1925-1926 Academic Catalog

CEDARVILLE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Uhio, with Dr. qnbert McM~ster as Professor of Theology, and the Rev. Hugh McMillan as Assistant Professor. _When. the Wy~ies, father and son, resigned from the Eastern Semmary m 1851. 1t 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 Wesi– ern 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. In 1863, the Rev. David Steele, D. D., was elected Professor of Hebrew, Greek and Practical Theology. In 1868 Doctor Wylie with his Presbytery, seceded from the General' Synod of th~ Reformed Presbyterian Church, and his chair was declared vacant. T he Rev. David Steele, D. D., was elected Professor of Biblical Literature in 1869, and upon the death of Doctor McLeod in 1871, was chosen Professor of Theology. The chair of Biblical Literatu r was filled temporarily by Rev. A. Thompson, Rev. W. J. McDowell and Rev. Matthew Gailey; and in 1876 the Rev. Matthew Gailey was elected to the vacancy. I n 1890, the Rev. James Y. Boice, D. D., was elected Professor of Homiletic,s, Churclh History and Pastoral Theology. Upon the death of the Rev. Matthew Gailey in 1902, the Rev. J ames Steele took up the work of his chair, and 1903 was formally elect e<l Professor of Hebrew and Church History. In 1906, Dr. David Steele dierl, and the Rev. James St e('lc resigned. The Rev. W. J. Smiley was in that year elected Professor of H ebrew and Church History, while Dr. Boice taught Theology, Homiletics and Greek until the removal of the Seminary from Philadelphia in 1913, when he retired from the active work of the professorship and was elected Professor Emeritus, retaining this honor until his death in 1916. In 1913, the Seminary was removed to Cedarville, Ohio, to be operated in connection with Cedarville College. The following faculty was appointed: Rev. David McKinney, D. D., LL. D., Dean and Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology; Rev. W. R. McChesney, Ph. D., D. D., Secretary and Professor of New T estamcnL Language and Literature; Rev. F. A. Jurkat, A. M. , LL. D. , Professor of Church History and Old Testament Language and Literature; and Rev. Leroy Allen, A. M., Professor of Homiletics, Biblical The– ology, Archaeology and Sociology. In 1914 Rev. David McKinney resigned, and Dr. McCheimey was chosen Dean and Professor of Theology in addition to his chair of New Testament. Professor Jurkat was elected Secretary. Upon the election of Dr. McChesney to the Presidency of Cedar– ville College, in 1915, the Rev. James L. Chestnut, D. D., was cho. en Dean and Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology, Dr. McChesney retaining the chair of ew Testamen~, a~d t he other instructors remaining unchanged. Dr. Chestnut died m l 9 l 8, and Dr. McChesney was again elected Dean and Professor of Theology. In 1922 Professor Allen resigned, Rev. W. P. Harriman, A. B., '12, was elected to the Departments of Homiletics and Bible Theology, and Rev. B. E. Robinson, B. D., to the Department of Pastoral 'rheology, Archaeology and Sociology. Thus for over a century, with brief intermi sions, the Seminary has continued its work of preparing young men for the gospel ministry. The results of its labors are to be looked for, not merely PAGE THIRTY-FIVE