton, Mo.
204 A H
A.B., Westminster College (Mo.), 1927
Kohei Takeda
Nagoya, Japan
401 H H
Kobe Seminary, 1919
Robert Max Tignor
Urbana, Ohio
95 M S
A.B., College of Wooster, 1927
George William Ulmschneider
New York, N. Y.
201 B H
Th.B., Southern Baptist Seminary, 1929
Clarence Erb Ulrich
Harrisburg, Pa.
49 w S
A.B., Lebanon Valley College,
1927
Merlin Frederick Usner
New Orleans, La.
410 A H
A.B., Maryville College, 1927
Oliver Jenkins Warren
Charleston, S. C.
301 H H
B.S., College of Charleston, 1926; A.M., 1927
Robert Harvey Wood
Chattanooga, Tenn.
308 A H
A.B., Maryville College, 1927
Senior Class — 53
•Not a candidate for graduation.
15
MIDDLE CLASS
Residence
Philadelphia, Pa.
Room
309 H H
Name
Mitchell Thaddeus Ancker
University of Pennsylvania
Robert Milton Anderson Delanco, N. J. 403 H H
A.B., Asbury College, 1927
Frederick Alfred Aston Buenos Aires, Argentina 403 B H
A.B., University of Dubuque, 1929
Samuel Atanasov Sofia, Bulgaria
American College, Samokov, 1928
Ralph Conrad Bassett
A.B., Moravian College, 1928
Prabhakar Govind Bhagwat
A.B., Bombay University, 1923
Richard Thomas Billingsley
Philadelphia, Pa.
Vengurla, India
Greenville, Ohio
A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1928
Roy Blair McKeesport, Pa.
A.B., College of Wooster, 1928
Edwin Boardman, Jr. Waterloo, Iowa
A.B., Iowa State Teachers’ College, 1929
John Wallace Bruce
Belfast, Ireland
A.B., Trinity College, Dublin, 1929
Robert Young Bucher Princeton, N. J.
A.B., Westminster College (Pa.), 1928
Thomas Spencer Cobb
A.B., Kalamazoo College, 1924
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Clarence Ransom Comfort, Jr. Webster Groves, Mo.
A.B., Westminster College (Mo.), 1928
William Watters Darsie
Munhall, Pa.
A.B., University of Pittsburgh, 1924
William Crudden Evans Baltimore, Md.
A.B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1928
Wilbur Mitchell Franklin Erwin, Tenn.
A.B., Maryville College, 1928
Alva Mayes Gregg Rock Hill, S. C.
A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina, 1927
Henry Ewing Hale, HI, Princeton, N. J.
A.B., Princeton University, 1928
loi A H
407 A H
312 H H
405 H H
41S H H
204 B H
409 A H
316 H H
200 A H
103 A H
203 A H
21S H H
408 A H
407 A H
413 H H
i6
Name
Residence
Room
Harold Gordon Harold
A.B., Maryville College, 1927
Middletown, Ohio
408 A H
Clyde Ernest Hewett
A.B., Albright College, 1926
Flemington, N. J.
113 H H
DeLoyd Huenink
A.B., Carroll College, 1923
Cedar Grove, Wis.
310 A H
Thomas Richard Johnston
A.B., Queens University, Belfast,
Belfast, Ireland
1929
409 A H
Wallace Gerhart Mikkelson Minneapolis, Minn.
A.B., University of Minnesota, 1927
219 B H
Orvil Edward Mirtz
A.B., Westminster College (Pa.),
Canonsburg, Pa.
1928
411 H H
James McKee Moffett
Huron College
Madison, Ind.
311 A H
William Warren Morrow
A.B., Asbury College, 1928
McComb, Miss.
223 B H
ISABELO I. PaCQUING
B.S., Wheaton College, 1929
Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur,
P. I.
117 B H
Franklin Elwood Perkins, Jr.
Kingston, N. J.
105 A H
A.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1928
David Porter Knocknamuckley, Ireland 403 A H
A.B., Trinity College, Dublin, 1929
Charles Maurice Prugh
A.B., Heidelberg College, 1928
Dayton, Ohio
416 H H
John Joseph Adams Rainey
A.B., Trinity College, Dublin,
Gillistown, Ireland
1929
403
A H
William Ferdinand Rogan Brownwood, Texas
A.B., Trinity University (Texas), 1928
300
A H
Arthur Mathes Romig
A.B., College of Wooster, 1928
Wooster, Ohio
309
H H
William Clarence Thompson Tarentum, Pa.
A.B., Muskingum College, 1928
417
H H
Charles Bayard Traill
Franklin and Marshall
Frederick, Md.
College
221
B H
Howard Ely Warner
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
211
H H
David Williams Weaver
Philadelphia, Pa.
213
H H
A.B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1928
17
Name Residence
Clyde Duane Wickard McKeesport, Pa.
A.B., College of Wooster, 1928
Warren Wyeth Willard North Scituate, Mass.
A.B., Brown University, 1927
John Trevethick Wriggins Newark, N. J.
A.B., Maryville College, 1928
Middle Qass — ^40
Room
415 H H
107 H H
14 S S
i8
JUNIOR CLASS
Name
Residence
Room
Harman Allen Ayers Vicksburg, Miss.
Southwestern College (Tenn.)
304 A H
Mohammad E. Moghaddam Bahman Teheran, Persia
A.B., American College of Teheran, 1929
423 B H
Robert Birdsey Berger
A.B., Westminster College (Mo.),
Flat River, Mo.
1929
402 B H
Percy Eugene Wendell Clark
A.B., Wheaton College, 1928
Chicago, 111.
119 B H
Alton Claude Clever
A.B., Grove City College, 1929
Echo, Pa.
107 B H
Samuel Coleman
A.B., Westminster College (Pa.),
New Wilmington, Pa
1929
44 M S
John Crawford Corbin
A.B., Wheaton College, 1929
Passaic, N. J.
25 M P
Walter Rowe Courtenay
A.B., Maryville College, 1929
Sandwich, Canada
404 A H
John Taylor Dale, Jr.
A.B., Erskine College, 1928
Tampico, Mexico
402 H H
Leland Greaves Dewey
A.B., Union College, 1928
Schenectady, N. Y.
405 B H
William Jackson Duvall
A.B., Asbury College, 1929
Collingswood, N. J.
403 H H
Walter Holmes Eastwood
B.S., Parsons College, 1929
Washington, Iowa
302 B H
Donald Marcus Charles Englert
A.B., Muhlenberg College, 1929
Allentown, Pa.
108 A H
Harry Ingram Fell
A.B., Maryville College, 1929
West Chester, Pa.
404 A H
Augustus Hooey Griffing
A.B., Columbia University, 1929
Summit, N. J.
107 A H
Tolbert Dwight Hewlett
A.B., Washington and Jefferson '
Newville, Pa.
College, 1929
317 B H
Alonzo Melvin Hyers
A.B., Asbury College, 1929
Toms River, N. J.
los B H
Harvey Leonal Jennings
Waltersburg, Pa.
310 B H
A.B„ Waynesburg College, 1929
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Name
James Garrett Kell
A.B., Lafayette College, 1929
Albert William Lenz
A.B., Bloomfield College, 1929
John Clayton Lime Port Carbon, Pa.
A.B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1929
Residence
Philadelphia, Pa.
Newark, N. J.
William Alexander McAdoo
A.B., Dickinson College, 1927
Eugene Harold McCahan
A.B., Juniata College, 1929
Charles Stewart Marsh, Jr.
Carlisle, Pa.
Birmingham, Pa.
Enid, Okla.
A.B., Phillips University, 1928 ; A.M., 1929
John Campbell Nevin
Pittsburgh, Pa.
A.B., Westminster College (Pa.), 1924
Raymond Adam Niederhaus Hastings, Nebr.
A.B., University of Nebraska, 1928
Carlton Wayne Overholser
A.B., Parsons College, 1929
Millard Harmer Patton
A.B., Temple University, 1929
William Everette Phifer, Jr.
A.B., Davidson College, 1929
Woodbine, Iowa
Philadelphia, Pa.
Port Jervis, N. Y.
Kansas City, Mo.
Charles Alexander Platt
A.B., University of Missouri, 1929
Gerald Ramaker Grundy Center, Iowa
A.B., Calvin College, 1928
Alva Lorin Ridings Berkeley, Calif.
A.B., University of California, 1929
Masao William Satow Los Angeles, Calif.
A.B., University of California at Los Angeles, 1929
Harvey Byron Scheifele Waterloo, Canada
A.B., Marion College, 1929
Earl Fredrick Schottke Cleveland, Ohio
A.B., Heidelberg College, 1928
JiRO Shiroma Naha, Japan
Ph.B., Wheaton College, 1929
Hugh James Sinclair Enid, Okla.
A.B., Phillips University, 1928 ; A.M., 1929
Room
315 B H
203 B H
401 B H
419 B H
321 B H
103 H H
314 H H
209 B H
319 B H
121 B H
314 H H
HO A H
407 B H
30 N S
401 B H
215 B H
304 B H
318 B H
103 H H
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Cleland Walters Stoddart
A.B., Lafayette College, 1929
John Howard Thatcher, Jr.
A.B., Park College, 1929
Albert L. Tull
A.B., Maryville College, 1929
Leonard Webster
Toronto, Canada
Merrick, N. Y.
Baltimore, Md.
Ada, Okla.
A.B., East Central State Teachers College (Okla.), 1929
Rowland Hughes White Hickory, Pa.
A. B., College of Wooster, 1928
Arsham George Yeramian Princeton, N. J.
B. B.A., Northeastern University (Mass.), 1929
Junior Class — 43
PARTIAL STUDENTS
Name Residence
Edward Joseph Bannan Chefoo, China
Civil Service College, Dublin
Roy Harry Dick Baltimore, Md.
Dickinson College
Paul Newton Poling Belmar, N. J.
Willamette University, 1925
John Beverly Redmond, Jr. Princeton, N. J.
A.B., Lincoln University, 1929
Miriam Daugherty Ulrich Harrisburg, Pa.
A.B., Lebanon Valley College, 1927
Muriel Joy Van Orden Pomp ton Plains, N. J.
