1926-1927 Academic Catalog

CEDARVILLE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Uhio, with Dr. Gilbert McMaster as Professor of Theology and the Rev. Hugh McMillan 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 West– 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 Pre~byterian Church, and his chair was declared vacant. The Rev. David Steele, D. D., was elected Professor of Biblical Literature in 1869, and upon the death of Doctor McLeod in 1874 was chosen Professor of Theology. The chair of Biblical Literatur~ 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. In 1890, the Rev. James Y. Boice, D. D., was elected Professor of Homiletics, Churdh History and Pastoral Theology. Upon the death of the Rev. Matthew Gailey in 1902, the Rev. James Steele took up the work of his chair, and 1903 was formally elected Professor of Hebrew and Church History. In 1906, Dr. David Steele died, and the Rev. James Steele resigned. The Rev. W. J. Smiley was in that year elected Professor of Hebrew and Church History, while Dr. Boice taught Theology, Homiletics and Greek until the removal of the Seminary from Philadelphia in 1913, when be 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 Testament 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. McChesney 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. Jam~s L. Chestnut, D. D., was chosen Dean and Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology, Dr. McChesney retaining the chair of New Testament, and the other instructors remaining unchanged. Dr. Chestnut died in 1918, 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 . Robison, B. D., to the Departments of Pastoral Theology, Archaeology and Sociology. . Thus for over a century, with brief int rmissions, 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