1895-1896 Academic Catalog

, • CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. HISTORY . The idea of establishing a11 institutiou for l1igher edttcation in Cedarville, originated with the Ge11eral Synod of the Reforn1ed Presbyterian Cl1urch in An1erica. This denomination is the representati·ve in tl1is country of the historic Covenanter C1111rch of Scotland. The late Dr. Hugl1 MacMillan , for man)' years pastor of the Cedan,. ille congregation, manifested a vvarm interest in tl1e cause of higher edt1cation, and was tbe principal of a classical acadettl)' in Greene Cotu1ty, '.\•hich he con – d11cted successfully in addi tion to his pastoral labors. In the year 1885 the tnatter of establisl1ing a literary in– stitution assumed definite sl1ape t11rough a resolution offered in the Synod by ReY. David Steele, D. D., Phila– delphia, Pa. , and in January, 1887, Cedarville College '"'as duly chartered by the State of Ohio. Abo11t the same time a sun1 of money, an1ounting to about $10,000, '"'a~ subscribed by the friends of the College, a11d si11ce then variot1s gifts and beqttests have fron1 time to ti1ne co111e il1to the J1ands of the Trustees. Notably, the late \V111. Gil)son, Esq., of Cincinnati, bequeathed $25,000 for tl1e End0\\1111ent Fund. The enterprise tl1e11 slumbered for a fe,v years, ovving to various cat1ses, but in Ma)' , 189-!, a fresh and n1ost successful start \vas again tnade. Tl1e General Synod elected Rev. David McKiI1ne)-, of Cincinnati, 0. , President of the College, a11d directed the Board of Tr11stees to open the College in the 11t11mAn of the same year. The Board accordingly· chose a Faculty, a11d on \tVednesday, Septen1ber 19, 1894, the College was formally ope11ed.