THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. 



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A German Congregational Theological Seminar;/, \ 

 at Crete, Neb., opened 1878. has 15 students under 

 W. Sims. 



EPISCOPAL. 



The General Theological Seminary in New York 

 city was organized by the General Convention May 27, 

 ]817, and opened May 1, 1819, in a room of St. Paul's 

 Chapel, Drs. S. H. Turner and S. R Jan-is being the 

 first professors. It was removed to New Haven 1820, 

 but brought back to New York in February, 1822, with 

 6 professors and 23 students, and chartered the same 

 year. It is governed by a Board of Trustees fleeted 

 by the General and Diocesan Conventions, each bishop 

 being a member ex officio. Successive buildings were 

 erected 1820, 1834, and 1883. Its finances have always 

 been well managed, and it now has real estate worth 

 $600.0! 10 and a library of some 19,000 volumes. Among 

 its professors have been Bishops Brownell. Hobart. B. 

 T. Ondenlonk. Whittingliam, and .Seymour, Drs. Bin! 

 Wilson, Opilby, Haight, S. K. Johnson, Mahan. S. 

 Seabury. and !'. Vinton, besides C. C. Moore, LL. D., 

 ami lion. G. C. Vcrplanck. The faculty now consists 

 of Drs. K. A. Hoffman, dean; W. E. Eigenbrodt. 

 pastoral tln-olo-ry; S. Bucl, systematin divinity; \\. 



C. Hall, Hebrew and Greek; A. Oliver. Biblical 

 learning and interpretation of Scripture; W. J. Sea- 

 bun-, ecclesiastical polity and law; T. Richey, eccle- 

 siastical history, and F. T. Russell, instructor in elo- 

 cution, .vvcnil of these chairs have special endow- 

 ments. An alumni professorship of evidences is not 

 yet filled. There are 88 students. To the buildings 

 on Chelsea Square (Sherred Hall, library and deanery) 

 a chapel was added 188C-8. 



The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminar?/ of 

 Virginia was founded in Alexandria, Va., 1823, Dr. 

 R. Keith being the first professor. In 1827 it was 

 removed to a point over 2 miles west of Alexandria 

 and 7 from Washington. It was not incorporated till 

 1854. Dr. W. Sparrow was professor of systematic 

 divinity 1841-74. The chair of church historv was 

 filled by Drs. Lippitt, 1827-41. and J. May, 1841-01. 

 It now has G professors and instructors. Dr. J. Pack- 

 ard being dean, with about 40 students, a library of 

 1 2,000 volumes, and several buildings. There is a pre- 

 paratory department with a two-year course. It lias 

 gent forth some 800 ministers and 50 foreign mission- 

 ::ri.-s. among them the late Dr. Hill of Athens. Bishops 

 Payne of Cape Pahnas in Africa, Boone of China, and 

 Williams of Japan. Dr. Phillips Brooks of Boston is 

 an alumnus. 



The Tktokgioal SnMMty of the Protestant Epis- 

 ciipal Clmrch in the Diocese of Ohio, otherwise Bex- 

 ley Hall, at Gambier, Ohio, was chartered 1824 and 

 opened 1825. It has 5 instructors and a library of 

 7000 volumes, is under the management of Bishop 

 Bedell, and is in relations with Gambier College. F. 

 James. D. D. , is senior professor. 



Nailtotah ll'iusr, at Nashotah, Wis., opened 1841 

 and chartered 1S47, has sent forth many Western 

 clergy. It is controlled by 7 Western bishops, and 

 has 20 students, a library of 900;) volumes, and real 

 estate valued at $100.000, but depends lor its support 

 on voluntaiy offerings. G. G. Carter is president, 

 and Drs. W. Adams, J. M. Clarke, and T. M. Ililey, 

 professors. 



The lin-ki-lrti Divinity Schnl. at Middlctown, Conn., 

 was at first a department of Trinity College, Hartford, 

 and as such graduated its first class in 1850. It was 

 incorporated IS.VJ ami removed to its present location, 

 where it has a library of ]7,<X0 volumes. Bishop 

 Williams is president, and J. Hinney, F. Gardiner, 



D. D.. W. A. Johnson, S. Clarke, and F. T. Russell, 

 professors. 



