1935-1936 Academic Catalog

GENERAL INFORMATION 9 GENERAL INFORMATION CEDARVILLE COLLEGE History.-At Duanesburgh, N. Y. in May of 1879, the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church decided to estaiblish a Liberal Arts College. By the will of William Gibson, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, 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 1894, the General Synod at Coulterville, Illinois, resolved to open Cedarville Col– lege on September 19, 1894. In 1928 the General Synod at Coulterville, Illinois by unanimous vote gave all contTol, owner– ship, title and vested property righits of Cedarville College to the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College and their successors forever. Since 1928, the Board of TTustees composed of Presby– terians have had full control and management of Cedarville College. The Board of Trustees in accepting this responsibility 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-one years of the actual operation of Cedar– ville College, thirty-seven classes have graduated. There are 543 alumni of whom 519 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 79 of whom 61 are living. This makes the total list oif alumni 597. 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 percent 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 iz;i 1934-1935. 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 com1bination added the use of $75,000 to the College endowment fund, making the total en– dowment equivalent to $315,000. The faculty has grown from