ACADEMICS
Chemistry Areas
For the first time, the college catalog breaks down the study of chemistry into five areas: analytical chemistry, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and soil chemistry.
STUDENT LIFE
Ballroom Dancing
A major change following the war was the end of the rules barring dancing on campus. As recently as 1918, an editorial in The Student Life had lamented that 鈥淭he principle of non-dancing has become ingrained into the very fiber of the institution for reasons which the executives can best express and it is worse than futile for us to oppose it.鈥 The post-war culture shift, however, soon carried away that prohibition and, as informal campus dances became common, the efforts of the administration turned to managing the dances and using them 鈥渇or the instruction of those who do not know how to dance.鈥 A floor committee of four men and four women supervisors were authorized 鈥渢o reprimand any undesirable form of dancing or to request any person to leave the floor.鈥 The dance program developed rapidly, and by 1922-23, four all-college formal dances were being conducted in the 鈥淏ig Gym鈥濃攖he Senior-Freshman Dance, the Christian Dance, the Military Ball and the Junior Prom.
FINANCES
Scripps Gift
A gift from Ellen Browning Scripps provided for the purchase of land between First and Third streets to develop 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 鈥渨omen鈥檚 campus.鈥 Soon thereafter, work began on a new dormitory for women to be called Harwood Court.
ATHLETICS
Sagehen at the Olympics
Charles Daggs 鈥23 placed sixth in the 400 meters in the Olympic Games in Antwerp.
ALUMNI
1,000 Graduates
The 1921 Metate (published by the junior class in 1920) notes that for the first time the number of 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 alumni has topped 1,000.
EVENTS
Campus Filming: The Charm School
As Hollywood became the movie capital of the world, the 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 campus soon came into demand as a collegiate set. The 1921 release The Charm School, a silent feature starring Wallace Reid, was the first known movie to be shot on campus, with much of it filmed around 澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 Sumner Hall in 1920.
ELSEWHERE
- The United States Senate voted against joining the League of Nations and refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
- Prohibition began in the United States following the ratification of 18th Amendment to the Constitution.
- The 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote.