1942-1943 Academic Catalog

GENERAL INFORMATION 9 its greatest service, to Christian society is in the training of young people through the development of their abilities and characters. In an effort to make such training available to an increased number of young men and women who must earn a part of their own college expenses, the Board of Trustees has carefully studied the develop– ment of a student self-help program, and has authorized a campaign for one hundred thousand dollars to initiate such a program. Through the acquisition of a farm to be operated by college students, and other student industries, it is believed that the low costs and fine training possible only at a small Christian institution can be made available to many more students. It is hoped that this program will be well under way by the Fiftieth Anniversary of Cedarville College, to be observed October 19, 1944. Recognition.-By its charter, issued under the laws of the State of Ohio, January 21, 1887, Cedarville College is recognized as a degree– granting institution. On April 16, 1915, the State Department of Education recognized Cedarville College as an institution for the professional training of teachers. Students whose work can merit the recommendation of the faculty can expect to enter other colleges, undergraduate or post-graduate, without loss of standing. Cedarville College is a member of the National Conference of Church-Related Colleges, an association numbering several hundred of the leading Christian institutions of higher education in the country. Cornrnendation.-The Presbyteries of Cincinnati, Dayton, Colum– bus, and Portsmouth, of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., have commended Cedarville College to the consideration of parents who have children to educate and also to the generosity and liberality of the constituents of these respective presbyteries. Grounds and Buildings Carnpus.-There are four plots to the campus of Cedarville Col– lege. The campus is beautifully shaded and attractive. It contains, besides the college buildings, a football 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. Al– ford, Sr. College Hall.-College Hall is the oldest building, erected in 1895. It contains recitation rooms, the chapel, the offices, and other rooms for college purposes. Alford Memorial Gyrnnasiurn.-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, Pa. It has a basketball floor, a kitchen fully furnished, a stage, dress– ing rooms, and a banquet hall.