1932-1933 Catalog

HISTORY OF COLLEGE 11 History.-In 1879 the Gen eral Synod of the Reformed Pres– byterian Church in North America passed unanimously a motion to establish a Liberal Arts College. The charter for Cedarville College was obtained in 1887. Cedarville College was opened for instruction, September 19, 1894. In 1928 the General Synod by a unanimous motion gave all control, ownership, title, and vested rights of Cedarville College to the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College and their suc– cessors forever. The Board of Trustees in accepting this responsibility obligated themselves and their successors to continue and main– tain the purposes and principles in Cedarville College for which the college was founded. The Board of Trustees is composed of Presbyterians. Thirty-Six Years W ork.-There are four hundred and seventy graduates, four hundred fifty-five of whom are living. They are distributed as follows: To the Church-Fifty-seven ministers, fourteen mis– sionaries, one hundred and eighteen Christian– Vl orkers. To Schools-Two hundred and twenty-four teachers in fourteen states. One hundred alumni in Ohio schools. To State-Twelve graduates and students have held positions of trust in the state. Twenty-five hundred students have come under the Christian influence of Cedarville College in thirty-seven years of service. Everyone who has shared in this work has been blessed. Purpose.-The purpose in founding and maintaining Cedarville College is to give a sound Christian liberal education in humanit arian and scientific matters to both sexes, at a reason– able cost and with the supreme ideal of guiding into the truth. Cedarville College stands for the cardinal principles of Christianity. The Declaration of Cedarville College.-Cedarville College was established in faith and prayer. It stands today, a s it always has stood, for genuine Christianity founded upon and agreeable to the Word of God. It was chartered by the lineal descendants of the Covenanters of Scotland. It is owned and controlled by a Board of Trustees who are Presbyterians. 1. Cedarville College teaches the existence of the one living and true God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 2. That the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God and are the only infallible rule of faith and revelation of eternal salvation.