Pittsburg State University: A Photographic History of the First 100 Years

by Randy W. Roberts, Shannon Phillips, Shannon Phillips

It began modestly, as a series of high school courses to train young men and women in industrial and domestic arts. Then in 1903 the Kansas legislature set in motion a chain of educational innovations by authorizing an auxiliary program of the normal college at Emporia. The State Manual Training Normal School opened its doors to 54 students, and ten years later it became independent. The ensuing century saw it evolve into Kansas State Teachers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700616446
• ISBN13: 9780700616442
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 11.1"