Just before Gerald Gibson accepted the presidency of Maryville College in 1993, a friend told him that he had heard "the college was about to close." It wasn't, but the condition of the nearly 200-year-old institution was not good. Declining enrollments and buildings in disrepair had sapped much of the energy from the college. Tenth Watch is Dr. Gibson's story of how the college, with strong leadership and committed constituents, climbed back into the ranks of American's premier small colleges.