1907-1908 Academic Catalog

12 CEDARVI LLE COI~LEGE. has already become an important agent to the student body. Edited and managed as it is by the s t udents themsekes, it is typically rep– resentative of their thought and moti\·e. RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES . There are four flourishing churches in town: Methodist Episco– pal, ·cnited Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian (Synod), Reformed Presbyterian ( General Synod). Each of these churches maintains a young people's prayer meeting once a week . Ninety-fi\·e per cent. of the students in attendance t h is year are professed Christians. All students are required to attend the church designated by their parents, who are requested to send their written ·wishes as to what church their children shall attend. "\Ve welcome students of all Christian denominations. The enticements to sin, so plentiful in large cities and over-crowded colleges , are not found here. THE STUDENTS' MINISTERIAL CLUB. During the Fall term of 1906, the Students' Ministerial Club was organized. It is composed of students ,vho have the gospel ministry 111 new. Its purpose is mutual helpfulness by word and example, to interest others in taking up the ministry, to do personal work both in the College and town, and to organize like clubs in other colleges. It meets in a business and de,·otional capacity once each month. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The Y. l\I. C. A. of Cedarville Col'lege, ·was organized l\Iarch 12 , 1907 . Like all similar societies it extends the helping hand physi– cally , intellectually, morally and spiritually to all the young men, ther eby aiming to develop the whole man in the truest ancl best sense . Its devotional and business meetings are held twice a month. SPECIAL ADVANTAGES . Ceclan·ille College makes no pretension to do the work of a uni– ,·ersity. 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 vdrntever it claims to do. A college course is not in itself an educa– tion. It only opens the doors of a liberal education for the stu<lent. It is a beginning, not an end. This beginning v,e claim to be able to furnish. A uni\·ersily may have hundreds of teachers in its faculty , thousands of volumes in its library, and the most costly apparatus a nd extensive laboratories. But the students will come in contact with only a fe\,· of the professors, read a fe,,· of the books, use a few