1922 Tuition fees for Columbia courses are now given directly to Columbia. The standard for professors is heightened, greatly improving positions for women. Barnard freshmen publish the first volume of Barnacle, a humor magazine which disappeared with the class. The Seven Sisters are born. Trustees declare an increase in tuition fees beginning the academic year 1929-1930.
Trustees see a faculty salary cut as unavoidable.
1934 Trustees report that there will be no faculty cut. 1939 American Studies is introduced. The School of Engineering opens to women. Dean Gildersleeve is invited by the British Ministry of Information to fly to England for a visit of inspection. Dean Gildersleeve is appointed a delegate to the San Francisco Conference on world affairs.