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

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The home of Rev. Hugh Macmillan where the first classes of Ccdarvillc College were held in 1894. G 0© HIRST ANNUAL CATALOGUE CEDARVILLE COLLEGE, 1895-96. At Duanesburgh, New York, in May of 1879, the General Synod of the Reformed Pres- byterian Church decided to establish a liberal arts college. By the will of William Gibson, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, Cincin- nati, a bequest of $25,000 was left in 1886 to found the college at Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio. On January 26, 1887, Cedarville College was chartered by the state of Ohio. At the meet- ing of the General Synod held in Coulrerville, Illinois, in May, 1894, the Synod, upon the recom- mendation of the board of trustees, elected Dr. McKinney first President of Cedarville College. The board chose a faculty, and on Wednesday, September 19, 1894, the college was formally opened for instruction to thirty-six students in the fine old mansion (above) formerly occupied by Dr. Hugh McMillan’s Academy. The quarters proving too small for the work, the new build- ing was erected and entered the following year, 1895. The first college catalog, pictured above, appeared with 18 blue printing on an orange cover.

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 We are proud of our heritage. Many of us haven’t known anything of the sacrifices and of the principles which brought our school into being, but in this 75th year, as we take a long look over the past, wc arc encouraged through the examples of the early leaders of the college to continue to be a Christian Col- lege true to the Word. Within our hearts wc find gratitude for our inheritance. m? ms

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•J'tr) .sreirf eji rj iwf irvt Ur (f f t Rev. David McKinney, D.D., LL.D., President Rev. David McKinney, D.D., first President of Cedarville College was pastor of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, Ohio, at the time of his appointment by the Synod. Dr. McKinney was born in Philadelphia, May 20, i860, and received his education in the Philadelphia public schools, the University of Pennsyl- vania and the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In May, 1895, Wittenberg College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. At the time that Dr. McKinney was elected president, the college was largely a prospective institution. While he continued to serve as pastor of his congregation in Cincinnati, he took hold of the college work with such energy and determination that from a plan on paper it evolved into a reality. His zeal continued through the twenty- one years that he served as president. After his resignation in 1915, he served as Presi- dent Emeritus until his death in 1934. 19