A Look Into the Past

THE McCHESNEY DAYS Wilbert McChesney, 2nd President (1915-1940) When David McKinney resigned in 1915, Reverend Wilbert Renwick McChesney was unanimously elected the second presi- dent of Cedarville College. Teaching for 21 years, McChesney had been the first facul- ty member hired by the college in 1884. He was an ordained minister and skilled pulpit orator but had spent his entire career in the classroom teaching subjects such as Greek and systematic theology. Devoting his life to rhe college, he also served as Vice President in 1909 and Dean in 1913. One of rhe most serious problems McChesney faced when beginning his presidency was the college's lack of re- sources, particularly financial. In his inaugu- ral address, he promised a major fund- raising drive. However,as rhe United Stares became more and more alarmed about 22 History