Instilling Spirit: Students and Citizenship at Washington State, 1892-1942

Through letters, reminiscences, and interviews, Instilling Spirit traces Washington State University's initial decades, offering a unique perspective on college life as it developed in the United States and the Cougar community. Like other smaller institutions, the intensely social nature of education at the new land-grant college helped kindle a patriotic, civic, and charitable spirit. A frigid January 1892 morning marked the opening day for the Agricultural College, Experimental Station a...