A.B., Radcliffe College, 1928
Partial Students — 6
ABBREVIATIONS
A H — Alexander Hall
A S — Alexander Street
B H— Brown Hall
D S — Dickinson Street
E P — Edwards Place
H H— Hodge Hall
M S — Mercer Street
M P — Murray Place
N I — Nassau Inn
N S — Nassau Street
P H— Payne Hall
S S — Spruce Street
W S — Wiggins Street
314 B H
307 B H
308 A H
302 H H
306 B H
248 N S
Room
D 2 P H
214 B H
214 H H
49 W S
31 E P
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REPRESENTATION
Colleges
Albright College 2
Albion College 1
American College, Samokov.. 1
American College of Teheran.. 1
Aoyama Gakuin College 1
Asbury College 5
Athenu Valenciano 1
Auckland University 1
Berlin, University of 2
Bloomfield College 1
Bombay University 1
Brown University 1
California, University of 1
California, Unlv. of. at L. A. . 1
Calvin College 2
Carroll College 2
Central College 2
Charleston, College of 1
Citadel-Military Coll, of S. C. 1
Civil Service College, Dublin. . . 1
Coe College 1
Colby College 1
Colgate University 1
Columbia University 1
Davidson College 2
Dickinson College 2
Dubuque, University of 1
East State Teachers Coll., Okl. 1
Elizabethtown College 1
Emporia, College of 1
Erskine College 2
Franklin College 1
Franklin and Marshall College. 1
Fredericksburg College 1
George Washington University. 1
Grove City College 1
Hamilton College 1
Harvard University 1
Hastings College 1
Heidelberg College 2
Huron College 1
Iowa State Teachers College ... 1
Juniata College 1
Kalamazoo College 1
Lafayette College 6
Lebanon Valley College 7
Lincoln University 1
Maryville College 8
Marion College 1
Meijl Gakuin College 2
Minnesota, University of 3
Missouri, University of 1
Monmouth College 1
Moravian College 1
Muhlenberg College 1
Muskingum College 2
Nebraska, University of 1
Northeastern University (Mass.) 1
Occidental College 3
Oglethorpe University 1
Ohio, University of 1
Ohio Wesleyan University 1
Park College 2
Parsons College 2
Pennsylvania, University of . . . . 2
Phillips University 2
Pittsburgh, University of 2
Presbyterian College of S. C. 1
Princeton University 5
Queen’s University, Belfast. ... 1
Radcliffe College 1
Reformed Gymnasium of Papa. 2
Richmond, University of 1
Roanoke College 1
St. Olaf College 2
Southern Methodist University. 1
Southwestern College, Tenn. ... 1
Temple University 1
Texas Agr. and Mech. College.. 1
Trinity College, Dublin 3
Trinity University, Texas 3
Tubingen University 1
Union Chris. Coll., Pyongyang 1
Union College 1
Washington & Jefferson Coll. 6
Waynesburg College 1
Westminster College (Mo.).... 4
Westminster (College (Pa.) 7
Western Maryland College 1
Wheaton College 7
Willamette University 1
Wooster, College of 10
Number of Colleges represented 92
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Seminaries
Aoyama Gakuin Seminary 1
Central Seminary, Ohio 1
Columbia Seminary 3
Erskine Seminary 1
Evangelical Seminary of Porto
Rico 1
Kobe Seminary 1
Luther Seminary 2
Meiji Gakuin Seminary 2
New Brunswick Seminary 1
Newton Theological Institution. 1
States
California 4
Florida 1
Georgia 1
Illinois 3
Indiana 2
Iowa 7
Louisiana 1
Maryland 5
Massachusetts 1
Michigan 1
Minnesota 3
Mississippi 3
Missouri 6
Nebraska 1
New Jersey 28
New York 7
North Carolina 1
Ohio 11
Oklahoma 3
Pennsylvania 44
South Carolina 3
Tennessee 2
Texas 5
Virginia 1
Wisconsin 2
Number of States represented.. 25
Presbyterian Seminary of Chi-
cago 1
Presbyterian Seminary of Brazil 1
Princeton Seminary 12
Reformed Episcopal Seminary. . 2
Southern Baptist Seminary. ... 1
Theological ^hool of the Chris-
tian Reformed Church 1
Union Seminary, Pyengyang. . . 1
Number of Seminaries repre-
sented 17
Countries
Argentina 1
Brazil 1
Bulgaria 1
Canada 3
China 4
Germany 1
Hungary 2
India 2
Ireland 4
Japan 4
Korea 2
Mexico 1
New Zealand 1
Persia 1
Philippine Islands 1
Porto Rico 1
Ukrania 1
Number of Countries represent-
ed 17
Summary of Students
4
Graduate Students
31
53
40
43
Partial Students
6
Total
177
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DEGREES CONFERRED IN 1929
The Diploma of the Seminary upon
Frederic George St. Denis
The Degree of Bachelor of Theology upon
Philip Henry Austin
John Herman Bergen
Charles Bogar
Lloyd Sharon Bowman
Theodoret Hagop Bulbulian
Charles Carroll Burruss
Charles Dana Chrisman
Frielie Ernest Conaway
Frederick William Cropp, Jr.
Charles Lively Dickey
Winslow Shaw Drummond
Albert Franklin Faucette
Michael Fesenko
David Otis Fuller
Kenneth Sperber Gapp
Wayne Wallace Gray
George Henry Green
Kyung Chik Han
Joseph Rowland Harris
Lowell Camp Hine
James Barker Hodgson
William Russell Hunter
James Wesley Ingles
Lawrence Harold Jongewaard
Marchant Askren King
Ganse Little
Luther Craig Long
William Montague MacInnis
Willard John McLaughlin
George Gordon Mahy, Jr.
William James Martin
George S. Maxwell
Richard Vernon Metzeling
Richard Murray Mussen
David Kearns Myers
Gerard Clarence Pool
Edgar Allan Potts
Merle Field Ram age
John Benedict Reed, Jr.
Lucius Milam Reeves
James Leander Rohrbaugh
Howard Fenimore Shipps
Paul Theodore Shultz, Jr.
George Edward Taylor
Robert Thomas Taylor
Joseph Donaldson E. Turner
George Malcolm Van Dyke
John Arthur Visser
Harold Voelkel
Peter Ferdinand Wall
Lewis Hammond Webster
Irving Adams West
Kenneth Willard Wilson
DeWitt Philo Zuse
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The Degree of Master of Theology upon
Ernest Bizer
Loraine Boettner
Wick Broomall, Jr.
George Hough Bucher
Leland Nicholas Edmunds
Albert Franklin Faucette
Jacob Tunis Hoogstra
Seung Lak Kim
Walter Kohlschmidt
Peter Sterrenberg Latsky
Lefferts Augustine Loetscher
Daniel Johannes Louw
William Hart McCorkle
Philip Jonathan May
John Edward Meeter
Raymond Clinton Miller
Bela Nagy
Carl Brandt Naumann
Harry Campbell Neely
Yasuo Oshita
Robert Fowler Porte
Malcolm Wilhelm Retief
Henry Rikkers, Jr.
Kelmer Nelson Roe
Kumakichi Sekiguchi
Edwin Luke Shelling
Ernest William Sihler
Walton Lawrence Smith
Ernest Bennet Steen
Robert Martin Cargill Ward
Lewis Hammond Webster
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FELLOWSHIPS AND PRIZES AWARDED IN 1929
The George S. Green Fellowship in Old Testament Literature
David Kearns Myers
The Alumni Fellowship in New Testament and the Archibald Robert-
son Scholarship
John Herman Bergen
The Gelston-Winthrop Fellowship in Apologetics
John Edward Meeter
The Gelston-Winthrop Fellowship in Systematic Theology
Jacob Tunis Hoogstra
The First Scribner Prize in New Testament Literature
George Malcolm Van Dyke
The Hugh Davies Prize in Homiletics
John Arthur Visser
The Grace Carter Erdman Prize in English Bible
George Malcolm Van Dyke
The First Robert L. Maitland Prize in New Testament Exegesis
Harold John Ockenga
The Second Robert L. Maitland Prize
Kenneth McLellan Kepler
The First Robert Dick Wilson Prize in Hebrew
Tod Brumbaugh Sperling
The Second Robert Dick Wilson Prize
Herbert Vinton Hotchkiss and Everett Clark De Velde
The Third Robert Dick Wilson Prize
Roy Blair, Alfred Winifield Eppard and
Charles Maurice Prugh
Daniel W. Poor Scholarships awarded by the Board of Christian
Education
James Barker Hodgson, George Gordon Mahy, Jr.
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HISTORY OF THE SEMINARY
In the year 1809 the proposal to establish a Theological
Seminary for the Presbyterian Church was introduced to
the General Assembly in the form of an overture from the
Presbytery of Philadelphia. The Committee, to which the
overture was referred, recommended that three plans be
submitted to the presbyteries : the first, to establish one
school in some convenient place near the center of the
Church ; the second, to establish two schools, one in the
North, the other in the South; the third, to establish a
school within the bounds of each of the synods. The re-
ports from the presbyteries, received in 1810, led the Gen-
eral Assembly in that year to decide upon a single school
and to appoint a committee to prepare a “Plan for a Theo-
logical Seminary,” to be reported to the next General As-
sembly. In 1811 the plan reported was adopted. In 1813
the location of the Seminary was fixed temporarily at
Princeton, N. J., a Board of Directors was elected, and the
Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D., was appointed Professor
of Didactic and Polemic Divinity. In 1813 the Rev. Sam-
uel Miller was appointed Professor of Ecclesiastical History
and Church Government, and the location at Princeton was
made permanent.
The Trustees of the College of New Jersey entered into
an agreement with the General Assembly, allowing the use
of their buildings to the Seminary students, and offering
space on the campus for the erection of any building neces-
sary for the use of the Seminary. They also engaged that,
while the Theological Seminary shall remain at Prince-
ton, no professorship of theology shall be established in
the College.
The classes were first held in Doctor Alexander’s study
and later for a time in the College buildings. In 1815 the
General Assembly determined to erect a hall which should
contain both the lecture rooms needed and lodgings for the
students. The cornerstone was laid in that year, and the
building, now known as Alexander Hall, was occupied in the
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autumn of 1817. It was built upon a tract of land which
had been acquired for the use of the Seminary. In 1820
the General Assembly authorized the professors to appoint
an Assistant Teacher of the Original Languages of Scrip-
ture, and in the same year they appointed to this office Mr.
Charles Hodge, a graduate of the Seminary and a licentiate
of the Church. Mr. Hodge accepted the appointment and
was ordained. In 1822 he was elected by the General As-
sembly Professor of Oriental and Biblical Literature. In
1824 a charter, obtained from the Legislature of the State
of New Jersey, was accepted by the General Assembly, and
in accordance with its terms the property and funds of the
Seminary were placed in the charge of a Board of Trustees.
This act of legislation incorporated the “Trustees of the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church,” making
this the corporate name of the institution. With this in-
corporation the Seminary was constituted as at present.
The first session began on the twelfth of August, 1812.
Three students matriculated on that day, another in August
and five in November. Since then seven thousand five
hundred and one students have been enrolled, coming from
all parts of the United States and from many foreign coun-
tries. Of these, approximately five hundred and forty-four
have entered upon foreign mission work.
THE DESIGN OF THE SEMINARY
In the Plan of the Seminary, as adopted by the General
Assembly, its design is stated in the following paragraphs :
“The General Assembly, after mature deliberation, have
resolved, in reliance on the patronage and blessing of the
Great Head of the Church, to establish a new Institution,
consecrated solely to the education of men for the Gospel
ministry, and to be denominated The Theological Semi-
nary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of
America. And to the intent that the true design of the
founders of this institution may be known to the public,
both now and in time to come, and especially that this de-
sign may, at all times, be distinctly viewed and sacredly
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regarded, both by the teachers and the pupils of the Semi-
nary, it is judged proper to make a summary and explicit
statement of it.
“It is to form men for the Gospel ministry who shall
truly believe, and cordially love, and therefore endeavour
to propagate and defend, in its genuineness, simplicity, and
fullness, that system of religious belief and practice which
is set forth in the Confession of Faith, Catechisms, and
Plan of Government and Discipline of the Presbyterian
Church ; and thus to perpetuate and extend the influence
of true evangelical piety and Gospel order.
“It is to provide for the Church an adequate supply and
succession of able and faithful ministers of the New Testa-
ment; workmen that need not he ashamed, being qualified
rightly to divide the word of truth.
“It is to unite in those who shall sustain the ministerial
office, religion and literature; that piety of the heart, which
is the fruit only of the renewing and sanctifying grace of
God, with solid learning: believing that religion without
learning, or learning without religion, in the ministers of the
Gospel, must ultimately prove injurious to the Church.
“It is to afford more advantages than have hitherto been
usually possessed by the ministers of religion in our coun-
try, to cultivate both piety and literature in their prepara-
tory course ; piety, by placing it in circumstances favourable
to its growth, and by cherishing and regulating its ardour;
literature, by affording favourable opportunities for its at-
tainment, and by making its possession indispensable.
“It is to provide for the Church men who shall be able to
defend her faith against infidels and her doctrine against
heretics.
