Excerpt from Quarter Centennial Anniversary Souvenir of the Southern Illinois State Normal University, 1899 Perhaps, at no other time in the history of the school has there been a more urgent need for a complete record of all the early facts connected with the founding, early struggles and growth of this institution. In the lapse of a quarter of a century many of the original actors who have hitherto supplied the early historic facts have passed away, and in a few years all data from eye witnesses will be unattainable. For this reason much space has been given to the historic phase, and especially, that it shall be written by those whose lives are a part of what they write. Another object of the Committee is to answer the insinua tion: Can any good thing come out of Egypt? More than once has Southern Illinois by the genius of her sons and the excellence of her institutions refuted the charge, but there are still those living within our own common wealth who look upon Egypt as a land without railroads, destitute of an educational spirit, and withal a fertile field for missionary labor. To answer, once for all, the edu cational part of the criticism, candid facts pertaining to the In uence of the Southern Normal in Egypt, will effectually set this question at 'rest. 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."