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Isaac Butler Schreckengast
President: 1917-1932

• He began the “I Will Maintain” Campaign to raise funds to help Wesleyan remain during the Great Depression.

• 1920 - William Jennings Bryan speaks at Nebraska Wesleyan.

• Women’s physical education classes used the attic of Old Main as a rifle range.

• 1923 - A magnificent stained glass window in Old Main was donated by a group later to be named Alpha Gamma Delta.

• 1923 - Rachel Ann Lucas Library was built, which is now the art building.

• 1927 - Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority was installed; 1928 – Phi Kappa Tau was installed.

• 1932 - Wesleyan football player Bob Gibb set a world record with a 107-yard run during a game against Oklahoma City, which was later published in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not.”

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