Cedarville College Bulletin, October 1915

4 CEDARVILLE·_COLLEGE :nuLLETIN The I~auguration·of Dr. McChesney Friday, November 12, 1915, will be long remembered by .Cedarville College, the community, and the many visitors on that day, as the inauguration of Wilbert Renwick McChesney; Ph. D., ·D. D., as second President of Cedarville College. The town, decked in ._gala attire o.f g-olrl and blue, the college colo1·s, and bright with many flags stream- ing from business houses· and residences; the visiting delegates, who had left their busy wo;-k to come; the alumni, who wished_ tu show their love for their Alma Mater; the college faculty and students, who had been working in splendid co-operation for the success of the day, all paid their homage to him who for twenty years had given his best efforts for the. life and growth of the college. A splendid enthusiasm was shown in all the events of the day. The Opera House, in which the morning and afternoon sessions were held, was filled to overflowing, the cheers and songs of the students rang out in praise of thefr P1•esident,· the academic procession was watched with interest by ,the numerous spectators crowding the streets, and thru every feature of the day pervaded .a spirit of good will to all, enthusiasm for the college, and best wishes for its success. At ten o'clock _the morning session, which was held in the Opera House, was opened, with Rev. John J. Wilson; A. B., '03, presiding. The invocation was given: by' Rev. R. H. Hume, of Springfield, Ohio, after which Psalm seventy-two was sung by the congregation, led by the students, who were seated by classes in the parquet of the Opera House. Before presenting the speakers of the morning, Rev. Wilson paid his own personal tribute to Dr. McChesney, who, he said, had been and still was a large moulding factor in the lives of the students. Then followed greetings from representatives of the various organi- zations with which Dr. McChesney has been connected or with which he has come in contact during his years of work here. Oscar E. Bradfute, A. B., of Xenia, gave the greetings from the citizens of Greene County. He pictured for his hearers the beauties of the county, its great productive powers, its natural resources, its hills and Yalleyfl, rivers and streams. He pointed out its splendid educational equipment, second to non_e in Ohio. He lauded the char- acter of the men who lived within · its borders. And then he asked the question, "If we have such a county, with such men, what kind of a man is he who has assumed the leadership among us in the laRt twenty years, and who has.been chosen not only as leader. but as the guide into whose hands are intrtisted the precious lives of the corning citizens of this county?" He congratulated Dr. l\icChesney for the honor which had been given.him; the college fin· the privilege of hav- ing such a President, and the county for the splendid citizen it had in Dr. McChesney. Rev. J. S. E; McMichael, A. B., pastor of the Cedarville United Presbyterian Church, represented the citizens of Cedarville in his address. He compared the era into which Cedarville College was now entering to the "Era of Good Feeling" which followed the war of 1812, an era of unusual success and prosperity. The years of the past, he said, had been years on which the college might look with congratulation for herself, but· the ·new volume would record more of harmony between the community and the college, The community,