1917-1918 Academic Catalog

SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE ner representing the College in the State contest. The win– ner of the latter represents the State of Ohio in the Inter– state contest. This association with which the College is connected is the oldest and largest oratorical association in the United States, many of the eminent statesmen and ora– tors of the day having received much of their early training in its contests. 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, distrib– uted among the three best speakers in the annual oratorical contest. This prize has been continued by his daughter, Miss Martha Alford. THE CEDRUS An illustrated college annual, The Cedrus, published by the students, crystalizes the activities of the year into per– manent literary and pictorial form. RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES There are four churches in Cedarville: Methodist Episcopal, United Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian (Synod) and Reformed Presbyterian (General Synod). Every member of the Faculty and nearly every student in attendance this year is a professed Christian. All students are required to attend the church designated by their par– ents, who are requested to send their written wishes as to which church their children shall attend. Students of all Christian denominations are welcomed. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The Young Men's Christian Association of Cedarville College was organized March 12, 1907. Like all similar societies, it extends the helping hand physically, intellectu– ally, morally and spiritually to all the young men, thereby aiming to develop the whole man in the truest and best sense. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The Young Women's Christian Association of Cedarville College was organized in 1909. It maintains all of those characteristic activities which have made this organization such a power for good among the college girls of America. -12-