1968 Cedarville College Annual Report

Our Financial (jrowth Today, no student pays for the entire cost of his education. Therefore, part of the expense of the college has to be supplied by churches and interested friends . We are without apology a Baptist college of arts and sciences which exists to train young people from our churches with the finest academic education in an atmosphere of high spiritual standards. We believe our churches want a fully accredited, liberal arts college, and we are on the threshold of achieving this goal. However, it will cost considerably. The federal government plans to spend 4.4 billion dollars for education in 1969. Higher education will receive 885 million of this amount, or one-fifth as much as will be spent on our en– tire space program. Approximately fifty, new, junior colleges will be built in 1969 with tax money. The trend toward secular education raises a question . Is there a need for Christian higher education? The success story of Cedarville College eloquently answers this question in the affirmative. While other colleges depend upon federal funds, Cedarville College has never received one dollar of city, state, or federal tax monies. The chart on this page reveals that we are largely dependent on student fees, gifts from churches, and interested friends of the college. A college with our convictions cannot expect the same help from foundations, businesses, government, etc., that other col– leges enjoy. Therefore, the burden lies upon us. Are we willing to pay the price?