Cedarville University - Miracle / Cedrus Yearbook (Cedarville, OH)

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IN MEMORIAM dr. david McKinney Born — May 20. I860 Died — April 26. 1934 President of Cedarville College.................1894-1915 President Emeritus .............................1915-1934 Rev. David McKinney. D.D., first President of Cedarville College, was born in Phila- delphia. May 20. I860. His parents were members of the Third Reformed Presbyterian Church, of Philadelphia, with which he also united at the age of fifteen. He received his literary education in the Philadelphia Public Schools, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He was liconsod to preach April 3. 1883; and on October 2. 1884, was ordained pastor of the Washington Congregation, near Elgin. III. In the spring of 1888 he received a call to the First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cin- cinnati. Upon the merger of this congregation with the First Presbyterian Church he be- came pastor and served until the merger of the Covenant and First congregations. In 1891 he was married to Miss Carrie Chapin of Cincinnati. During his residence in Cincinnati he was both actively and officially connected with many of the religious and re- form movements of the city. In May. 1895. Wittenberg College conferred upon him the degree of D.D. He was also one of the examiners of the University of Pennsylvania. At the meeting of the General Synod held at Coulterville, III., in May. 1894, the Synod, on the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, elected him first President of Cedarville College. At that time the college was largely a prospective institution. Dr. McKinney took hold of the work with such energy and determination that from a plan on paper it evolved into a reality. As president of the college. Dr. McKinney was acquainted with every student and worked with great zeal for the success of the institution. Since his resignation as President in 1915. Dr. McKinney has kept in close touch with the school, serving very efficiently on the Board of Trustees. Cedarville College owes in large part her very existence to Dr. Mc- Kinney. It is difficult to express our appreciation in words. His death in Cincinnati on April 26 took a friend from Cedarville College who can never be replaced. Page Sixteen

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When tho main building was erected in 1895. space was provided for a department of physico! education. A gymna- sium. furnishod with complete apparatus, was opened in 1896 in the basement of the main building. All studonts had froo access to this gymnasium and college authorities promptly chocked ony tendency to bru- tality and oxcoss in athletic contosts. In 1902. Mr. W. J. Alford prosonted tho trustees with the church building and grounds latoly vacatod bv the Reformed Prcsbytorian Congregation, and dosired that it bo usod as a gymnasium. Ac- cordingly it was equippod with comploto apparatus for physical education and in- door athletics. Adoquato kitchen and dininq room facilities woro also pro- vided so that Alford Momorial today rondors a very fine service to Cedarvillo community. Pago Fifteen

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DR. McCHESNEY The history of the forty years of Cedarville College is also the history of forty years of faithful service of one who was the first elected teacher in the college, and who has been our beloved president in the past nineteen years. Wilbur Renwick McChesney was born July 7, 1871. in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, of Scotch Covenanter parentage. He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and re- fused 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. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Franklin College in 1906. and was honored with the degree of D.D. by Tarkio College in 1915. Dr. McChesney was ordained as a minister of the gospel by the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1900. In 1894 Dr. McChesney was called to Cedarville College os the first professor of an cient languages, and was chosen to succeed Dr. McKinney as president in 1915. Pogo Sovonfccn