Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Smith Alumnae Quarterly, Vol. 1: 1909-1910 It is seldom that a new-born baby seems of such importance to any one, except possibly its adoring mother, that it is considered advisable to write its biography; but our new-born Quarterly gives such promise of future great ness, at all events in the eyes of its nearest of kin, the Editorial Board, that they wish to have chronicled its pedigree and horoscope, before the proverbial ninth day arrives on which it may get its eyes open. 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.