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In spite of CSU President William Morgan’s strong belief in the value of humanistic education and of the renaming of the institution as a university, expanding the school’s emphasis beyond vocational training did not happen immediately. The research function of the university was well underway, increasingly paid for by public…

Ideally, a student who is getting his mathematics, his paleontology, his microbiology and all the other ‘ologies’ can come under the influence of a kindly professor in some area of the liberal arts who can motivate that student to make a larger contribution to society. –William E. Morgan, from Visionary…

The English Department entered its second decade in 1949 amidst the rapid and significant changes of the post-World War II era. Several icons of 20th century popular culture were born that year, including Billy Joel, Meryl Streep, Richard Gere, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Springsteen, and John Belushi. Harry Truman was the…

As we might expect, the World War II era changed life at Colorado State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts (CSC). The newly formed English department, however, (excuse the pun) soldiered on. Before the US even entered the war, classes were canceled on October 16, 1940 to allow all men…

Born in 1939: Margaret Atwood, Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner, Lily Tomlin, Francis Ford Coppola, and English as a stand-alone department at Colorado State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts. Enrollment at Colorado State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts, or CSC, in Fall 1939 was 2048 students. The newly-created English…