1898-1899 Academic Catalog

(1 <'edarriUc <'<>lle(/<•. HISTORY. C E D A R V IL L E C O L L E G E \v:is chartered by the state o f Ohio ^ in January 1887, and it was opened for instruction Wednes­ day, September lit, LSil4. During the first year the College occupied the line old mansion house, in which an academy was con­ ducted bv Dr. Hugh McMillan over a third o f a century ago. The accommodations, however, were not sufficient for the needs o f the second year, so the Trustees erected the large new building on the site purchased several years before. Both the building and the campus are the generous gifts o f friends. : t is appropriate here to mention the long to be remembered gift of William Gibson, Esq., o f Cincinnati, who bequeathed $25.01)0 for the endowment fund. For this and various smaller contributions too numerous to mention, the authorities o f the College are deeply grateful. Though young, the College has already exerted a lasting and widely felt influence. Its students and graduates have taken promin­ ent places in Seminaries, in the Senior classes o f Universities like that o f Pennsylvania and in post graduate work o f Universities. The College includes four departments, the Classical, the Phil­ osophical. the Musical, and the Elocution These embrace students from most of the North Central and Middle States and prepare them suitably for the leading professions, and for advanced standing in Eastern Universities. GENERAL INFORMATION. N EW COLLEGE BUI LDING' The new College Building stands in a campus containing over nine acres, well graded, and beautifully located on the main street, north end o f Cedarville. The erection o f the building was begun in the Spring o f 1895 and completed late in the Autumn o f the same year. However it has been occupied throughout the whole o f the past four years for collegiate purposes. It is a handsome building o f pressed brick and cut stone, the plans and specifications o f which