Cedarville College Memorabilia

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. REV. DAVID :.J'KI?-.".NEY, D D., PRE !DENT. HE history of Cedarville College began in l\lay 1 5 when the General ynod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church directed toot a College be e tablished at Cedarville, Ohio. lt was not until 1 9-! however that the practical beginning ot the institution was made. On the 19th of eµtember of that year, in an old man ion house, where year before Dr. Hugh l\IcMillan had held a cla sical school, Cedarville College o: ,ened it doors to thirty seven students. A few months after step were taken to erect the present main huilding. This ·wa ready for oc- cupancy at the beginning of the college year 1895. The endowment wa bequeathed hy William Gib on E q., of Cincinnati, and amounted to S2 ,00 . By judiciou in– \'e_tment thi ha been increa ed until at the present time it is worth at ieast $25,000. The church, under who e fo tering care the college was started, has aided it every year by cuntrihutiun from the different congregation , by donation from the Board of Education and fund under the control ot the Theological Seminary . Be ide the e ource of revenue, friend have, from time to time, given liberally to u tain the work The Alford Memorial Building, used for a gymna ium, consisting of a huilding and a large plot of ground, opposite the college campus, was given by Mr \\'. J. Alford in honor of his parent . Hi father, the Reveiend John Alford, being the olde t mini. ter in the Reformed Presbyterian Church The Faculty con i t ul twelve profes ors and instructors. There are two course of. tudy in the college proper, ihe cla ical and scientific There i also a prepara– tury chuul. In addition there is a well equipped musical deµartment. Elocution and art are taught by competent in tructors Cedar\'ille College nJake no preten ions to do the wo rk of a univ r ity. It ha 11,, po t-gradudte course. It aim i to do thoroughly and carefully whatever it claim to do Athletic. are encouraged among the students. In winter there i ha ket hall i11 the gynun ium, in the pring there i lnse hall, and in the fall foot-ball. There i: aLo a helpful _ocial life. The home of Cedarville are open to th ,tude11ts. But them tin end uf a college, the work of education, is never lost . ight of. Stude11t must tndy. It i impo ible for them tu hirk work. There per onal li.ibit. · are knuw11, aud where they interfere,, ith the college work, are corre ted. AlJO:e ,tll Cedarville Co!le_gl.! beli ·ves that the culture of th mind without the nurt– ure and grnwth of piritual life is a mi take . Education without moralit i a men – ,H l· t11 the ·t,1te. '.\lorality tu be deep a11d abiding mu t have it pri11g i11 r ligion. A< curdi11gly tl1e Bil>lc· is a t ·xt l>Uuk of the college. o . tudent can graduate ,, ho ha 11<>t t.1ke11 a thorough and systematic cuur e in it The prufcs or are all earn– e t chri tia11 , a tivel} c11gc1i;ed in work i11 different chu1ch They .ire glc1<l to a~- i t tudl'11t i11 e •cry pu,; ·il,I ·' w.iy .