To subsidize some of the cost of the College and provide jobs for students, the College operated a farm in the late 1940's. doors had been closed, God brought the representatives of Baptist Bible Institute of Cedarville. The Presbyterians felt good about their meeting with the Baptists. They had been absolutely honest as they described the plight of the college. While the uncollected fees owed the school would more than offset the indebtedness, they made it clear that these might be most difficult to collect. They had outlined clearly the repairs needed on various buildings, so the new group would know exactly what they would be facing. On the other hand, the Presbyterians were deeply saddened by the realization that one way or the other the end was near. For almost 60 years Cedarville College had been a Greene County landmark, with Old Main's tower rising proudly above the campus cedar trees. They thought of the many traditions that had come and gone through the years. Some remembered being students in the '20s and '30s, and congregating at "Doc" Edward's drugstore. It had been quite a place. You could eat there, phone or wire, watch the score-board windows for a sports results, pay bills (or run them up), leave messages (and laun– dry), meet friends, make new ones, hold a com– mittee meeting or a banquet, purchase theater tickets (the Opera House), or catch a bus. 29 SO/Chapter X But "Doc" had closed shop and left town 15 years ago. The third key ingredient in the success of a Christian institution is community support. Despite the heavy number of alumni that resided in Cedarville, Greene County, and the surrounding counties, following 1943 the college never experienced the kind of community support it had previously enjoyed. With no firm church support, weak executive leadership, and fading community support, the college was unable to withstand the ravages of World War II and the post-War milieu. The farm that had been purchased proved to be a disaster. Following the war, the influx of students led to additional financial commitments which student costs did not and could not cover. Only a small percentage of the cost of educating a student was provided by student fees. With no financial support coming from church or community, the increase in enrollment merely hastened the process of financial disintegration. Each year the college dipped deeper into the monies in the Endowment Fund. The trustees did everything in their power to preserve the institution that they loved. In February 1945, they sought $15,000 from the Roy Jacobs, on the tractor, was manager of the farm. Able– bodied students proVided the labor, doing such things as shoveling corn out of a trailer.