The History and Operation of Cedarville College

that it loses its opportunity to help the individual. There are many problems inherent in the attempts to maintain this type of college in these times. In as many ways as possible we 41 are endeavoring to evaluate our possibilities as a college by honestly facing our weaknesses and planning for the improvements of our facili– ties. Within the past three years we have held two conferences with representatives of other colleges. Dr. Iewin J. Lubbers 1 President of Hope College, Holland, Michigan, visited the campus in 1958 1 and gave helpful suggestions to our faculty. On April 25 of this year (1960), Dr. Lloyd Ramseyer, President of .Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio, visited the college and held a conference with our faculty. His sugges– tions for the improvement of the college are found in Appendix K. 1, Finances. As an independent college, Cedarville is almost entirely dependent upon the gifts of the churches and interested individ– uals'. As a church-related college, we would not want State aid if it could be obtained, We are eliminated from the appeals made by the Ohio Independent Colleges because we do not belong to the Ohio Cd>llege Association. Many foundations are unwilling to support a college .such as ours because we are not accredited. It has been suggested that tuition be increased in order to augment the income of the college. Dr. Ramseyer reports that "it has been the experience of colleges that increasing tuition rates does not decrease applications for admission, There are very few independent schools in the state, if any, with a rate aa low as yours. 111 In all probability our tuition will be raised in 1961, 1 Appendix K.