Albert Reynolds Taylor
1901-1913, 1915-1919
Notable events during this administration:
Cornerstone of Liberal Arts Hall
is laid
President Theodore Roosevelt dedicates the new college
562 students attend opening day exercises
Degrees awarded to the first four-year graduating class
Women's residence hall opens (later named
Aston Hall
)
James Millikin
, founder of the University, dies
President Howard Taft speaks in the Assembly Hall
New Gymnasium and the Conservatory open
First homecoming celebration in 1915
Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
is established in 1918 and dissolves a month later when World War I ends
One Million-Dollar Endowment campaign begins