Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-02-10

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A9011DD10m.
sixty second annual catalogue of the
naneor Theological Seminary has been pub.
ii'ned. From the pamphlet the following e,.
tracts are made.
l..nn oenlhafy was chartered by the Legis
60 massachusetts in 1914, and was op-
eneo ior pupils in the autumn of IsIe :.
hampden. Three years later il was remoxsd
70 bangor, and here its first class graduated
IN 1871. Denominationally the institution !,
.'rictiy congregational. Its Board of Tru..
ices and Its Faculty are composed of Nom.
Pers OF Congregational churches. Rut the
circumstances of its history and situation
nave tended to give it an undenominationaI
character. Its object is to train an active
WORKING ministry; and it keeps specially in
view the needs of the wide missionary field.
around It, Those fields demand plain Bibli.
eai preachIng accordingly leading aim of
's course OF instruction is to inculca,e a svs
'e"i OF truth and method of preaching il.
,r, icn shaii secure the best practical results
ne theology taught 10 Biblical rather than
uoe"'atic, and the end sought is to make
earnest Gospel preachers and evanyelists
Z, Dnring the sixty years of its existence this
Seminary has sent outsix hundred gradnar,s
ana has educated for one or more wears with
OUT graduation one hundred and sixty more
Ihese men have made faithful and usef,I
BODY OF workers. The majority of them are
stlll living, and at their posts all over the
land or on foreign shores, in pulpits of MANY
denominations and Of every grade of emi
nence.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION IN NEW TESTAMENT
GREEK.
Attention is specially called to the proyi.
ion for instruction in New Testament Greek
The demands of the churches for pastors
nave been greater than could be supplied with
men of collegiate education. The Seminary
has therefore admitted students who are well
qualified in other respects, but have no CLASH
cal training. There are usually persons who
by reason Of age or other circumstances are
unable to delay longer their theological stud
les, and cannot wisely be counselied to seek
further preparation in some classical institu-
ton. With reference to the needs Of this
class and also to supplement the knowledge
OF Greek already acquired by the rest of the
students, special instructor in New Testa-
ment Greek has been appointed. This in
structi1n is adapted to the wants of ALL
three classes being formed one elementary
and two advanced-and it has been found to
be stimulating and helpful even TO the best
Greek scholars. 1t is intended to continue
such instructions, and to found a permanent
department of New Testament Greek.
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
now at the Seminary in 90, as follows: Res
ident licentiate, /; Senior class, I2; Middle
class. 10; Junior class, 5. The library con-
tains 200 volumes. There is a permanent
library fund Of $4,000, the income of which
is devoted to the purchase of books. The
library is also supplied with the leading re-
views and journals, American and foreign.
The reading room is furnished with the best
newspapers and other periodicals, and is omen
at all times.
PosT-GRADUATE Scholarship.
A recent donation from the Central church
in Bangor has established a Post graduate
Scholarship of one thousand dollars in Bow
d0in college, the income of which is appro-
propriated to the aid of any student who af-
ter graduating at the Seminary desires to
take a post graduate year at the college.
The members of the Seminary usually take
a license to preach at the close of the middle
year. And as it is believed to be conductive
to the best professional training to combine
practice with theory, they are encouraged
during the senior year to preach as opportu-
nifty offers, provided the prescribed exercises
not neglected.
TERMS OF ADMISSION.
This Seminary is open to Christians of
every denomination. Candidates for ad-
mission must be approved by the examining
committee of the Faculty.
Each student is charged two dollars year
for incidental expenses. There is no charge
for tuition room, library, or any privilege of
the Seminary.
The students generally board in the Board
ing Association, for which a large and COM
modous boarding house is provided by the
trustees, furnished and free of rent. They
hire a matron, regulate their bill of fare.
make their purchases, and assess the amount
upon themselves. The expense varies ac-
cordingly; but including washing, it is ma
terially less than the price of board alone at
other boarding houses in the city.
The dormitory has been thoroughly re-
paired and refitted. The rooms are carpeted,
and furnished with beds, bedding, chairs,
tables and book shelves. Nearly half of
them have been furnished by the generosity
of friends.
PEcUNIARY AID.
Students who become benefciares of the
American Education Society will receive
such aid as its funds allow.
Tho Washburn fNnd and some other funds
were given expressly to aid members OF the
Seminary. The income Oh t1esS iu"us " IN
be distributed to those students whose CIR
cumstances require it. and will probably
amount to about half the expense OF board
During the vacation, students licensed TO
preach are usually in demand, to be employ
ed AS missionaries of the Maine Missionary
Society, or as stated supplies and other stu
dents who desire it generally find remunera-
tive employment as teachers or Otherwise
During term time students often have oppor-
tunities to give instruction to private pupils
in the ctv, and members of the senior class
have frequent opportunities to receive COM
pensaton for preaching.
The FACULTY
ia As follows Levi L. Paine, Waldo fro-
lessor of Ecclesiastical History, and Libra
rian: John S. Sewall, Fogg Professor OF
Sacred Rhetoric and Oratory. and Secretary ;
Lewis +. Stearns, Buck Professor of Chris
t;an Theology, and Lecturer on Church Poiity
and Pastoral Theology; Charles }. H. Ropes
Uaves Professor of Sacred Literature; Fran
els II DEMO, Instructor in New Testament
Greek. The President. DIR. Enoch Pond
died Jan. oIst The resident Licentiate Is H.
n Ar,erian of North Anson.
BOYS WHO FOUGHT.