General Ambrose E. Burnside’s remarks were followed by a centennial poem by John Hay1858, read in his absence by Professor James B. Angell 1849, which began: George William Curtis, honorary alumnus, responded to the sentiment, "The Adopted Sons of the University," and Professor Caswell 1822 responded to "The Memory of the Founders and Benefactors of the University" by contributing $1000 toward endowment of a professorship as a memorial of the occasion.Centennial celebration
College and University presidents who have been educated at Brown include nine of the presidents of Brown: Jonathan Maxcy1787, who was also the president of Union College and the University of South Carolina; Asa Messer1790; Barnas Sears1825, who had formerly been the president of Newton Theological Seminary; Alexis Caswell 1822; Ezekiel Gilman Robinson1838, who had been president of Rochester Theological Seminary; Elisha Benjamin Andrews1870, who had been president of Denison University and was later chancellor of the University of Nebraska; William Herbert Perry Faunce 1880; and Clarence Augustus Barbour 1888, who had also been president of Rochester Theological Seminary.College and University Presidents
Reuben Aldridge Guild (1822-1899), librarian of the University from 1848 to 1893, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1822, one of a family of eleven children.Guild, Reuben A.
When he entered Brown in 1822, Kingsbury had already been teaching in district schools for five years while working on his father’s farm.Kingsbury, John
He had studied medicine with Dr. John Warren of Boston, been a navy surgeon in the War of 1812, earned an M.D. degree at Harvard in 1818, and taught anatomy and surgery at Dartmouth from 1820 to 1822.Medical education
Asa Messer patented two inventions, "Flume for a Mill" (1822) and "Water-wheel and Flume" (1824).Messer, Asa
Moving to Providence in April 1822, Usher Parsons entered into medical practice with Dr. Levi Wheaton and was appointed professor of anatomy and surgery at Brown.Parsons, Usher
A manuscript entitled "An Oration delivered before the Phildelphian Society, Freshman Class, Brown University, March 1822 by Onslow Peters a member" attests to the existence of the society in the absence of other records.Philadelphian Society
After the building of Hope College in 1822, rooms on the top floor were provided to the societies for holding meetings and keeping their libraries, which had formerly occupied space in the college library room.Philermenian Society
In 1887-88 Arnold Green added to the physical apparatus his gift of a barometer, solar radiometer, and hygrometer which had been used by Professor Alexis Caswell 1822 in his meteorological observations.Physics
Barnas Sears entered Brown in 1822 and graduated in 1825, supporting himself by teaching school in the winter vacation and building stone walls in the summer.Sears, Barnas