Dean describes the strong academic reputation of the institution; the closeness of the faculty and staff and the strength of the women faculty, administrators and graduates. She talks about prominent chancellors, alumni association presidents, faculty and administrators and the changes she witnessed as the university was transformed from a residential to a commuter school. She discusses the campus protests during the Vietnam War and her views on political activism. Subjects: Strong academic standard of the students during the 1940s, Harriet Elliott and her influence on campus and being a national figure during WWII, faculty members (Louise Alexander, Helen Barton, and Mary Channing Coleman), life on campus, rules on campus, role models, mentors, debating and literary societies, Arts Forum, Peter Taylor, Anna M. Gove, Katherine Taylor, Edward J. Forney, Dr. Foust, Chancellor Graham, Mereb Mossman, coeducation, Betty Brown Jester as Alumnae Secretary during the late 1940s and early 1950s, Chancellor Graham controversy.