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1881

  • In 1881 the junior class in general zoology visited the East Providence farm of William H. Hopkins to learn about raising cattle.Agricultural lands
  • The American Philosophical Society has numbered among its members the following individuals connected with Brown, elected to membership in the years indicated: Stephen Hopkins in 1769; Benjamin Waterhouse in 1791; Francis Wayland in 1838; John E. Holbrook 1815 in 1839; Alpheus S. Packard in 1878; George Dana Boardman 1852 in 1880; Henry S. Frieze 1841 in 1884; William Williams Keen 1859 in 1884; James Macalister 1856 in 1886; James Burrill Angell 1849 in 1889; Lester Frank Ward in 1889; Richard Olney 1856 in 1897; Stephen F. Peckham 1862 in 1897; John Hay 1858 in 1898; Robert H. Thurston 1859 in 1902; Carl Barus in 1903; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 in 1909; Charles E. Bennett 1878 in 1913; Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout 1893 in 1917; John Franklin Jameson in 1920; Charles Evans Hughes 1881 in 1926; Arthur F. Buddington ’12 in 1931; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897 in 1931; Ernest E. Tyzzer 1897 in 1931; Gilbert Chinard in 1932; George E. Coghill 1896 in 1935; Harvey N. Davis ’01 in 1935; George Grafton Wilson 1886 in 1936; Frederick G. Keyes ’09 Ph.D. in 1938; Charles August Kraus in 1939; Walter S. Hunter in 1941; Leonard Carmichael in 1942; Zechariah Chafee ’07 in 1946; Robert Cushman Murphy ’11 in 1946; Otto E. Neugebauer in 1947; William A. Noyes in 1947; George Boas ’13 in 1950; Carl Bridenbaugh in 1950; Clarence Saunders Brigham 1899 in 1955; Clarence H. Graham in 1956; John Imbrie in 1956; Lars Onsager in 1959; John Wilder Tukey ’36 in 1962; Edmund Sears Morgan in 1964; Carl Pfaffmann ’33 in 1964; Vartan Gregorian in 1965; Barnaby C. Keeney in 1965; Donald F. Hornig in 1967; Floyd Ratliff ’50 Ph.D. in 1972; Leon N. Cooper in 1973; David E. Pingree in 1975; George F. Carrier in 1976; Eliot Stellar ’47 Ph.D. in 1977; Brooke Hindle ’40 in 1982; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37 in 1984; Barbara K. Lewalski in 1986.American Philosophical Society
  • While still at Newton in 1882, he also taught a philosophy course at Colby College taking the place of the president, who was ill. Andrews was appointed professor of history and political economy at Brown in 1882, but was allowed a year to study in Germany, while others continued the courses formerly taught by Professor J. Lewis Diman, who had died in 1881.Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
  • William Whitman Bailey continued to teach until 1906, having been appointed professor of botany in 1881.Bailey, William Whitman
  • William Whitman Bailey's publications included "Botanical Collectors’ Handbook" (1881), "Botanical Note-book" (1894-97), "Among Rhode Island Wild Flowers" (1895 and 1896), "New England Wild Flowers" (1895), and "Botanizing" (1899).Bailey, William Whitman
  • As a supporter of Charles Evans Hughes 1881 for president in 1916, the "Herald" happily and in large print proclaimed his victory on November 8, before learning that he had actually lost the election.BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • In 1881 Bailey was appointed to the newly established professorship of natural history, including botany, which was made possible through $25,000 from the estate of Stephen Thayer Olney, whose bequest also included his herbarium, his microscopes, 712 botanical books, and a $10,000 fund of which the income would be used for the purchase of plants and books.Botany
  • Rose 1881 took his place from 1917 to 1931, when he was relieved of the post at his own request.Commencement
  • Jeremiah Lewis Diman (1831-1881), professor of history and political economy, was born in Bristol on May 1, 1831.Diman, Jeremiah Lewis
  • Jeremiah Lewis Diman declined offers of professorships elsewhere, remaining at Brown until his death on May 17, 1881 after an illness of less than a week.Diman, Jeremiah Lewis
  • Curt John Ducasse (1881-1969), was born in Angouleme, France, on July 7, 1881.Ducasse, Curt J.
  • William Gammell taught history and political economy from 1850 to 1864, followed by J. Lewis Diman from 1864 to 1881.Economics
  • In 1876 Delta Phi decided not to initiate any more members for a few years and was once more inactive until it was revived in 1881 through the efforts of Franklin E. Brooks 1883.Fraternities
  • Robinson, in his 1881 report, noted, "Individual graduates ... are every year proposing to remain and continue their studies in one direction of another; but the number is not large enough, nor the studies proposed to be pursued of a kind, to warrant at present the organization of a special department."Graduate School
  • Albert Granger Harkness taught classics at the Peddie School until 1881, then studied Latin and Greek philology at the Universities of Berlin, Leipzig, and Bonn.Harkness, Albert Granger
  • William Thomson Hastings (1881-1969), professor of English, was born in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, on December 1, 1881.Hastings, William T.
