1920s

1921

  • Dr. John Martin Thomas named ninth President; resigned 1925.
  • Senate organized as official representative faculty organization.

1922

  • Emergency building fund campaign began.
  • Graduate School established; Dr. Frank D. Kern, first dean.

1923

  • School of Education instituted; Dr. W. G. Chambers, first dean.
  • School of Agriculture reorganized.

1924

  • School of Chemistry and Physics replaced Natural Science.
  • School of Mines and Metallurgy replaced Mines.

1926

  • First Doctor of Philosophy degree conferred on physicist Marsh W. White.
  • Chi Omega chartered as first national women's fraternity on campus.

1927

  • Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel became tenth President; died in office, 1947; second longest administration -- 21 years.
  • Priestley Lecture Series established by Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemistry society.

1928

  • Bond issue defeated in state referendum, but major building program started with $5 million appropriation, gifts and loans.

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