1930-1931 Academic Catalog

HISTORY OF COLLEGE PURPOSE OF THE COLLEGE The purpose of Cedarville College is to give literary and scienti– fic training under careful supervision and Christian influences, 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, Cincinnati, 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 way suited for a pleasant residence. Any who have children to educate, and 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 are the chapel, class 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 attractive and imposing appearance. THE AiFORD 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 that the College give a like amount for the Memorial. The new building has an interior measurement of seventy f eet by ninety feet. It has a seat– ing capacity for assemblies of one t housand; and for athletic events it hoo a seating capacity of seven hundred. It is equipped with shower baths and running water. It has a large stage for plays and public gatherings. A well equipped kitchen provides for banquets and receptions. It is one of the most beautiful and best arranged gymnasiums in Southwestern Ohio. THE CAR EGIE LIBRARY In December, 1905, Mr. Andrew Carnegie donated $11 ,695 to erect a library building for Cedarville 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 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- PAGE NINE