In January 1863 the Rhode Island legislature accepted the grant of 120,000 acres (thirty thousand for each senator and representative from the state) and transferred the land scrip to Brown University.Agricultural lands
In the summer of 1863 President Sears and Horace T. Love 1836 inspected the land, which was located in Kansas.Agricultural lands
In its January 1894 session the General Assembly approved an agreement in which Brown would repay the $50,000 received from the sale of the land in Kansas and assume the expense of educating the present holders of the state scholarships, and in return would receive $40,000 in compensation for the education of earlier state scholars and would be relieved of the responsibility for agricultural education assumed in connection with the Morrill Act of 1863.Agricultural lands
Alexis Caswell joined the faculty as professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in 1828, and from 1850 to 1863 was professor of mathematics and astronomy.Astronomy
Guild for the account of Brown’s first intercollegiate game on June 27, 1863, written for the "Providence Journal," which described the details of the encounter from meeting the Harvard team at the railroad station, taking them to Humphreys’ for lunch, touring them through the library and laboratory, to escorting them to the Dexter Training Ground for the game.Baseball
The physiology course was taught from 1863 to 1865 by Nathaniel P. Hill, who continued to deliver the lectures prepared by Chace.Biology
In 1863 the University also created a committee of public lands to be responsible for the agricultural lands assigned to the University as a result of the Morrill Act in 1862.Brown Corporation
Alexis Caswell was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy from 1828 to 1850, professor of mathematics and astronomy from 1850 to 1855, and professor of natural philosophy and astronomy from 1855 to 1863.Caswell, Alexis
In 1863 Alexis Caswell retired and became president of the National Exchange Bank and the American Screw Company in Providence.Caswell, Alexis
When the National Academy of Science was created in 1863, Caswell was one the fifty members chosen.Caswell, Alexis
The preamble to the Charter of 1764 sets forth the purposes of the institution: One provision of the Charter, that of tax exemption for the faculty, became controversial in later years, was amended in 1863 and was gradually phased out after 1965.Charter
The House passed an act on February 9, 1863, limiting the tax exemption to amounts up to $10,000, and the Corporation voted its compliance on February 11.Charter
The first to hold this professorship was John Howard Appleton 1863, who was the founder and moving spirit of modern chemistry at Brown from 1865 until his retirement in 1914.Chemistry
Benjamin Franklin Clarke was instructor in mathematics at Brown from 1863 to 1868, when he revived instruction in civil engineering and was appointed professor of mathematics and civil engineering.Clarke, Benjamin Franklin
In 1863 a Class Tree exercise was added to the festivities.Class Day
In 1863 the University also created a committee of public lands to be responsible for the agricultural lands assigned to the University as a result of the Morrill Act in 1862.Corporation
Edmund Burke Delabarre (1863-1945), professor of psychology, was born in Dover, Maine, on September 25, 1863.Delabarre, Edmund B.
From his collections until 1863 and the efforts of President Sears, by the end of Sears’s administration $259,000 had been subscribed.Financial aid
Delta Upsilon (Brown chapter) began as Gamma Nu in 1860, when several members of the classes of 1863 and 1864, observing the decline of the literary societies at Brown, sought permission to form a new society to provide opportunities for extemporaneous speaking and debate.Fraternities
The founding members intended the society to consist of freshmen and sophomores only, but in 1863 membership was extended to all classes.Fraternities
Henry Brayton Gardner (1863-1939), professor of economics, was born in Providence on March 26, 1863.Gardner, Henry B.
In May 1863 William Williams Keen was sent to Philadelphia to be resident surgeon in special wards in the Christian Street Hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries and diseases of the nerves.Keen, William Williams
Immediately after his graduation in 1863, Benjamin F. Clarke became instructor in mathematics, advancing to professor of mathematics and civil engineering in 1868.Mathematics
Military Education was added to the curriculum in 1892 to fulfill the terms of the Morrill land-grant fund, which had been received in 1863.Military education
In 1862John Peirce was appointed assistant professor of chemistry applied to the arts at Brown and was promoted to professor in 1863.Peirce, John
The last joint celebration of the Philermenians and the United Brothers occurred in 1863, the last initiation of members of new members in 1866.Philermenian Society
The Religious Society disbanded in 1863 with the intention, according to the "Brown Paper," "that the work for which it existed might go on without its cumbrous interruptions."Religious Societies
After 1859 there were few meetings of the United Brothers except for initiations, and the joint anniversaries ended in 1863.United Brothers
George Grafton Wilson (1863-1951), professor of social and political science, was born in Plainfield, Connecticut, on March 29, 1863.Wilson, George G.
Mary Emma Woolley (1863-1947), one of the first female graduates of Brown University and president of Mount Holyoke College, was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut, on July 13, 1863.Woolley, Mary Emma