were exposed to the value of preaching in the curriculum for the churches they would serve. The catalog states: A religious service, with preaching, in which one of the students officiates, takes place twice a week, and is attended by the Professors and all the members of the school. Also once a week there is an exercise in extemporaneous preaching, in the presence of one of the Professors, by the students of the two upper classes in rotation. Students take their turns in performing these exercises