Excerpt from Bellevue College Bulletin, Vol. 12: Catalogue, 1912-1913; Announcements, 1912-1913; March, 1913 The history of Bellevue College had its beginnings ln the mission to the Omaha Indians, established at Bellevue in the 'forties, and in the thought of those who, in that atmosphere and in the memory of cultured eastern homes, prized educa tion and knew its necessity for the preservation of Church and state. 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.