1900-1901 Academic Catalog

(!edarviHe College. !/ shall attend. This is the only college in Greene county under Presbyterian influence. The enticements to sin, so plentiful iu large cities and overcrowded colleges, are not found here. SPECIAL ADVANTAGE . Cedarville College makes no pretension to do the work of a university. It is content to take its place with the smaller colleges of the land. But it does promise its patrons to do well and thoroughly whatever it claims to do. A college course is not iu itself an education. It only opens the doors of a liberal education for the student. It is a beginning, not an end. And this beginning we claim to be able to fur­ nish. A University may have hundreds of teachers iu its fac­ ulty, thousands of volumes in its library, and the most cost­ ly apparatus and extensive laboratories. But the student will come into contact with only a few of the Professors, read a few of the books, use a few of the appliances. All these he may find here. The small colleges have done and are doing a great work. They have educated men eminent in Theology, Law, Medicine; Presidents, Judges, Senators. Nor are these cases exceptional. It will be found that a much larger per cent, of the students of smaller colleges are successful in life than of the larger colleges. It is no uncommon thing to find 90 per cent, of the graduates of a small college entering the ministry. The reason is apparent — a student who habitually neglects or shirks his work can not get through, and a student who is living a fast and vi­ cious life cannot stay in one of these small colleges. A g ­ nostics, infidels or men who indulge in or tolerate drinking are not found as teachers. The Professors are generally con­ secrated Christians. All this is true of Cedarville College. The Professors are energetic, capable and sympathetic. They are brought into personal contact with the student dailv in the class and out of the class. The classes are small so that students are obliged to recite several times during each hour. No student can slight work for one day without the fact being apparent to the Professors.