Excerpt from Silhouette, 1929, Vol. 26 Forty years ago an Ideal was conceived. Forty years ago Agnes Scott was only a dream in the mind of a man who recognized the need of higher standards of education for women in the South. Forty years ago a practically unknown Seminary housed its four teachers and little group of students in a part of the present White House which they rented for that purpose. Forty years ago the foundations of truth, scholarship, and character that permeate the institution were laid by a group of men Who kept faith in all things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.