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Line 28: − − ==Tributes and Honors== − The library at Emporia State University, which is home to one of the only Library Science departments in the Midwest, is named after White, as is the Journalism Department at the [[University of Kansas]]. − − In addition both a B-29 bomber and a WWII liberty Ship were named in honor of WAW. − − Three elementary Schools (in Wichita, Kansas City, and Emporia, Kansas) are named after WAW − − William Allen White's home in Emporia ''Red Rocks'' is on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned and operated by the [[Kansas Historical Society]]. − − He received two Pulitzer Prizes. One for his editorial "To An Anxious Friend" in defense of freedom of speech, and one posthumously after he died for his Autobiography. − − Though never having received a diploma from the [[University of Kansas]], he was granted ten honorary degrees from such institutions as [[Columbia University]], [[Harvard]], and [[Washburn University]] in [[Topeka]], [[Kansas]]. Line 62:
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White sought to encoyrage a viable moral order that would provide the nation with a sense of community. White recognized the powerful forces of corruption but called for slow, remedial change having its origin in the middle class. In the 'Heart of a Fool' (1918), White fully developed the idea that reform remained the soundest ally of property rights. He felt that the Spanish American War fostered political unity, and believed that a moral victory and an advance in civilization would be compensation for the devastation of World War I. White concluded that democracy in the New Era inevitably lacked direction, and the New Deal found him a baffled spectator. Nevertheless, he clung to his vision of a cooperative society until his death in 1944.<ref> Richard W. Resh, "A Vision in Emporia: William Allen White's Search for Community," ''Midcontinent American Studies Journal'' 1969 10(2): 19-35</ref>
White sought to encoyrage a viable moral order that would provide the nation with a sense of community. White recognized the powerful forces of corruption but called for slow, remedial change having its origin in the middle class. In the 'Heart of a Fool' (1918), White fully developed the idea that reform remained the soundest ally of property rights. He felt that the Spanish American War fostered political unity, and believed that a moral victory and an advance in civilization would be compensation for the devastation of World War I. White concluded that democracy in the New Era inevitably lacked direction, and the New Deal found him a baffled spectator. Nevertheless, he clung to his vision of a cooperative society until his death in 1944.<ref> Richard W. Resh, "A Vision in Emporia: William Allen White's Search for Community," ''Midcontinent American Studies Journal'' 1969 10(2): 19-35</ref>
==References==
==References==
* White, William Allen. ''Masks in a Pageant'' 566pp
* White, William Allen. ''Masks in a Pageant'' 566pp
* White, William Allen. '' Selected Letters of William Allen White, 1899-1943'' (1947), 460pp Edited by Walter Johnson
* White, William Allen. '' Selected Letters of William Allen White, 1899-1943'' (1947), 460pp Edited by Walter Johnson
[[category:Progressive Era]]
[[category:Progressive Era]]