Poverty in the Garden Spot : Prepared for the Community Action Program Committee of Lancaster County, Pa. by Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pa. under the direction of Martha Eppley and John M. Yancey. Graphics by Marcia Heimbach
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 165 #2.
Memorabilia : lottery tickets (two) - Sunday school anniversary program - two postcards - Report of the Church Building Committeer Feb. 12, 1887 (five pages) - Christ Church Tidings December 1909 and Lent 1910 - Memorabilia notes. (16 pieces).
Includes index and extensive endnotes that document the information in the text.
Summary
"John M. Douglas had a long history as a Naval avaiator, serving first as an enlisted man during World War II...During his navy career, John logged a totla of 4910 flight hours and 250 aircraft carrier landings...After retiring from the Navy, he began a second career as a social studies teacher at McCaskey High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania...The genesis of this book was John's curiosity of his Scottish heritage."
Introduction. Mind awakening mind: a college and its mission -- Franklin College: "to make good men and useful citizens" -- Marshall College: Christian bildung on the frontier -- Early Franklin & Marshall: upholding tradition and classical education -- A modern awakening: negotiating change in the 1890s -- Liberal culture in service of efficiency, 1900-1918 -- Building a greater Franklin & Marshall, 1919-1934 -- The college in depression and war, 1935-1946 -- The academic revolution: setting the stage, 1946-1956 -- Academic revolution meets counter-revolution, 1956-1962 -- Academic revolution meets the sixties revolt, 1962-1968 -- Reasoning with the whirlwind, 1968-1970 -- Retrenchment and reassessment, 1970-1982 -- Enriching liberal education, 1983-2002.
Summary
"A narrative history of Franklin & Marshall College. Combines analysis of historical context and institutional development with accounts of the college during crucial periods such as the Civil War and the 1960s"--Provided by publisher.
Contents : 1."Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth" 2 "An Institution of Learning of High Grade" 3 Annville 4 Organization 5 Transition from Academy to College 6 The College Charter 7 The Debate over Higher Education 8. President Thomas Rhys Vickroy 9 The First Curriculum 10 "To Collegiate Proportions" 11 President Lucian H. Hammond 12 President DeLong Brings Harmony 13 President Edmund S. Lorenz 14 President Lorenz Charts a Course 15 President Cyrus Jeffries Kephart 16 President E. Benjamin Bierman 17 Student Life in the Nineties 18 The Story of John Lehman 19 President Hervin Ulysses Roop 20 The Fire 21 Aftermath 22 President Abram Paul Funkowser 23 President Keister Balances the Budget 24 0 Berwick and the Death League 25 The Disturbance of the Eighth 26 President Gossard and the New Era 27 "Ask Gladys 28 Accreditation 29 The Benders 30 Momentum 31 Tribute to Paul Wagner 33 President Clyde A. Lynch 34 The Annual Murder 35 President Miller Fulfills a Prophesy
