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Cedarville Magazine
2014
CEDARVILLE
SCHOLARSHIP
GOLF OPEN
Presented by
The Golf Open was a huge
success, raising more than
$75,000 for scholarships!
Golf Sponsors
Advanced International Marketing
Applied Mechanical Systems
Dynamix Engineering Ltd.
Paul J. Ford and Company
Tournament Sponsors
Pioneer Food Service
Lou Vision, Vice President-Investments
Raymond James & Associates Inc.
Corporate Team Sponsors
Danis
Greene Memorial Hospital
Soin Medical Center
Heapy Engineering
Highland Consulting
McAfee Heating and Air Conditioning
Prairie Farms Dairy
Urbancrest Baptist Church
Voss Toyota/Scion
Cedarville is grateful for Fifth Third
and our many community partners
who support our students:
So Long, Collins Hall
Collins Hall, the fourth oldest
building on Cedarville’s campus, was
demolished on June 9. The building was
constructed in 1923 to be a science hall.
It was last renovated in 1975 and has
since housed faculty offices for education,
business, psychology, social sciences, and
communications (including the WSRN
student radio station). Most recently it was
home to the Department of History and
Government. There are currently no plans
to build a new facility on that site.
A number of complications led to
the Board of Trustees voting to raze the
split-level building rather than proceed
with a costly renovation. According to
Rod Johnson, Associate Vice President
for Operations, all building codes would
have had to be updated, including fire
suppression systems and Americans with
Disabilities Act-compliant requirements.
“By the time all of this work would
have been done, it would have cost nearly
as much as a new facility,” Johnson said,
“and we would still have a building with
a 90-year-old infrastructure, nothing
original on the exterior, and a layout that is
not conducive to active use due to the large
staircase that effectively split the building
in two. For all of these reasons, the Board
of Trustees made the decision to raze the
building rather than attempt to renovate
it again.”
The building was named in 1975
for Andrew and Mary Collins, lifetime
Cedarville residents. All eight of the
Collins children graduated fromCedarville
College between 1916 and 1931, and they
provided the funds to renovate the
building. The University contacted
the Collins family about razing the
building and gave them the marble
stone engraved with the family
name. The University also saved
the limestone centerpiece with
the word “SCIENCE” on it and will
incorporate it into this summer’s
renovation of the Service Center
into the science center, which will
house student labs.
Facebook photos of the
demolition sparked both fond memories
and sadness for the loss of this piece of
Cedarville history.
’97
“From the top
of Collins Hall, to the bottom of your dial.
We are the light of Cedarville College. AM
530, WSRN.”
’91
My very first
class at Cedarville was in that building.
Speech 101 with Diane Merchant! 9 a.m.,
Fall Quarter 1987!
My first office was in
that building ... I will miss the view of the
magnolia blossoms in the spring outside
my window.
’96
I can remember many
a mad dash from chapel to Collins because
the cast list for a play was to be posted at
that time.
’87
The cheapest
pop machine was located in the basement
of Collins for years. Great business/
accounting classes in that building!
’81
So many classes
in that building …
Kevin Sims ’74
The night of the Xenia
Tornado, they brought us in from the
dorms, and we spent the night there.
Sixteen years later, I came back as a faculty
member. The office I slept in that night
became my office.
’80
Jimmy Mac’s office, Jim
Grier’s office, Murray Murdock’s office.
’13
So will end a legend. Now
about that new History and Government
building …
’97
So sad!
But hopefully the history department can
get out of the basement now!
’05
This Collins is sad to see
it go.