“It is to furnish our congregations with enlightened,
humble, zealous, laborious pastors, who shall truly watch
for the good of souls, and consider it as their highest hon-
our and happiness to win them to the Saviour, and to build
up their several charges in holiness and peace.
“It is to promote harmony and unity of sentiment among
the ministers of our Church, by educating a large body of
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them under the same teachers and in the same course of
study.
“It is to lay the foundation of early and lasting friend-
ships, productive of confidence and mutual assistance in
after life among the ministers of religion ; which experience
shows to be conducive not only to personal happiness, but
to the perfecting of inquiries, researches and publications
advantageous to religion.
“It is to preserve the unity of our Church, by educating
her ministers in an enlightened attachment not only to the
same doctrines, but to the same plan of government.
“It is to bring to the service of the Church genius and
talent, when united with piety, however poor or obscure
may be their possessor, by furnishing, as far as possible,
the means of education and support without expense to
the student.
“It is to found a nursery for missionaries to the heathen,
and to such as are destitute of the stated preaching of the
Gospel ; in which youth may receive that appropriate train-
ing which may lay a foundation for their ultimately be-
coming eminenlty qualified for missionary work.
“It is, finally, to endeavour to raise up a succession of
men, at once qualified for and thoroughly devoted to the
work of the Gospel ministry; who, with various endow-
ments, suiting them to different stations in the Church of
Christ, may all possess a portion of the spirit of the primi-
tive propagators of the Gospel ; prepared to make every
sacrifice, to endure every hardship, and to render every serv-
ice which the promotion of pure and undefiled religion may
require.”
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LOCATION OF THE SEMINARY
The General Assembly, after mature deliberation, selected
Princeton as the site of the first Seminary of the Church.
Among the reasons that led to this choice was the advantage
afforded by proximity to the College of New Jersey, now
Princeton University. The theological students have the
privileges of the University library; admission to the courses
of instruction in the graduate and undergraduate department
of the University when duly qualified and upon recommen-
dation by the Faculty of the Seminary; opportunities to hear
public addresses by the members of the University Faculty
and other distinguished lecturers; and to attend the con-
certs and musical recitals given under the auspices of the
University.
Princeton is in quick and easy communication with New
York and Philadelphia, while yet sufficiently remote from
them to be free from distracting influences.
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TERMS OF ADMISSION
Credentials. In order to be admitted to matriculation
and enrollment as a student in the Seminary, the applicant
for admission must present to the Registrar, the Rev. Paul
Martin, the following credentials :
1. A letter from the pastor or session of the church of
which he is a member, stating that he is in full communion
with the church, possesses good natural talents, and is of a
prudent and discreet deportment. Or, if an ordained min-
ister, a letter from the ecclesiastical body to which he
belongs, stating that he is in good and regular standing.
2. A college diploma or an equivalent certificate of the
completion of a regular course of academic study. Or, if he
has not completed a regular course of academic study, he
must sustain an examination, or present credentials of hav-
ing sustained examination, in Latin, Biblical history, ancient
history, modern English literature, and philosophy ; or in
other subjects fundamental to the studies of the Seminary.
Admission ad Eundem Gradum. A student who has
taken part of the theological course in another seminary
will be received to the same stage of the course on his pre-
sentation of a letter from that seminary certifying to his
good standing, stating the courses he has completed, and
regularly dismissing him to this Seminary. He must also
comply with the terms of admission set forth in the pre-
ceding paragraphs ; and, if a candidate for the degree of
Th.B. or for the certificate of graduation, he must satisfy
the requirements of the Seminary regarding knowledge of
the original languages of Scripture.
Graduate and Other Students. A student who has com-
pleted the regular course of study in another seminary must
present a certificate to that effect from that seminary and,
if a college graduate, also his college diploma. If he does
not come immediately from a seminary he must secure a
letter from a presbytery or other equivalent ecclesiastical
body, stating that he is a minister in good and regular
standing.
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An ordained minister who has not completed the regular
course of study in a theological seminary will be admitted
to the privileges of the Seminary on the presentation of a
letter from a presbytery or other equivalent ecclesiastical
body, stating that he is in good and regular standing in
his church.
The hospitality of the Seminary may also be extended
to accredited persons who desire to pursue special studies.
Ministers of the gospel who desire to attend the Semi-
nary for a longer or shorter period, but who do not wish
to undertake regular work, may, if properly accredited, be
received as Guests and given the privileges of the class-
ro(,ms and library.
Matriculation
Entering students who have presented satisfactory cre-
dentials are matriculated by subscribing to the following
declaration required by the Plan of the Seminary :
“Deeply impressed with a sense of the importance of im-
proving in knowledge, prudence and piety, in my prepara-
tion for the Gospel ministry, I solemnly promise, in a reli-
ance on divine grace, that I will faithfully and diligently at-
tend on all the instructions of this Seminary, and that I will
conscientiously and vigilantly observe all the rules and reg-
ulations specified in the Plan for its instruction and govern-
ment, so far as the same relates to the students ; and that
I will obey all the lawful requisitions, and readily yield to
all the wholesome admonitions of the professors and direc-
tors of the Seminary while I shall continue a member of it.”
Collegiate Preparation
Other degrees than that of Bachelor of Arts, certifying
to the completion of an adequate course in liberal learning,
will be accepted as satisfying the academic requirements for
admission to the Seminary ; but the classical course of study
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts is the normal
course of preparation for theological study. Special atten-
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tion should be given to Latin and Greek, philosophy, an-
cient and general European history, and English language
and literature. When work has been accomplished which
is found to be equivalent to any of the courses prescribed in
the Seminary, credit will be given for it and a substitute
provided either in the prescribed or in the elective courses.
Preliminary Test in Greek
Instruction in the New Testament presupposes know-
ledge of Greek. In order to ascertain the adequacy of the
student’s preparation a written test is held at the beginning
of the Seminary year in the translation of simple Attic prose
and in the fundamental grammatical forms and syntax of
the language; and although no special knowledge of New
Testament Greek is required, a passage from the Gospels is
usually offered for translation. Students found to be inade-
quately prepared take a course in New Testament Greek
during the first year and postpone to the following year the
courses in the New Testament.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSES OF STUDY
I. SEMITIC PHILOLOGY
Dr. Wailes and Mr. Deininger
111 Elements of Hebrew. Orthography, etymology, syntax, trans-
lation of exercises and of parts of Genesis. For beginners in
Hebrew. Prescribed, first year, 8 hours.
Dr. Wailes. M. Tu Th F 3
141 Hebrew Reading, with special reference to vocabulary and
grammar; usually to be taken as the “Semitic Elective” of
Middle year. Elective, 2 hours.
Mr. Deininger. Tu 4
142 Advanced Hebrew. Translation of Deuteronomy with special
attention to etymology, syntax and word study. Prerequisite
Course, 111. Elective, 2 hours.
Mr. Deininger. Tu 3
144 Biblical Aramaic. With Prof. Hitti of Princeton University.
146 Arabic. With Prof. Hitti of Princeton University.
147 Syriac. With Prof. Hitti of Princeton University.
II. OLD TESTAMENT
Dr. Vos, Dr. Raven, and Mr. Deininger
211 Old Testament History. Early period. Prescribed, first year, 3
hours.
Dr. Raven. First term, M Tu 11.30; Second term, M 11.30
212 General Introduction to the Old Testament. The Canon; mean-
ing of the term ; number, order and division of the books ; time of
collection and reasons for acceptance; disputed books. Pre-
scribed, first year, 1 hour.
Mr. Deininger. Second term, Tu 11.30
221 Introduction to the Pentateuch. Philological, literary and archae-
ological grounds of its historicity. Prescribed, second year, 1
hour.
Mr. Deininger. First term, Tu 11.30
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222 Introduction to the Poetical Books. Form of Hebrew poetry,
criticism of the Psalms; exegesis of selected Psalms; introduc-
tion to the books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Ec-
clesiastes, Lamentations. Prescribed, second year, i hour.
Dr. Raven. Second term, Tu 11.30
223 Biblical Theology of the Old Testament. Historical progress
of special revelation under the old covenant; form and content
of revelation; pre-redemptive, pre-deluvian, patriarchal Mosaic
and prophetic revelation. Prescribed, second year, 4 hours.
Dr. Vos. Th F 8.10
231 Exegesis of the Prophetical Books. Exegetical studies in the
book of Isaiah ; interpretations gathered and classified. Pre-
scribed, third year, 2 hours.
Dr. Raven. First term, M Tu 2
232 Introduction to the Prophetical Books. The prophets of Israel
and their characteristics; classifications, principles of interpreta-
tion ; study of each book of “the latter prophets” in order to a
knowledge of its author, his environment, his message, with a
discussion of the more important critical and exegetical questions.
Prescribed, third year, 2 hours.
Dr. Raven. Second term, M Tu 2
246 Eschatology of the Old Testament The idea of the consum-
mation of things in its general and in its specifically Messianic
form in Old Testament relevation. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Vos. Th 3
Theses Courses. (See page 46.)
Majors for the Th.M. degree in Old Testament listed in various
departments 142,* 223,* 231,* 232.*
*Not open to those who have taken it as an undergraduate study.
III. NEW TESTAMENT
Dr. Vos, Dr. Armstrong and Mr. Oates
300 New Testament Greek. Instruction is given in three courses:
a. For beginners in Greek; grammatical study of New Testa-
ment Greek; practice in reading. Prescribed for students with-
out knowledge of Greek. First year, 6 hours.
Mr. Oates. M Tu Th 4
b. Presupposes some knowledge of Greek or special aptitude.
Grammatical study of New Testament Greek; practice in reading.
Prescribed for students inadequately prepared in Greek. First
year, 6 hours.
Mr. Oates. M Tu Th s
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311 New Testament Introduction and 312 Exegesis. Introduction, which
occupies one-fourth of the course, treats of (1) the Language of
the New Testament, its relation to antecedent and contemporary
Greek, and its distinctive characteristics ; (2) Textual Criticism,
manuscripts, versions, patristic citations, printed text, principles
of criticism and history of the text (Westcott and Hort), analysis
of evidence for variants in selected passages; (3) the Canon,
fundamental idea, limiting principle, process of organization in
the first three centuries. Exegesis, which occupies three-fourths
of the course, follows the grammatico-historical method illus-
trated by a study of the Epistle to the Galatians. Special at-
tention to the historical implications of the Epistle. Prescribed,
first year. (Introduction, 1 hour; Exegesis, 3 hours.)
Dr. Armstrong. Th F 9.30
321 Gospel History. Literature of the Life of Christ; extent and
character of the sources ; literary and historical criticism of the
Gospels; New Testament times; chronology; Life of Christ on
the basis of the materials contained in the Gospels. Prescribed,
second year, 4 hours.
Dr. Armstrong. Tu W 8.10
331 Apostolic History. Introduction to Acts ; chronology of the
Apostolic age; origin of the Church in Jerusalem; character of
primitive Christian faith and its relation to the Messianic work
and the resurrection of Jesus; early Jewish Christianity; Hellen-
istic Christianity; Universal Christianity; introduction to the
Pauline Epistles, Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles and the Apoca-
lypse of John. Prescribed, third year, 2 hours.
Dr. Armstrong. First term, Tu W 11.30
332 Biblical Theology of the New Testament. The beginnings of
New Testament revelation ; the nativity in its relation to the old
covenant; John the Baptist; the teaching of Jesus, its mode, at-
titude to the Old Testament, doctrine of God, the kingdom of
God, the Messianic consciousness ; the early development of the
Apostolic teaching in the pre-Pauline period on the basis of Acts.
Text book used in second half of the course. Prescribed, third
year, 4 hours.
Dr. Vos. Tu W 8.10
342 The Application of Redemption in Paul. An inquiry into the
Pauline principles of the subjective work of Christ. Predestina-
tion, Calling, Justification, Faith and Sanctification; to be treated
in close contact with the exegetical basis of these doctrines in the
Pauline Epistles. Elective 2 hours.
