was to have Baptist churches and Baptist missions staffed by graduates of Baptist schools. He urged Regular Baptists to support not only Cedarville College but other approved schools of the Association. He reminded them that Baptist schools needed their money and students in order to gain accreditation, recognition, and the prestige needed in the academic community.4 This theme, expressed graphically in March 1956, was one that Jeremiah was destined to repeat again and again from the pulpit and with the pen in the years ahead. The first catalog which the Baptist administration issued gratefully acknowledged their Presbyterian background: Although Cedarville College has a Reformed Presbyterian background and the Bible Insti– tute has always operated as an institution ap– proved by the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, it is astounding to note the oneness of spirit of purpose which has charac– terized each school. Both institutions were established by groups of Bible-believing Christians with the primary motive of providing training of the highest scholastic standard with a definite biblical em– phasis and without compromising Christian convictions and conduct. As evidence of its standards the seal of Cedar– ville College bears the inscription Pro corona et foedere Christi ("For the Crown and Covenant of Chris!'). This is in perfect accord with the doctrine of the Baptist Bible Institute which is definitely premillennial and therefore teaches the second coming of Christ when He shall be crowned and shall reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. s While keeping the Cedarville seal exactly as it had been under the Presbyterians, the Baptists added their school verse, Colossians 1:10: "That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God." They also added the school motto: "For the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ" (Rev. 1:9). Both the verse and the motto were part of the heritage from the Baptist Bible Institute days. Though the school name was never officially changed, the initial Baptist catalog called the institution Cedarville Baptist College and Bible Institute. By September 1954, the faculty recommended that the Bible Institute division be terminated. In January. 1955, the trustees eliminated that program when President Jeremiah reported that no inquiries had been received for the following September. At that point, Jeremiah indicated that Cedarville would provide more Bible training in the four-year college course than had been included in the 114/Chapter XIV three-year Bible Institute program. The president informed the trustees that he planned to advertise this important fact in the Ohio Independent Baptist and other key publications. 6 Subsequently, the college dropped the term Baptist from its literature, simply using the name "Cedarville College," defining it by 1956 as "a Baptist College of Liberal Arts." The removal of the term Baptist from the college name was simply a reflection of the desire to maintain the original charter and identity of the college. In reality, inserting the term had been a temporary measure to develop an identification for Regular Baptists. Once that identification was established and the Bible Institute was dropped, it was logical to remove the term Baptist from the traditional name. Cedarville College continued to gain recognition among Regular Baptists in the months ahead. Two important events greatly aided in this process. The first occurred in June 1958, when the 27th annual conference of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches met in Columbus, just 45 miles from Cedarville. Eight hundred messengers came from all over the United States to attend the conference. The evening meetings ranged in total attendance from 1,500 to 2,500? With so many Regular Baptists congregated that close to campus, it was inevitable that Jim Jeremiah would find some way of getting them to Cedarville! For months he had been traveling mile after mile to the churches with the Cedaryille story. All those preachers and all those messengers in one place were too much to resist! He arranged for bus loads of Regular Baptists to come to Cedarville on the Wednesday afternoon of the conference. Ruby Jeremiah stayed home and she and Miriam Maddox prepared ham and potato salad, which was served in Alford Auditorium. A tremendous crowd gathered as bus after bus arrived from Columbus. The next month the Baptist Bulletin reported: "On Wednesday afternoon the Association made a trip to Cedarville College. A crowd of over six hundred and fifty were served a lovely lunch and enjoyed a sight-seeing tour of the buildings and grounds."8 This happy occasion was used to introduce literally hundreds of people to Cedarville College. In those early years of appealing to Regular Baptists for support, Jeremiah, the pastor who had become president, learned many important lessons. One of the most significant related to