PENN STATE an illustrated history - Michael Bezilla

Contents

    Foreword
    Preface
  1. Origins: The Land-Grant Vision

  2. Vignette—The Nittany Lion
  3. Survival Assured with New Leadership

  4. Shaping a Modern College

  5. Toward a State University

  6. Vignette—Penn State in China
  7. New Leadership for a New Era

  8. Enduring the Great Depression

  9. Vignette—"Equally Inaccessible from All Parts of the State"
  10. From Depression to World War II

  11. Challenges of the Post-War Era

  12. Vignette—The Land-Grant Frescoes
  13. The Quest for National Recognition

  14. Expansion and Its Consequences

  15. Vignette—The Other Side of College Avenue
  16. Years of Crises: the 1960s

  17. Beyond University Park

  18. Growth and Financial Stress: the 1970s

  19. Serving Pennsylvania and the Nation