Prologue...

I. The Reformers (1898-1914)

Dr. Eliot's Unfinished Business . Gold Coasters and Greasy Grinds . An Undesirable Game for Gentlemen . Misalliance with MIT . "On a New Tack": The Lowell Era . The Golden Years

II. The Great War (1914-1919)

Volunteers . "An Oasis of Peace and Concord" . Cogs in the War Machine . Death and Victory

III. Between the Wars (1919-1941)

Reign of Terror . Boom Times. Living Dangerously . The Great Depression . President Conant . That Man in the White House . The Tercentenary. Up or Out . Girding for War

IV. "Conant's Arsenal" (1941-1945)

Bugles in the Yard. Behind Closed Doors Building the Bomb. "The Radiance 0f Their Deeds"

V. Amazing Growth (1945-1963)

The Veterans Encamp . The Red Book . The Marshall Plan . The Cold War. President Pusey . Tilting With McCarthy . The Fourth Branch of Government . "A Good Time to Act Greatly"

VI. The University on Trial (1963-1971)

Baby Boomers . "On Strike! Shut It Down!" . No Shock, It's Bok . The Women Move In

VII. Harvard Restored (1971-1990)

"To Renew a Vision..." . Watergate . Core Curriculum . Affirmative Action and Diversity . Endowment-building . The Computer Revolution A Great Show . The Cold War Ends

VIII. Millennial Harvard (1990-1998)

Rudenstine Redux . Reaching Higher--and Thinking in Billions . Transformations Notes

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index

John T. Bethell is the Senior Editor of The American Scholar and a contributing editor at Harvard Magazine, where he was editor from 1966 to 1995.

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