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History of Texas Christian University : A College of the Cattle Frontier
First published by TCU Press in 1947, Colby Hall's book History of Texas Christian University: A College of the Cattle Frontier is the story of the first seventy-five years of the institution. Tracing the evolution of Add Ran College to Add Ran University, and ultimately to Texas Christian Univ...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
TCU Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | Anniversary edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dedication; Contents; Editorial Note; Foreword; Biographical Sketch of Colby D. Hall; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Milestones; Chapter 1; The Southwestern Frontier and Its Schools; Chapter 2: The Clark Family; Chapter 3: The Beginnings in Fort Worth 1869; Chapter 4: Add-Ran College at Thorp Shpring 1873-1889; Chapter 5: Add-Ran Christian University at Thorp Spring 1889-1895; Chapter 6: The Features of a Frontier College; Chapter 7: The Range and the Railroad Make Friends 1895; Chapter 8: The Seven Lean Years 1895-1902; Chapter 9: Addison Clark, Philalatheian, 1842-1911.
- Chapter 10: Trail Blazing For aBible College, 1895-1914Chapter 11: The School Becomes an Institution; Chapter 12: The Glory of the Small Church College; Chapter 13: The Fire and the Third Move 1910; Chapter 14: New Roots in Old Soil; Chapter 15: The Colleges of Medicine and Law 1900-03, 1911-20; Chapter 16: Struggles with War and Finance 1916-1923; Chapter 17: The Cattle Frontier Yields Dividends; Chapter 18: The Seven Fat Years 1924-1930; Chapter 19: Through the Depression Years Together; Chapter 20: The Silver Anniversary of Brite College of the Bible 1914-1939.
- Chapter 21: The Trail of the Fighting Frogs 1897-1945Chapter 22: The Evolution of the Curriculum and the Faculty; Chapter 23: TCU in World War II; Chapter 24: The New Era of Expansion 1939-47; Chapter 25: Related Colleges; Bibliography; Index; A World-Wide Outlook.