Excerpt from Within College WallsThe purpose Of the best home and of the best college is identical It is the purpose than which none is more precious. It is the purpose of making the character of the student-child strong and pure and noble The aim of every parent and of every college Officer is, I venture to say to give to each one committed to charge knowledge without pedantry, self-reliance without arrogance, gentleness without weakness, hopefulness without creating visionaries.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.