President Emeritus, Western Reserve University, 1921-1937
University Numbers
1890/91
1921/22
Enrollment
482
2,150
Tuition
$50
$200
Milestones
The School of Law was established and, in 1892, renamed the Franklin Thomas Backus Law School of Western Reserve University.
1891
The School of Art affiliation ended.
A Graduate school was established, but suspended in 1921.
1892
A Dental school was established. In 1906 it was sold to the Western Reserve Dental School Company, but re-purchased in 1917.
The Cleveland Conservatory of Music affiliation ended.
1895
1898
The United States fought the Kingdom of Spain in the Spanish-American War.
The Library School was established.
1903
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered, sustained, controlled airplane flight.
The 5-year joint course between Adelbert College and Case School of Applied Science was established.
Cleveland School of Pharmacy affiliated with WRU.
1908
The Medical School absorbed the Medical Department of Ohio Wesleyan University.
1910
1913
Henry Ford developed the assembly line, revolutionizing automobile manufacturing.
1914
Countries around the world were plunged into World War I.
School of Applied Social Sciences was established.
1915
1916
The Cleveland Play House opened its first production.
1918
The influenza epidemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.
The Cleveland Orchestra performed its first concert.
1920
Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution extended the franchise to women.
1921
The Cleveland Clinic was established.
Regional Population
1890
1920
Cleveland
261,353
796,841
Cuyahoga County
309,970
943,495
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.
