Word: theologian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...week invited a stranger to come within its gates. Incognito, he inspected the campus with Mrs. Katherine Wright Haskell,* one of Oberlin's trustees. Next day, having returned to Chicago and consulted his wife, he telegraphed his acceptance of the presidency of Oberlin. He is the first non-theologian to hold this office. His name and accomplishments: Dr. Ernest Hatch Wilkins, 46, professor of romance languages at the University of Chicago since 1916, War-time teacher of French to doughboys, author of Army French as well as Dante-Poet and Apostle, graduate of Amherst College. Some say President-elect...
...Machen is a great and learned theologian, a philosopher among preachers. Also he is a literalist. He interprets the Bible strictly, and that has made him vastly unhappy at Princeton, for the greater number of the authorities there have been opposed to his views. When he was named for the Chair of Apologetics, the Board of Directors fought with the Board of Trustees over the appointment. That has been the scandal of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. The General Assembly a year ago would not order the appointment. Three weeks ago at San Francisco the General Assembly...
Princeton Seminary. At Princeton Theological Seminary Dr. Gresham Machen and Dr. Charles R. Erdman had maintained a bitter imbroglio for years. Dr. Machen, a stricter Presbyterian theologian than Dr. Erdman, had been named to the Chair of Apologetics at the Seminary. Of Dr. Machen's intellectual qualifications there was never a quibble. But Dr. Erdman fought the appointment on personal grounds...
...unveiling Professor Peabody will receive the bust of William Ellery Channing, preacher and theologian, sculptured by Herbert Adams, donated by the American Unitarian Association and presented by the Reverend S. A. Eliot, president of the association...
...Taken whole it is a book of a noble man seen steadfastly-Saul the scourge, first of the law, then of the Lord; Saul invested always with the dignity of his Roman citizenship, yet humble enough to suffer fiercely, meanly, publicly for peace in his church; Saul the clever theologian and subtle Greek philosopher, never- save once in his proud youth at the feet of Gamaliel-never letting intellectual pride smother the pure flame of Christ's love; ending his days, near the time of Rome's burning, in humble age, saying: "I am only...