ABSTRACT
The Dwight D. Eisenhowers left Denver by train after Labor Day weekend, and the train trip gave him time to think about the beginning of his first academic year at Columbia. The Columbia community also shared the sense of excitement as Eisenhower returned to the campus and opened the 195th academic year. Administrative reorganization and a vast development program were, undoubtedly, among the least exciting matters he considered during the busy September weeks, but they were, also, most pressing if Eisenhower were to launch successfully his crusade for youth and citizenship. The Eisenhowers and Frederick Coykendalls gave a formal, three-hour buffet reception in the Rotunda of Low Memorial for two thousand invited guests, and special exhibits of Columbiana had been arranged in the Rotunda's display cases. Eisenhower had sold every right, including subsidiary rights, to Crusade in Europe, qualifying him for a capital gains tax instead of a personal income tax.
