1900-1929

1900

• The University opened a school of commerce, making it the fourth university in the nation to offer a four-year business degree.
• With a final price tag of over $8,000, construction on the President's House was completed.

1902

• Because of a possible smallpox epidemic, University leaders and local health officials required students living in the dormitory to stay on campus.

1903

• Joseph Williams earned the first advanced degree from the University, a Master of Arts in Social Sciences.

1904

• The University celebrated the 30^th anniversary of its founding. Professor of Classics James E. Church edited a memorial volume for the event.

1906

• The name of the University officially changed from Nevada State University to the University of Nevada.
• A devastating earthquake destroyed large parts of San Francisco, California, including the printers responsible for the year’s Artemisia yearbook.

1907

• The University received a bronze statue of Comstock pioneer John W. Mackay created by Gutzon Borglum commissioned by Mackay’s family.
• The department of Physics began offering classes.

1908

• The Mackay family donated $1.5 million to support a new mining building and its equipment, landscaping for the Quad, and an athletic field and training house.
• The dedication of the Mackay School of Mines building took place in June.
• The Mackay Mineral Museum opened to showcase minerals, rocks, and fossils from Nevada and around the world.

1909

• The Mackay Athletic Field and Training Quarters opened.

1910

• The student newspaper, The Student Record, changed its name to The U. of N. Sagebrush.
• Audrey W. Ohmert and Dorothy F. Riechers received the first R. Herz Gold Medals, given to the graduating senior(s) achieving the highest undergraduate grade-point average.

1911

• A ceremony commemorated the completion of the Orr irrigation ditch dam and Manzanita Lake.

1912

• The Mackay family established a $150,000 endowment for the Mackay School of Mines.
• Students enrolled in the first summer session of the University.

1913

• Campus held the first Mackay Day celebration.
• Students placed and whitewashed thousands of rocks to form a 140 by 150 foot "N" overlooking the campus on Peavine Peak.

1914

• The administration of President Stubbs ended with his death on May 27^th.
• Archer W. Hendrick assumed the presidency on September 14^th. He was the University’s 4th president.
• The Smith-Lever Act invigorated the Cooperative Extension program, leading to the creation of the Agricultural Extension Division.
• The University Library (now Jones Center), designed by Frederick De Longchamps, completed construction.

1915

• The first graduates in Electrical Engineering earned their degrees.

1917

• The University purchased 213 acres to establish the University Farm.
• The administration of President Hendrick ended on September 1^st with his resignation.

1918

• On September 1^st, the University celebrated the inauguration of Walter Ernest Clark as its 5^th president.
• The University ordered a quarantine to contain the spread of the flu pandemic. No one was allowed to go from or to the campus without permission.

1920

• Classes began in the newly formed School of Education.
• The University established a federal radio station on campus.
• The University of Nevada received accreditation from the National Association of American Colleges and Universities.
• The University held its first homecoming activities.
• The football team became the first from the mainland to play a game in Hawaii.
• President Clark initiated the "Book of the Oath", to be signed by each successive class as a pledge to service and high ideals.

1921

• The University established an Engineering Experiment Station.
• James "Rabbit" Bradshaw, a standout football player, became Nevada's first All-American.
• University enrollment surpassed 500 students for the first time.

1922

• Faculty member Laura Ambler matriculated the first Journalism department students to the University.

1923

• The "Wolf Pack" officially became the University’s mascot.

1924

• Samuel B. Doten published his History of the University of Nevada.

1927

• Thanks to funds donated by William A. Clark, Jr., the University completed construction of Memorial Library.

1928

• Wá∙šiw Tribe member Lloyd Barrington became the first Native American to graduate from the University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

1929

• The Mackay School of Mines established the Nevada Bureau of Mines.