Evan Pugh's Penn State

List of Illustrations

Preface

1. Evan Pugh: A Young Man Enamored of Science and Education

2. Study in Germany and France, Research in England

3. A New School, a New President, a New Movement

4. Beginning the Presidency

5. The Institution Hits Its Stride

6. Pugh’s Standing in the American Scientific Community

7. Campaigning for the Morrill Land-Grant College Act

8. The Disruptions of 1863

9. The Battle Royal

10. Death and Aftermath

11. Epilogue

Appendix A Report upon a Plan for the Organization of Colleges for Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts with Especial Reference to the Organization of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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