God Gave the Increase

The home of Rev. Hugh Macmillan where the first classes of Cedarville College were held in l89ti. ANNUAL CATALOGUE CEDARVILLE "' COLLEGE, The first college catalog, pictured above, appeared with blue printing on an orange cover. At Duanesburgh, New York, in May of 1879, the General Synod of the Reformed Pres– byterian Church decided to establish a liberal arcs college. By the will of William Gibson, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, Cincin– nati, a bequest of $?5,000 was left in 1886 to found the college at Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio. On January 26, 1887, Cedarville College was chartered by the scare of Ohio. Ar the meet– ing of the General Synod held in Coulterville, Illinois, in May, 1894. the Synod, upon the recom– mendation of the board of trustees, elected Dr. McKinney first President of Cedarville College. The board chose a faculty, and on Wednesday, September 19, 1894, rhe college was formally opened for instruction ro thirty-six students in the fit.e old mansion (above) formerly occupied by Dr. Hugh McMillan's Academy. The quarters proving too small for the work, the new build– ing was en:cted and entered the following year, 1895.