1941-1942 Academic Catalog

10 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION CEDARVILLE COLLEGE History.-At Duanesburgh, N. Y., in May of 1879, the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church decided to establish a Liberal Arts College. By the will of William Gibson, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, a bequest of $25,000 was left in 1886 to found the college at Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio. A charter was obtained for "The Cedarville College" in 1887. In May of 1894, the General Synod at Coulterville, Illinois, resolved to open Cedarville Col– lege on September 19, 1894. The Reverend David McKinney, pastor of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, was chosen the first presi– dent. He continued in that capacity until 1915. He then resigned &nd was succeeded by W.R. McChesney, D.D. In 1928 the General Synod at Coulterville, Illinois, by unanimous vote, gave all control, ownership, title and vested property rights of Cedarville College to the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College and their successors forever. Since 1928, the Board of Trustees, composed for the most part of Presby– terians, have had full control and management of Cedarville College. The Board of Trustees in accepting this responsibility pledged themselves and their successors to maintain the princi– ples and purposes for which Cedarville College was founded. In June, Hl39, President McChesney asked to be relieved of his administrative duties by or before July, 1941. In accord– ance with this wish, the Board secured the Rev. Walter S. Kilpatrick, of the class of '34, as president-elect. His inaugura– tion as third president of Cedarville College took place October 4, 1940. In 1913 the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Presby– terian Church was moved to Cedarville, where for over a quarter of a century it has operated in close cooperation with the college. During the forty-six years of its history Cedarville College has drawn to its halls students ·from all parts of the United States and other parts of the world. Its alumni are located throughout our country and in foreign lands.