On January 2, President Hall suspends the entire 18-member senior class for failing to return on New Year's Day after the Christmas holiday break. The "insubordinate seniors" graduate several months late.
The School of Chemical Engineering is established.

The Athletic Association is organized.

The library consists of about 2,000 books in the Administration Building.

Two new buildings are dedicated: Janie Swann Dormitory, funded by businessman James Swann and named for his wife, and the electrical engineering building (now the Savant Building).
John Heisman is hired as Tech's first full-time football coach for $2,500 a year plus 30 percent of the gate. He also coaches baseball.
The department of modern languages is established.

Student enrollment stands at 500.

The honor system is instituted.

Students steal the whistle for the first time on June 1. It is not recovered until 1949.

Students design and build the first wooden stands for the football field, called "The Flats." The field is graded and a drainage system is built by convict labor.

Following a lengthy fundraising trip, President Hall checks into a health resort in Danville, N.Y., suffering from exhaustion. In August, he dies unexpectedly at age 46. He is succeeded by Kenneth Matheson, a professor and head of Tech’s English department. President Matheson defines the mission of Georgia Tech as “Teaching first, then research and finally extension work among the people of the state.”

Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to visit Tech. On Oct. 20, he speaks to 500 students from the steps of the Administration Building, then shakes hands with each one.

Later in the year, the first football game is played on the future Grant Field. Tech defeats Dahlonega (now North Georgia College) 54-0.
The chemistry building is completed and named in honor of the late President Lyman Hall. His successful and final fundraising raised $10,000 to qualify for a state matching grant to build the facility.

A Nov. 7 cartoon in the Atlanta Journal is the first published use of a yellow jacket to symbolize a Tech sports team.
The Carnegie Library opens, thanks to a $20,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie.
ANAK, a secret honor society for seniors, is founded. It also serves as student government until the Student Association is formed in 1912.

Tech's night school opens.

The Georgia Tech Alumni Association is granted a charter by Fulton County, but the group doesn't begin holding regular meetings until the 1920s.

The first edition of the Blueprint is published.

The department of architecture is established.
President-elect William Howard Taft visits Tech.

The monthly rate for a dorm room is $5.