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Click here to browse Echoes in the Halls at Google Books. From the 2000 Canadian Book Review Annual... Echoes in the Halls:
An Unofficial History of the University of Alberta. This very readable book is a welcome addition to an all-too-scant social history of Canadian higher education. Organized as a millennium project by the Association of Professors Emeriti of the University of Alberta, the book presents the reminiscences of some 100 former members of the university: academic and administrative staff, as well as veterans of the institution's senate and board of governors. The individual entries (which range in length from two to ten pages and are interspersed with photographs) are engagingly informal and display a wide range of interests and recollections. The vignettes have been grouped into 12 chapters that cover such topics as recollections of student days, early days as staff members, significant and/or eccentric scholars and administrators, work with the community, teaching and research, and building and expansion. The overall impression left by these vignettes is one of optimism, commitment, and pride in community. Echoes in the Hall will be of obvious interest to anyone who has been part of the University of Alberta. It will also appeal to those interested in the development of Canadian higher education during the last half-century, as well as those with a more general interest in our social history during that period. Alexander D. Gregor | home | writing | editing | music | personal | weird stuff | rollans.com | |