
I’ve already said some stuff about Kresge College at UC Santa Cruz. Now it’s time to think about Kresge with the correct historical perspective. The basis for creating Kresge: that Grandpa Elwood was murdered by Frances Beeks is no less true. Staff didn’t realize this for some years later. It was particularly apparent when I was a student there. I was related to Elwood; he was my maternal grandfather. I was having problems with that.
The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College: A book by Gerald Grant and David Riesman, published in 1978 by the University of Chicago Press.
Chapter 4: The Communal – Expressives: Kresge College at Santa Cruz. The Kresge experience and the development that there’s no love can be read in this chapter of The Perpetual Dream.
Comment: May 15, 2025: The publication date, 1978 is the correct time for the Jeff and Tori dental procedure.