1924 Cedrus Yearbook

The CEDRUS 1924 Faculty of Thirty Years •••••••••••••••••••••••• I THE MEETING of the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, held in Coulterville, Ill, on May 18, 1894, Cedarville College was launched with Rev. David McKinney, D. D. as President. Rev. McKinney served in that capacity for twenty-one years and is now Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati. During his presidency College Hall was erected and the Alford Memorial Gymnasium, and Carnegie .ibrary we.e donated. At that time the college endowment was $80,000 but since his presidency the endowment has been increased to $140,000, and a new Science Hall has been erected. The opening date was Sept. 19, 1894 when thirty-slx students came for instruction, in the home now occupied by C. Stuckey. • Rev. J. F. Morton, D. D. was chosen Vice President and Professor of English Bible. Rev. W. R. McChesney, D. D. was elected to the chair of Ancient Languages, and began his work for the college July 10, 1894. He served as Secretary to the Faculty, and Vice President until June 1915, when upon the resignation of Dr. Mc- Kinney, Dr. W. R. McChesney I was chosen as the new President. The remainder of the first faculty consisted of Frank H. Dean, Professor of Science, an.d English; Carrie Blair, Professor of Mathematics; and Belle Beazell, Professor of Music. Professor F. A. Jurkat came the next year, serving as Professor, Ass't. Treas- urer, and Treasurer, and has remained with the college for the full twenty-nine years. Cedarville College has always been noted for its exceptional English teachers, although some of them have only stayed a short time. The various English Professors included Frank Dean, Charles Schenck, Edith Morris, Mary Erwin, D. C. Campbell, Mrs. Llewellyn (nee Eleanor Holliday), Miss Eddy, Mrs. Leigh Alexander (Miss Ritchie), Agnes Jean Smith, Mrs. Ankeny (Margaret Schneider), Mrs. Dwight. McKune (Ethel Brand), and Miss Annie Tinker. The Science Department has been composed of the following teaching staff: Mr. J. R. Fitzpatrick, Leroy Lanning, Superintendent L. D. Parker, Millicent Hathaway. Mrs. George Blough (Katherine Flory), and M. L. Frazer. This department often furnished the mathematics teacher also. The various directors of music have consisted of Belle Beazel, Mrs. Russel, Mrs. Davis (Florence Russel), Miss Emma Snow, and Professor Talcott, wha has taken special training in England. A new phase of work was installed in the College, through the medium of the Department of Education, established in 1915. As this is still the youngest department of the institution the faculty thus far has been, Judge S. C. Wright, Oscar Wesley, R. S. McIlhenny, and Miss Florence Somers. Professor Leroy Allen, who was closely affiliated with the College from 1906 until 1922, was the first Dean, and many students who wore the Orange and Blue counted him as one of their strongest friends and closest companions. He has been ably succeeded by Professor B. E. Robison, the Dean of Men, and Miss Florence Somers, the Dean of Women. To the many former students and alumni who read this year-book commemorat- ing the thirtieth anniversary of Cedarville College, both fond remembrances and stirring experiences will be recalled by the mention of the above names. As we think of the Faculty of Thirty Years, our hearts go out especially to Professor Jurkai, ever a staunch pillar, and to our beloved and,honored President—Dr. W. R. McChesney, who have remained with the institution through all the trials and glorious triumphs of its history. • hyalso, I Twenty