1897-1898 Academic Catalog

Cedarv ille Colleg e. 7 year ago. Thi is but the third year of the practical existence of the Colleg e , nevertheless du ring the past year the attendance ha almost doubled , the F aculty has been inc reased, new depart– ment of t udy have been added, liberal fonds h ave been recei ved, a large and commodiou b uilding has been erected, the campus ha been b ea uti fied, and in enter ing its fourth year Cedarville College feel s encouraged to widen its influence, fully confident in it superviso rs and deeply con scious of its noble and powerful mi ion a a facto r in the C hristi an education of man kind. GE ERAL I FORMATION. EW COLLEGE BUILDING. The new College B uild ing stands in a campus conta in ing over nine acre , well graded, an d bea ut ifully loca ted on t he m ain treet, north end of Ced a rvi lle . T he erec tion of th e bui ld in g wa begun in the pr ing of 1895 an d comple t ed late in the Aut– umn of the ame year. H ow eve r it has been occt:1pied th rough – out the whole of the pa t t w o years fo r collegiate p urpose . It is a hand ome building of pres ed b ri ck and cu t tone, the p la n s and pecifications of w h ich were made by Jame R . T urne r, of , "ew York City. The ba emen t con tains a gymn asium room , a chemical room, toil et room , coal cellars a nd the heat ing apparatu . On the first floor are four cla rooms, the chapel an d the Presi– dent ' room, be ide the main and side entrance co rrido rs. On the econd floor are four cla rooms, a large lecture room, and the library. Two large society rooms occupy the entire third floor. T ,·o wide and gently a cend1ng stain a_ , one on each ide of the building, lead from the ba ement to th third tory. Th building L equipped throughout with electric wire. It is . u1 mounted b) a bell tov,rer. There are entrance on each of th , four id ' anding m th center of the campu on the hi rh t ite of edan ille, th' building pr ents an attractive nd imprn,ing app aran