History of the Oread Collegiate Institute, Worcester, Mass, (1849-1881)
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Excerpt from History of the Oread Collegiate Institute, Worcester, Mass, (1849-1881): With Biographical Sketches To be born, to live a life, and to die is the destiny of all earthly things, and the value of the life depends not so much on its length as upon its character and purpose, and whether its purpose has been accomplished. The Oread Collegiate Institute existed only one generation. What its purpose was and how that purpose was accomplished, it is the object of this book to show. Its life began in the early days when no college except Oberlin opened its doors to women, a quarter of a century before Mt. Holyoke became a college, and when there was as yet no Vassar, nor Wellesley, nor Bryn Mawr, nor Smith to furnish the higher education to women which the times were now beginning to demand. Upon Mt. Oread, as it was afterwards called, there arose unexpectedly out of its barren and rocky eminence, a unique building like a veritable old castle with its gray walls and turreted towers, giving no evidence, from its appearance, of the purpose fur which it was designed. Here a school was founded which was one of the first to furnish a college education to women. This book tells us of the good work which it accomplished, of its Christian influence and its high moral tone, of its growth and prosperity, until, its work being completed, it gave place at length to younger colleges. Although our Alma Mater exists to-day only in the lives of those who were educated here, yet her influence lives on, and we would not forget that "I he past has made us what we are to-day By its slow progress and its sure decay. All that we have, and prize, and keep in store Came from the toils of those who lived before. Scorn not the heritage in trust bestowed, Nor underrate the source from which it flowed. Upon life´s ladder to a higher stage Have we ascended in this latter age. We´ll not ignore the steps, moss-grown and gray, Nor scorn the scaffolding that falls away." 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.
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