1946-1947 Academic Catalog

8 GENERAL INFORMATION 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. 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. Grounds 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 the late 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 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, 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 Carnegie. An arrangement has been made whereby · the college benefits from the full facilities of the Greene County Public Library system as well. By this means, in addition to a number of specialized departments built up over a period of years by the col– lege, students have access to about one hundred fifty periodicals and to more than sixty thousand volumes. The library also contains rooms for the dining club, the 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 Education also. Harriman Hall.-A large home next to the Carnegie Library was acquired in the summer of 1940, and has been remodeled as a resi– dence hall for girls. Named in honor of Dr. W. P. Harriman, late trustee of the College, Harriman Hall provides a center for girls' social life on the campus as well as serving as a much-needed dorm-