Washington University in St. Louis: A History

By Ralph E. Morrow

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883982103
• ISBN13: 9781883982102
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Pr
• Length: 757 Pages
• Weight: 4.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.8" x 7.8"

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This book will appeal only to people who have a keen interest in the University. Alumni, parents, students... that sort of thing. Dr. Morrow, who for years was an important professor and dean at the University, does an excellent job presenting the minutiae of university finances, governance and development. While this can be expected to be tedious for a general audience, it's good stuff if you're a prospective university president or dean! That said, student and faculty life get the short end of the stick. You'll learn all about what William Eliot, Robert Brookings and Arthur Compton did for Wash U, but you'll not get much exposure to what the students or general public made of the place. Since it was essentially a commuter college for 100 years, the history of this university largely mirrors that of St. Louis. It saw its best days when the city was thriving, namely, after the Civil War and during the Progressive Era (aka from about 1910 to 1930). The first few chapters in which Morrow weaves together the founding and early history of the University with that of the young and booming city are the best in the book.