1928-1929 Academic Catalog

HISTORY OF COLLEGE uch distinguished men as W. J. Alford, Esq., Andrew Carnegie and Ambassador Whitelaw Reid among its benefactors. Cedarville College has a productive endowment of $208,785. In 1913 the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Phila– delphia was removed to Cedarville and affilia,ted 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 endowments totaling $284,183. PURPOSE OF THE COLLEGE The purpose of Cedarville College is to secure a high modern form of literary a,nd 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 humanity. LOCATION Cedarville College is situated in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, which is located on the Little Miami Division of the Pittsburgh, Cincinna.ti, 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 wa,y suited for a pleasant residence. Any who have children to educate, a,nd 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 re the chapel, cla,ss 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 beautiful campus, on the highest site in Cedarville, the building presents an attra,ctive and imposing appearance. THE ALFORD MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM In 1902, Mr. W. J. Alford presented to the College the church building, formerly the property of the Reformed Presbyterian con– gregation (General Synod). This building, given by the donor as a memorial to his parents, the Rev. John Alford, D. D., and Mrs. Mary B. Alford, has been named the "Alford Memorial Gymnasium." Dur– ing the fall of 1925, Mr. Alford gave $20,000 on condition tha,t the ollege give a like amount for the Memorial. The new building has an interior measurem nt of seventy feet by ninety feet. It has a seat– ing capacity for assemblies of one thousand; and for athletic events it ha,s a seating capacity of seven hundred. It is equipped with hower baths and running water. It has a large stage for plays and public gatherings. A w 11 quipped kitchen provides for banquets n<l receptions. It is one of the most beautiful and best arrang d gymnasiums in Southwestern Ohio. PA E EVEN