students who attended the school. The firm commitment to the principles of biblical Christianity was obvious to people in the Village of Cedarville, as well as the people of Greene County and surrounding counties. Two decades after the school was established the college yearbook could boast: These noble ideals Cedarville has, in a re– markable degree, been able, by the blessing of Almighty God, to translate into realization. Considerably over one-third of its male gradu– ates have become Christian ministers, and many of them are doing a great work for the Master. A goodly little band of foreign mission– aries have gone out into the field as a nucleus for the many more who are yet to follow. Even more than the combined numbers of these two classes, are those in the ranks of teachers, whose influence for good in the lives of the rising generation is boundless. And to be counted only by the hundreds are those who have gone out, either as graduates, or with only partial courses to their credit, and have enriched with consecrated lives, the communities and congregations, as well as the business, profes– sional, and social groups to which they belong, and whose characters bear testimony to the loy– alty of Cedarville College to her King? These happy reflections of 1915, however, failed to bear testimony to the crisis that preceded success. For a while it did not appear that the college would ever become a reality. In 1902 John Alford (above) donated the old Reformed Presbyterian Church to the College to be used as a gymnasium. Previously, the basement of Founders Hall housed the gym. The gym was named in Alford's honor and still bears his name today, although it is now a drama facility. Chapter IV/29