Dr. Vos. Tu 3
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343 The Pauline Eschatology. The structure of Paul’s teaching on
the Last Things, the Coming of Christ and its precursors, the
Man-of-sin, the Resurrection, the Judgment and the Eternal
State. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Vos. M 4
345 Introduction to the Epistles of Paul. Criticism of the Pauline
Epistles; order and grouping; presuppositions in Paul’s experi-
ence and environment; historico-critical problems. Instruction by
lectures, reading the Greek text and thesis work. Supplementary
to course 331. Elective, 2 hours. (Not given in 1929-30.)
Dr. Armstrong.
346 Exegesis of Ephesians. Reading and interpretation of the Greek
text; use of commentaries; thesis. Elective, 2 hours. (Not given
in 1929-30.)
Dr. Armstrong.
Theses Courses. (See page 46.)
Majors for the Th.M. degree in New Testament listed in other
departments 332,* 442, 642, 643, 644.
IV. CHURCH HISTORY
Dr. Loetscher
411 Church History: The Ancient Church. From the Apostolic Age
to Gregory the Great, 100-590 A. D. The expansion of Chris-
tianity in conflict with Judaism, the Roman government and
paganism ; ecclesiastical organization ; public worship ; Christian
art and architecture; monasticism ; the development of the Nicene
and post-Nicene theology; the literary works of the leading
church fathers. Prescribed, first year, 2 hours.
Dr. Loetscher. W 5
421 Church History: The Mediaeval Church. From Gregory the
Great to the Reformation, 590-1517 A. D. The Germanic inva-
sions; missions; Islam; the Holy Roman Empire; the growth of
the papal power and the sacramental system ; the Crusades ;
monastic orders; doctrinal controversies; scholasticism; the mys-
tics ; the reforming councils ; the opponents of the papacy ; popu-
lar religious life at the close of the Middle Ages ; the Renaissance
and humanism. Prescribed, second year, 4 hours.
Dr. Loetscher. W Th 11.30
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431 Church History: The Modern Church. From the Reformation
to the present day. The causes, progress, salient characteristics
and main effects of the Reformation and Counter Reformation in
Europe ; the outstanding features of the Age of the Enlightenment
and of the Romanism and Protestantism of the nineteenth century.
Prescribed, third year, 4 hours.
Dr. Loetscher. F 8.io S 8.oo
441 History of American Christianity. General survey of American
Christianity as a whole and of the American Presbyterian Church
in particular. The European antecedents of American Chris-
tianity; the planting of the various denominations in the colonies;
the Great Awakening and the later revivals ; the relations of
church and state ; domestic and foreign missions ; the develop-
ment, characteristics and distinctive contributions of the leading
denominations ; Christian education ; moral reforms ; theological
discussions and literature; interdenominational activities; latest
movements and tendencies. Textbooks as a basis for class dis-
cussion; collateral reading along special lines of investigation; a
thesis containing the results of independent study of some special
phase of the subject. The number of credits is determined by the
amount of thesis work. Elective, 2 hours (or more, according to
work arranged). (Not given in 1929-30).
Dr. Loetscher.
442 History of the Doctrine of the Atonement. Seminar course.
The discussions are based on the theses prepared by the mem-
bers of the class on assigned sources and secondary works deal-
ing with the historic development of the doctrine from the
Apostolic Fathers to the present time. The aim of the course
is to set forth and evaluate the various contributions made
throughout the history of the Church to our knowledge of the work
of Christ. Special attention is given to the epochal stages in the
development and to the characteristic features of related theo-
logical opinion in the various periods. The number of credits is
determined by the amount of thesis work. Elective, 2 or 4 hours,
(according to work arranged).
Dr. Loetscher. Th 10.30
443 Early Church History. Selected patristic writings, in translation,
discussed as sources for the study of the establishment and ex-
pansion of Christianity in the first five centuries. Elective, 2 hours.
(Not given in 1929-30).
Dr. Loetscher.
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444 Augustine: His Life and Work. The first part of the course
will be devoted to a critical discussion of the “Confessions”
(Bks I-IX), with particular reference to the intellectual and
spiritual development of Augustine and his conversion. This will
be followed by discussions based on assigned readings in the
various departments of his literary work, special attention being
given to the historically significant elements of his teaching.
Elective, 2 or 4 hours (according to work arranged).
Dr. Loetscher. F 2
445 Calvin’s Institutes. The Institutes are used as a textbook for this
course, and are discussed with special reference to their his-
torical background, their distinctive dogmatic and polemic fea-
tures, and their relation to some of the important confessions of
the Reformed faith and polity. Elective, 2 hours. (Additional
thesis work on Calvin or Calvinism can be arranged.)
Dr. Loetscher. F 10.30
446 Modem British Protestantism. A general survey of Protestant
Christianity in the British Isles from the beginning of the eigh-
teenth century to the present time, with special reference to the
Evangelical Revival, the Oxford Movement and typical repre-
sentatives of the Dissenting Churches. Elective, 2 hours (or
more, according to work arranged). (Not given in 1929-30).
Dr. Loetscher.
Theses Courses. (See page 46.)
Majors for the Th.M. degree in Church History listed in other
departments 642, 643, 644.
V. APOLOGETICS AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS
Mr. Osborn
511 Apologetics and Theism. General introduction to Apologetics; a
critique of the reason, including the discussion of its reality, its
trustworthiness and its limitations ; the philosophy of religion, in-
cluding its nature, its origin and the reality of its supreme ob-
ject, the supernatural; and theism, historical, constructive and
polemic. Lectures and recitations. Prescribed, first year, 4 hours.
Mr. Osborn. F 7.30 p. m., S 8
521 Evidences of Christianity. General introduction, including a his-
tory of unbelief, a statement of the existing religious situation
and a discussion of evidences in general and of moral evidences
in particular; the presentation and criticism of the various evi-
dences— experimental, internal, external, collateral, that from
the character of Christ, that from His resurrection, and that from
the convergence on Him of so many and so diverse proofs.
Bibliology, or the proof of the plenary inspiration of the Bible.
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Butler’s “Analogy,” Part II. Lectures, written exercises and dis-
cussions. Prescribed, second year, 4 hours.
Mr. Osborn. F 5, S 9.20
Theses Courses. (See page 46.)
The Th.M. degree in Apologetics. (Not given this year.)
VI. SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
Dr. Hodge and Mr. Murray
611 Systematic Theology: Prolegomena and Theology. Nature
and sources of theology; revelation and inspiration; nature and
attributes of God; the Trinity; deity of Christ; the Holy Spirit;
the decree of God; creation, providence and miracles. Lectures
and text book. Prescribed, first year, 2 hours.
Dr. Hodge and Mr. Murray. S. 9.20
621 Systematic Theology: Anthropology and Christology. Origin,
nature and original state of man; covenant of works; the fall;
sin; imputation; original sin; inability and free agency; plan of
salvation; covenant of grace; person and offices of Christ; the
atonement, its nature, necessity and extent; Christ’s estates of
humiliation and exaltation. Lectures and text book. Prescribed,
second year, 4 hours.
Dr. Hodge. Tu W 9.30
631 Systematic Theology: Soteriology and Eschatology. Ordo
salutis; vocation; regeneration; faith; justification; santifica-
tion ; means of grace, the word, the sacraments and prayer ;
eschatology. Lectures and text book. Prescribed, third year, 4
hours.
Dr Hodge and Mr. Murray. Th F 11.30
641 Doctrine of Sin. Old Testament doctrine of sin, especially in
the Pentateuch and in prophecy; New Testament doctrine of
sin, especially in the teaching of Jesus and Paul; history of the
doctrine in the Christian Church; modern philosophical theories
of sin; systematic statement of the doctrine. Lectures and as-
signed reading. Elective, 2 hours. (Not given in 1929-30).
Dr. Hodge.
642 Doctrine of Justification, Old Testament presuppositions of the
doctrine; New Testament teaching, especially that of Paul; his-
torical development of the doctrine; modern theories of justi-
fication; systematic statement of the doctrine. Lectures and as-
signed reading. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Hodge. F 3
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643 Doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The Old Testament doctrine of
the Spirit of God; the teaching of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels
and in the Gospel of John; the teaching of Paul and of the other
New Testament writers ; the historical development of the doc-
trine; modern theories on the subject; the systematic statement
of the doctrine. Lectures and assigned reading. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Hodge. W 3
644 The Reformed Doctrine of the Atonement. Its Roots and De-
velopment. Athanasius and Greek conceptions. Augustine’s doc-
trine and its influence on the Reformers. Anselm’s theory of
Satisfaction: its similarity to and difference from the Reformed
doctrine. Aquinas and Gerson: their use of the Reformed cate-
gories. Specialized study of Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and the
evangelical Confessions of the Reformation. Later developments
in Turretin, Owen, Edwards. Lectures, discussions and assigned
reading, especially in the works of the above authors. Elective,
4 hours.
Mr. Murray. Tu W 4
Theses Courses. (See page 46.)
Majors for the Th.M. degree in Systematic Theology listed in
other departments 223,* 332,* 442, 444, 445.
VII. PRACTICAL THEOLOGY AND HOMILETICS
Dr. Erdman, Dr. Smith, Dr. Stevenson, Dr. Blackwood, Mr. Wheeler
and Dr. Robinson
711 Ecclesiastical Theology. Government and discipline of the Pres-
byterian Church, and the principles and forms of church govern-
ment. Prescribed, first year, 1 hour.
Dr. Erdman. First term, Tu 9.30
713 Homiletics. Principles and methods of the science and art;
preaching before the professor, the instructor in elocution and
the class ; criticism of the sermons with reference to substance,
style and delivery. Instruction by text book. Prescribed, first
year, 2 hours.
Dr. Stevenson and Dr. Blackwood
First term, W. Th 8.10; Preaching Tu 8 p. m.
714 English Bible. The books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, He-
brews and Revelation. The course is designed to show the unity
of the Bible, the outline and content of the books selected, the
parts best adapted to expository preaching and the practical and
spiritual applications of the material. Prescribed, first year, 2
hours.
Dr. Erdman. Second term, W Th 8.10
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715 Public Speaking, Fundamental work for freeing and developing
the voice and rendering it obedient to thought and emotion.
Basic principles of voice production, deep breathing, control
of breath, voice placing, resonance, vowel forming, conson-
antal articulation, development of vocal range. Special at-
tention given to the correction of individual faults. The philo-
sophy of expression and the application of fundamental princi-
ples to interpretation and to sermon delivery.
Mr. Wheeler. In sections
721 Homiletics. Style and delivery of the sermon. Preaching be-
fore the professor, the instructor in elocution and the class ;
criticism of the sermons with reference to subject-matter, style
and manner of delivery. Instruction by lectures. Prescribed,
second year, 2 hours.
Dr. Blackwood and Dr. Stevenson.
Second term Tu W 5; Preaching Th 7.30 p. m.
722 English Bible. The Pauline Epistles, their structure, homiletic
values and spiritual messages. Prescribed, second year, 2 hours.
Dr. Erdman. Eirst term, Th F 9.30
731 Pastoral Theology. Its scope and literature. Parish duties. The
cure of souls. Religious services. Christian education, in-
cluding the methods and development of the Sabbath School.
Church organization and administration. Problems in particu-
lar fields. Prescribed, third year, 3 hours.
Dr. Erdman. Second term, Tu W 11.30 Th 9.30
732 Homiletics. Practice in analysis of texts and construction of
sermons ; preaching before the professor, the instructor in public
speaking and the class ; criticism of the sermons with respect to
their matter, style and manner of delivery. Instruction by lec-
tures. Each student submits to the Professor of Homiletics six
written sermons. Prescribed, third year, 2 hours.
