1912-1913 Academic Catalog

CEDARVILLE CoU.£G£ was given by the donor as a gymnasium and for a me– morial of his parents, Rev. J ohn Alford and Mrs. Mary B. Alford, of Beaver Falls, Pa. The building has been named the "Alford Memorial Gymnasium." It is seventy feet long and fifty feet wide, provided with dressing rooms and shower baths, and furnishes an excellent place for a gymnasium. VVe are under lasting gratitude to Mr. VI. ]. Alford for his timely, needed, and historic gift. CARNEGJE LJBRARY. In December, 190.3, Mr. Carnegie generously do– nated $12,000 to erect a library building for Cedarville College on condition that a like amount be added to the College endowment fund. This condition was fully met, and the building of brick and cut stone was completed and entered during the summer of 1908. The building is seventy-two feet in length and forty-five feet in width, and contains all the modern library equipment with a capacity for 17,000 volumes. The village and College libraries have been combined, and new volumes are being added as needed. The leading periodicals are kept on the reading tables. 12