Includes bibliographical references (p. 280) and index.
Contents:
A golden age of growth (1995-2003). Growing pains (1857-1871). "Full of light": Rev. William Greenleaf Eliot, Jr. -- "Child of his heart": Chancellor Eliot and Washington University (1871-1887). The downtown campus -- "Years of trial" (1887-1899). Casting a "lengthened shadow": Robert Somers Brookings -- "The pearly gates of paradise": a new campus for the university (1900-1908). "A victory of peace": the 1904 World's Fair, the Olympics, and Washington University -- An "American ideal": a new medical school for the university (1908-1919). "Over there": World War I and Washington University -- "In a word, 'expansion'" (1908-1932). Tasting stardom: performing arts at Washington University -- "The exigency of the times": the Depression and World War II (1932-1945). "Refugees from everywhere": new faculty members in the pre- and post-World War II period -- "A greater destiny": the Compton and Shepley era (1946-1962). "The noble qualities of the bear": athletics at Washington University -- A "take-off" university (1962-1978). Dreaming tall: William Henry Danforth -- Doing something important: building a major university (1978-1995). Living longer, living better: life sciences at Washington University -- A golden age of growth (1995-2003).
Summary:
Commissioned in honor of Washington University's sesquicentennial, the book chronicles the events and people that have shaped the university during its first 150 years.
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