  • Hay served as editor of the "Tribune" in 1881 while Whitelaw Reid was in Europe; then, having decided to give up politics, he began his own travels.Hay, John
  • In 1881, when John became thirteen years old and finished eighth grade, he left school and took a job at Lexius Henson’s Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Restaurant to help support the family, beginning as a wine steward and progressing to keeping the restaurant’s books and selecting and purchasing food.Hope, John
  • Charles Evans Hughes, (1862-1948), Secretary of State and the only Brown man to run for President of the United States, was born in Glens Falls, New York on April 11, 1862, the son of Reverend David C. Hughes, a Baptist clergyman who was born in Wales.Hughes, Charles Evans 1881
  • Charles Evans 1881 Hughes entered Brown in 1878 after two years at Colgate.Hughes, Charles Evans 1881
  • Proud of his enterprise, Charles Evans 1881 Hughes wrote to his father, on February 11, 1880:Hughes, Charles Evans 1881
  • In 1881, after a brief teaching experience, Harry Lyman Koopman went to work at the Astor Library.Koopman, Harry Lyman
  • Langdon studied at Harvard from 1878 to 1881, and between 1881 and 1890 he taught German and romance languages in various places including Lehigh and Cornell Universities.Langdon, Courtney
  • Other floors could be visited with permission, and such was the care taken of the books that it was reported that "One book missing at the close of the year 1881-82, was afterwards found to have fallen behind others on the shelf where it belonged."Library
  • In 1881 Rev. Josiah Nelson Cushing 1862 presented a collection of the sacred writings of the Buddhists written in the Pali language on palm leaves.Library
  • The name of Charles Evans Hughes 1881 was added at a later date.Mace
  • The medical department was not blameless in the state of disruption into which the college has fallen, according to Usher Parsons’ son, Charles W. Parsons, in a paper read before the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1881: As the medical professors depended for their livelihood on their active medical practices, they were unable to comply with the condition of their employment at the college, and the medical school went out of existence.Medical education
  • After college, Munro taught at De Veaux College in Niagara Falls, was associate principal of St. Mark’s School in Salt Lake City in 1871, spent some time in Central and South America, was principal of the Academic Institute in Le Roy, New York, from 1875 to 1879, and returned to De Veaux College as president from 1881 to 1889.Munro, Wilfred H.
  • Wilfred H. Munro published "History of Bristol, Rhode Island" in 1880, "Picturesque Rhode Island" in 1881, and another history of Bristol, "Tales of an Old Seaport" in 1917.Munro, Wilfred H.
  • In 1881 at the centennial celebration of the Harvard chapter, when the National Council of Phi Beta Kappa was organized, the appointed delegates of Rhode Island Alpha were not able to attend.Phi Beta Kappa
  • On this occasion Charles Evans Hughes 1881 delivered the principal address on the history of the chapter.Phi Beta Kappa
  • His leave was extended to 1881 so William Carey Poland might prepare them for college.Poland, William Carey
  • They entered Brown in 1881 and 1882.Poland, William Carey
  • The 4-cent stamp honoring Charles Evans Hughes 1881, which featured a likeness from a photograph by Harris and Ewing, was issued in 1962, the centennial of his birth.Postage stamps
  • The Brown Christian Association was organized as the Young Men’s Christian Association of Brown University on November 16, 1881.Religious Societies
  • Sayles Hall was dedicated on June 4, 1881, a memorial to William Clark Sayles 1878 donated by his father, William F. Sayles.Sayles Hall
  • On Wednesday an academic procession of twelve hundred, including many notable representatives of American and foreign educational institutions, marched to the Meeting House to hear the Historical Address by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes 1881.Sesquicentennial celebration
  • James Seth (1860-1924), professor of philosophy, was born in Edinburgh in 1860, was educated at George Watson’s College, and received a master of arts degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1881.Seth, James
  • Among the mascots of Spring Day have been: in 1914, "September Morn" draped in a barrel; in 1918, a Liberty Loan bond of the third issue; in 1920, a plaster ship labelled "Reconstruction" depicting a senior in cap and gown at the steering oar and a chained Bolshevist in the seat; in 1921, Charles Evans Hughes 1881 riding a "G.O.P." elephant; in 1932, a scene in which a chart of "Brown Securities, Ltd." showed a marked decline in student activities, while a figure labelled "Student Publications" pointed a pistol at his head, one with a lyre labelled "Glee Club" jumped through a window, and the Brown bear lay dead with his feet in the air (The cause of this debacle seemed to be the sign on the President’s Office which read "Gone to China," as indeed he had); in 1933, a plaque on which an infant holding a pen rode Pegasus in combat with a soldier on a tank in front of the State House, while a Communist "boogeyman" loomed in the background – a commentary on the State’s reaction to the peace campaign which had been conducted by the "Brown Daily Herald."Spring Day
  • The 1881 "Liber Brunensis" notes the existence of the Alpha Delta Phi, Chi Phi, and Psi Upsilon tennis clubs.Tennis
  • Winslow Upton worked with the United States Signal Office from 1881 to 1883.Upton, Winslow
  • From 1875 to 1879 Benjamin Ide Wheeler taught in the Providence High School, and from 1879 to 1881 he was instructor in Latin and Greek at Brown.Wheeler, Benjamin Ide
  • John Greenleaf Whittier wrote to a Providence woman in 1881, "I shall be glad to do all in my power to open the doors of Brown University to women."Whittier, John Greenleaf
  • Upon the death of Professor J. Lewis Diman in 1881, Williams took over Diman’s courses in European and American constitutional history.Williams, Alonzo
  • Hughes Court is a memorial to Charles Evans Hughes 1881, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. ’09, former solicitor general of the United States.Wriston Quadrangle