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

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Dr. McChesney’s administration was marked by growth and expansion. During these years the student body increased in size from fifty in 1915 to 102 in 1923. A science building containing lab- oratories and classrooms was erected and the music department expanded. In 1928, the General Synod, by unanimous vote, gave all control, ownership, title, and vested rights of Cedarvlllc College to the board of trustees and their successors forever. 27 The Ccdarvillc College Music-Makers. 1918.

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for KitcUwm Ov Jrt Wart will compar «hi | »l of toy olbor Crm. ffhe Cedarville Jierald. THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SO. «. CEDARVILLE. OHIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1«. 1015 PRICE, 11.00 A YEAR Inauguration Of ' Dr. M’Chesney fv Most Important Event Jltfhe His- tory of Cedarville Coll SJte- Has Devoted Nearly 25-yea - to Institutionv Si’ -Ijtrwc In ImH: Kmi4 tt u «W. iM parmm n IrjUn U .«PJ. C.U.P. i. ins. iu »imin -: »• rmfci.. C |, -- i.'..rW U IM u fW. ■ Uub u M »W| 4d. , CmiMiMtemln T « buiti «• luOMUi n HirHaJ»™» , «M p»«I I» ■ » »f Inini Pm oi-. »a« turn Ifacimf !m tM l Ui nl «M. CM •» pmime, .KmnliU'w TM VK UU m upcVr In «M “The Ideal College” ,| p I«ti.il Mknhlli »m I -U ° • IM U pn «. IMM. u vM mw, Sd.- ptM. t.f ulM, IM Urn I'm, rm . n l-,J, - - li, Mttnil « p ltl»IK ! («. an I P.rM «OH . LW IM nl»p«. CM «p P — TM CMW. MU« n upl» In n. u M « r nu: wrttw ,»w K» wo. I .al Li ft S£ JX22S 3 ..r™ IK. Me Chmnty'» Inaugural Addrcaa CMtecn «r. • Mini P Innl-IlM ctancMr. «M anvuU, CM Hi. TMir M T Mi Mm M CM. T“ ««Mr n t— T. '.Me M Mr »- .pc IM- I TM pkli iM, MU M CM «“I • 'MI W», r O»' m cu - Mir Mn m %»' mr w- FMp. limM IX I' Vo. IM mkcU. nm a cMt • HIM P W.'WK mj. TV ». 0. •■ P «M' MM la tta r Wilbur Rcnwick McChesncy, the second president of Cedarville College, was born July 7, 1871, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and 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. McChcsney 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.

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JS Third president, Walter Smith Kilpatrick, 1940-1942. The Reverend Walter Smith Kilpatrick was chosen by the board of trustees to succeed Dr. McChesney as president of Cedarville College. He was twenty-six years old at the time of his appointment, the youngest college president in the United States. A magna aim laude grad- uate of Cedarville College (1934), Mr. Kilpatrick re- ceived his Th.B. from Western Theological Seminary and was awarded the Marvin Memorial Fellowship for the highest standing in his class. He received his M.A. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and completed his residence requirements there for the Ph.D. degree. He snidied in Europe for three semesters before being called to assume his new duties at Cedarville. Under Mr. Kilpatrick's administration, the college purchased its first residence hall. Harriman Hall, located on the corner of Main and Chillicothc Streets, was named in memory of Dr. W. P. Harriman, a Cedarville alumnus and member of the board of trustees at the time of his death in March, 1959. In addition to being a home for college girls, the dorm was used as a social center. Ira D. Vayhinger was appointed president of Cedar- ville College by the board of trustees in October, 1942. Born in Delaware, Ohio, Mr. Vayhinger attended school at Osgood and was graduated from Moores Hill College. He was connected with the financial department of the Presbyterian Church and was business manager of the college at the time of his appointment to the presidency. Harriman residence, purchased in 1940 28 Fourth president, Ira D. Vayhinger, 1942-195