Excerpt from The Story of Oberlin: The Institution, the Community, the Idea, the MovementThe genesis of this volume was on this wise: Um til within but little more than a dozen years I was practically a stranger to Oberlin. In early childhood the Oberlin Evangelist was a regular visitor to my home, but beyond that fact I had knowledge of the community and institution only by hearsay or occasional printed news item. My first visit was made while home missionary superintendent in the remote West, and when on journeys to eastern seminaries in search of ministers. So many phases of college life came under my notice which were so unusual, so attractive, and seemed so excellent, that I concluded to send hither my sons for an educational course, and as a result of this decision, through a strange providence, in due season I found myself a resident of the village. As I became acquainted with the inhabitants, the institution in all its departments, the faculty and the churches, as I read of the beginnings and the later happenings, the character and aims of the founders and builders, the conviction steadily increased that verily here was a marvel, here was something phenomenal exceedingly, and at manifold points, yes, something altogether unique. And then came the question, From whence were all these surprising features derived? What forces originated this unmatched and most ad.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.