12 GENERAL INFORMATION newspaper that, "Cedarville is a Puritan oasis in America." It is a clean, safe, and healthful place to get a college education. Purpose.-Cedarville College is co-educational. Its supreme purpose is to train young men and women to be capable and loyal citizens and to enable them, by due preparation ,to enter such fields of life's service as they shall choose, equipped to do efficient and faithful work. The positions held and the good results achieved by the a lumni prove that Cedarville College is fulfilling its purpose. Commendation.-The Presbyteries of Dayton, Colum– bus, 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 these respective presbyteries. 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 football field, a b~seball diamond, and tennis courts. The trees of the campus were a gift f rom 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 heating plant for the buildings of the main campus. Alford Memorial Gy~sium.-Alford Memorial Gymnasium was given to Cedarville College by W. J. Alford in memory of his f ather and mother, Dr. and Mrs. John Alford formerly of Beaver Falls, P ennsylvania. It has a basketball 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. All the leading magazines and periodicals are on its reading tables. The library also con– tains rooms for the dining club, the Conservatory of Music, and a reception and literary hall. Science Hall.-Science Hall was erected in 1922. It has the laboratories for Botany, Chemistry, Physics, and Zoology. The work of mechanical drawing is also carried on in Science Hall. Department of Education.-Rooms in the Science Hall and College Hall are used by the Department of Education in
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