Milner Hall was bricked, expanded, and remodeled. The dining hall, then located in what is currently the Post Office, was enlarged to handle the expanding student body. All this occurred in the summer of 1959. The next year Williams Hall was added to the campus. This new two-story structure was capable of housing 104 students. The summer of 1962 saw the erection of a new gymnasium which, it was announced, would also house "a recreation hall, a snack bar, a bookstore, and a reached 455, and Cedarville College was ready to celebrate its 75th birthday. The Xenia Gazette did a special 75th anniversary section in their edition of Wednesday, November 14, 1962. On the front of the insert was a picture of Old Main. In addition to the 75th 'anniversary and the dates was the Scripture reference "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase." In honor of their 75th year, the college invited area residents to a special meeting in "Socks and Buskins" of 1965. Performing various plays every year, this drama club, under the direction of Miriam Maddox, provided a creative outlet for interested students. student lounge,"17 That same year Alford Memorial was remodeled into an auditorium to seat 650 students. On December 1, 1962, students Paul Gathany and Dave Jeremiah began broadcasting on WCDR. The first program was a live play-by-play broadcast of a basketball game between Grace College and Cedarville in Winona Lake, Indiana. The student population in September 1962 120/Chapter XIV Milner Hall and an open house on the college campus. A special pageant entitled "As the Cedar Grows" was written by Miriam Maddox and presented in Alford Memorial Auditorium. Businesses in the community published large advertisements of congratulations for the college. Several articles trumpeted the story of the new developments that were characterizing the old school.

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