1926-1927 Academic Catalog

UILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY In ecemb r 1905, Mr. Andrew arn gie donated $11,695 to rect a library b~ilding for Cedarville College on conditi,m 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 ·.n 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, a d new volumes are being added as needed. The leading periodicals are kept on the reading tables. SCIENCE HALL Science Hall has been in use since September, 1923. It is a fine and imposing structure, 45x65 feet, located on the main campus north forty-five by sixty-five feet, located on the main campm; just north of the Administration Building. It has a basement and two stories, heated by vapor, and is absolutely fire-proof. In the b~.sement are, a room and laboratory for Academic Physics, cloak room8 and toilets. The first and second floors provide space for Freshman and advanced Chemistry, College Physics and Biology. These rooms art? furnished with the latest equipment for the study of the sciences. Electricity, Natural Gas and l"lJnning water are available in all departments. ball court is in Alford Gymnasium. INCOME AND ENDOWMENT INCOME The income of Cedarville Colleg':! consists of the interest from its endowment, voluntary subscriptions and offerings from friends, contributions from the different congregations under the care of the General Syn')d of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and the tuition fees of the students. 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 ENDOWMENT 1'!:le total amount of the endowment of the College on February l, 1926, was $162,690.:.:!9 PETER GIBSON FUND Cedarville College practically had its origin in tbe liberality of William Gibson, of Cincinnati, who bequeathed $25,000 for the endowment funrl of a College to be erected at Cedarville, Ohio, in memory of his father, Peter Gibson, for many yean a prominent member and ru ling 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 Tho~as Gibs~n, . an e_lder in the First Reformed Presbyterian congregat~on of Cmcmnati and president of the Board of Trustees of Ced~rv1lle 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 01:' the Cedarville PAGE EIGHT