1901-1902 Academic Catalog

6 Cedar·ville Co/Lege. HISTORY. Cedaruille College was chartered by the state of Ohio in Jan– uary, 1887, and it was opened for instruction Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1894. During the first year the College occupied the fine old mansion house, in which an academy was conducted by Dr. Hugh 1\lcl\Iillan over a third of a century ago. The accommodations, however, were not sufficient for the needs of the second year, so the Trustees erected the large new building on the site pur– chased several years before. Doth the building and the campus are the generous gifts of friends. It is appropnate here to men– tion the long to be remembered gift of \\ illiam Gibson, Esq., of Cincinnati, who bequeathed $25,000 for the endowment fund. For this and various smaller contributions too numerous to men– tion, the authorities of the College are deeply grateful. Though young, the College has already exerted a lasting and widely felt influence. Its student and graduates have taken prominent places in Seminarie , in the Senior classes of Univer– sities like that of Pennsylvania, and in post graduate work of Universities. The College includes four departments, the Classical, the Phil– osophical, the 1\I usical, and the Elocution. These embrace stud– ents from most of the North Central and Iiddle states, and pre– pare them suitably for the leading profe sion , and for advanced standing in Eastern Universities. GENERAL INFORMATION. NEW COLLEGE BU I LDI NG. The new College Building stands in a campus containing over nine acres, well graded, and beautifully located on the main street, north encl of Cedarville. The erection of the building was begun in the Spring of 1895, and completed late in the Au-