GrixicM Cittern. Davenport, Iowa, chartered 1859, 

 has a small theological department (Lee Hall) under 

 the direction of Bishop Perry. W. H. Barris, D. D., 

 is dean, C. H. Seymour, professor, and C. R. Hale, 

 D. D., instructor. 



Seabury Divinity School, at Faribault, Minn., was 

 opened I860. It is controlled by Bishop Whipple, 

 has 6 teachers, 25 students, a library of 0300 volumes, 

 and real estate worth $60,000. 



The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church in Philadelphia was organized and chartered 

 in 1862 while the seminary at Alexandria was closed 

 by the war. An informal training-school had existed 

 for some five years previous. An endowment was pro- 

 vided, a library of 8000 volumes, and a building in 

 West Philadelphia, which was exchanged jn 1882 for 

 a larger one at Woodland avenue and Fiftieth street. 



E. T. Bartlett, D. D., is dean, and Drs. G. E. Hare, 

 D. R. Goodwin, J. F. Garrison, and J. P. Peters, pro- 

 fessors. There are now 26 students. 



The Episcopal Theological Scliool of Massachusetts 

 was established at Cambridge, 1867, by a gift of 

 $100,000, and began with 4 professors and Dr. J. S. 

 Stone as dean. He was succeeded by Dr. G. Z. Gray. 

 It has a fine chapel and three halls, valued at $325,000, 

 but admission is limited to college graduates, and the 

 number of students has never been large. There are 

 now 16, under li professors, and about 100 ahimr.i. 



The Jlixlio]) d'reen Associate Mission art? Training 

 School, at Dry Grove. Miss., was opened 1867, and is 

 in charge of W. K.^Douglas. S. T. D. 



St. Aiiaiistine's Normal School, at Raleigh, N. C., 

 opened ISO? has a theological department and some 

 property, it is under R. B. Sutton, D. D. 



Matthew s Hall, at Denver, Col., opened 1872, is 

 controlled by Bishop Spalding. 



St. Andrnr'.t Divinity School, at Syracuse, N. Y., 

 was opened 1 876. 



The University nf the. South, at Sewanee, Tenn., 

 chartered 1856, organized 1876, has a theological de- 

 partment, with 8 professors, 20 students. 2500 volumes, 

 and buildings worth $50, OIK). Telfair Hodgson, D. D. , 

 is dean. This is a live institution, which has made 

 head against great difficulties. 



The Kama* Theological School, at Topeka, Kan., 

 began 1874, "has merely a nominal existence." A 

 similar institution at Louisville, Ky., exists only iu 

 "a valuable library and productive funds." 



\Vhrfler Hull, Chicago, III., was opened 1885 by 

 Bishop McLaren. It has 5 professors, 12 students, 

 2000 volumes, and buildings on the Washington boule- 

 vard worth $150,000. 



EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. 



Union Biblical Institute, at Naperville, 111., was 

 opened 1876, with 3 teachers and 8 pupils under J. J. 

 llisher. 



The German Evangelical Theological Seminary, 

 opened 1850 at Normandy, Mo., was afterwards re- 

 moved to St. Louis, and its name changed to Eden 

 College. It reports 3 teachers and 90 pupils under L. 



F. llacbcrle, with real estate worth $120,000. 



LUTHERAN. 



ITitrtwide Seminary, founded 1815, in Otscgo co., 

 N. Y., has a small theological department, long con- 

 ducted by G. B. Miller, D. D. A. Heller, D. D., is 

 now at the head of it A new building was erected 

 about 1865, and a memorial volume published at Al- 

 bany, 1867. 



The Thenlngicul Seminary of the General Si/nod, 

 at Gettysburg, Pa., was founded 1826 and chartered 

 1826. Its successive heads have been Drs. 8. S. 

 Schmucker, C. A. Hay. and M. Valentine. Dr. E. L. 

 Hazelius became its second professor in 1830. Others 

 were Drs. H. I. Smith. C. P. Kranth, Sr, C. F. 

 Schaeffer, J. A. Brown. C. A. Stork. E. J. Wolf, and 

 J. G. Morris. There are now 4 professors, about 40 

 students, a library of 11. (MX) volumes, 2 lectureships, 

 an endowment of near $100,000, and buildings worth 

 $75.000. The alumni number nearly 700. 



The Theological Seminary of the Synod of Ohio, 

 at Columbus, Ohio, was begun 1830. M. Loy, D, D., i 