Dr. Blackwood and Dr. Stevenson.
Second term, W Th 4; Preaching F 7.30 p. m.
733 The Principles of Christian Education. Building up a concept
of Christian education through a discussion of modern theories
of religion in general and Christianity in particular in relation-
ship to modern theories of education and their underlying
psychologies. Lectures, assigned reading and reports. Prescribed,
third year, 1 hour.
Dr. Robinson. First term, Th 4
742 Advanced Homiletics. Exegetical study of selected passages of
Scripture and reference to sermonic use. Elective, 4 hours.
Dr. Smith. Th 5
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743 Great Preachers and Missionaries. The life and character of
distinguished preachers and missionaries ; source and elements of
their power; analysis of their sermons. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Smith. F 4
744 Gospel of Matthew. Outline of the Gospel ; distinguishing fea'
tures ; prominent doctrines ; personal applications ; sermonic use
of the material. Instruction by lectures and theses. Elective, 2
hours.
Dr. Erdman. First term, Th F. 10.30
745 Gospel of John. A homiletic study emphasizing the leading
features of the narrative with particular view to sermon prepara-
tion. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Erdman. Second term, Tu W 10.30
746 Acts of the Apostles. Outline of Apostolic history; personal and
homiletical value of the narrative; application to problems of
evangelistic and missionary work. Instruction by lectures and
theses. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Erdman. First term, Tu W 10.30
747 The General Epistles. Outline and homiletic studies. Instruction
by lectures and theses. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Erdman. Second term, Th F 10.30
749 Bible Reading and Sermon Delivery. Application of the princi-
ples and technique of expression to the interpretation of the mean-
ing and spirit of Scripture and to the communication of the
speaker’s thought and emotion to the audience in the delivery
of the sermon. Prerequisite course, 715. Elective, 2 hours.
Mr. Wheeler. M 11.30
7410 Vocal Training and Expression. (Not open to Juniors.) Elec-
tive, 2 hours.
Mr. Wheeler. In sections
7411 Literary Interpretation. Masterpieces of literature will be studied
that the student may become aware of phases of life outside his
own experience, his point of view enlarged, his sympathies
awakened and his own understanding clarified. Elective, 2 hours.
Mr. Wheeler. W. 9.30
7412 Religious Education. The organization and administration or
a program of Christian education in the particular church and
parish. The course is developed out of problems which have al-
ready emerged in the experience of the members of the class and
moves on to the construction of a program of Christian education
for the particular church, unified around the interests, needs and
characteristics of the various age-groups with which the Church
has to do, in the light of the objective of a complete Christian
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experience. Discussions, lectures, required reading and reports.
Elective, i hour.
Dr. Robinson (and assistants). Second term, W 7.30 p. m.
Theses Courses. (See page 46.)
Majors for the Th.M. degree in Practical Theology listed in
other departments 446, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848.
VIII. HISTORY OF RELIGION AND MISSIONS
Dr. Zwemer and Dr. Fenn
811 History of Religion. Nature of religion, its origin and devel-
opment; Animism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Mo-
hammedanism. Prescribed, first year, 1 hour.
Dr. Zwemer. Second term, W 11.30
821 Principles and Methods of Modern Missions. Missionary aim
and motive; types of missionary work; development and or-
ganization of the native church; relation of the home church
to the missionary enterprise; missionary co-operation and union.
Missionaries and representatives of the Boards assist in the
course. Prescribed, second year, 2 hours.
Dr. Zwemer. Second term, Th. F 9.30
841 Missionary Message. Non-Christian religions ; their strength
and weakness. Their spiritual values and the value of these
values; Vol. I of Report of the Jerusalem Council to be used as
basis of discussions. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Zwemer and special lecturers. F 5
842 Theology of Islam. Elective, 2 hours.
Dr. Zwemer. Second term, W 4
843. Religious Life of the Chinese; its origin and various elements.
Elective, 1 hour.
Dr. Fenn. First term, W 4
844 China’s Recent Past as indicative of her probable Future. Elec-
tive, 1 hour.
Dr. Fenn. First term, W 2
845 Mohammedan Apologetics, or how to meet Moslem difficulties
and to carry the gospel message to the Moslem heart. Elective,
2 hours.
Dr. Zwemer. Second term, W 2
846 Islamic Mysticism. Introduction to the study of its history and
development. Present-day influence. The Derwish Orders. A1
Ghazali. Elective, i hour. (Not given in 1929-30).
Dr. Zwemer.
847 Judaism and Missions to the Jews. Elective, 1 hour.
Dr. Zwemer. ’ Second term, Th. 2
848 Christian Literature in Moslem Lands. A study of the use of
the press in Evangelism in all countries. Elective, i hour. (Not
given in 1929-30).
, Dr. Zwemer.
Theses Courses. (See page 46.)
Majors for the Th.M. degree in Missions listed in other depart-
ments 743.
Musical Instruction. Sight-reading and study of the Hymnal.
A voluntary class, without credits.
Mr. Rudy. Th 2
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Theses Courses
The several professors will be pleased to arrange, either
with graduate students seeking the degree of Master of
Theology or with undergraduates making their selection of
electives, theses courses on subjects of interest to students.
Courses may be arranged, at the option of the student, to
count two hours, or four hours, or more. These courses will
be conducted by means of an appropriate amount of assigned
reading, a thesis of appropriate length on an assigned theme,
with occasional meetings with the professor in charge for
discussion, and a final examination. Such theses courses may
be arranged in any department on consultation with the
Professor.
Diploma and Certificates
Students who hold the degree of A. B. or its academic
equivalent from an approved institution receive the degree
of Bachelor of Theology (Th.B.) on completion of the
course of study prescribed therefor. Students who do
not possess the requisite academic credentials but complete
this course receive a certificate of graduation. A student
who takes part of this course may receive a certificate set-
ting forth the period of his residence and the courses com-
pleted by him.
Course of Study for the Degree of Bachelor of Theology
The course of study prescribed for the degree of Th.B.
is based upon the outline set forth in the Plan of the Semi-
nary and adopted by the General Assembly and is designed
to provide a complete and symmetrical training for the
Gospel ministry. The studies are arranged in logical se-
quence and when possible this order should be followed.
These studies are distributed through three years in such
manner that in the first year thirty-two semester-hours
weekly are prescribed ; in the second year, twenty-eight
semester-hours are prescribed and four are elective, two of
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which are chosen in Semitics ; in the third year, twenty-four
semester-hours are prescribed and eight hours are elective.
But not more than six of the twelve elective hours may be
taken in one department.
FIRST YEAR
111 Hebrew, 8 hours.
Dr. Wailes.
211 Old Testament History, 3 hours.
Dr. Raven.
212 Old Testament Introduction, 1 hour.
Mr. Deininger.
300 New Testament Greek, see description of courses 300 a, b.
Mr. Oates.
311 New Testament Introduction, 1 hour.
Dr. Armstrong.
312 New Testament Exegesis, 3 hours.
Dr. Armstrong.
411 Church History, 2 hours.
Dr. Loetscher.
511 Apologetics and Theism, 4 hours.
Mr. Osborn.
611 Systematic Theology, 2 hours.
Dr. Hodge and Mr. Murray.
711 Ecclesiastical Theology, 1 hour.
Dr. Erdman.
713 Homiletics, 2 hours.
Dr. Stevenson and Dr. Blackwood
714 English Bible, 2 hours.
Dr. Erdman.
715 Public Speaking, 2 hours.
Mr. Wheeler.
811 History of Religion, 1 hour.
Dr. Zwemer.
SECOND YEAR
221 Introduction to the Pentateuch, 1 hour.
Mr. Deininger.
222 Introduction to the Poetical Books, 1 hour. '
Dr. Raven.
223 Biblical Theology of the Old Testament, 4 hours.
Dr. Vos.
321 Gospel History, 4 hours.
Dr. Armstrong.
421
521
621
721
722
821
231
232
331
332
431
631
731
732
733
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Church History, 4 hours.
Dr. Loetscher.
Evidences of Christianity, 4 hours.
Mr. Osborn.
Systematic Theology, 4 hours.
Dr. Hodge.
Homiletics, 2 hours.
Dr. Blackwood and Dr. Stevenson
English Bible, 2 hours.
Dr. Erdman.
Principles and Methods of Missions, 2 hours.
Dr. Zwemer.
Semitic Elective, 2 hours ; course 141 or 142.
Mr. Deininger.
Electives, 2 hours.
THIRD YEAR.
Exegesis of the Prophetical Books, 2 hours.
Dr. Raven.
Introduction to the Prophetical Books, 2 hours.
Dr. Raven.
Apostolic History, 2 hours.
Dr. Armstrong.
Biblical Theology of the New Testament, 4 hours.
Dr. Vos.
Church History, 4 hours.
Dr. Loetscher.
Systematic Theology, 4 hours.
Dr. Hodge and Mr. Murray.
Pastoral Theology, 3 hours.
Dr. Erdman.
Homiletics, 2 hours.
Dr. Blackwood and Dr. Stevenson.
The Principles of Christian Education, 1 hour.
Dr. Robinson.
Electives, 8 hours.
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Prosecution of the Course of Study
1. At the beginning of the year each student must file
with the Registrar a list of his studies.
2. No student may take fewer than twenty-four or more
than forty semester-hours weekly.
3. Hebrew must be taken in the first year, except in the
case of students who are taking New Testament Greek,
course 300 a.
4. Juniors deficient in knowledge of Greek and so re-
quired to take 300 a or 300 b will postpone New Testament
course 311 to Middle year. In order to even up the hours
of classroom work in the several years, they are advised to
take some Middle year or Elective courses.
5. Credit will be given for equivalent courses in other
institutions, but other courses must be substituted therefor.
Deficiencies must be made up as far as possible, but no
student will be granted a degree or the certificate of gradu-
ation who lacks the equivalent of the courses in the original
languages of Scripture.
Degree of Master of Arts
Relations of academic reciprocity between the Seminary
and Princeton University secure for students of either in-
stitution admission to the courses of the other without
charge for tuition. Students of the Seminary who maintain
“honors” standing and are recommended by the Faculty,
may, in their second year, be admitted to courses in Prince-
ton University and become candidates for the degree of
Master of Arts. The degree may be conferred upon the
completion of graduate courses in the University involving
three hours a week for four terms. There is a fee of five
dollars for matriculation and of ten dollars for the diploma.
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Degree of Master of Theology
Students who hold the degree of A.B. or its academic
equivalent and the degree of Th.B. or its theological equiva-
lent (including knowledge of the original languages of Scrip-
ture) from approved institutions may become candidates for
the degree of Master of Theology (Th.M.). Candidates
for the degree of Th.B. may become candidates for the
degree of Th.M. by adding to their course from the elective
studies eight semester-hours a week each year, subject to the
rule governing the maximum number of hours, that is, forty
semester-hours a week, including the hours taken in Prince-
ton University.
Course of Study for the Degree of Master of Theology
Candidates for the degree must take courses equivalent
to twenty-four semester-hours a week, sixteen of which
must be devoted to a major course of study chosen from the
elective studies listed in one of the following departments:
Semitic Philology; Old Testament; New Testament;
Church History ; Systematic Theology, including Apologet-
ics; Practical Theology; Missions.
The minor studies may be chosen from the electives in
any department in the Seminary, or six semester-hours
thereof may be chosen from courses of study in Princeton
University.
The list of the candidate’s courses must be filed with the
Registrar, who will submit it for approval to the professor
in the department of the candidate’s major studies.
The record of the candidate must be distinctly meritor-
ious.
