1942-1943 Academic Catalog

28 CEDARVILLE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY General Information Location.-The Seminary is located in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway forty-seven miles southwest of Columbus, and seventy-three miles northeast of Cincinnati. It is eight miles northeast of Xenia, and twelve miles south of Springfield. Relations With Cedarville College.-The Seminary is in close affi– liation with the College which gives the students of the Seminary special opportunities. All of the courses and facilities of the college are open to them. Buildings.-All of the College buildings, College Hall, Carnegie Library, Science Hall, and Alford Gymnasium, are used l>y the Seminary. Library Facilities.-Students have access to four libraries - that of the Seminary itself, of Cedarville College, of Greene County, and the Educational Department. These are housed in the Carnegie Lib– rary and in Main Hall. Admission--Students for the ministry from all Christian denomi– nations are welcomed. Applicants for admission should come certified as students for the ministry by the proper ecclesiastical authorities, or presenting certificates of good moral character from responsible persons. High school and college diplomas or certificates showing the work done in preparation for the Seminary courses should also be presented. The scholastic requirement for admission to the seminary is graduation from a high school of the first grade or preparatory work equivalent thereto. Students lacking in these entrance requirements may complete all required courses of study under the direction of members of the college faculty, when they may be entered in the theo– logical seminary. It is earnestly recommended that all students for the seminary complete a collegiate course before entering the semi– nary, or before entering upon the active work of the ministry. The Seminary Year.-The Seminary year is coterminous with the College year. It therefore begins its annual session the second week in September and closes the third Friday in May. The examinations are held about the middle of May. Religious Exercises.-Students are expected to be regular in their attendance at daily chapel exercises, to become members of the Y. M. C. A., and to attend all other religious services of the College and Seminary. The day of prayer for educational institutions is observed the second Friday of February. Class exercises are opened with pray-