1926-1927 Academic Catalog

SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE LECTURES AND CONCERTS The Cedarville Lyceum A.iSsociation 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 r equired of all students in the col– legiate and normal departments, unless excused for physical disa– bility, labor necessary for self-support or voluntary participation in athletic contests. Athletic exercises are under the direct control of an Athletic Council composed of the President of the College, Ath– letic Director, two Trustees of the College, two Alumni, one member of the Senior class and one member of the Junior class. Direct super– vision of athletics is vested in an Executive committee composed of the Athletic Director, the College Treasurer, another member of the faculty and the student managers of athletic teams, acting in season. 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. BlBLE 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 colleg·e annual, The Cedrus, published by the students, crystallizes the activities of the year into permanent liter– ary and pictorial form. RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES There are three churches in Cedarville: Methodist Episcopal, United Prei;:byterian, and Reformed Presbyterian (General Synod). Every member of the Faculty and nearly every student in attendance this year is a professed Christian. All students are expected to at– tend the church de5ignatcd by their parents, who are requested to PAGE ELEVEN