inductees, with space for up to thirty names. The hall included 29 names when it was dedicated on May 30, 1901; the foreign inductees' loggia had not yet been built due to a lack of funds. When the Hall of Fame was completed, it was so widely known that The New York Times regularly reported on nominations and elections, even detailing how many votes each nominee received. Elections and heyday 1900s and 1910s The NYU Senate contemplated hosting a special election in 1902 to fill the 21 vacancies, but it reneged on this plan. Instead, the electors had to select 26 native-born men during the 1905 election, as well as 12 women and six foreign-born men. A women's hall of fame was announced in February 1904. Separate elections were hosted for women and for foreign-born men. Every person who received at least ten votes in the 1900 election was re-nominated. Male nominees needed at least 51 votes; female nominees only required 47 votes because eight electors refused to vote for any woman. Five native-born men, three women, and three foreign-born men were selected that year; their plaques were dedicated in 1907. The Hall of Fame's first bust (depicting Horace Mann, who had been elected in 1900) was also dedicated in 1907. The foreign-born honorees were not inducted at the time because MacCracken was planning a separate wing for them. Some electors protested that the foreign-born and native-born honorees should be honored together. Eleven additional names were selected in 1910. In the five years that followed, 20 electors either retired or died, and 25 electors were appointed in their place. MacCracken changed the rules for electors ahead of the 1915 election, such that one elector was apportioned to every state or group of states with one million residents. As a result of the United States' population growth, each state again had its own elector in later years. MacCracken canceled plans for a separate wing for foreign-born honorees in 1914, allowing foreign-born citizens to be inducted into the existing Hall of Fame. Four foreign-born men had been elected in 1905 and 1910, but they had never been inducted. In addition, the electors were allowed to select at least two women in every election. The planned northern extension of the Hall of Fame was never built. In early 1915, NYU announced plans for a separate women's wing after receiving $33,000 in donations. That