1907-1908 Academic Catalog

CEl>AR\'lT,I,E cor,I,EGE. 9 no better society than in this co1111mmity, in andition to many other ach·antages generally sought for by the enterprising and industrious. BUILDINGS. COLLEGE HALL. The erection of the new College building was begun in the Spring of 1895, and completecl late in the Autumn of the same year. The corner-stone was laid with impressive services June 25, 1895, and the dedication took place during the meeting of the General Synod in May, 1896. 1'he building stands in a campus of nine acres, con– taining ahout three hundred trees and all beautifully located on the main street, north encl of Cedarville. It is a handsome edifice of pressed brick and cut stone. The basement contains chemical and toilet rooms, coal cellars and heating apparatus. On the first floor are the chapel, the president's office, class rooms for Music, German, English and Chemistry. and the main and side entrance corridors. On the second floor are the library, waiting rooms, the Greek and Latin, the :Mathematical, general recitation rooms, besides the cor– ridor. Two large society halls occupy the entire third floor. Two wide and gently ascending stairways, one on each side of the build– ing, lead from the basement to the third story. The building is lighted ·with electricity, and heated by three furnaces. There are en– trances from each of the four sides. Standing in the center 0f the campus on the highest !-ite in Cedarville, the building presents an attractive and imposing appearance. A L FORD M EMOR I A L. During the holiday season of 1902, l\Ir. \\'. J. Alford presented to the College the church building and beautiful grounds formerly the property of the Reformed Presbyterian congregation (General Synod). This building was gh·en by the donor as a gymnasium and for a memorial of his parents, Rev. John Alford and Mrs. Mary B. Alford, of Beaver Falls, Pa. The hall has been named the "Alford Memorial." It is seventy feet long and fifty feet wide, and furnishes an excellent place for a gynasium. \Ve 8re under lasting gratitude to Mr. \V. J. Alford for his timely, needed and historic gift. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. The Faculty and students have organized a reading circle, which receives regularly the leading magazines and periodicals. The library i.,; well supplied vvith the latest works in History, Biography, Science,