1940-1941 Academic Catalog

GENERAL INFORMATION 13 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 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. Recently an arrangement has been made whereby the college benefits from the fuller faci– lities of the Greene County Public Library as well. By this means, in addition to a number of specialized departments built up over a period of years by the college, students have access to about one hundred fifty periodicals and to more than sixty thousand volumes. The library also contains rooms for the din– ing 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, Phy11ics, 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 Cedarville College. Music Studio.-The music studio is on the main floor of the Carnegie Library for students in all subjects of music except pipe organ. The three churches of Cedarville offer their pipe organs to students in music for practice and lessons. Boarding Hall.-The students have their boarding club in the Carnegie Library building. Good boarding is secured at a very reasonable cost. The club is a cooperative organization, operated entirely by the student members, with faculty advisors. · ACTIVITIES Business Meetings.-The student body has its own organization and officers. They hold business meetings once a week as a whole and as classes, cabinet, and various other organizations and committees. Debates.-Cedarville College engages in debates with other colleges. Both men and women engage in these inter– collegiate debates from year to year. Dramatic Club.-Cedarville College has a Dramatic Club under the direction of Miss Santmyer and Miss Basore. This is open to all men and women of the college and offers training in preparing and in presenting plays.