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12020-01-30T16:08:26+00:00200 Events in 200 Years: 1930s10This section provides detailed information about the university 1930-1939plain2025-04-18T20:49:23+00:0019301930 William E. Wickenden was inaugurated as Case School of Applied Science's third president.
1931 The College for Women was renamed Flora Stone Mather College in honor of early benefactress, Flora Stone Mather.
1932 Western Reserve University established a chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific society.
1933 The Western Reserve University Faculty Club was located at 2035 Adelbert Road.
1934 Winfred G. Leutner was inaugurated as Western Reserve University's eighth president. A graduate of Adelbert College in 1901, he was the only alumnus to serve as president.
1935 Western Reserve University trustees renamed the School of Nursing in honor of U. S. Congresswoman Frances Payne Bolton.
1936 Mather House was converted into a cooperative dormitory for the 1935/1936 academic year. Residents worked about 1 hour per day in exchange for a reduction in the usual dormitory fee.
1937 Trustee Andrew Squire (pictured here) and his wife, Eleanor, willed their property, Squire Valleevue Farm, to Western Reserve University.
1938 The School of Pharmacy maintained a drug garden where they grew plants for medicines at Squire Valleevue Farm.
1939 With the construction of a new addition, Eldred Hall's main use changed from a student union to a theatre. The production of Spook Sonata formally opened the new theatre addition.