1922 Cedrus Yearbook

The Alumni T HE past year was the most critical one in the history of Cedarville College, when it was determined whether the college would con- tinue to exist or not. It was a critical one for the Alumni, too, when they were weighed in the balance and not found wanting. In the fight that was waged to save the College,the Alumni figured very largely. A meeting to arouse enthusiasm was held in the Opera House at the outset of the campaign; and a number of Alumni, among other prominent speakers of Cedarville and vicinity, gave stirring ad- dresses in behalf of the College and told what Cedarville College meant to them in eloquent terms. The Alumni speakers of the evening were: Dr. J. Alvin Orr,'97; Dr. Wallace Iliffe, 1900; Attorney Joseph Finney, '06; Dr. James McQuilkin, '98, and Dr. W. R. Graham,'05. Two of these, Dr. Orr and Dr. Graham, pledged themselves at this meeting to be responsible for the raising of $10,000 each. The Alumni Endowment Committee held a meeting in Carnegie Library December 28, 1920, and voted for the Cedarville College Alumni Association to set for its objective, the raising of $100,000 Alumni Endowment Fund, and a challenge to the denomination of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and the community in and around Cedarville to raise an equal amount for building and equipment. Throughout the whole campaign, the Alumni have supported the College loyally, not only with their generous subscriptions, but with their untiring efforts to influence others to give to this noble cause. And in the future, it need never be questioned what a large place their Alma Mater holds in the hearts of the Alumni. M.E. B. 82