practiced faithfully, profiting by the experi– ence of their defeat, and won the game at Yellow Springs Fairly. Cedarville made two touch– downs before they were allowed to count, the third touchdown and goal being so plain that there was no room for a "kick."6 This game between Cedarville and Antioch, which occurred less than two weeks into that first school year, apparently aroused significant antagonism between the two schools. This tension spread to the spectators following the game. In a letter to the editor of the Xenia Gazette, a Cedarville resident described what transpired: A number of young ladies and friends of our team accompanied the boys to Yellow Springs and enthusiastically urged them on to victory. When it came time to return home, the "barn" element of the Springs broke loose and stones and clubs were thrown at the Cedarville con– veyances, several persons narrowly escaping in– jury by dodging. We do not desire to insinuate that the members of the opposing team sanc– tioned or took part in these disgraceful proceed– ings, and further desire to guarantee them in advance that when they come to Cedarville to play the return game, they will encounter no such acts of rudeness as smirched the fair name of their town? While the small faculty and student body of Cedarville College were making their initial mark on the world of education and athletics, the Board of Trustees faced the challenging task of dealing with their early success. The old mansion, which was housing the college, was fine for the moment but allowed no room for expansion! Less than a month after classes began, the trustees reconvened to face the challenge of constructing a suitable building on the nine– acre campus located along Main Street. John McLean, a Cedarville builder, submitted drawings and a cost analysis, and the Board entered into lengthy discussions on the project. Early in the meeting the trustees invited Professor McChesney "to a seat as a consulting member."8 The Board drew heavily on McChesney's opinions as they discussed the building project. Finally, a committee was appointed to "carry on the work of the new building in accordance with the ideas expressed by the Board."9 They recognized that a committee could move more quickly toward a spring groundbreaking than could the Board as a whole. In this same meeting the Standing Committee on Instructors and Curriculum recommended Mr. Frank A. Jurkat, a senior in Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, for addition to the faculty. The appearance of the names McChesney and Jurkat in the minutes of the February 14 meeting marked the first of Dr. Wilbert McChesney, the First Faculty member hired by the Board of Trustees in 1894, became the second president of Cedarville in 1915, and led the school until 1940. many times these men would be linked together in the history of Cedarville College. McChesney was destined to become the second president and provide 25 years of capable leadership in that office; Jurkat would devote his entire life to Cedarville College, the only man to serve on the faculty during both the Presbyterian and Baptist periods. His tenure at Cedarville College exceeded 58 years. By the following spring the Building Committee, under the chairmanship of President McKinney, reported that the architect's drawings for the new building had been approved and a contract awarded to John McLean of Cedarville to erect a new building for a total cost of $9,785.50. Additional expenses on the building for things such as bricks, the heating system, furniture and incidentals were expected to drive the final cost to approximately $14,000. 10 The new superstructure was to be erected in the center of the Main Street property to provide a focal point for future campus development. The building exterior was of pressed brick and stone, and the bricks were made at a kiln located at the back of the Chapter V /37