Cedarville College Bulletin, October 1915

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE BULLET!N 13 Whitelaw Reid, New York, N. Y.; Mabel Rodgers, Jamestown, Ohio; Prof. R. S. Harmount, Jamestown, Ohio; W. K. Billings, Wamsley, Ohio; A. Y. Reid, Cincinnati; Ohio; Ho.ri. Frank- B. Willis, LL._ D., Gov- el."Il0r of the State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio; James Adam, New York, N. Y.; Rev. James Dallas Steele, D. D., Passaic, N. J.; Pro!. D. H. Barnes, Xenia, Ohio; Prof. Logan A. Waits, Jamesto,vn, Ohio; Rev. R. G. Campbell, D. D., :New Athens, Ohio; R. W. Miller, La Porte, Texas; Prof. George A. Neff, Williamsport, Ohio; :;.\:lilton Oliver, Bow- ersville, Ohio; Susanna Patton, Youngstown, Ohio; Ervin Christy, Bowersville, Ohio; James W. Houston, _Pittsburgh, Pa.; Foster Mc- Farland, Chicago, Ill. - A WORD FRO;\l DR. .McCHESNEY President McChesney herewith gratefully acknowledges the kind expressions and splendid spirit set forth in the letters to him from the Alumni, former students, members of General Synod, and other friends. He deeply appreciates the interest shown in the coilege and sincerely asks for your prayers, good words, earnest el_l'orts, and lib- erality for Cedarville, so beloved both to you and to him, to the end that he and you, under God's .blessing, shall co-opera:te _to .the up- building of a greater Cedarville College. · THE IDEAL COLLEGE (Dr. McChesney's Inaugural Address) Colleges are in a period of transition. Their policy has been to emphasize the cultural aspect of education. To that end they WTought thoroughly an_d withal commendably. Their failure to meet the de- mands without and to attain the standards within was due to ham- pering conditions ove1· which, for the most part, they }:!ad 110 control. Furthermore, the merits of their achievements far transcend their shortcomings. The chang__es which, for a third of a century, have iieen transforming civilization at all points, aroused the colleges to the necessity of. their adjustm_ent to new situations. It was a veri- table Rip Van Winkle awakening. The sleep of ultra-conser.vatism had been broken. Proposals anl counter-proposals of poli~y .came so thick and fast that confusion- 1:eigned supreme. - · · Opinions, for a season, prevailed _against. experience and reason. The unknown was accepted for the known. The untried supplanted the tried. Perilous problems presented themselves. The attainments of the past seemed to have been acquired in vain. Even scholars of note prophesied the downfall and extinction of the colleges. .Never- theless, the colleges have .recover-e<.i their bel}rings and arc suffi- ciently launched out both to retain the long-cherished and ever-needed cultural creed and to provide practical training for the vocational demands as well. lt is no longer a question whether collegiate edu- cation should· prepare one for_ a life or for a. living.. It is now g·en- erally conceded. t,hat college graduates should be fitted for a life which includes a living. · _ · · The problem of the relation between the public schools and the colleges is clearing up. The public schools are prepari,ig fo1· imme- diate ·service, some, who, through force of cil'cumstances, are com- pelled to stop short of a complete coui·se, They are likewise making others ready for a_ prolongation of the educational life in college. Several of the state8 have strengthe11ed this plan by the_ enactment of encouraging laws and the provision of generous funds,