1925-1926 Academic Catalog

BUILDINGS ND EQUIPMENT THE AR EGIE LIBRARY In December, 1905, Mr. Andrew Carn gie donated $11,695 to rect a library building for Cedarville ollege on condition that a like amount be added to the College endowment fund. This con– dition was fully met. and the building of brick and cut stone was completed and entered during the summer of 1908. The building is seventy-two feet In length and forty-five feet in width, and con. tains all the modern library equipment with a capacity for 17,000 volumes. The village and College libraries have been combined, and new volumes are being added as needed. The leading periodicals are kept on tne reading tables. NEW SCIENCE HALL Cedarville's ew Science Building is completed and has been in use .since September, 1923. It is a fine and imposing structure, forty-five by sixty-five feet, located on the main campus just north of the Administration Building. It has a basement and two stories, heated by vapor, and is absolutely fire-proof. In the basement are, a room and laboratory for Academic P~ysics, cloak room:;; and toilets. The first and second floors provide space for Freshman and advanced Chemistry, College Physics and Biology. These rooms ar~ furnished with the latest equipment for the study of the sciences. Electricity, Natural Gas and running water are available in all departments. ATHLETIC FIELD The Athletic Field is a part of the main campus. Here are located the football gridiron, base ball diamond and tennis courts. The basket ball court is in Alford Gymnasium. INCOME AND ENDOWMENT INCOME The income of Cedarville College consists of the interest from its endowment, voluntary subscriptions and offerings from friends, contributions from the different congregations under the care of the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and- the tuition fees of the students. ENDOWMENT The total amount of the endowment of the College on October 1, 1924, was $152,690.29. PETER GIBSON FUND Cedarville College practically had its origin in tb e liberality of William Gibson, of Cincinnati, who bequeathed $25,000 for the endowment fund of a College to be erected at Cedarville, Ohio, in memory of his father, Peter Gibson, for many year:i a prominent member and ru'\ing elder of the First Reformed Presbyterian con– gregation of Cincinnati. By compromise with the heirs the trustees accepted $20,000 in full settlement. ' THOMAS GIBSON FUND Thomas Gibson, an elder in the First Reformed Presbyterian congregation of Cincinnati and president of the Board of Trustees o! Cedarville College, left a bequest of $5,000 which came into the possession of the College in 1910. ' ROBERT M. COOPER FUND By the will of Robert M. Cooper, a ruling elder of the Cedarville PAGE EIGHT