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    • On August 15, the trustees adopted course offerings including:

      • two 2-year and two 3-year diploma courses

      • three 1-year short courses in professional subjects

      • a 1-year short course for rural teachers

      • and plans for the diploma courses to extend into 4-year professional courses when there was enough demand

  • The first faculty meeting was held in the fall of 1914, the Saturday before classes began. It was held in the Hotel Milikin, on the corner of Main and Wooster streets.

  • First classes started in rented portions of the Armory Building because campus buildings were not yet ready.

  • Smoking was prohibited in campus buildings by faculty and students, and smoking in public by faculty was frowned upon.

  • Tuition was free; students only paid for materials.

The Bowling Green Armory, East Wooster Street, where classes met from 1914-1915

The Bowling Green Armory, East Wooster Street, where classes met from 1914-1915



Williams Hall

Williams Hall



The large frame house on East Wooster Street was remodeled and became the President's home in 1914

The large frame house on East Wooster Street was remodeled and became the President's home in 1914


First class of 1914

First class of 1914


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