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Fellowships
Six fellowships have been established : one in Old Testa-
ment Literature, one in New Testament Literature, one in
alternate years in Biblical Theology and Semitic Philology,
one in Apologetics and Christian Ethics, one in Church
History, and one in Didactic and Polemic Theology. A
student, upon deciding to compete for any one of these
fellowships, must send to the Secretary of the Faculty a
written statement of such intention not later than the fif-
teenth of October. These fellowships are governed by the
following general rules :
1. Unless otherwise stated, the fellowship is awarded
to that member of the graduating class who prepares the
best thesis on a theme assigned by the department in which
the fellowship is offered and who stands highest in a special
examination held in April upon an announced subject. But
a student cannot be awarded a fellowship unless he has
maintained an “honors” standing of first or second general
group during each of the last two years of his Seminary
course, or during the last year in case the previous year was
spent at some other institution. In no case can a fellowship
be awarded unless the thesis and specified examination are
decidedly meritorious. The thesis, signed with an assumed
name and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the
real name of its author, must be presented on or before the
first day of April at the office of the Registrar.
2. If in any year, a fellowship is not awarded as pro-
vided for in Rule 1, it may be conferred by a majority vote
of the members of the Faculty who may present at any
regular or regularly called meeting of the Faculty, upon any
graduating or graduate student, pursuing during the aca-
demic year just closing his studies in this Seminary or in
any other approved school of theology, who may be nomi-
nated by the professor in charge of the department to which
the fellowship is assigned.
3. If in any year any of the fellowships on the Gelston-
Winthrop Foundation, above designated as fellowships in
Apologetics and Christian Ethics, Church History, and Di-
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dactic and Polemic Theology, is neither awarded as pro-
vided for in Rule 1, nor conferred as provided for in Rule
2, on notification by the professor in charge of the depart-
ment to which it has been assigned that he has no nomina-
tions to make, it may be conferred in any department by a
majority vote of the members of the Faculty who may be
present at any regular or regularly called meeting of the
Faculty, upon any graduating or graduate student, or upon
any student who has been graduated not more than five
years previously, either of this Seminary or of any other
approved school of theology. But in no case shall it be thus
conferred unless the professor in charge of the department
to which the fellowship is assigned be one of those voting
in the said majority.
4. The holder of a fellowship shall pursue studies in the
department in which his fellowship has been awarded or
conferred. He shall study for a full academic year. This
year shall be the next ensuing after his appointment, un-
less postponement be granted by special action of the Fac-
ulty, but in no case may such postponement be extended
beyond the third year, after which time the appointment
automatically terminates. The studies of all fellows shall
be submitted for approval to the professor in charge of the
department, prosecuted under his direction, and reported to
him from time to time as he may direct. Fellows may pur-
sue their studies either in this Seminary or in some other
approved school of theology, as may be determined in each
case, under the advice and with the consent of the aforesaid
professor. But in case a fellow neither is a graduate of
this Seminary nor has been in residence as a graduate stu-
dent of this Seminary, his studies as fellow must be pursued
in residence in this Seminary.
George S. Green Fellowship
This fellowship was founded in 1879 by George S. Green,
Esq., of Trenton, N. J., for the encouragement of advanced
study in Old Testament literature. It yields $600 in quar-
terly payments.
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The subject of the thesis for 1929-30 is: The Date of
Isaiah xi and xii.
The subject of the thesis for 1930-31 is: The Genuineness
of the Promissory pieces in Is. xxix-xxxiii.
Alumni Fellowship
The Alumni fellowship in New Testament studies was
created in 1889 by gifts from the graduates of the Semi-
nary, and rests on a fund which now amounts to about
seven thousand dollars. The Archibald Robertson scholar-
ship was founded by the bequest of five thousand dollars
by Mrs. Elizabeth Robertson, of New York City, with the
view of encouraging high attainments in some branch of
theological learning. For the present it has been arranged
that the scholarship shall be awarded to the holder of the
Alumni fellowship. The combined funds now yield $600,
which is paid to the fellow and scholar in quarterly in-
talments.
The subject of the thesis for 1929-30 is: The Date, Au-
thorship and Symbolism of the Apocalypse of John.
The subject of the thesis for 1930-31 is: The Literary and
Historical Relations of the Fourth Gospel to the Synoptic
Gospels.
William Henry Green Fellowship
By request of the Reverend Professor William Henry
Green, D.D., LL.D., a fellowship was founded in 1900.
This fellowship is assigned in alternate years to the depart-
ments of Biblical Theology and Semitic Philology. The
annual income from this fund, amounting to $400, is sup-
plemented to the extent of $200 from the general funds of
the Seminary and the combined sum is paid to the holder of
the fellowship in quarterly instalments.
For the year 1929-30 the fellowship will be awarded in
the department of Semitic Philology. The subject of the
thesis is: The Textual Criticism of 2 Samuel xxii and Psalm
xviii. The examination will be on the Hebrew of 1 Samuel.
For the year 1930-31 the fellowship will be awarded in
the department of Biblical Theology. The subject of the
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thesis will be : The conception of “Reconciliation” in Paul’s
Epistles, with some detailed study of the passages where it
occurs, and a special reference to the question whether it is
an objective transaction or a subjective change in man.
The Gelston-Winthrop Fellowships
In 1905 the endowment of the Seminary was increased
by the bequest of Mrs. Mary J. Winthrop, a member of the
First Presbyterian Church of New York City. By an an-
nual appropriation from the income of this fund, named the
Gelston-Winthrop Memorial Fund, three fellowships have
been provided which have been assigned to the departments
of Church History, Apologetics and Christian Ethics, and
Systematic Theology. Each of these fellowships yields to
its holder $600 in quarterly instalments.
Gelston-Winthrop Fellowship in Church History
The fellowship in Church History will be awarded for the
year 1929-30 on the basis of a thesis on The Conversion of
St. Augustine of Hippo. The subject of the examination
will be: Christianity in North Africa to the death of Au-
gustine.
For the year 1930-31 the theme of the thesis will be: The
Employment of the Old Testament in the Christian Church
during the First Three Centuries. The subject of the exam-
ination will be: The Ante-Nicene Church.
Gelston-Winthrop Fellowship in Apologetics
The fellowship in Apologetics will be awarded in May,
1930, upon the basis of a thesis on A Comparison of Ber-
nard Bosanquet’s Idealism with Biblical Theism.
For the year 1930-31, the subject of the thesis will be : The
Right and Function of Christian Apologetics defended
against the position of the Dutch Calvinistic School (Kuy-
per and Bavinck) and that of Karl Barth.
Gelston-Winthrop Fellowship in Systematic Theology
The fellowship in Systematic Theology for 1929-30 will
be awarded on the basis of a thesis on The Distinctive Fea-
tures of The Reformed Faith ; with an examination on the
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prescribed courses in Systematic Theology of Junior and
Middle years.
The subject of the thesis for 1930-31 will be: The Plan
of Salvation ; with an examination on the prescribed courses
in Systematic Theology of Junior and Middle years.
Prizes
Seven prizes have been established: one in Old Testa-
ment Literature, two in New Testament Literature, one in
Biblical Theology, one in Systematic Theology, one in
Homiletics, and one in English Bible. Prizes will only
be awarded to students who have completed all the studies
of the year creditably, and whose prize-essays are of de-
cided merit.
All essays submitted for the prizes must be signed as in
the case of fellowship theses and presented to the Registrar
on or before April 1.
Senior Prizes
The prizes open to competition by members of the grad-
uating class are :
Scribner Prizes in New Testament Literature
Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons offer fifty dollars’ worth
of their publications to that member of the graduating class
who shall prepare the best thesis on an assigned subject in
New Testament literature or exegesis. The second and third
in merit will each receive ten dollars’ worth of their publica-
tions.
The theme for 1929-30 is: “The Date of the Death of
Jesus;” for 1930-31: The Epistle of Jude.
The Hugh Davies Prize in Homiletics
In 1923 the Synod of Pennsylvania (Welsh), by the gift
to the Trustees of the Seminary of five hundred dollars, es-
tablished the Hugh Davies Fund in memory of the Rev.
Hugh Davies (1831-1910), an honored minister and histor-
ian of the Calvinistic-Methodist Church in Pennsylvania.
The annual interest derived from the fund will be given as a
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prize to that member of the Senior Class whose sermons
throughout the year shall be accounted the best in thought,
composition and delivery.
The Grace Carter Erdman Prize in English Bible
In 1926 the Rev. C. Pardee Erdman, an alumnus of the
Seminary, by the gift to the Trustees of the Seminary of
one thousand dollars, founded in memory of his wife the
Grace Carter Erdman Prize in English Bible. By its terms
a prize of fifty dollars will be awarded to that member of
the Senior Class who has, in the judgment of the Professor
of Practical Theology, done the best work in English Bible
during his course in this Seminary, covering at least two
years.
Middle Prizes
Prizes open to competition by members of the Middle
class are :
Benjamin Stanton Prize in Old Testament Literature
In 1890 the Rev. Dr. Horace C. Stanton, an alumnus of
the Seminary, founded the Benjamin Stanton prize in mem-
ory of his father. Fifty dollars will be awarded for the
best thesis on an assigned subject in Old Testament litera-
ture or exegesis.
For 1929-30 the theme is: The Capture of Ai, as record-
ed in the Hebrew and Greek texts.
For 1930-31 the theme is: Is. vi to be interpreted as the
Prophet’s Inaugural Vision.
Robert L. Maitland Prizes in New Testament Exegesis
In 1890 Mr. Alexander Maitland, of New York, founded
the Robert L. Maitland prizes in memory of his father. One
hundred dollars will be given for the best exegesis of a pas-
sage in the New Testament, and fifty dollars for the second.
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The theme for 1929-30 is : Exegesis of Rom. xi, 13-24 ; for
1930-31 : Rom. xi, 25-36.
John Finley McLaren Prizes in Biblical Theology
By bequest of Mrs. Archibald Alexander Hodge a prize
in Biblical Theology has been established in memory of her
father, Dr. John Finley McLaren. The sum of fifty dollars
will be awarded for the best thesis on an assigned subject
in Biblical Theology; and the sum of twenty-five dollars
for the second best thesis.
The theme for 1929-30 is: The Religious Idea of “The
Poor” in Isaiah and the Psalter; for 1930-31: The Signifi-
cance attached to the death of Jesus in the early pre-Pauline
Church as reflected in Acts.
Archibald Alexander Hodge Prizes in Systematic Theology
By request Mrs. A. A. Hodge established in 1907 prizes in
Systematic Theology in memory of her husband, the Rever-
end Professor Archibald Alexander Hodge, D.D., LL.D.
The award in May, 1930, will be one hundred and fifty dol-
lars for the best thesis on an assigned subject in Systematic
Theology; and the sum of fifty dollars for the second best
thesis.
The theme for 1929-30 is : The Method of Divine Govern-
ment ; for 1930-31 : The Deity of Christ.
Special Lectures
Two lectureships have been endowed which, through the
publication of the lectures as delivered or in expanded form,
have been productive of a considerable body of theological
and missionary literature.
An appropriation is made also from the Gelston-Winthrop
Fund to provide occasional sermons and lectures.
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The Stone Lectureship
In 1871, Levi P. Stone, Esq., of Orange, N. J., a Director
and also a Trustee of the Seminary, created the foundation
for a lectureship which, in accordance with his direction,
has been applied annually since 1883 to the payment of a
lecturer, chosen by the Faculty of the Seminary, who de-
livers a course of lectures upon some topic kindred to theo-
logical studies. In the years 1903 and 1906 the endowment
was increased through the generosity of his sisters.
