Centrepiece Online | Fall 2003
Fall/Winter 2003
Vol. 44, No. 2




Centrepiece
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Features in this issue:

The Cost of War:
Centre and the Battle of Perryville

by Stuart W. Sanders ’95
Centre thought it was insulated from the Civil War. Then soldiers from both sides took over Old Centre—and stayed for nearly a year.

Where’s the Diploma?
The Search for Value in Higher Education

by John A. Roush, President and Clarence R. Wyatt ’78,
Pottinger Associate Professor of History and Special
Assistant to the President

State-supported schools may carry a lower initial price tag, but if you don’t have your diploma in four years, are they really better value?

Endpiece: Good-bye, Brother
by Steve Wilson ’85