1912-1913 Academic Catalog

BUILDINGS. COLLEGE HALL. The erection of College Hall was begun in the spring of 1895, and completed 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. The building stands in a campus of nine acres, contain– ing about three hundred trees. It is a handsome edifice of pressed brick and cut stone. On the first floor are the chapel, the president's office, class rooms for music, Ger– man, history, mathematics, and men's waiting room. On the second floor are the girls' waiting room, the Greek and Latin, psychology, science, English, French, economics and education recitation rooms and the phy– sical, chemical and biological laboratories. Two large literary society halls occupy the entire third floor. The building is lighted with natural gas and electricity, and heated by furnaces. Standing in the center of the beau– tiful campus, on the highest site in Cedarville, the build– ing presents an attractive and imposing appearance. ALFORD MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM. During the holiday season of 1902, M r. W. J. Al– ford presented to the College the church building and grounds, formerly the property of the Reformed Pres– byterian congregation (General Synod). This building 11