1924-1925 Academic Catalog

SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE LECTURES AND CONCERTS The Cedarville Lyceum A-sociation 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 contests. Athletic exercises are encouraged by t he 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, were both displaced by the Orange and Blue Club. organized in 1917. In the autumn of 1923, the former plan of two societies gained in favor and the Philadelphian and Philosophic Societies were revived. Fortnightly meetings, which are well sup– ported, afford many opportunities for the development of literary, musical and oratorical talent. JOHN ALFORD PRIZES Annual prizes to the amount of twenty-five dollars are given to the winners in an oratorical contest. These prizes were established by the late Rev. John Alford, D. D., a distinguished minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and a trustee of Cedarville College. They are now furnished in his memory by his daughter, Miss Martha Alford. B IBLE READING CONTEST Miss Margaret Belle Rife, of the Class of 1916, annually offers prizes of seven, five and three dollars for a Bible reading contest. Any student in the College may compete for these prizes. ANNUAL COLLEGE PLAY An annual college play is given, usually in November, under the direction of the department of English. This affords a splendid op– portunity for the development of the dramatic ability of the stu– dents. THE CEDRUS An illustrated college annual, The Cedrus, published by the students, crystallizes the activities of the year into permanent liter– ary and pictorial form. THE RANGERS CLUB In February, 1922 , upon the suggestion of Dean Allen a roup of about tw nty students organized the Rangers Club. The purpose of this club is to visit High Schools and present programs for the purpose of making the college and its work known to prosp ctive college students. The club has invariably met with cordial receptions, and has proved to be one of the b st methods of publicity in use by th college. PAGE ELEVEN