Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville now has as its main campus 2,600 acres of gently rolling Mississippi River bluff land in the heart of the Madison-St. Clair two-county area, commonly known as Metro East, the opening of which in 1965 this book seeks to commemorate. The book provides a view of the emergence of a major university in a 25-year period, 10 of these years on the Edwardsville campus. The more than 50 photographs...