1938-1939 Academic Catalog

11 GENERAL INF RMATION Glee Club.- edarville College has a Glee Club. The Glee lub represents the college in trips to high schools and churches. It provides excellent training in the development of the voice. This club is open to all girls who can sing. CONTESTS AND PRIZES John Alford Prizes.-These prizes, established by the Rev. John Alford, D.D., a distinguished minister of the Re– formed Presbyterian Church, and a trustee of Cedarville College, are now continued in his memory by his daughter, Miss Mart ha Alford, and awarded annually through the Cedarville College Crown Club for the attainment of :iigh scholarship. Bible Reading Contests.-Miss Margaret Belle Rife, of the Class of 1916, annually offers prizes of five, four, three, two, and one dollar for a girls' Bible reading contest held in April of each year. Riev. C. M. Ritchie, D.D., an honorary alumnus of the class of 1916, annually offers prizes of five, four, three, two, and one dollar for a men's contest held in November of each year. J. Kenneth Putt Prize.-The Rev. Mr. J. Kenneth Putt, Rector of St. James Episcopal Church, Griggsville, Illinois, offers $10.00 in prizes for essays in Apologetics. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Socials.-It is the annual custom for each young peoples' society of the local churches to give a welcome social to the faculty and students of the college at the opening of the year. 'I'he various classes hold socials and have spreads. The faculty gives a social to the students. The president of the college gives an annual social to the faculty and students. A banquet is tendered the basketball teams at the end of the season. At the close of the year thie juniors tender a banquet to the seniors and the faculty. GENERAL INFORMATION Home Coming.-Each year, on the first Saturday eve– ning of February, the home t~am plays a basketball game with a visiting college team following a dinner in the Alford Mem- orial Gymnasium. At this affair gather faculty, friends. stu– dents, and alumni of the college.