American Education, Democracy, and the Second World War

266 Pages·2007·2.529 MB·English

by  Charles Dorn (auth.)

American Education,
Democracy, and the Second
World War
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American Education,
Democracy, and the Second
World War
Charles Dorn
American Education,Democracy,and the Second World War
Copyright © Charles Dorn,2007.
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DOI 10.1057/9780230608887
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For Mary Ann Dorn and Katherine Bulkley Philips,
veterans of the World War II homefront, and for LeRoy
Edmund Dorn and Charles Earl Philips, veterans
of the World War II battlefront.
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Contents
List ofIllustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction:Democracy’s Citadel 1
2 Promoting the “Public Welfare”at Stanford University 25
3 Palo Alto Schools at War 61
4 “An Avalanche Hits Richmond” 95
5 Wartime Nursery Schools in Richmond 127
6 Education in a Time ofWar 163
Notes 179
Selected Bibliography 227
Index 251
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List of Illustrations
Figure 2.1 Stanford University enrollment,1940/45 29
Figure 2.2 Uniformed students—Members ofthe Army 41
Specialized Training Program on the history
corner steps during World War II
Table 3.1 Number ofclass periods offered per week, 69
Palo Alto High School,1939/45
Figure 3.1 Palo Alto VEND expenditures,1940/45 80
Figure 3.2 Palo Alto average daily attendance,1939/45 81
Figure 5.1 USMC nursery school,c.1943 149
Figure 5.2 Two-year-old student art 150
Figure 5.3 Four-year-old student art 151