The History and Operation of Cedarville College

16 without restriction to personal opinion, and will open doors and equal privileges to both sexes. 111 0 When the Baptists began operating the college in 1953, their first catalog stated: 11 The objectives of the college are two -fold: (1) pertaining to the Christian state -- 11 It is the desire of the Cedarville Baptist College to graduate students from its halls of learning with a definite conviction relative to the great Bible truths that have been accepted by fundamental Bible believers from the beginning of the Christian era. 11 (2) Thos.e pertaining to our Nation 11 Regarding our relationship with this great land in which we live, Cedarville Baptist College stands firmly on the Constitution of the United States, originally penned by free men in order to insure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity •.. We stand on the Side of conservative thinking in the fields of economics, political science, hiptory, sociology, education and science, making no apolo- gies whatever for this position. We abhor the progres.s of creeping socialism that is evident at every hand in this country, and endeavor to present positive arguments against it. iil l Essentially, these purposes have not been changed from the first catalog published by the Reformed Presbyterian people until the present hour. In recent months 1 however, the faculty of the College has spent hours in studying our purpose and has sought to clarify what we attempt to do. The faculty recommendations have been approved lOThe Cedarville College Bulletin, (Cedarville College, 1896), Vol. 1, No. I, 11 The Cedarville College Bulletin, (Cedarville College, 1953), Vol. 36, No. 1 1 p. 24.