Excerpt from Catalogue Issue: 1938-1939 HE citadel is a military college, but its chief con cern is to prepare men for civil life. Because of the military record of Citadel graduates, there has grown up an erroneous impression that the institution exists to prepare men for war. The college is justly proud of the war records of its sons, and it will always expect them to respond in national emergencies, but its chief purpose is to prepare men for civil pursuits by giving them a sound education reinforced by the best features of military training. Military training teaches the value of system and. Order in approaching tasks, of physical and mental fit ness, and of alertness and self-confidence. It teaches how to command and how to obey, how to organize and coordinate, and how to maintain morale and discipline. Most important of all, it instills the conviction that any sacrifice must be made when principle is involved and that truth, honor, and integrity are the basis of charac ter. Such virtues woven into the lives of men will pro duce results for good irrespective of the field in which they are applied. 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.