1938-1939 Academic Catalog

GENERAL INFORMATION 11 Commendation.-The Presbyteries of Dayton, Columbus, 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 of 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 newspaper that, "Cedarville is a Puritan oasis in America." It is a clean, safe and healtbful place to get a college education. GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS Campus.-There are three plots to the campus of Cedar– Tille College. The campus is beautifully shaded and attractive. It contains, besides the college buildings, a foot-ball field, a baseball diamond, and tennis courts. 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 offices, the halls for the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. and the bleating 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– ball floor, a kitchen fully furnished, a stage, dressing rooms, and a banquet hall. Carnegie Library.-Carnegie Library was the gift of the late Honorable Andrew Carnegie. It has 10,000 volumes on its shelves. All the leading magazines and periodicals are on its reading tables. The library also contains rooms for the dining club, the Conservatory of Music, and a reception and literary hall.