Yale

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This lively history of Yale traces the development of the college from its founding in 1701 by a small group of Puritan clergymen intent on preserving the purity of the faith in Connecticut, to its survival in the eighteenth century as a center for intellectual life, to its expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as a major international university. "For tasting one of the well-springs of a peculiarly American version of higher learning, Yale: A History is clearly to be recommended to readers anywhere. It will be read with profit as well as enjoyment."—Times Higher Education Supplement "Kelley sustains [his] theme well and reconstructs the institutional development of Yale with considerable skill and empathy. . . . A very informative book."—Journal of American History "Useful both for those primarily interested in Yale as an institution and for students of the history of higher education generally."—The Historian "A readable, accurate synthesis of Yale's internal history, fully comparable to the best single-volume treatments of other major universities."—Times Literary Supplement Contents Preface Part One: The Critical Years, 1701-1739 1. Founding a College 2. Wanderjahre 3. The College Gets a Name 4. Ichabod 5. The Solid Accomplishments of Elisha Williams Part Two: From Sectarian College to the University Spirit, 1740-1795 6. Tumultuous Years 7. The (Extended) Interregnum 8. The Rise of the University Spirit Part Three: The Development of a National Institution, 1795-1871 9. College Becomes University 10. The Quiet Achievements of Jeremiah Day 11. President Woolsey and the Growth of the University 12. College Life under Day and Woolsey Part Four: Age of Uncertainty, 1871-1921 13. Stagnation 14. Beginnings of Change 15. The Rise of the Extracurriculum 16. Revival 17. War and Reorganization Part Five: Action and Inaction, 1921-1950 18. James Rowland Angell and the Triumph of the University 19. “Holding at the Three-Yard Line” Part Six: The Modern Era, 1950-1963 20. March toward Greatness Notes Index