The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-05-04
FAMOUS SEMINARY
HAS A CENTENARY
Princeton Theological School
Will Have Three Days
Celebration.

PRINCETON, N. j., May ALI pre-
parations have been completed for the
three day celebration scheduled to be-
lgin tomorrow, of the centenary OF
Princeton Theological Seminary. Hun
dreds of alumni of the venerable insti-
tuition have arrived here already and
many more are expected to arrive here
before the beginning Of the commemo-
6ative exercises tomorrow. According
TO the program the exercises will be-
gin tomorrow forenoon with histori-
cal sermon by President Patton, fol-
lowed by the administration of the
Lords supper. The afternoon service
will be at four o'clock and the speak
er will be the Rev. DIR. John Dixon, a
trustee OF Princeton. President Ethel
bert D. Warfield, of Lafayette College,
will be the speaker in the evening.
Commencement exercises will take
place on Monday. In addition to the
usual program there will be two spe-
cial addresses by moderators of the
general assemblies of the Northern
and Southern Presbyterian churches.
which, before their division, were to-
gether concerned in the establishment
of the seminary. The afternoon session
will be given over to three addresses
reminiscent of the history of the insti-
tuition The day will close with a din
ner for the alumni followed by speech
es under the auspices of the Alumni
Association.
On Tuesday Morning.
On Tuesday morning there will be
three addresses by speakers who have
been invited from abroad for the oc-
casion. In the afternoon a commera-
tive dinner will be held followed by
speeches of greeting and congratula-
tion from the representatives of the
general assembly from the laity of the
Presbyterian and other churches and
seminaries to which President Patton
will respond. The list of the speakers
includes DR.. John F. Carson and DR..
Russell Cecil Charles Realty Alexan-
der, LII D., of New York; Robert e.
Speer, a secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions; the Rev.
William H. Johnson, of Lincoln Uni
versity; the Rev. J. H. Dulles, presi-
dent of the Alumni Association; the
Rt. Rev. Principal Alexander Stewart,
of st. Mary's College, st. Andrews;
the Rev. James Wells. moderator of
the Presbyterian church in Scotland;
the Rev. John Macmillan, moderator
of the Presbyterian church in Ireland;
Bishop Greer of New York and Presi-
dent Hibben of Princeton University.
Princeton Theological Seminary is
the third oldest purely denominational
seminary in the United States The
oldest is the theological seminary of
the Dutch Reformed Church in Ameri-
ca at New Brunswick, founded in 1884
Then comes Andover Theological Sem
mary, Congregational institute
which, however, was made a depart
ment of Harvard University in recent
years. Princeton Seminary was estab-
lished by the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian church in 1912, after an
agreement had been reached with
Princeton University, regarding the
relations between the college and the
seminary. The Rev. Archibald Alexan-
der, then pastor of the Third Presby-
terian church. Philadelphia, was made
professor of Didatic and Polemic Theo-
logy and inaugurated in August 1872
The seminary opened that autumn
with three students, who attended lee
lures in Dr. Alexanders study Before
the session closed eleven more stu
dents were enrolled. The seminary
grew rapidly and in 1915 the general
assembly found it necessary to pro-
vide for suitable building. Alexan-
der Hall was built in the following
year, at cost of $4,000. 1t is now
used as dormitory. In 1924 the gradu-
ating class numbered sixty-two. That