The Students’ Lectureship on Missions
The Students’ Course of Lectures on Foreign Missions
had its inception in the minds of the undergraduates of
the Seminary and its endowment was secured largely by
their efforts, liberally supported by the Rev. James S. Den-
nis, D.D. It was established in 1893, and provides for an
annual course of lectures on some topic connected with
foreign missions of practical importance to those looking
forward to missionary work.
Religious Exercises
The Seminary meets daily for morning prayers in the
Chapel, and on the Sabbath a member of the Faculty or an
invited minister preaches. During the session of 1928-29 the
following invited ministers preached in the Chapel : The
Rev. William L. McEwan, D.D., of Pittsburgh, Pa.; the
Rev. John T. Reeve, D.D., of Syracuse, N. Y. ; the Rev. Clar-
ence E. Macartney, D.D., of Pittsburgh, Pa. ; the Rev. Syl-
vester W. Beach, D.D., of Princeton, N. J.; the Rev. F. Paul
McConkey, D.D., of Detroit, Mich. ; the Rev. Samuel G.
Craig, D.D., of Princeton, N. J.; the Rev. Harris E. Kirk,
D.D., of Baltimore, Md. ; the Rev. Frank R. Elder, D.D., of
Cincinnati, Ohio; the Rev. Hugh K. Walker, D.D., Modera-
tor of the General Assembly ; the Rev. A. B. Dodd, D.D., of
China; the Rev. Samuel M. Zwemer, D.D., of Cairo, Egypt;
the Rev. John H. Raven, D.D., of New Brunswick, N. J.
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Various meetings for worship and mutual exhortation are
maintained by the students, either as a body or by each class
separately. On Tuesday evening a meeting for devotion and
for instruction in general lines of Christian activity is held
by the students at which, on invitation of the Faculty or by
the students with the approval of the Faculty, addresses are
delivered by men prominent in religious work. The meet-
ing on the first Tuesday evening of each month is the con-
cert of prayer for missions and is under the direction of the
Faculty.
During the session of 1928-29 addresses were delivered
before the Seminary on various phases of religious life and
work by Philip Mauro, Esq., on “In the Beginning; the Phy-
sics and Metaphysics of Genesis I”; Superintendent John
Callahan on “My Life Experience” ; the Rev. A. Gordon
MacLennan, D.D., on “Five Great Mysteries”; Howard A.
Kelly, M.D., on “The Bible and Science”; Robert E. Speer,
D.D., on “The Missionary Message — A Crucified, Risen
Christ”; the Rev. Don O. Shelton, D.D., on “Ambassadors
for Christ”; President J. Oliver Buswell, D.D., on “My
Testimony to the Trinity”; the Rev. W. Reginald Wheeler,
D.D., Illustrated lecture on Africa; the Rev. Slyvester W.
Beach, D.D., on “The Situation of Protestant Minorities in
Parts of Europe”; the Rev. Robert Hugh Morris, D.D., on
“Israel’s Sin in the Sight of God”; the Rev. Donald Grey
Barnhouse on “The Christian Ministry”; President James
M. Gray, D.D., on “The Needs of the Gospel Ministry”; the
Rev. Samuel M. Craig, D.D., on “What Think Ye of
Christ”; the Rev. Francis Shunk Downs, D.D., on “Foreign
Missions”; the Rev. J. Gresham Machen, D.D., on “The
Purpose of a Theological Course and the Way to Accom-
plish it”; the Rev. Walter B. Greenway, D.D., on “The
Tasks of a Christian Minister”; the Rev. W. Twyman Wil-
liams, D.D., on “Four Questions”; the Rev. F. Noel Pal-
mer on “The Missionary Method of the Holy Spirit” ; the
Rev. D. B. Tomkins, Ph.D., on “The Offense and the Glory
of the Cross”; the Rev. J. East Harrison, D.D., on “The
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Three Temptations of Christ”; Stanley G. Mylrea, M.D., Il-
lustrated lecture, on work in Arabia; the Rev. Walter D.
Buchanan, D.D., on “Problems in the Gospel Ministry” ;
the Rev. Peter Gorodishz on “Work Among the Jews in
Poland”; President Melvin G. Kyle, D.D., on “Recent Ex-
plorations in the Holy Land.”
At the meeting for the presentation of missions on Sab-
bath morning, the following spoke: William G. Schaufifler,
M.D., of Princeton; Rev. Samuel Austin Moffett, D.D., of
Korea; Rev. William G. Buchanan, D.D., of Japan; Mr.
Ernest W. Zentgraf, Jr., on “Travel in Palestine”; Mr.
Adolph N. Krug of Africa ; Rev. H. W. Cover of India ; Mrs.
H. W. Cover of India; Rev. A. E. Bennett of Princeton;
Mr. W. A. West of Syria; Rev. G. B. Nauman of China;
Richmond Douglass, M.D., of China; Rev. George P. Pier-
son, D.D., of Japan; Mrs. George P. Pierson of Japan; Rev.
Richard H. Baird of Korea; Rev. P. J. May of Africa; Rev.
H. G. Hilscher of China; Mr. F. M. Velte of India; A. G.
Fletcher, M.D., of Korea; Rev. H. C. Neely of Africa; Rev.
W. A. Mather of China ; Mr. Kyung Chik Han of Korea ;
Rev. Henry W. Frost, D.D., of Princeton.
Opportunities for active usefulness and observation of
pastoral life are afforded in Princeton and its vicinity. A
large number of students regularly engage in the conduct
of religious meetings, in Sunday School instruction, and in
other kinds of Christian work.
Library
The Library, which is in the two buildings erected for it
in 1843 and 1879 by James Lenox, LL.D., of New York,
now contains 128,246 bound volumes, chiefly theological,
including the libraries of Drs. Ashbel Green, John M. Krebs,
and John Breckinridge; the valuable library of Dr. J. Ad-
dison Alexander, the gift of Messrs. R. L. and A. Stuart;
2800 volumes of the library of Professor William Henry
Green, bequeathed by him to the Seminary ; a remarkably
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full collection of works on the Baptist controversy, em-
bracing over 2000 volumes and 3000 pamphlets, gathered
and presented by Mr. Samuel Agnew, of Philadelphia; a
collection of 2000 volumes of Puritan theology, presented by
friends af the Seminary ; 1210 volumes from the library of
Dr. Samuel Miller, presented by his great-great-grand-
son, Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long, in memory of Judge
Samuel Miller Breckinridge ; also 2602 volumes from the
library of the late Professor Benjamin B. Warfield, be-
queathed by him to the Seminary. In addition to the bound
volumes already mentioned, the library contains 45,177 pam-
phlets, including the large and unique collection presented
by the Rev. Dr. Sprague.
The Library also possesses nearly 3,000 cuneiform tablets.
Of these about 1200 are Sumerian records from the time of
the second dynasty of Ur, 200 from the Early Babylonian
period, and the remainder from the Late Babylonian and
Persian periods.
The Library has a fund of ten thousand dollars from the
generosity of Messrs. R. L. and A. Stuart and an additional
fund of twenty-five thousand dollars from the estate of
John C. Green, Esq., the proceeds of which, together with
an annual appropriation of six thousand dollars from the
income of the Gelston-Winthrop Memorial Fund, are de-
voted to its maintenance and increase ; a fund of one thou-
sand dollars given by the Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Hamill. of
which the income is for the purchase of books on foreign
missions ; a fund of three thousand dollars, given by Mrs.
R. L. Kennedy, of Philadelphia, the income of which is for
the purchase of books on church history, and a memorial
fund of five thousand dollars from the estate of Mary
Cheves Dulles, the income of which is for the purchase of
books.
The Library is divided into a Circulating and a Reference
Library. The Circulating Library, in the later of the two
buildings, is open seven hours in the day and three hours
at night, and the Reference Library, in the older building, is
open every week-day, eight hours in the day and three
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hours at night, except Saturday night. The Reference Li-
brary contains a large number of books from the Circulat-
ing Library, which have been moved to it because of lack of
room in the Circulating Library, besides works of reference
and many theological, missionary, and other periodicals.
The religious weeklies are to be found in the two library
buildings. The Library staff, in addition to the librarian,
consists of the Rev. William B. Sheddan, assistant librarian.
Miss Margaretta Terhune, Miss Freda E. Seidensticker and
Miss Elizabeth L. Crawford.
The students of the Seminary are entitled to the free use
of the library of the University, subject to its rules.
Stuart Hall
This building, erected in 1876, is a gift to the Seminary
from Messrs. R. L. and A. Stuart. It affords ample accom-
modation in the way of lecture rooms, and contains two
large auditoriums intended for use at public gatherings of
the institution.
Dormitories
Alexander Hall, long known as the Old Seminary, was
the first building erected by the Presbyterian Church in the
United States for seminary purposes. It was first occupied
by the students in the autumn of 1817. In it the rooms,
whether intended for one occupant or two, have separate
bedrooms.
Brown Hall was given by Mrs. Isabella Brown, of Balti-
more. The cornerstone was laid by the Moderator of the
General Assembly on the 21st of May, 1864, and it was
occupied in the autumn of 1865. It is a dormitory of single
rooms.
Hodge Hall, built by money from the bequest of Mrs.
Mary Stuart, widow of Mr. Robert L. Stuart, of New
York, was completed during the summer of 1893. The
rooms are in suites, each study having a separate, connect-
ing bedchamber, or, in the few cases where the study is to
be shared by two occupants, a separate sleeping apartment
for each.
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Rooms
The rooms in the several dormitories are furnished with
bedstead, mattress, pillows, bureau, chairs, table, mirrors,
bookcase, floor rug, and either a clothespress or a closet.
Bed linen and blankets for a single bed and towels must be
provided by the students themselves.
Every student is provided with a room either in the dor-
mitories or, in case they are full, in the town. The draw-
ing for rooms in the dormitories takes place at 3 p. m. on the
first day of the session.
Gymnasium
The Gymnasium, conveniently located, is equipped with
modern apparatus. There are tennis courts and ball grounds
on the campus.
Payne Hall
This Hall for the housing of missionaries on furlough
was given by Mr. and Mrs. Calvin N. Payne, of Titusville,
Pa., in 1928. It is a stone building of fire-proof construc-
tion, located on ground donated by Dr. and Mrs. Charles R.
Erdman, and contains fully furnished apartments for twelve
families. Funds to be used for maintenance were given by
several persons at the time of erection. In 1926, just before
the death of Mr. Payne, he and Mrs. Payne made provision
for an endowment for the building and for the furtherance
of missionary education in the Seminary, through the pro-
visions of which the annual rental of apartments to mission-
aries has been reduced to a nominal sum.
In assigning apartments preference is given to those
missionaries who purpose taking a regular course
of study in the Seminary in fuller preparation for ser-
vice on return to their fields. Foreign missionaries of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., and, under certain condi-
tions, other missionaries are eligible. Correspondence con-
cerning residence in this Hall and applications for apart-
ments should be addressed to the Rev. Paul Martin, Secre-
tary of the Faculty.
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Expenses
There is no charge for tuition or room rent. A fee of
$12 is charged for steam heat and electric light in study and
bedroom. Board can be obtained at approximately $6.50 a
week. The total of necessary expenses, outside of text-
books, is about $250 for the Seminary year.
Books can be bought at the University Bookstore, and
some text-books are provided by the library.
Scholarships
Deserving students, whose circumstances require it, re-
ceive aid to a limited extent from the scholarships of the
Seminary, and from special funds contributed for this pur-
pose. Presbyterian students needing aid should apply first
to the Board of Christian Education through their presby-
teries. If the Board’s scholarship should prove insufficient,
an additional sum will be granted from the scholarship fund
of the Seminary.
This aid is available to students who are pursuing the
regular course of study, and also for one year to graduate
students seeking the degree of Th.M. Other students may
receive aid only exceptionally by action of the Faculty.
