Herbert Hoover actually said...

"They develop character and provide a rounded cultural equipment to students who do not wish professional specialization."

"It is a satisfaction that this memorial has taken not only the form of a beautiful building, but that within its walls there will be carried on the services it commemorates, services for our suffering..."

"There is a great need for such institutions, for in them is preserved to a high degree that personal relationship of teacher and student so difficult to maintain in the Universities."

"The small college is irreplaceable in many of the services it renders and the inspiration it gives."