The History and Operation of Cedarville College

40 Presently the library houses fifteen thousand volumes exclusive of periodicals and public documents. It contains 259 periodicals of which 130 are received currently. In 1953, $ 147. 48 was spent for the purchase of books and periodicals; in 1959, · $ 2, .500 was ~ppropriated for the purchase of books. The total budget for the library in 1953 was $ 3,723. 72, but in 1959 it was$ 12, 876. 28, The circulation in 1953 was 1,46q iri 1958 it was 8, 038. A section of the library is occupied by the Cedarville branch of the Greene County Public Library system. This arrangement gives the faculty and students access to an additional 5, 000 books, 1 The library plays an important part in the instructional program at Cedarville. The majority of the faculty members assign term– papers during the course of the semester. Other special assignments require the students 1 use of the library. In addition to making use of the library for class preparation in all fields of study, courses are given in the library to the students early in their college career to acquaint them with the library and its use. Some of the seminar courses are also conducted in the library building. VIII. SUMMARY AND EVALUATION The story of Cedarville College is similar to many colleges in the United States. Like others, it was started as a place of training particularly for the young people who would in one way or another serve the church. Through the years it has had the usual financial difficulties 1 Appendix J