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
University Numbers
1923/24
1933/34
Enrollment
3,648
8,715
Faculty salary expenses
$605,744.37
$1,018,889.30
Tuition
$200
$300
Milestones
School of Nursing was established.
1923
With Case School of Applied Science, WRU established Cleveland College, a pioneering effort in adult education.
1925
1927
Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic.
School of Education was established.
1928
The Cleveland School of Architecture affiliated with WRU.
1929
The Great Depression, triggered by the October 29 stock market crash, began a decade of worldwide economic hardship.
The College for Women was renamed Flora Stone Mather College.
1931
Severe drought ushered in the Dust Bowl, which left 500,000 Americans homeless.
Regional Population
1920
1930
Cleveland
796,841
900,429
Cuyahoga County
943,495
1,201,455
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.
