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Table of Contents

Susquehanna University 1858-2000
A Goodly Heritage
by Donald D. Housley

Contents

Prologue: My Considered Belief

9
     
Introduction: A Complete American and Lutheran College
17
1.
Providence Had Prepared a Field, 1742-1858
29
2.
Our Most Cherished MIssionary Institute, 1858-1881
51
3.
The Dignity of Regular Colleges, 1888-1895
79
4.
In the Very Heart of a Great Transitional AGe, 1895-1905
99
5.
To Do a Large Business on a Small Capital, 1906-1918
131
6.
Our Brightest Prospects are Enticing, 1919-1927
156
7.
In Cramped Financial Straits: Institutional Life, 1928-1941
194
8.
A Full-Orbed Education: Academic and Social Life, 1928-1941
220
9.
Then Solemnity Fell Over US: World Was II, 1941-1945
242
10.
The Right Perspective: Institutional and Academic Life, 1949-1959
262
11.
To Develop on All Sides: Social and Athletic Life, 1946-1959
287
12.
A Restive Spirit: Institutional Growth, 1959-1968
319
13.
A Higher Standard: Academic, Social, and Athletic Life, 1959-1968
345
14.
To Question and to Revolt: Social and Cultural Revolution, 1959-1968
374
15.
Hopes for an Even More Glorious Future: Insurgency and Institutional Identity, 1969-1977
396
16.
Uncertain of the Firmness of the Ground: A College of the Community, 1969-1977
419
17.
Only for the Individual: The Curriculum and the Extra-Curriculum, 1969-1977
438
18.
The Student Is a Client: Institutional Life, 1977-1984
461
19.
A Vision Should Emerge: The Curriculum, the Church, and Institutional Identity, 1977-84
491
20.
To Build Pride and Purpose: Social and Athletic Life, 1977-1984
513
  Conclusion: The Propriety and Duty of Contuining 533
  Epilogue: Susquehanna University Is Recognized, 1985-2000 540
     
 
Select Bibliography
570
 
Index
579

 

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