Students are advised not to engage in distracting occupa-
tions during term time with a view to self-support. Such
engagements interfere seriously with their attention to
study, and should be rendered unnecessary by the aid which
they may receive from scholarships.
Four scholarships of three hundred dollars each have been
established. These may be awarded by the Faculty to pros-
pective students from the Orient of high scholarly ability
and ready command of the English language, upon appli-
cation and recommendation by leaders and institutions
engaged in missionary work in the East. In each case sat-
isfactory evidence of academic attainment and ability to
profit by the course of instruction in the Seminary must be
presented to the Faculty and approved by it before a schol-
arship can be awarded.
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Care of Health
In 1893 the Reverend William Lewis Moore of New York
City and Mrs. Matthew Baird of Philadelphia, by gift of
$3,750.00 established an endowment in the University In-
firmary for the benefit of the Seminary in memory of Wil-
liam Lewis Moore, Jr.; and in 1923 Mr. E. Francis Hyde of
New York City, made a contribution of $25,000.00 on behalf
of the Seminary towards the erection of the new Infirmary.
The Seminary by an annual contribution of $1,200.00 toward
the maintenance of the Infirmary has also assumed its share
in the cost of operation so that students of the Seminary
may use the facilities of the Infirmary jointly with the stu-
dents of the University upon terms which are prescribed by
the University. Arrangements concerning board are made
with the Assistant Treasurer of the Seminary.
William G. Schauffler, M. D., the Medical Adviser of the
Seminary, will give each student a physical examination and
counsel with him on matters of health. A physical exami-
nation is required of new students.
Reports to Presbyteries
Annual reports are sent to presbyteries of the attendance
of students under their care upon the exercises of the Semi-
nary. In case of deficiency in scholarship this also is re-
ported.
Examinations
The examinations are conducted in writing and the re-
sults are reported to the Committee on Examination and
Visitation appointed by the Board of Directors. The mid-
year examinations are held in January, and the final ex-
aminations in April-May (see Calendar). Students absent
from or conditioned in the final examinations must submit
to an examination immediately after the opening of the ses-
sion in the Autumn, held in accordance with a published
schedule.
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The Academic Year
The Seminary Commencement is on the Tuesday before
the second Thursday in May and the opening of the Semi-
nary thirty -two weeks in advance of said Tuesday.
The drawing for rooms by newly matriculated students
takes place in Stuart Hall, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon of
the first day of the session. The opening address is de-
livered in Miller Chapel at 11 o’clock in the forenoon of the
following day.
The Board of Directors holds two stated meetings each
year; one on the Monday before the second Thursday in
May, the other on the second Tuesday in October. Both be-
gin at 2 p. m. The Board of Trustees also holds two stated
meetings annually; the one on the Tuesday before the sec-
ond Thursday in May, at 3 p. m., the other on the second
Monday in November, at 2 p. m.
The annual sermon at the close of the session is preached
by the President of the Seminary. At the same service the
sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is administered.
Diplomas and certificates are conferred at the annual com-
mencement in the presence of the Board of Directors, and
the students are dismissed with an address by a representa-
tive of the Board.
Vacations
The summer vacation gives to students a suitable oppor-
tunity for engaging in preaching and in other religious
work under the direction of their pastors, presbyteries, or
the Boards of the Church. Such work furnishes an im-
portant supplement to the training of the Seminary, afford-
ing experience and familiarity with the active duties of the
ministry, which will be invaluable as a part of the prepara-
tion for the sacred office.
A recess of two weeks is also taken at the Christmas sea-
son.
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Gifts and Bequests to the Seminary
The corporate name of the Seminary is the “Trustees
of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church,”
at Princeton, N. J. This name and description should be
used in all legal documents. Gifts, devises and bequests
may, at the pleasure of the donors, be directed to the Per-
manent Fund, which is for the support of the professors;
to the Education Fund, which is for the aid of needy stu-
dents; to the Contingent Fund, which is for defraying the
general expenses of the institution ; or to any other import-
ant object connected with the Seminary. The sum of $2500
or $3000 will endow a scholarship.
Alumni Association of the Seminary
The Alumni Association of the Seminary will hold its
annual meeting in connection with the alumni dinner at
Commencement.
The officers of the Association for the present year are as
follows: President, Rev. Charles R. Watson, D.D., ’99, of
Cairo, Egypt; Vice President, Rev. Malcolm J. MacLeod,
D.D., ’90, of New York City; Secretary, Rev. Robert M.
Russell, Jr., ’15, of Larchmont, N. Y. ; Treasurer, Rev.
Charles R. Erdman, D.D., ’91, of Princeton. These, with
Rev. W. K. McKinney, ’00, of Westfield, N. J.; Rev. Fran-
cis Shunk Downs, D.D., ’10, of Princeton, N. J., Rev. Joseph
C. Stuart, ’20, of Berwick, Pa., constitute the Executive
Committee.
The Princeton Seminary Bulletin
This publication is issued four times a year. Nos. 1 and
3, appearing in the spring and autumn, are news numbers
designed to keep the Alumni and friends of the Seminary
informed of its life and work. No. 2, appearing in the sum-
mer, is the Necrological Report, and No. 4, issued Janu-
ary, the Annual Catalogue. Copies may be obtained without
charge, on application to the Registrar.
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The Annual Necrological Report
This publication, begun in 1875, contains a brief bio-
graphical notice of each of the Alumni of the Seminary
dying within the course of a given year. It is prepared by
the Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, who earnestly solicits early and
full information respecting deceased Alumni.
The Biographical Catalogue
An edition of the General Catalogue was issued in 1909,
under the title of the Biographical Catalogue. It contains
biographical data of all former students of the Seminary up
to the close of the scholastic year 1908-1909. This cata-
logue is now out of print.
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CALENDAR
1929
Sept. 24
Opening of the 118th session, matricu-
lation of new students and drawing
for rooms.
Sept. 25
Opening address at 11 o’clock in Miller
Chapel.
Oct. 5-11
Examinations for the removal of con-
ditions.
Nov. 12, 2 p. m.
Stated Meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees.
Nov. 28
Thanksgiving Day.
Dec. 19, 12.30 p. m. Christmas vacation begins.
1930
Jan. 2, 12.30 p. m.
Christmas vacation ends.
Jan. 13-14
Midyear Examinations.
Apr. 24-May 2
Final Examinations.
May 4
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
May 5, 2 p. m.
Stated Meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors.
May 6
118th Annual Commencement.
May 6, 3 p. m.
Stated Meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees.
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Sept. 30
Opening of the 119th session, matric-
ulation of new students, with pre-
sentation of Credentials (see p. 31),
in the office of the Registrar in
Hodge Hall. Drawing by students
for choice of rooms at 3 o’clock in
Stuart Hall.
Oct. 1
Opening address at 11 o’clock in Miller
Chapel.
Oct. 11-18
Examinations for the removal of Con-
ditions.
1931
Jan. 12-13
April 29-May 8
May 10
Midyear Examinations.
Final Examinations.
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
May 12
119th Annual Commencement.
INDEX
Abbreviations 20
Academic Year 66,69
Administrative Officers 6
Admission, Terms of 31
Alumni Association 67
Bachelor of Theology Degree 46
Bequests 67
Biographical Catalogue 68
Buildings 60-63
Calendar • • 69
Collegiate Preparation 32
Course of Study, Prosecution of the 49
Courses of Study Described 34-45
Credentials 31
Curriculum 34-48
Degrees 46-50
Degrees and Diplomas conferred 23,24,50
Diploma and Certificates 46
Directors 3
Examinations 65
Expenses 64
Faculty 5
Fellowships 8,25,51-55
Gifts and Bequests to the Seminary 67
Greek, Test in 33
Guests 32
Health 65
History of the Seminary 26
Lectures, Special 7, 57
Library 60
Location of the Seminary 30
Master of Arts Degree 49
Master of Theology Degree 50
Matriculation 32
Mission Lectures 7, 58
Missionary and other Speakers 58
Missionary House (Payne Hall) 63
Necrological Report 68
Payne Hall 63
Preachers, Seminary 58
Presbyteries, Reports to 65
Princeton Seminary Bulletin 67
72
Princeton University, Relations with 26,30,49,65
Prizes 25.55-57
Representation, College and State 21-22
Rooms 63
Schedule, Class Room 73
Scholarships 64
Stone Lectureship 7, 58
Students, List of 8-20
Theses Courses 46
Trustees 4
University Courses 49
Vacations 66
CLASS-ROOM SCHEDULE FOR 1929-30
Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
A. M.
8.10
71S Public Speaking (S)
321 Gospel History
332 NT Bibl Theol
713 Homiletics it
714 English Bible 2t
321 Gospel History
332 NT Bibl Theol
713 Homiletics it
714 English Bible 2t
223 OT Bibl Theol
SI I Apologetics
223 OT Bibl Theol
431 Church History
(8.00)
51 1 Apologetics
431 Church History
9.10
MORNING PR.A.YERS
(9.00)
930
715 Public Speaking (S)
71 1 Ecc Theol it
621 Syst Theol
621 Syst Theol
7411 Literary Interpreta-
tion
31 1 NT Intro and
312 Exegesis
715 Public Speaking (S)
722 English Bible it
821 Missions 2t
731 Pastoral Theol 2t
311 NT Intro and
312 Exegesis
722 English Bible ii
821 Missions 2t
6II
521
(9.20)
Syst Theol
Evidences
10.30
715 Public Speaking (S)
715 Public Speaking (S)
746 Acts It
745 John 2t
746 Acts It
745 John 2t
715 Public Speaking (S)
442 Atonement
(Loetscher)
744 Matthew it
747 General Epistles 2t
445 Calvin’s Institutes
744 Matthew it
747 General Epistles 2t
11.30
21 1 OT History
749 Bible Reading
21 1 OT History It
212 OT Introduction 2t
221 Introd Pentateuch it
222 OT Poetic Books 2t
331 Apostolic History It
731 Pastoral Theol 2t
715 Pub Speaking
81 1 Hist Religion 2t
421 Church History
331 Apostolic History it
731 Pastoral Theol 2t
421 Church History
631 Syst Theol
521 Evidences
631 Syst Theol
P. M.
2.00
715 Public Speaking (S)
231 Exeg Proph it
232 Intro Proph 2t
231 Exeg Proph it
232 Intro Proph 2t
844 China’s Recent Past
It
845 Moham. Apologetics
2t
Music Class
847 Judaism 2t
444 Augustine
3-00
715 Public Speaking (S)
III Hebrew
142 Advanced Hebrew
342 Pauline Redemption
HI Hebrew
643 Holy Spirit
246 OT Eschatology
1 1 1 Hebrew
642 Justification
III Hebrew
4.00
300 A Greek
343 Pauline Eschatology
300 A Greek
141 Hebrew Reading
644 Atonement (Murray)
732 Homiletics 2t
843 Chinese Religious
Life It
842 Theology of Islam 2t
644 Atonement (Murray)
300 A Greek
732 Homiletics 2t
733 Principles Chr.
Education it
743 Great Preachers
SOO
300 B Greek
300 B Greek
721 Homiletics 2t
41 1 Church History
721 Homiletics 2t
300 B Greek
742 Adv Horn
841 Miss Message
521 Evidences
7.00
to
9.00
Missionary and Student
Assoc. Meetings (7.00)
713 Preaching (8,00)
7412 Relig Educ 2t
(730)
721 Preaching (7.30)
732 Preaching (7.,3o)
51 1 Apologetics (7.30)
Note: In the numerals preceding each course, the number in the first column indicates the Department as given in the description of
courses; the second column the year to which the course normally belongs, i.e., o = propaedeutic; i = first year; 2 = second year; 3 =
third year; 4 = elective study (in whatever year taken) ; the whole is the course number, it = first term, 2t second term. S. = section.
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