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Bohi, M. Janette / A history of Wisconsin State University Whitewater, 1868-1968
(1967)
[Preface] Preface, pp. ix-x
Page ix
Preface The centennial history of an institution needs to be panoramic. Within its covers there must emerge the subtle blending of yesterday and tomorrow which gives today its decisive significance. The task of gathering the events of a century into one volume without blurring the picture, then, becomes the anxious concern of an author. The names of most of the people whose connection with this University has brought it to this hour of celebration have not been mentioned in the text; history is written that way, due to lack of space and information. The reader will sense, however, that the acclaim rendered Whitewater's leaders took root in the labors of unnamed followers-and it is the desire of this writer that the friends and relatives of that great company may take secret pride in this centennial view of time's sovereign operation upon the institution. This presentation, like the century it seeks to portray, has been the work of many hands. To former President Walker D. Wyman, whose five- year tenure brought to a brimming conclusion Whitewater's first century, I am indebted for inspiration, encouragement, and administrative direc- tion. Dr. Edward J. Morgan, chairman of the Department of History, read the manuscript and has granted the necessary released time from teaching duties to accomplish the writing. Dr. Donald Graham, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, read the manuscript and offered sug- gestions. Dr. Gordon E. Parks, University Archivist and chairman of the Centennial Committee, has cooperated by giving of his own time and by sharing the excellent and faithful services of his assistant, Mr. John E. Riggert, who checked numerous statistics and whose hand penned several items in the Appendix. I acknowledge also the contribution of Dr. Cord 0. Wells, Vice President for Academic Affairs, whose Foreword honored this volume just before he retired from forty-two years of service to the institution. Mrs. Mary Mills, Director of Public Information, has seen to such details as the format of the book. Mr. Wallace E. Zastrow, Director of Field Services, has shouldered the business end of publication. The Whitewater Historical Society graciously permitted the use of some of its materials, and the hospitality of Editor Charles B. Coe made it possible for me to handle over a century of Whitewater Registers in that office. Much early information has been taken from Prosper Cravath's Early Annals of ix
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