Table of Contents Acknowledgements Foreward Author's Defense Phase I: The Private School Phase II: The School Under the Board of Incorporators Phase III: The State School Phase I: The Private School Morning Exercises Advertising His School The Birth of a City The Phrenology Headache The Making of an Educator The Ideal School The Educator's Wife The Second Ten Years A Private Decision Pestalozzi, Krusi and W.N. Ferris Planning Ahead Railway Mail Service Into the Forest Primeval An Academic Potpourri The School Doors Open Certified Teachers Faith, Hope and Charity Pestalozzi Goes to Kindergarten Education Was Not Expensive Pharmacy Becomes a Keystone Growing Pains Into the Twentieth Century The Muskegon Venture The Muses Were Not Forgotten Years of Indecision Positive Advertising A Foundation is Laid Opportunity Beckons The New Building Programs Expand More Problems The Ferris Cooperative Association Current Problems The Yearbook Debuts Luxury Items Governor W.N.Ferris Student Acceptance Non-Educational Pursuits Mountains of Missives The Copper Strke The Friend of Students The Spirit of the Times Another Bank Fails Spirit of Education The First Catalog Sorrow Strikes the Campus Calamitous Year The Institute Goes to War Early Placement Records Another Outgrowth of the War A Report to Parents and Guardians A Little Self-Praise In Locus Parentis Post-War Expansion The Start of a Legend Bridegroom and Senator The Faculty Grows Anecdotal Interlude Political Change The Plan for Growth Ahead of His Time Mr. Ferris Holds Onto the Reins What Shall Our Boys Do For a Living? Ferris Dies; The Campus Mourns Taking Stock The Masselink Months First a School, Then a Bank Turmoil on Campus A Unique Sales Pitch The Austere Years Begin    FSU Home FSU History Table of Contents Search