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1901
The office of Director is combined with the duties of President. Palmer C. Ricketts is appointed as the first person to serve as full-time president of R.P.I.
1902
Varsity Baseball is reestablished after a thirteen year hiatus.
First Varsity Hockey game is played against Williams College at the Ship Street rink in Cohoes.
1904
Two consecutive fires destroy the Main Building and damage the Winslow Laboratory.
1905
Rensselaer purchases the Warren Estate and makes plans to build a campus up the hill from 8th St.
1906
Carnegie Building completed.
1907
Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage gives $1,000,000 in memory of her husband, Russell Sage. The City of Troy completes The Approach on the site of the old Main Building. Walker Chemical Laboratory opens.
