Creating the People's University: Washington State University, 1890-1990Washington State University -- its main campus nestled among the Palouse Hills on the eastern border of Washington -- has met the challenges offered by an ever-increasing number of scholars and students and by the countless communities that rely on its teaching, research, and public service.Creating the People's University begins with accounts of a hardy group of teachers, administrators, and students who brought education to the Inland Northwest frontier. The story unfolds as their successors guide the institution through the troubled twentieth century, creating one of America's great universities in the process. |
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Chapter Two The Embattled College 19001915 | 35 |
Chapter Four The Depression and World War II | 97 |
Pivotal Years in Creating the University | 127 |
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