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• 1 2020-01-30T16:08:26+00:00 1920-1929 14 This section for 200 Events in 200 Years provides highlights of the university's history from 1920-1929. plain 2025-06-26T15:28:58+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 2025-11-12T16:29:49+00:00 Stunt Night at Mather College 5 This page provides information about Stunt Night at Mather College. plain 2025-11-12T16:49:08+00:00 At Mather College, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas break were not solely devoted to term papers and final exams. Preparations for Stunt Night - writing skits, learning dances, making costumes and scenery - competed for student time and energy.
  
  
  One night, just before Christmas vacation, each class performed an original skit and song, competing for both class honor and the silver Stunt Night cup. Judging was done by a panel of faculty, alumnae, and students. Parody and satire were the prevailing modes of expression. Current events, University mores, and, not surprisingly, the men of Adelbert College, provided rich topics.
  
  
  From its origins in the College’s gymnasium in 1914, Stunt Night’s popularity required a larger venue by the 1920s. For decades, the annual performance was held in the Masonic Auditorium. Over the years, additional traditions accumulated. By the late 1930s, a dance following the performance was held at local hotels such as the Statler Hilton, the Hotel Cleveland, and the Tudor Arms. The Champagne Circle featured the winning class passing the Stunt Night cup around the circle, with each woman taking a celebratory sip of champagne. By the early 1940s, a post-dance breakfast in Haydn Hall ended the festivities in the early morning.
  
  
  In 1945, Stunt Night attracted the attention of Life Magazine, which published an article, “Life Goes to a College Stunt Night,” in the January 21, 1946 issue.
  
  Stunt Night’s status as the most important student event in the Mather College calendar is clear from its extensive coverage in the yearbooks, which can be viewed in the University Archives Student Yearbook collection in Digital Case.
  
  
  Stunt Night is also fondly remembered by Mather alumnae. Some of their recollections have been recorded as audio interviews done by students in the Mather Center Oral History Project.
  
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  For more information about Stunt Night, see the list of records and published histories from the Case Western Reserve University Archives collection on our CWRU Archives Sources page.