1916-1917 Academic Catalog

which the College is connected is the oldest and largest oratorical association in the United States, many of the eminent statesmen and orators of the day having received much of their early train– ing in its contests. THE CEDRUS. An illustrated college annual, The Cedrii,s, published by the students, crystalizes the activities of the year into permanent literary and pictorial form. RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES. There are four flourishing churches in town: Methodist Episcopal, Uni t e d Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian (Synod), Reformed Presbyterian (General Synod). Every member of the Faculty and every student in attendance this year is a professed Christian. All students are required to attend the church designated by their parents, who are requested to send their written wishes as to which church their children shall attend. Students of all Christian denominations are welcomed. The temptations so numerous in large cities and overcrowded colleges, are not found here. THE ALFORD PRIZE. The late Rev. John Alford, D. D., during the last few years of his life, gave a prize of twenty-five dollars, distributed among the three best speakers in the annual oratorical contest. This prize bas been continued by bis daughter, M.iss Martha Alford. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The Young l\Ien 's Christian Association of Cedarville College was organized March 12, 1907. Like all similar societies, it ex– tends the helping hand physically, intellectually, morally, and spiritually to all the yoUDg men, thereby aiming to develop the whole man in the truest and best sense. YOONG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The Young Women's Christian Association of Cedarville College was organized in 1909. It maintains all of those char– acteristic activities which have made this organization such a power for good among the college girls of America. -14-