| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-502) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the sage -- Flying the Union Jack -- "An indubitable genius" -- A university is born -- Educator -- Twelfth president -- "Great personalities make great universities" -- An old shoe -- Teddy Roosevelt and a horse called Nicoletta -- "Dear Tessie" -- Mr. Butler's asylum -- At home--and away -- "Pick Nick for a picnic in November" -- "Kid" Butler, the Columbia Catamount, vs. "Wild Bill" Borah, the Boise Bearcat -- "Jastrow is, I am sorry to say, a Hebrew" -- Path to peace -- Perils of bolshevism, promises of fascism -- The fund raiser -- "Morningside's miracle" -- Resignation, retirements, and death -- Epilogue : the disappearance. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. James H. Poivan, Professor of History, Emeritus. |
| Subject |
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947.
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Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947. |
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Columbia University -- Presidents -- Biography.
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Columbia University. |
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Presidents. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Columbia University Student Strike (1968) |
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College presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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College presidents. |
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United States. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Columbia University. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0374299943 |
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9780374299941 |
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