entire history of the college. This was a loss which McChesney felt keenly, particularly since McKinney had been one of his most ardent supporters on the Board of Trustees. Certainly McChesney made a serious mistake when he allowed the trustees to begin borrowing money from the Endowment Fund. This mistake cost him dearly when Dr. J. Alvin Orr, a longtime Cedarville supporter, withdrew from the Board in protest against the policy. Though the financial picture improved somewhat in the early years of the New Deal, the fact remained that the college was unable to pay back its loans, and the small cash balance that had accrued between 1933 and 1936 was largely dissipated in 1937. By 1938 the college once more failed to meet its budget. The grand plan to raise $750,000 in the '30s was a dismal failure. No buildings were added to the campus during that ten-year period until Harriman Hall, a residence at the corner of Chillicothe and Main Streets, was purchased during the summer of 1940, just as McChesney was leaving the presidency. The dream of a new chapel and administration building turned to ashes. The dream of building a beautiful $100,000 women's residence hall was replaced by the purchase of an existing home. The dream of $500,000 for the endowment was pushed hopelessly into the background. In addition to the financial woes experienced by Cedarville College in the 1930s, the decade had been a difficult one in the personal lives of President McChesney and his wife. Early in their marriage Mrs. McChesney had given birth to sons in 1897 and 1899. Both boys died in infancy. In 1910 God blessed the McChesneys with a daughter, Frances, born on July 12. Frances became the joy of their lives. After graduating from high school, she attended Cedarville College, but on May 10, 1931, shortly after her college graduation, she too went to be with the Lord. Her memory was preserved by the establishment of the Frances McChesney Memorial Fund at the college, and through a committal service which was held every year under the auspices of the Y.W.CA. 1 Throughout the later '30s, Mrs. McChesney suffered failing health. Finally, on April 28, 1939, the Cedarville Herald announced her death the previous Tuesday. She failed to survive a cerebral hemorrhage that occurred the night before her death. Less than a month later, McChesney resigned as president, 78/Chapter X requesting that the trustees find a replacement for him no later than June 1941. In his resignation he said, "My life has been given to Cedarville College. I do not regret that I have stayed here. My prayers and the prayers of many others are registered in heaven for Cedarville College. God has blessed us abundantly." He requested that the Board allow him to remain "as a teacher or in some other capacity which you may deem wise" and assured the Board: "As long as I live and am able to do so, I shall serve Cedarville College to the best of my ability."z In the same meetiing in which McChesney's resignation as president was accepted "with deep regret," the Board passed a resolution of condolence to their president in the loss of his wife. The regret expressed by the trustees when McChesney retired was echoed by the faculty, students, alumni, and community. The faculty, noting his "lifetime of devotion and service," reminded the trustees that he frequently had made tremendous personal sacrifices for the college and its faculty. Consequently, they urged the Board to allow him to continue his teaching responsibilities while providing a healthy stipend for his retirement. When the resolution of the faculty was read into the minutes of the trustees, the Board unanimously resolved to name McChesney president emeritus and retired him with a pension of $100 per month for the remainder of his life. 3 His respect in the community, with its many alumni, could be measured by the fact that from 1932 until his death he was a member of the Ohio Legislature all but two years. He was elected by a wide measure in each biannual election, except in 1936 when a heavy Democratic national ticket carried a different local candidate into office along with the national ticket. Following that narrow defeat, he was reelected each time until his death. 4 His lifelong friend Dr. F.A. Jurkat, who joined the Cedarville faculty in 1895 and 'worked with McChesney for almost half a century, described McChesney as "affable without being familiar, courteous without being obsequois, and obliging without having an axe to grind." While recognizing his president's dynamic role as professor and college administrator, Jurkat contended that "in profession, Dr. McChesney must be classed as a clergyman, although he never held a charge."5 Throughout his years as president,