The Numbers and More, 1920-21


New horse barn on the Purdue farm, 1919.
Number Students and Graduates
548 Undergraduate Students, Fall Semester
96 Graduates, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
91 Winter Courses in Agriculture Participants
Number Faculty, Courses and Academic Majors
7 Academic Departments
43 Faculty Members
87 Courses Offered to Undergraduates
8 Academic Majors
Dollars Academic Year Fees, Undergraduate (Excludes special fees, includes tuition paid only by nonresidents)
$51 Indiana Residents ($642 in 2018 dollars, inflation-adjusted)
$86 Nonresident, U.S. Citizens ($1,084 in 2018 dollars, inflation-adjusted)
Purdue Agriculture, 1920-21
- A contest among the classes resulted in nearly 100 percent membership in the Agricultural Society, the social and professional club for students.
- Purdue paid homage on Armistice Day, November 11, to her 68 loyal sons who died in World War I.
Elsewhere, 1920-21
- On November 2, 1920, Warren G. Harding was elected U.S. President in the first national election in which women were allowed to vote.
- The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibition of production and consumption of alcohol, was started in1920.