1962 Miracle Yearbook

For Ereekenos Oar Job k W a o t r o k f w an il y l c o o t m he p r e rfie rm wkh 91`Ce dTrhon is , ids ke p m no s te i w s d h t u h e e a n t a m • u a d y r r a k o etd ats n wtRii°uth ze darvlle Xerald. i, n oen sde , t. raw,ill earnestly desired.. . " THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR NO. 49. CEDARVILLE,OHIO, FRIDAY, N, IV 1.1111ER 19, 1915 Inauguration Of Dr.M' Chesriey Most Important Event !Cite His- tory of Cedarville Coll bre -Has Devoted Nearly 25•Vea toInstitution'- Si' Friday, November II, Ie• long be remembered by Ced• lege, the community, visitors on that di. ration of Wilbert of Cedar," decked in the e mar bv 26 PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR eExtract from Record; Boord of to ahare these gracio, tram.% with Trastees of Cedarville College, June my colleague. my peroonal friend., mY 3, 1315, helper. who through the put yearn has The elavtion of,new President of labored with me for the eau.. 1 wish La the to give my thanks to the visiting dele- Committee on te, nolion. gates,.r taking the time from your The Commit. on Inaruction re.'busy lives to come today. Brethren of perted nr°1 pm...ewe° the nnme or colleges, I can see a different spirit Wilbert Renwitk afcCheeney for the among the college., the opirit of P.aldency of P.e.rville College, The Christ, binding us together for one report was accepted and on formal common cause. Far you, I w ish h. motion, Be. M lebi.e,img. We will work together for Ce,t., Gallery Fresident of "The Ideal College" Dr. Mc Chesney's Inaugural Address Colleges are in a peried of Own. time. Their policy luta been to m- id... the cultural aspect of educa- tion. To that end they wr• lent thor- oughly and • 'that nendkbly. beir lure ne ndo °en' the character, and concentrating the . energies of life, ore the mighty com- plemente in higher education. The public schrons ohould open the 1.•nd; the cc° expand and the • Wilbur Renwick McChesney, the second president of Cedarville College, was born July 7, 1871, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledgeand refused to allow anything to prevent his attaining the best education available. He studied at Franklin College where he received his A.B. degree in 1892, and his M.A. in 1894. Dr. McChesney was honored with the degree D.D. by Tarkio College in 1915. Called to Cedarville College in 1894 as the first professor of ancient languages, he was chosen to succeed Dr. McKinney as president in 1915. For several years, Dr. McChesney served as a representative from Greene County to the Ohio State Legislature.