1943-1944 Academic Catalog

GENERAL INFORMATION 9 Educat ion recognized Cedarville College as an institution for the professional training of teachers. Students whose work can merit the r ecommendation 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 a ssociation numbering several hundred of the leading Christian institutions of higher education in the country. Commendation.-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. Gro\lllds and Buildings Campus.- 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 t he lat e 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, and other rooms for college purposes. Alford Memorial Gyrnnasium.-Alford Memorial Gymnasium was given to Cedarville College by W. J. Alford in memory of his father and mot her, 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. Carnegie Library .- Carnegie Library was the gift of the late Andrew Ca rneg ie. An arr angement has been made whereby t he college benefit s from the full facilities of the Greene County Public Library system a s 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 t housand volumes. The library also contains rooms for the dining club, t he Department of Music, and a reception and literary hall. Science Hall.-Science Hall was erected in 1922. It has the lab– oratories for Botany, Chemistry, Physics, and Zoology, and houses the Department of Educat ion also. Harriman Hall.-A large home next to t he Carnegie Library was acquired in the summer of 194-0, and has been remodeled as a resi– dence hall for girls. Named in honor of Dr . W. P . Harriman, late