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INTRODUCTION

PART ONE A CHRONICLE OF SELECTED EVENTS

1. A SUMMARY

2. CONFERRING CREDENTIALS

A. Recruiting and Admitting Students

B. Providing Financial Aid

C. Graduating Students

D. Maintaining Relations with Graduates

3. CONVEYING KNOWLEDGE

A. Providing the Curriculum

B. Faculty Teaching

C. Students Achieving

D. Teaching and Learning in the Evening School

4. FOSTERING SOCIALIZATION

A. Facilities and Services--The College Union

B. Extracurricular Activities

(1) Governance and Activism

(2) Performing Arts

(3) Broadcast Media

(4) Religion

(5) Service

(6) Social Activities

(7) Intercollegiate Sports

5. SUSTAINING THE INSTITUTION

A. Governance

(1) The Board of Directors

(2) The Administration

B. Finances

(1) Finance and Budget

(2) Financial Development

C. Physical Plant

6. PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICE

7. PROMOTING CULTURE

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PART TWO AN INTERPRETATION

A TIME FOR DISPUTE OVER PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES

OVERVIEW

SELECTING A PRESIDENT--WITH CONDITIONS

Faculty Argue for Professional Priorities

Students React to the Parochial Purpose

FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT--THE FAILURE OF SUCCESS, THE SUCCESS OF FAILURE

RESTATING THE COLLEGE PURPOSE--A NEW PAROCHIAL TWIST

AFTERWORD

APPENDIX I: The Pillars of Parochial Purpose

APPENDIX II: Themes From the History of American Colleges

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