1910s

1910

James Blaisdell becomes Pomona's fourth president
1910
 

1911

Preparatory Department closes

1912

"College Letter" carved out above Palmer Canyon
1912
 

1913

Marine Lab built in Laguna Beach
1913
 

1914

College Gates constructed

1915

Bridges Hall of Music completed
1915
 

1916

College bans sororities (but not fraternities)

1917

College prepares for war

1918

Spanish flu pandemic hits campus
1918
 

1919

"Three Million Dollar Campaign" begins
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1910

Earth passes through tail of Halley's Comet

1911

Amundsen reaches South Pole

1912

Titanic hits iceberg and sinks

1913

First moving assembly line at Ford

1914

Assassination triggers World War I

1915

U-boat sinks the Lusitania

1916

First Battle of the Somme

1917

United States enters World War I

1918

Germany signs Armistice

1919

Treaty of Versailles signed