Foreword by Jim Mininger    9
Author’s Preface     11
Acknowledgments     130

 1  Stakes on the Prairie  ·  19
 2  Pennsylvania Prologue  ·  39
 3  Vision for a School in the West, 1903-1908  ·  53
 4  Founding: “Every Beginning is Difficult,” 1909  ·  63
 5  Maintaining a School “in the Order of the Church,”
      1909-1914  ·  87
 6  Patriotism without National Boundaries, 1914-1919  ·  118
 7  “The Truth Shall Make You Free,” 1920-1929  ·  148
 8  Dust, Depression, and Determination, 1929-1939  ·  185
 9  War, Service, and Expansion, 1939-1949  ·  211
10  Negotiating Cultural Transitions, 1949-1959  ·  241
11  A Safely Progressive College, 1960-1969  ·  269
12  Reinventing Education, 1970-1979  ·  296
13  Educating More-More-With-Less, 1980-1989  ·  334
14  Enhancing Excellence, 1990-1999  ·  362
15  Start Here, Go Everywhere, 2000-2009  ·  394

Timeline  428
Appendix A: Presidents and Academic Deans  435
Appendix B: Buildings and Dates  436
Appendix C: Enrollment Charts  438
Appendix D: 2009 Faculty and Staff  440
Notes  442
Sources and Bibliography 000
Index  491
The Author  503