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• 1 2020-01-30T16:08:26+00:00 200 Events in 200 Years: 1920s 12 This section provides detailed information about the university from 1920-1929 plain 2025-04-21T12:39:45+00:00 1920 1920
  The director of the Adelbert College Physical Education Department made a study of students' use of tobacco. Almost 70% started using tobacco in college – most beginning their use when they were freshmen.
  
  
  1921
  Freshmen traditions at Case School of Applied Science included a requirement to wear caps on campus and in the halls of all buildings; a ban on wearing prep school insignia around campus; and "Reasonable deference must be shown to upper classmen at all times." Pictured is a warning to follow these traditions.
  
  
  1922
  Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the new School of Medicine building in University Circle (later named the Harland Goff Wood Building). The Medical School and University Hospitals were moving from their downtown locations to a shared medical campus in University Circle.
  
  
  1923
  First classes were held by Western Reserve University's School of Nursing. Pictured are students in one of the first classes.
  
  
  1924
  Robert E. Vinson was inaugurated as Western Reserve University's seventh president.
  
  
  1925
  First classes were held by Cleveland College. It was originally a joint venture between Case School of Applied Science and Western Reserve.
  
  
  1926
  Stunt Night was held annually at the College for Women. Each class presented an original stunt and song. Cups were awarded to the winner.
  
  
  1927
  Western Reserve University Junior Prom was held at the Allerton Hotel. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians provided the music for dancing from 1-4 a.m. Sam Stromberg's orchestra played earlier in the evening.
  
  
  1928
  Western Reserve University trustees established the School of Education.
  
  
  1929
  Western Reserve University trustees approved an affiliation with the Cleveland School of Architecture. Pictured here is the Class of 1929.
  
  
• 1 2021-10-28T20:09:43+00:00 Robert E. Vinson 5 plain 2022-07-14T17:01:52+00:00
  Robert E. Vinson
  (11/4/1876-9/2/1945)
  
  President, Western Reserve University, 6/13/1923-12/4/1933
  
  Education
  
  A.B., Austin College, 1896
  
  B.D., Union Theological Seminary, 1899
  
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  Career

  Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, West Virginia, 1899-1902

  Professor of Old Testament Languages and Exegesis, Austin Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas, 1902-1906

  Professor of English Bible and Practical Theology, Austin Theological Seminary, 1906-1916

  President, Austin Theological Seminary, 1908-1916

  President, University of Texas, 1916-1923

  
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  University Numbers
  
                                               1923/24             1933/34
  Enrollment                              3,648                       8,715
  Faculty salary expenses     $605,744.37      $1,018,889.30
  Tuition                                      $200                       $300
  
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  Milestones (non-university-related events are in italics)
  
  1923   School of Nursing was established. 
  
  1925   With Case School of Applied Science, WRU established Cleveland College, a pioneering effort
               in adult education. 
  
  1927   Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic. 
  
  1928   School of Education was established. 
  
  1929   The Cleveland School of Architecture affiliated with WRU.
  
              The Great Depression, triggered by the October 29 stock market crash, began a decade of
              worldwide economic hardship. 
  
  1931   The College for Women was renamed Flora Stone Mather College. 
  
              Severe drought ushered in the Dust Bowl, which left 500,000 Americans homeless. 
  
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  Regional Population
  
                                      1920              1930                  
  Cleveland                  796,841           900,429                 
  Cuyahoga County    943,495         1,201,455                                           
  
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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 2022-06-15T19:43:11+00:00 Robert E. Vinson Picture Gallery 2 Pictures of Robert E. Vinson plain 2022-06-15T20:37:52+00:00