1923-1924 Academic Catalog

SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE LECTURES AND CONCERTS The Cedarville Lyceum Association each year presents a lecture and concert course which is open to students for a nominal fee . Chapel lectures are also given from time to time by members of the faculty and others. ATHLETICS AND GYMNASTICS Gymnastic exercises are required of all students in the col– legiate, normal and preparatory departments, unless excused by the faculty for physical disability, labor necessary for self-support or voluntary participation in athletic cont sts. Athletic exercises are encouraged by the faculty and the Board of Trustees. They are under the direct control of the athletics com– mittee of the faculty and of the director of Physical Education. The athletic sports chiefly in vogue at Cedarville are foot ball, basket ball, base ball, track and tennis. LITERARY SOCIETIES The Philadelphian Society, organized in 1894, and the Philo– sophic in 1895, have both been displaced by the Orange and Blue Club, organized in 1917. This organization affords many opportun– ities for the development of literary and oratorical talent. JOHN ALFORD PRI ZES Annual prizes to the amount of twenty-five dollars are given t o the winners in an oratorical contest. These prizes were established by the late Rev. John Alford, D. D., a distinguished minister of t he Reformed Presbyterian Church an d a trustee of Cedarvill e College . They are now furnished in his memor y by his da ughter, Miss Martha Alford. B IBLE READ ING CONTEST Miss Margaret Belle Rife, of t he Class of 1916 , annu ally offer s prizes of seven, fiye a n d t hree doll ars fo r a Bible reading contest. Any student in t he Coll ege may compete fo r t hese prizes. ANNUAL COLLEGE PLAY An annual college play is given, u suall y in November, under t h e direction of t he departmen t of English. This affords a splendid op– portunity for the development of t h e dramatic ability of t he stu– dents. THE CEDRUS An illustrated college annual , The Cedrus, publish ed by t he students, crystallizes t he activities of t h e year in to permanent liter– ary and pictorial form . THE RANGERS' CLUB In February, 1922, the dean of t h e college called together a group of students and asked them to prepare a program made up of music, readings, etc. This group, numbering about twenty, was later organized into the Rangers' Club. The purpose is to visit dif – ferent high schools, giving entertainments in order to make known the college and its work. A committee appointed from t he faculty supervised the work, and went on the trips with the club . Between thirty and forty high schools in this part of t he state were visited. The club has been organized for t his year, taking in a few new mem– bers, and gave its first program on March 2n d. PAGE ELEVEN