Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Annual Catalogue of the Teachers, Officers and Students of Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C., 1897-'98: Announcements for 1898-'99 Is distinctly Christian, but by its charter it is not, and can never become, denominational. Its purpose is the thorough education and the liberal culture of women. The College is a permanent and absolute gift to the cause of education. 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.