1917-1918 Academic Catalog

BUILDINGS COLLEGE HALL The erection of College Hall was begun in the spring of 1895, and completed 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, class rooms aond waiting rooms. On the second floor are recitation rooms and the chemical and biological laboratories. Two large Jiterary society halls occupy the entire third floor. Standing 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, formerly the property of the Reformed Presbyterian congregation (General Synod). This build– ing, given by the donor as a memorial to his parents, the late Rev. John Alford, D. D., and Mrs. Mary B. Alford, has been named the "Alford Memorial Gymnasium." It is sev– enty feet long and fifty feet wide, provided with dressing rooms and shower baths, and furnishes an excellent place for a gymnasium. THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY In December, 1905, Mr. Andrew Carnegie donated $12,000 to erect a library building for Cedarville College on condi– tion 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 period– icals are kept on the reading tables. The rooms of the Department of Household Economy are in the basement of this building. -10-