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.