Craig Ousted

To every good and enlightened Presbyterian the name Princeton signifies dissension. Reason: last spring the famed Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary, rich in lawns, leafage and endowment, long dedicated to old evangelical doctrine, underwent changes in control which guaranteed that its attitude and influence would hereafter be Modernistic. Famed conservative members of its faculty--John Gresham Machen, Robert Dick Wilson, Oswald Thompson Allis--later resigned and were instrumental in founding in Philadelphia the Westminster Seminary, where the abandoned Fundamentalist ideals of Princeton are now cherished (TIME, June 3 et seq.).

This rift, symbolic of that which is discernible throughout the Protestant church, had, another direct consequence last week when Dr. Samuel G. Craig of Princeton, editor of The Presbyterian (weekly), onetime board member of Princeton Theological Seminary, was forced to resign his editorship by vote of the board of Presbyterian Publishing Co., Inc. Said he: "The occasion of this action on the part of the board was its dissatisfaction with the editorial policy I have steadfastly pursued and which I was unwilling to alter, especially with reference to Princeton and Westminster Seminaries." Steadily had Dr. Craig's editorials assailed the new order of things at Princeton, repeatedly had he praised the transplanted old guard in Philadelphia. Since The Presbyterian is among the most influential organs of the church and Princeton has heretofore enjoyed its support, Dr. Craig's antagonism undoubtedly nettled the seminarians. Observers found particularly significant the fact that Dr. William Leonard McEwan, Princeton's board chairman, is also chairman of Presbyterian Publishing Co.

Dr. Craig intimated that his ousting might lead to the founding of another. Fundamentalist, churchpaper. Born on an Illinois farm, alumnus of Princeton University (1895) as well as Princeton Theological Seminary, he is now 55, has held various Pennsylvania pastorates, has been a staff member of The Presbyterian since 1915, its editor since 1925.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.