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1920-1929

  • 1920 - The State Board of Agriculture elects first woman member Dora Stockman
  • October 17, 1921 - M.A.C. Creamery Commercializes
  • December 1922 - WKAR first broadcasts daily crop reports and weather forecasts
  • 1923 - First broadcast of a MSU football game.
  • 1924 - Kenyon L. Butterfield Named Tenth President
  • 1924 - Engineering Experiment Station established
  • May 1, 1925 - Name of College changes to Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
  • 1926 - The "Spartan" name begins
  • 1926 - Michigan's first rural electrical power line, reaching from Mason to Danville, is placed in service with the cooperation from the college
  • 1927 - Kedzie Chemical Building constructed
  • 1927 - Demonstration Hall constructed
  • May 22, 1928 - Course in Physical Education for women authorized.
  • December 1928 - Kellogg Company donates farm and bird sanctuary to college
  • 1929 - Ethel V. Lyon is the first female granted permission to enroll in engineering
  • 1929 - Marie Dye becomes Dean of College of Home Economics
  • 1929 - The Holcad becomes the Michigan State News
  • 1929 - Beaumont Tower erected on site of College Hall.
  • December 1929 - Future pilot Fay Gillis Wells graduates from MSU