Author : Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Foreword by Lee Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162619601X
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Long Beach State: A Brief History by : Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Foreword by Lee Brown
Download or read book Long Beach State: A Brief History written by Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Foreword by Lee Brown and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long Beach State grew up right along with the sprawling Southern California suburbs. Born in 1949, it swelled to accommodate the post-world war enthusiasm for education and land. The rapid expansion brought its share of growing pains. Students took classes in a cramped converted apartment with no books and playing ring-around-the-rosie for physical education. Money was scarce, and faculty at times feuded with the administration. But the new college's "let's put on a show" spirit produced a scrappiness that endures today. Read about the personalities that grew the college from Fred Bixby's bean fields into one of the largest universities in California.