Cedarville College Bulletin, October 1915

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE BULLETIN 7 At the close of the luncheon, Rev. J. Alvin· Orr, A. M., '97, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church, of the North Side of Pitts- burg, Pa., as toastmaster, rose, and after n personal tribute to Dr. Mcchesney and ROme recollections of some of his own early labors for the College, called on the following _representatives of colleges a11d nearby towns, who 1·esponded with splendid messages of good will and good cheer for Cedarville Colleg;e and Dr. McChesney: Pl'esident W. 0. Thompson, of Ohio State University; Prof. William E. Smyser , reg-istrar of Ohio Wesleyan University; President Walter G. Clippinger, Otterbein University; Dr. William P . Johnston, ·Presi- dent Emeritus of Geneva College; Dr: H. J. Christman, Central 'i'heo- logical Seminary, Dayton, Ohio; E. E. Brandon, Dean and Vice Presi- dent of Miami Universityj Dr. W. S. Scarbo1·ougb, Presjdent ·of Wil- . berforce University; Pres1dent J. Edwin Jay, of -Wjjmington College; Dr. Joseph Kyle, President of Xenia Theological Seminary; Prof. J. H. Dickason, of the Latin department of Wooster College; Dr. R. H. Hume, of St1rinbrfield, Ohio, representing Monmouth Colle~e; Judge Charles H. Kyle, of Xenia, Ohio, and Representative W. B. Bryson, of Xenia, Ohio. · ACADEMIC PROCESSlON The academic procession from the College to the Opera House for the inaugui-al took place at 1!:80. The following order of march was observed: Ti·astees, President-elect and e:x-President, faculty, visiting delegates, i:1tudents, and Alumni. The faculty, visiting dele- gates, the senior class, and the new and retiring presidents, wore the academic costume. The different classes of the Alumni were di s- tinguished by their class colors, the undergraduate classes wol'e re- galia of their class colors, the juniors in red and white, the sopho- mores in yellow and white, and the freshmen in green and white. The cheer leader, Mr. James Chesnut, Jr., led the yells and· cheers, which added a most enthusiastic note to the march and to the oth~r sessions of the day. The _procession, with its mingling of serious academic garb and the bright hues of the class colors; with its rtmks filled with 150 loyal friends and members of the College; .with its enthusiastic songs and . cheers, was one of the most interesting fea- tures of the day. AFTERNOON SESSIO-N Retiring President David McKinney, D. D., pastor o:f the First Pres- byterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, who for twenty years has been leader and guide· of the College, presided at the exercises of the afternoon. An overture, "The War Songs of the Boys in Blue," was rendered by the College Orchestra as the crowd assembled in the Ope1·a House., and the delegates, faculty and trustees took their places on the stage, which was decorated in ferns, palms, cedar, and yellow and white chrysanthemums. The students assembled in the pal'quet of the audi- torium in sections tastefully sepa1·ated off by class colors and cedar, the emblem of the college. The Alumni took thefr places directly behind the student body. The invocation was offered by Rev. C. M. Ritchie, Ph. D., pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, of Clifton, Ohio. The reading of the Scriptures, Proverbs viii, was by Rev. R. W. Nairn, of Ne,v Conco1·d, Ohio. · After the singing of Ps-alm 90 by the congregat ion, Mr. James H.