1898-1899 Academic Catalog

C i'tlarril/r CoUetje. !) SPECIAL ADVANTAGE Cedurville ('"liege makes no pretension to do the work o f a University. It is content Intake its place with the smaller Colleges o f the land But it does promise its patrons to do well and thoroughly whatever it claims to do. A College course is not in itself an educa­ tion. It only opens the doors o f a liberal education for the student. It is a beginning, not an end. And this beginning, we claim to be able to furnish. A University may have hundreds o f teachers in its faculty, thousands o f volumes in its library and the most costly apparatus and extensive laboratories. But the student will c one into contact with only a few of the Professors, read a few o f tin1books, use a few o f the appliance.- A ll these he may lind here. The small colleges have done and are doing a great work. They have educated men eminent in Theology. Law, Medicine, Presidents, Judges, Sena­ tors. Nor are these cases exceptional. It will be found that a much larger per cent of the products o f smaller colleges are successful in life than the products of the larger colleges. It is no uncommon tiling to lind 90 per cent, o f the products ol a small college entering the ministry, the reason is apparent— a student who habitually neglects or shirks hi- wort cannot get through mil a student who is living a ‘ fast’ or vicious life cannot slay in one o f these small colleges. Agnostics infideles or men who indulge in or tolerate drinking are not found as teachers. The Professorsaie generally consecrated Christians. A ll this is true of C'edarvrllc College. The Profi ssots are energetic, capable and sympathetic. They are brought into personal contact with the student daily in the class and out of the class. The classes are small so that students are obliged to n cite several times during each hour No student can slight work for one dav without the fact being apparent to the Professors.