PREFACE

Auburn Theological Seminary was founded by the Synod of Geneva,
August 6th, 1818. It was opened for students, October 15, 1821, and the first
class was graduated in August, 1824. With the exception of 1855, a class has
graduated each year since. This General Biographical Catalogue of the
Centennial year, 1918, contains the record of ninety-five classes, for even 1855
is represented by men who are counted as belonging to this class. The aim
has been to include every student who has here studied, and, so far as possible,
give a brief biography and a record of his services.

In 1831 and '36, the Seminary issued a "General Catalogue," and in '39,
'42, '45, 'SO, '55, '59 and '61, a "Triennial Catalogue." In each case except that
of '61, which appeared separately, these "Triennials" were bound up with the
annual Catalogue.

In 1872, an "Historical Catalogue" of 62 pages, prepared by Dr. S. M.
Hopkins, was published. It was the original intention to have this ready for
the Semi-Centennial, which was celebrated in 1870, but it was necessarily
delayed. In it the students were arranged according to the year they entered
the Seminary, and very brief biographical notices were given.

In 1883, a "General Catalogue" was published, edited by Dr. W. J.
Beecher. Upon its preparation Dr. Beecher bestowed a great amount of
labor, and the editors of the present General Catalogue, the next in order of
time, are greatly indebted to him. They have taken his Catalogue as the basis
for this one, and they could not have made its earlier pages so full and accurate
as they are without its aid. The general arrangement of that Catalogue is
familiar to the alumni. Dr. Beecher labored under many serious disadvant¬
ages, chiefly due to the fact that few Colleges or Seminaries had then General
Catalogues, and even those in print were of comparatively little use. On the
other hand, he personally knew and corresponded with representatives of
every class that had studied in the Seminary, and from them collected data
which could not now be duplicated. But while availing ourselves of the
results of his labor, it is within the facts to say, that we have corrected hun¬
dreds of mistakes discovered in all the preceding Catalogues, and, of course,
have added much new material.

The following rales have guided the present editors in their task:
Where men studied with more than one class they are counted with the last
class with which they studied. A man who appears as a senior without any
qualification in the annual Catalogue is counted as a graduate. Where the
length of a student's stay in the Seminary is not given, it will be understood
that he was here for three years. Post-graduates, who are Auburn men, are
mentioned with the class with which they graduated, other post-graduates
under the year in which they studied. Each class is arranged under two
alphabetical lists; the first containing the names of all graduates, the second
the names of non-graduates. Where necessary a third list of the names of
post-graduates from other Seminaries is given. A star has been prefixed to
the names of those not now living.    Two items are given not found in most

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