GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION CEDARVILLE COLLEGE 9 History.-At Duanesburgh, N. Y. in May of 1879, the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church decided to establish a Liberal Arts College. By the will olf William Gibson, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, Ci1tcinnati, a bequest of $25,000 was left in 1886 to found the college at Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio. A charter was obtained for "The Cedarville College in 1887." In May of 1884, the General Synod at Coulterville, Illinois, resolved to open Cedarville Col– lege cm September 19, 1894. In 1928 the General Synod at Coulterville, Illinois by unanimous vote gave all control, owner– ship, title and vested property rights of Cedarville Colle,ge to the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College and their successors forever. Since 1928, the Board of Trustees composed of Presby– terians have had full control and management of Cedarville College. The Board of Trustees in accepting this resp0:nsibility obli– gated and pledged themselves and their successors to continue and maintain the principles and purposes for which Cedarville College was founded. During the forty years of the actual operation of Cedarville College, tMrty-seven classes have graduated. There are 517 alumpi of whom 493 are living. The alumni are located in all parts of the United States and in several foreign countries. They are engaged successfully in all vocations and many of them have attained positions of influence and prominence. Cedarville College has an honorary list of alumni numbering 74 of whom 57 are living. This makes the total list of alumni 567. Hundreds of students have taken partial courses in Cedar– ville College.. Our students represent both sexes and all churches and during the years have come from nearly every state of the United States and from several foreign countries. One hundred percejilt of our student body are professed Christians. Cedarville College has grown from a rented private house to four buildings and from a single plot of ground to three plots - of ground. Its student body has increased from thirty-six in 1894 to over two hundred in 1933-34. Its endowment fund has grown from $25,000 to $240,000. In 1913 the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church was combined with Cedarville College. This combination added the use of $75,000 to the College endowment fund, making the total en- . dowment equivaloot to $315,000. The faculty has grown from
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