The Numbers and More, 1910-11


First College of Agriculture Hall and Experiment Station.
Number Students and Graduates
256 Undergraduate Students, Fall Semester
40 Graduates, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
169 Winter Courses in Agriculture Participants
Number Faculty, Courses and Academic Majors
4 Academic Departments
19 Faculty Members
52 Courses Offered to Undergraduates
6 Academic Specializations (Majors)
Dollars Academic Year Fees, Undergraduate (Excludes special fees, includes tuition paid only by nonresidents)
$36 Indiana Residents ($955 in 2018 dollars, inflation-adjusted)
$61 Nonresident, U.S. Citizen ($1,618 in 2018 dollars, inflation-adjusted)
Purdue Agriculture, 1910-11
- Four of the eleven starters on the Purdue varsity football team were Agriculture students.
- “The Student Agricultural Society affords an opportunity for Freshman and Senior to come together each week and mingle on a common level. And it also offers training in presenting subjects intelligently before an audience.” — The Purdue Agriculturist, student magazine, December, 1910 edition
Elsewhere, 1910-11
- The first Indianapolis 500 race was run on May 30, 1911.
- The Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910.