Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2017

130 remarkable years 1895 First college catalog published, showing room and board, tuition, books, and other costs totaling between $117 and $172.50. 1887 Cedarville University founded by the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America and chartered by the state of Ohio. 1894 David McKinney named first president of Cedarville College. 1915 Wilbert McChesney named president. 1897 Cedarville graduates first class – Homer McMillan, Raymond Gorbold, John Bickett, John Orr, and Calvin Morton. 1902 Cedarville’s first gymnasium, formerly the Reformed Presbyterian Church, built in 1853, was housed in what is now Alford Auditorium. 1891 $25,000 bequest received fromWilliam Gibson's estate, equivalent to $650,000 today; enables establishment of Cedarville College. 1895 Founders Hall built. 4 | Cedarville Magazine