1924-1925 Academic Catalog

H STORY OF THE COLLEGE such distinguished men as W. J . Alford , Esq., Andrew Carnegie and Ambassador Whitelaw Reid among its benefactors. Cedarville College has a productive endowment of $149,660.07 In 1913 the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Phila– delphia was removed to Cedarville and affiliated with the college. This institution has an endowment fund of $36,445 and a students' aid fund of $38 .953.48. The College and Seminary combined have ndowment totaling $22 5,058.55. At the present time a campaign is on to raise $200, 000 for n ew buildings and additional endowment funds. At the present date, May 1, 1924, the sum of $136,000 has been raised towards this goal in cash and pledges, leaving a balan ce of $64,000 yet to be raised. The outlook fo r the future of the College is bright. We appeal to alumni and friends to join wit h u s in making t he coming years, by our contributions , prayers and efforts, the best yet. PURPOSE OF THE COLLEGE The purpose of Cedarville College is to secure a high modern form of literary and scientific education under careful supervision and Christian influences, without restriction of personal opinion, and with open door and equal privileges to both sexes and to all classes and conditions of men. LOCATION Cedarville College is situated :in 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 Columbus; seventy-three miles northeast of 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 country 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 and no better society than in this community. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT COLLEGE HALL College Hall is the main building of the institution. It is a handsome edifice of pressed brick and cut stone. On the first floor are the chapel , class rooms and waiting rooms. On the second floor are recitation rooms. A large literary society hall and the college office occupy the entire third floor. Standing in the center of the b autiful campus, on the highest site in Cedarville, the building pr sents an attractive and imposing appearance. THE ALFORD MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM In 1902, Mr. W. J. Alford presented to t he College the church building, form rly the property of the Reformed Presbyterian con– gregation (General Synod ). This building 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 Gym– nasium." It is s v nty feet long and fifty feet wide, provided with ressing roon~s and shower baths, and furnishes an excellent place for a gymnasium. PAGE SEVEN