Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. Student Life. THE course of studies required of candidates for the office of ministry in the Free Church of Scotland was spread over a period of eight years. Four of these were spent in taking the usual curriculum in the Faculty of Arts at a Scottish University--Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Logic, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, and English Literature. The remaining four were occupied at one of the Theological Halls of the Church, in study of such special subjects as Hebrew, Apologetics, Natural Science, Evangelistic Theology, Old and New Testament Exegesis, Systematic Theology, and Church History. Henry Drummond went to Edinburgh University. In these days Sellar was Professor of Latin, or "Humanity," as it is called in Scotland; Blackie still discoursed upon Greek, and on anything else that came into his head; Chrystal inspired a profound respect for the intellectualities of Mathematics; Campbell Fraser was in the chair of Logic; Tait, in that of Natural Science, carried the palm as the finest lecturer in the University; Calderwood enunciated the elements of Moral Philosophy with metallic conscientiousness; and rugged Masson tugged at the gas-bracket, and spilt his enthusiasm for English and Scots literature upon such as had ears to hear and a heart to understand. But, in tracing the moulding forces of those University days, we have to seek else 8 where than in the records of class work and degree examinations. Young Drummond's discursive genius rebelled against the traditional and the commonplace: and yet he was not idle. The atmosphere of a Scottish University is always tonic to the intellectual mind, and dormant tastes are bound to be stimulated and developed. Of Drummond's doings during his first term at the...
