1928-1929 Academic Catalog

BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT THE C RNEGIE LIBRARY In December, 1906, Mr. Andre~ Carnegie donated. ,$11,696 to erect a library building for edarville College 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 ston~ 'Yas completed and entered during the summer of 1~08. . The bmldmg is seventy-two feet in length an~ forty-fl~ feet m ~dth, and con– tains all the modern library eqmpmei:it w~th a capacity for 1?,000 olumes. The village and College libraries have b~n coi.nb ~ned, and new volumes are being added as needed. The leadmg 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 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 ~oom and laboratory for Academic Physics, cloak rooms and toilets. The first and second floors provide space for Freshmen and advanced Chemistry, Physics and Biology. These rooms are furnished with the latest equipment for the study of the sciences. Electricity, natural gas and running water are available in all de– partments. ATHLETIC FIELD The Athletic Field is a part of the main campus. Here are located the football gridiron and base ball diamond. The basket ball court is in Alford Gymnasium and the tennis courts occupy the entire space of the campus in the rear of the 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 April 1, 1928, was $208,785. PETER GIBSON FUND Cedarville College practically had its origin in the 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 years a promi~ent membe.r a.nd r~li1!g el~er of the First Reformed Presbyterian con– gregation of Cmcmnati. By compromise with the heirs the trustees accepted $20,000 in full settlement. ' THOMAS GIBSON FUND Thom~s Gibso.n, .an e.lder in the First Reformed Presbyterian cdngregati.on of Cmcmnatl and President of the Board of Trustees of 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