1930-1931 Academic Catalog

CEDARVILLE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION The Seminary is located in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, forty– i:,even miles southwest of Columbus, and seventy-three miles north– east of Cincinnati. It is eight miles northeast of Xenia, and twelve miles south of Springfield. RELATIONS WITH CEDARVILLE COLLEGE The Seminary is in close affiliation with the College which gives the students of the Seminary special opportunities. All of the courses and facilities of the college are open to them. BUILDINGS All of the College buildings, College Hall, Garnegie LibFary, Science Hall, and Alford Gymnasium, are used by the Seminary. LIBRARY FAOILITIES Students have access to four libraries-that of the Seminary it– self, of Cedarville College, of Cedarville Township, and the Sta,te Department. These are housed in the Carnegie Library and in Science Hall. ADMISSION Students for the ministry from all Christian denominations are welcomed. Applicants for admission should come certified as stu– dents for the ministry by the proper ecclesiastical authorities, or presenting certificates of good moral chara.cter from responsible persons. High school and college diplomas or certificates showing the work done in preparation for the Seminary course should also be presented. The scholastic requirement for admission to the seminary is graduation from a high school of the first grade or preparatory work equivalent thereto. Students lacking in these entrance requirements may complete all required courses of study under the direction of members of the college faculty, when they may be entered in the theological seminary. It is earnestly recommended that all students for the seminary complete a, collegiate course before entering the seminary, or before entering upon the active work of the ministry. THE SEMINARY YEAR The Seminary year is coterminous with the College year. It therefore begins its annual session the second week in September and closes the first week in June. The examinations are held about the middle of May. RELIGIOUS EXERCISES Students are expected to be regular in their attendance at daily chapel exercises, to become members of the Y. M. C. A., and to attend all other religious services of the College and Seminary. The day of prayer for educational institutions is observed on the first Friday of February. Class exercises are opened with prayer by the instructor in charge, and closed with prayer by one of the students. FEES There are no fees for matriculation or tuition in the regular seminary course, but the fee of five dollars is charged for the diploma of graduation. Students for the ministry under the care of presby– teries in the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church are also exempt from tuition fees in the College, but must pay a contingent fee of fifteen dollars per semester. PAGE THIRTY-FIVE