Selections from the 1912 Yearbook
A bit of fun at STH
Over one hundred years separate us from the class of 1912. Many aspects of the School of Theology have changed. For the most part, the school was a “boy’s” club. The men who came to School of Theology were among the college educated elite of the early 20th century. They experienced the joys of their “bright college years,” playing football, tennis, and baseball; pledging fraternities; and having “sweethearts.” In their writings, they were giddy about marriage and the life ahead. Yet much like students at Boston University School of Theology today, they were people between stages of their lives; they were no longer puerile undergraduates (although they acted like it sometimes) but neither were they full-fledged ministers. They were at a stopover point that lasted for three years. When they arrived, they were insecure and felt the need to prove themselves intellectually and spiritually. They grew closer together, suffering through Hebrew class, church history, and systematic theology. Their stories, though distant from our own, are still very familiar.