The History and Operation of Cedarville College

19 responsible to the President. Faculty members are selected by the Dean and President, and recommended to the Board for appointment. The Board of Trustees meets quarterly to hear reports and conduct business necessary to the operation of the college. Each month between Board meetings, the Executive Committee, consisting of the Chairman of the Board, the administrative officers of the college, and three trustees appointed by the Board chairman meet to hear reports and transact business. All business transacted by the executive committee must be approved by the Board at the quarterly meeting. c) Faculty. At the expense of being clas.sified as narrow, Cedarville College takes a position in direct contradiction to a statement by Dr. Elton Trueblood. "It is not required that every professor in a Chris - tian college be a Christian of a particular type, or even a Christian at all, but it is required that each one be understanding of Christian thought and reverent in the face of great historic conviction. 111 We believe that the fulfillment of our purpose is in great measure dependent on the Christian testimony of our faculty. Therefore, we require that each faculty member sign annually the Doctrinal Statement of the college. 2 The present faculty of Cedarville College is as follows: 1 Elton Trueblood, The Idea of a College, (Parker Brothers Publishing Company, 1959), p. 27. 2 Appendix D