1916-1917 Academic Catalog

having declined to serve as a superintendent, Rev. Gilbert Mc– Masters was appointed in bis stead, and the Seminary was or– ganized, May 25, 1810. Rev. S. B. Wylie, D. D., was its first, and for many years its only professor. The number of students was comparatively large, but the Seminary was not sustained by the church with the interest which should have been manifested. It was there– fore suspended from 1817 until 1823, but, its usefulness being generally acknowledged, it was revived in 1823, and its former professor was reappointed to take charge of it. The contro– versies that agitated the church and finally resulted in the division of 1833 affected the Seminary so injuriously that it was again suspended in 1827. From 1817 until 1823, and again from 1827 until 1844, the training of theological students was under the care of the several presbyteries. Dr. S. B. Wylie trained more than any other minister. Dr. Black instructed many in the West, and Dr. James R. Wilson several in the East. Others studied under the direction of their pastors. In 1844 the Semi– nary was reorganized with Dr. S. B. Wylie as Professor of Theology and Dr. Samuel W. Crawford as Adjunct Professor. The course of instruction was to occupy four successive annual sessions, each session to be of four months' duration, from the first of December to the first of April. For a number of years, Dr. S. B. Wylie was also assisted by his son, the Rev. Theodorus W. J. Wylie, as junior professor. In 1850 a second theological seminary was organized at Xenia, Ohio, with Dr. Gilbert l\lcl\faster as Professor of Theology and the Rev. Hugh Mclfillan as Assistant Professor. When the Wylies, father and son, resigned from the Eastern Seminary in 1851, it was removed to New York City, and Dr. John N. McLeod was elected Professor of Theology. In 1854 General Synod decided to unite the Eastern and Western Seminaries and locate the institution at Philadelphia. The Rev. John N. McLeod, D. D., was elected Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology, and Rev. T. W. J. Wylie was chosen Professor of Biblical Literature. --66-