1914-1915 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, containing 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, German, history, Tbetoric, and waiting rooms. On the second floor are the Greek and Latin, psychology, science, English, French, Bible, econom– ics and education recitation rooms and the chemical and biological laboratories. Two large Jiterary society halls occupy the entire third floor. The building is lighted with natural gas and electricity, and heated by furnaces. Stand– ing in the center of the beautiful campus, on the highest site in Cedarville, the building presents an attractive and imposing appearance. THE ALFORD MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM. In 1902, Mr. W. J. Alford presented to the College the church building and grounds, formerly the property of the Reformed Presbyterian congregation (General Synod). This building was given by the donor as a gymnasium and for a memorial of his parents, Rev. Jolm Alford and Mrs. Mary B. Alford, of Los Angeles, Cal. The building has been named the ''Alford Memorial Gymnasium.'' It is 11