Bonebrake Theological Seminary Report of the Board of Directors 1909 it, .7.37ZZ . w% tibvaxy of Che Cheolocjicd ^eminarp PRINCETON • NEW JERSEY PRESENTED BY Rufus H. LeFevre "BX C ; 'AN '9«OOJ^S •3ui soaa aacriAvo /^/ M3GNIS ±31HdWVd INnOWOlOHd FEB REPORT of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Cbc Boncbrakc Cbcological Seminary OF THE CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST FOR THE QUADRENNIUM ENDING MARCH 31, 1909 BX^S78 -7.B7ZZ REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BONE BRAKE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FOR Till'. QUAD KK.WH.M ENDING MAY 1909. T1 being college men), againsl 54 lasl quadrennium (23 being college men); of the 62 grad- uates, 55 were men, 7 were women. In the regular course, 11; in the English course, 17: in the missionary courses '• i" the deaconess course, •'!. While the curriculum i>t' studies has always been equal to, ami even in advance of ether seminaries of similar grade and equipment, it was found necessary to give increased attention to homiletics, bis- tory. sociology, pedagogy, and child psychology, ami also to add a dei ness course to the other three courses offered. To meet these enlarged demands satisfactorily, it was necessary to add a fifth member to the faculty in the person of W. (l. dippinger, a graduate of the class of L903. lie has done excellent service the pasl four years, proving the Hoard made a wise choice. October 11, L906, the Seminary was thirty-five year- old. and the anniversary was celebrated on the evenings of the ninth and tenth. Representative men from different sections of the Church .-poke on diiferent feature- of the work of the Seminary. Sentiment was created and several hundred dollar- voluntarily contributed toward a new dormitory building. PROGRAM. OCTOBER !•. 7 : 30 P.M. "< 'nine. Tin hi Almighty King" Qongregation Reading of the Word of God, no er. Music Quartet "History of the Seminary," Rev. J. P. Landis, D.D., Ph.D., Secretary of Faculty. Greetings from the presenl student body, Rev. M. (). McLaughlin, of Senior ( 'las-,. "The Seminary's Relation to the Young People of the Ohurcn, Rev. J. G. Iluher, D.D.. President Y. P. C. F. Music Quartet "The Seminary's Relation to the tJnevangeiized, Rev. S. S. Hough, D.U.. Secretary of Foreign Board. "The Seminary and the Supply of Efficient Pastors," Bishop (i. M. Mathews. D.D., Chicago, 111. Music Quartet Benediction. OCTOBER 1<>, 7 : •'!<> P.M. M usic ( fongregation lu spoiisive reading of the Word of (iud. Prayer. Music Quartet "Immediate Material Demamk" Pev. ( '. M. Brooke. P.D.. Business Mariager! "The College and the Seminary" Rev. ( '. J. Kephart. D.D., Toledo. Iowa. President Leander ('lark College. Musie ' Quartet "The Seminary as a Unifying and Impelling Spiritual Force," Rev. (!. I). Gossard, class 1896, Baltimore, Mil. "The Responsibility of the Church to the Seminary of the Future," Rev. II. II. Font, D.I)., Editor Sunday-school literature. M usic ( Congregation Benedict ion. Ail ;i called Session of the Hoard. March BO, r.x>!>, the name was changed I rum Union Biblical Seminary to The Bone-brake Tbeolog- ical Seminary, in recognition of a gift by dohn M. Bonebrake and liis wife, Mi>. Mary K. Bonebrake, 384 acres of land in Thomas County, Kansas, appraised a1 ^83-,0O0. The intoeption as well as the completion of this valuable gifl is due to the Manager of the Sem- inary. Dr. ( '. ML Brooke. Without drawing upon the general treas- ury, the Library was catalogued, rendering it more serviceable: It is now much used 1 > v the students. Karly provision ouidit to be made tor the addition of a large Dumber of new liouks which are much needed. Closing of tlie Seminary year with a devotional Bible conference. inaugurated by our institution, is being imitated by other seminaries. Those held under such leaders as (i. Campbell Morgan, V. B. Meyer, -I. Campbell White were greal occasions for reunions of the Alumni and friends, were a spiritual uplift to the -Indents, to hundred- 61 pastors of other churches a- well as of our Church, and served : , make the Seminary known in a most favorahie way. Only two of such conferences were held the past four years. The financial facts by the Business Manager: Kndowment fund ' 170,000 Increase in endowment in land during the quadivimium. . . . 83,000 increase other than land 5,000 New Building Fund, cash and notes 7, Liabilities 1,900 Total net assets $245,000 While there has keen some advancement, the Seminary i- not meeting the increasing demands for trained workers in opening fields at home and abroad so that relatively the Seminary is far behind what it should be in numbers and equipment; and as in the past twelve years there has not keen a general canvass of the Church in this interest, l . We recommend the Commencemenl Bible Conferences of the pasl he restored, that the management of the same he committed to the Seminary faculty, and that the Hoard of Directors lend such eu- couragemenl and take such -tops at each Board meeting a- -hah make it possible to secure the highest grade of men in the land. 2. We recommend thai steps be taken to erect on the grounds owned by the Seminary additional buildings; one a dormitory building with all the modern, approved appointments; the other a library building. The old building which for thirty-one years has served all purposes is no longer adequate, but can be changed into an administration build- ing. These additions are imperative if the Qhureh is to afford ade- quate accommodation for students and keep pace with the enlarging equipments of the colleges and other seminaries. 3. Inasmuch as an Educational Secretary is needed to stimulate, unify, and to build up wisely and solidly a definite educational de- partment of the Church, to inspire increased, attention to the work of the ministry, to seek out, encourage, and care for young men enter- ing the ministry with a view to their largest efficiency, to increase beneficiary aid funds, etc, we recommend that a Secretary of Educa- tion be elected, care being taken to secure the right man for this wide field. 4. We recommend that a strenuous effort be made the next four years to solicit the entire Church both for students and for money, and we call attention to the small number of college men entering the Seminary. Of the 234 enrolled students the past four years, forty-five bad graduated from a college. Of the thirty-seven entering as Juniors last fall, only six enrolled as graduates of a college, seventeen as hav- ing attended college or high school a short time, and fourteen as not having attended any beyond the graded school. The number of those unprepared, or only partially prepared, is mit of proportion to those prepared to warrant the mosi desirable re suits in classes, and to meet the expectations and demands of Semi- nary graduates on the part of the Church. 5. That the assessment for the Seminary he increased to $10,000 per year for the next quadrenninm and the same be apportioned to the conferences and collected in full. li. In view of the lack of facilities for carrying on the work of the Seminary and the imperative demand for additional buildings. we offer it as our candid and deliberate judgment that unless the Gen- eral Conference makes such progress possible that the Seminary will be unable to best serve the Church and give to it adequate returns for the money expended in its maintenance. G. A. Fl .NKIKM ■SKI!, H. A. Thompson. P. M. Camp. Committee . Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary Library http://www.archive.org/details/report190900bone *v ■ Ji BX9878.7 .B722 Report, 1909. Princeton Theological Seminary-Speer Library 1 1012 00045 7814