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• 1 2020-01-30T16:08:26+00:00 200 Events in 200 Years: 1890s 15 This section provides detailed information about the university from 1890-1899 plain 2025-04-21T12:36:59+00:00 1890 1890
  
  The college-age consumer was as attractive to advertisers in 1890 as it is in 2006. Merchants advertised a wide range of goods and services in the Adelbert College student yearbook.
  
  
  1891
  Charles F. Thwing was inaugurated as Western Reserve University's sixth president. Thwing was the longest-serving president at either Case Institute of Technology or Western Reserve University, serving 31 years.
  
  
  1892
  First classes were held by Western Reserve University's School of Dentistry, Department of Graduate Instruction, and Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law. Pictured are the first deans: Robert Deering, Graduate Instruction; Evan Hopkins, Law; and Charles R. Butler, Dentistry.
  
  
  1893
  First Case School of Applied Science bag rush was held. It was an annual battle between the freshmen and sophomores. The winner gained the privilege of flying their class banner on the college pole for the rest of the week.
  
  
  1894
  Edward Christopher Williams, Adelbert College Class of 1892, was the first African-American appointed librarian of Adelbert College.
  
  
  1895
  The cornerstone was laid for Hatch Library. It was Western Reserve University's first building solely used as a library.
  
  
  1896
  The first affiliation agreement was approved between Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland (Lakeside Hospital).
  
  
  1897
  Cornerstone was laid for Eldred Hall, the first student union of Adelbert College. Built as a Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) building, it housed committee and society rooms, and an auditorium for student social activities.
  
  
  1898
  In response to the Spanish-American War, the Voluntary Case Corps of Cadets was organized for military drill exercises at the Case School of Applied Science.
  
  
  1899
  On Class Day at the College for Women, the senior class performed a play.
  
  
• 1 2021-10-04T14:50:04+00:00 Charles F. Thwing 12 plain 2022-07-14T17:00:57+00:00
  Charles F. Thwing
  Pronunciation: TWING
  (11/9/1853-8/29/1937)
  
  President, Western Reserve University, 11/1890-11/11/1921
  
  Education
  
  A.B., Harvard College, 1876
  
  Graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, 1879
  
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  University Awards

  The College for Women Class of 1922 established the Charles F. Thwing Fund to support the College’s library, 1922.

  Western Reserve University awarded Thwing the honorary Doctor of Humanities, 1926.

  Western Reserve University named its Euclid Avenue library building Thwing Hall to honor the President’s service, 1934.

  Case Western Reserve University named its renovated student center the Charles F. Thwing Student Center, 1972.

  
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  Career

  Pastor, North Congregational Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1879-1886

  Pastor, Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1886-1890

  President Emeritus, Western Reserve University, 1921-1937

  
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  University Numbers
  
                                      1890/91             1921/22
  Enrollment                       482                       2,150
  Tuition                              $50                       $200
  
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  Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
  
  1891   The School of Law was established and, in 1892, renamed the Franklin Thomas Backus
               Law School of Western Reserve University. 
  
               The School of Art affiliation ended. 
  
  1892   A Graduate school was established, but suspended in 1921. 
  
               A Dental school was established.  In 1906 it was sold to the Western Reserve Dental School
               Company, but re-purchased in 1917. 
  
  1895   The Cleveland Conservatory of Music affiliation ended. 
  
  1898   The United States fought the Kingdom of Spain in the Spanish-American War. 
  
  1903   The Library School was established. 
  
               Orville and Wilber Wright made the first powered, sustained, controlled airplane flight. 
  
               The 5-year joint course between Adelbert College and Case School of Applied Science
                was established. 
  
  1908   Cleveland School of Pharmacy affiliated with WRU. 
  
  1910   The Medical School absorbed the Medical Department of Ohio Wesleyan University. 
  
  1913   Henry Ford developed the assembly line, revolutionizing automobile manufacturing. 
  
  1914   Countries around the world were plunged into World War I. 
  
  1915   School of Applied Social Sciences was established. 
  
  1916   The Cleveland Play House opened its first production. 
  
  1918   The influenza epidemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. 
  
               The Cleveland Orchestra performed its first concert. 
  
  1920   Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended the franchise 
               to women. 
  
  1921   The Cleveland Clinic was established. 
  
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  Regional Population
  
                                      1890              1920                  
  Cleveland                  261,353           796,841                 
  Cuyahoga County    309,970          943,495                                           
  
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  Caution should be taken when comparing financial data across long periods of time. Accounting practices have changed substantially during CWRU's nearly 200-year history. In compiling these numbers, we have relied on the most authoritative contemporaneous sources available.
  
  Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, March 2007.

• 1 2022-06-15T19:30:45+00:00 Charles F. Thwing Picture Gallery 3 Pictures of Charles F. Thwing plain 2022-06-15T20:34:29+00:00