1918-1919 Academic Catalog

HISTORICAL ST AT EMENT Cedarville College is under the control of the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. It was chartered by the State of Ohio in January, 1887. On "\i\T ednesday, Septem– ber 19, 1894, the College was opened for instruction in the mansion formerly owned by Rev. Hugh McMillan, D. D., where, half a century ago, he conducted an academy from which many noted men graduated. The accommodations not being sufficient for the needs of the growing institution, in the second year the present main building was erected and opened on the site purchased sev– eral years before. The Alford gymnasium was presented to the College in 1902, and the Carnegie Library was completed in 1908. ' Rev. David McKinney, D. D., LL. D., was the first presi– dent and continued in this capacity for twenty-one years. Rev. Wilbert Renwick McChesney, Ph. D., D. D., has the distinction of being the first professor of the new college, and in 1915 he was -elected to succeed Doctor McKinney as president. LOCATION Cedarville College has its seat in the beautiful little village of Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, which is located on the Little Miami Division of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, forty-seven miles southwest of Colum– bus; seventy-three miles northeast ot Cincinnati; twelve miles south of Springfield, and eight miles northeast of Xenia. It is in the northern part of the Miami Valley, and has one of the most beautiful and healthful locations in Ohio. The coun– try lying about Cedarville is level, fertile, improved, and in every way suited for a pleasant residence. Any who have children to educate, and wish to be with them during their college course, can find no finer region a,nd no better society than in this community. 6