New-York tribune., 1910-11-30
NEW seminary DEDICATED
impressive Services Mark Com
nIetion of Exercises.
MARCH I'M GOWNS AND HOODS
Fine New Home of Union fheo-
logical School Scene Of
Brilliant Picture.

which OCCUPY a conspicuous site on upper
broadway amid the surroundings Of Co
lu7nbia University and other schools OF
learning il that vicinity. was completed
yesterday with impressive exercises.
S.rzices were held morning and afternoon
IN the spacious seminary chapel. which was
e-..cted II memory OF Daniel Willis James.
xho for Forty years a director and
ls-se beretactor OF the institution. A din
ne con- menorating the occupancy OF the
new buildings was given last night at the
waldorf BY The president and directors Of
the seminary 10 the delegates. numbering
70 and 7erresenting nearly all the prorni-
nm INSTITUTIONS OF learning in this coun-
r. and other parts Of the world, who took
,.s-- in the de-dicatory exercises
To s-e7 rom Broadway into the neat
-EusEsl,s' quadrangle around which the
Buildings stand without a break, and fol
sovv the dignifed procession Of choir. fac
salry and delegates through the remarkable
clusters which extend fairly around the
errire courtyard TO the chapel. a re-
tsresrirc experience. especially in this coUn-
t-y. where cloisters are rarely found
The delegates assembled at the afternoon
service IN the chapel. Their sor1hre gowns
decorated with hoods Of purple. scarlet or
white representing their station anS de-
gree Ben1 both warmth and reverence TO
The scene. Conspicuous among those NSo
sat within the chancel was Andrew Car
xegle. wearing the scarlet hood on his black
goIn. the insignia OF one of his various
university degrees Former Mayor Seth
low was similarly decorated This was
she principal service OF the day.
Buildings Formally Turned Over.
Robert Curtis Ogden. president Of the
hoard Of directors, delivered q dedicatory
address and formally bestowed the trust
O. the Institution and buildings upon the
president and faculty The Rev. Francis
Brown president OF the faculty. responded
Do NJ Ogden.
He said that he and his associates fully
sseclized the magnitude Of the trust i'm
lrose6 upon them, and he heartily thanked
.he directors and the benefactors who had
made possible the new buildings, with their
..1Ierdid equipment, which meant a greater
-rrDo--uriry for broader and more earnest
work
The Two aspects Of this sacred trust viii
De for Us 10 endeavor TO make the fl man
Erte- and keep out the unfit. in so far as
Il lies within our power" said President
Brown
II an address on the Ideal of the Study
nf Theology the Rev. Charles a Briggs
senio- professor IN the seminary, strongly
advocated q centralized church among the
P-otes1ants instead OF the present splitting
II Of the people into small congregations
snd va-ving creeds He declared that the
size and growth OF Christian Science. faith
cure and other Hike practical radical
isuls" are the revenge OF human nature
against the neglecI Of pastoral medicine by
.he Christian ministry to-day" He said
Ire Union Seminary wes entirely free from
eny ecclesiastical domination
- p
o. congregation VIII be eatisfed with the
nrin.strations OF single pastor he said. !
The splitting UP Of the people into small
6enoul1la1lonaI congregations, which has
gone 70 such an extreme IN this country, |
has placed The Church IN grave peril There
mus De q great consolidation which viii
hardly fall short OF e revolution The
snaIler congregations rnIrst unite in COM
rrehensive Christian church. which will be /
serve5 by presbytery OF ministers with |
some one man al its head This is the
ancient way, but II is demanded again by |
the economic system Of our age |
"SpecuIators in Theology"
TIE great curse OF theological scholar
snip is extremes Of docuinal speculation" !
he continued. They have always made |
tho--lble in the Church They have urgec I
the Church 10 premature definitions Of doc /
r--nes n order 70 exclude them, which IN /
themselves have become mere doctrinal |
speculation z We have little patience |
with the SPECTATORS in theology they will |
destroy themselves"
Professor Briggs said the three elements /
in the IDEAL Of the study of theology were |
first vital eodliness or true piety: second. !
thorough education or solid learning, |
sad II tae third place e wholesome. prac- /
st e-,Ifr
TIE Urion Seminary had not Yet reached /
this IDEAL ne said. but was pressing on in |
t-ar direction
TIE Rev Charles H Parkhurst made the |
dedlcatory prayer AT the afternoon services. /
Two women were among the delegates. i
They were Professor Alice Van Vechten. 1
OF Wellesley College, and Mary z Wolley, 1
president Of Mount Holyoke College, at /
sou-h Eadley, Mass. Professors from OK /
ford, Cambridge and various English COL |
leges. Glasgow University and the Uni /
Vsrs.ry OF MsTbury were there as delegates /
ron their respective institutions.
Several Japanese universities and colleges |
Re-e represented The Rev. Howard s /
Piss president OF the Syrian Protestant /
College OF Beirut. Syria. attended. and |
spoke a. The alumni meeting yesterday /
forenoon. Other speakers At the alumni |
meeting were the Rev. Francis Brown, |
President Of the faculty: the Rev William /
P Merrill. Of Chicago, and the Rev Henry |
4 slebbtns- Of Rochester
Dr. Brown declared at the morning ser /
VICE that E new era had opened for Union |
Seminary, which mad only been made possi- |
bic because free and reverenr scholarship i
tad not been discouraged IN the institution |
Il The past
Thoroughness and Efficiency.
This must l,e an error OF efficiency he |
said -Dreauers may still have their part
70 play but i must be TO inspire the doers |
We must rrain men to master the technique /
uf their art and 10 know their business /
thoroughly
The reason that ministers are in |
e45cienr Is <hat they have too low con- /
oeption OF efficiency End know TOO little |
how efficiency can De obtained We want |
Fellowship with all Christians and with all /
earnest people Hho are not Christians. in |
their work for righteousness, as Jar ss they /
Wili lsJ us have IL Our business is too high /
Tor rivalry"
The new group # buildings has been !
three years II course OF erection. at q cost |