The Gavelyte, September 1906

153 THE GAVELYTE, '1· the superintendet of his ho~e Sab- bath School eighteen months previous I to his Cuming to Cedarville. In addi– tion to the required course of studies in his alma mater he took elective work in Sociology, History of Philo– sophy, Philosophy of Theism, Problems of Philosophy, Latin, Oratory, and Prof. Allen. I Greek. He served as editor-in-chief I of the Voice the weekly paper - of . ,Wooster University. We are glad to welcome him to our midst and we are doubly glad that the college has thus strengthened its already efficient Prof. Leroy Allen of Wooster, Ohio has the singular distinction of being the first incumbent in our new Har– per chair of Sociology and Economics. The college ic; fortunate in securing his services. He brings to his posi- • tion the strength and influence of a noble Christian charact~r and a cul– tured intellect. Prof. Allen is a graduate of the Wooster High School and of the University of Wooster, having received the degree of Ph. B. from the latt8r in June of the present year. He was one of eight in a grad– uating class of sixty to .represent his class on Commencement day. During his course in college, he servPd with distinction on the debat– ing team of the University in winning laurE.ls from Washington and Jeffer– son, Ohio Wesleyan University, and West Virgina. l niversity. He was corps of professors- We can safely say that Cedarville College is better. equipped to-day for good, thorough work than it has ever been before. During The Vacation . In the interval from June 7 to Sept. 12, several things rJf import– ance to the CollPgP have transpired. First of all in July H.ev . Dr. Watter's congragation, (The Tabern'acle Pres– byterian), Pittsburg, Pa. publicly an– nounced that it had pledged $3000 to the endowment fnnd of the College, which is to be forwarded this Fall. Next the College Library Committee and the Town Library Board met July 17 and decided to erect the Car'negie Cedarville College Library on lot 29· of the Joseph Y. Alexander addition. This library is to be jointly controlled