Cedarville College Bulletin, October 1915

CEDARVILLE. COLLEGE 13ULLETIN 5 though a conservative one, had the jdeal for its youth, that they should prepare not for a living, but for life, and feel that the new administration would not lower, but raise, that ideal. Prof. F. M. Reynolds, Sc. •B:; A. M:., '11, Superintendent of Greene County Schools, spoke o'f the-influence which Dr. i'llcChesney has had directly and fodirectly upon a large number of the 240 teachers and superintendents,· the 6000 boy·s and girls, and the 13 public high schools in Gt·eene County, and ·said that all ~ho had come in contact with him were glad to see that he ·was getting the honor due him. In conclusion he bespoke a perio<l of power and renown which should touch not only th_e narrow: borders of the county, nor of the· State, but also the wider reaches of the: nation· and tire world. In bringing greetings from the students, John Merle Rife, '16, Ce- darville, Ohio, sketched briefly the history of the College from small beginnings, twenty-one years ago, through days of upward ~truggle, to the present period of prosperity; But he emphasized the thoug·ht that these past successes and present achievements were but -faint prophecies- 0£ what the future has in store. ·only cine of the early professors has stayed with Uie College through the years, and ·he, who has labored to make if what it is, shall guide it· on to greater renown. The love o·f the students for Dr. McChesney and their de- termination to co-operate : with him niore fully in the future in his every effort sounded clearly" through his address. · The congratulations and best wishes of the Alumni were carried by Dr. John Wilson Bickett, '97, pastor of the Second United Pres- byterian Church, New Concord, Ohio. He· first paid a high tribute to Dr. :McKinney, to whose splendid judgment were due, he said, the years of past foundation building. He thanked him, on behalf of the Alumni, for all his kindly interest in them in school and out, and pledged to Dr. McChesney for the days to come the same loyalty which tl)ey had felt for the· first President. Prof. Frank A. Judcat, A. M., of.Cedarville, Ohio, in a most char- acteristic speech brought to Dr. l'llcChesney the greetings from• the 'faculty. The· keynote of his thought was sounded in the words, "We live in deeds, not years or words." ·As for the past '32 years he and Dr. McChesney were associated as boys and students and teachers, and as in those years he could see the successful work which had been accomplished, he felt that words ·were unnecessary and that the deeds were a truer evidence of the success of the future than anything that he might say. · • · . ' . · · The action of the Trustees in selecting Dr. McChesney as President of the College, was dwelt ·upon by ·Mr. Joseph A. Finney, A. B., '06, of Xenia, Ohio, in his greetings as representative of the Board. He said that ·the Board had no explanation of its action to offer, that, when on June 3, 1915, it met to· consider the election, speaking through the consciences of the members, ·c'aine the message of the wo:rk of Dr.· McChesney, and, with one accord, they answered. He felt that the task undertaKen, .-as it had been, ·with dependence on God's help, with such a i(pleridid :inan at the head, and with such a spirit as had been arid was being displayed, could not but have a suc- cessiul future. Dr. James L. Chesnut bore the gi-eetings of the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the following message: "Dear Dr. Mcchesney: General Synod has watched with more than ordi- nary interest your manner of life and instruction. The til·st, it ad- mires; the second, it approves.. and commends. This is a public recognition of your distinction as an educator. You may take pardon- able pride in your successes, and especially that you have· been enabled to lead young men and women to Qhrist." He then paid a high trib- ute to Mrs. Mcchesney, who, he said,. had been through the years the