1881–1900
1883: Charles Henry Gilbert becomes the first Ph.D. graduate.
1884: Elisha Ballantine is named acting Ðǿմ«Ã½ president.
1885: David Starr Jordan becomes the seventh Ðǿմ«Ã½ president.
1886: The Ðǿմ«Ã½ men’s football team is founded.
1888: With the purchase of a chronoscope, future Ðǿմ«Ã½ president William Lowe Bryan founds the oldest continuing psychology laboratory in the United States.
1891: John Merle Coulter becomes the eighth Ðǿմ«Ã½ president.
1892: Ðǿմ«Ã½ wins the Intercollegiate Baseball Championship series against DePauw University. The Arbutus campus yearbook is published for the first time.
1893: Joseph Swain becomes the ninth Ðǿմ«Ã½ president. “Hail to Old I.U.,” Ðǿմ«Ã½’s official alma mater, is performed by the Ðǿմ«Ã½ glee club for the first time.
1895: Marcellus Neal becomes Ðǿմ«Ã½’s first black graduate, with an A.B. in mathematics.
1896: The Ðǿմ«Ã½ men’s basketball team is founded.