1935-1936 Academic Catalog

GENERAL INFOR IATI N . ix to tw nty-one. ~darville College has gained a wfde and worthy 1· putation for the cha1·acter and thoroughness of it& rork. Pur-pose.-Cedm-ville College was founded and is main– tained to give a sound Christian training to both sexes, at the lo, est possible coitt t o the student and with the supreme, con– stant effort to guide fts students into the truth and into a service of the utmost benefit to humanity and the greatest glory to God. Commendation.-The Presbyteries of Dayton, Columbus, Chillicothe and Portsmouth,. of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., have unanimously commended Cedarville College to the consid– eration of parents who have children to educate and also to the generosity and liberality of the constituents of the respective presbyteries. Location.-Cedarville College is located in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio. The village of Cedarville is on the Pitts– burgh, Columbus, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railroad, one of the main lines of the Pennsylvania system. Good bus lines also run from Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, Cincinnati, Cleveland and all intermediate points to Cedarville. Cedarville is situated in the northern part of the far-famed Miami valley. It is the birthplace o:f the late ambassador Whitelaw Reid. It is noted for its fine public schools, good churches, sturdy citizens, and hospitable homes. An English editor wrote in a leading British new.spaper that, "Cedarville is a Puritan oasis in America." It is a clean, safe and healthiful place to get a college education. GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS Campus.-There are three plots to the campus of Cedar– 'Ville College. The campus is beautifully shaded and attractive. It contains, besides the college buildings, a foot-ball field, a base-ball diamond, a hockey ground, and a te:nnis court. The trees of the ,campus were a gift from the late Whitelaw Reid. One part of the campus was a gift from W. J. Alford, Sr. College Hall.-College Hall is the oldest building, erected in 1895. It contains recitation rooms, the chapel, the office.s, the halls for the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. and the heating plant for the buildings of the main campus. Alford Memorial Gymnasium. - Alford Memorial Gymnasium was given to Cedarville College by W. J. Alford in memory of his father and mother, Dr. and Mrs. John Alford formerly of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. It has a seating capacity of one thousand. It has a basket-