The General Assembly of Rhode Island, having become increasingly critical of Brown’s agricultural endeavors, chose to establish a new agricultural school in Kingston, which opened with 33 students on September 23, 1890.Agricultural lands
Ambassadors and ministers to foreign countries have included Brown men since the early nineteenth century, among them: Jonathan Russell1791, ambassador to Sweden and Norway; Henry Wheaton1802, minister to Prussia; Christopher Robinson 1825, minister to Peru; George Van Ness Lothrop 1838, minister to Russia; Lewis Richmond 1842, minister to Portugal; Samuel Sullivan Cox 1846, minister to Turkey; James Burrill Angell1849, minister to China and Turkey; John Hay1858, ambassador to Great Britain; John Meredith Read 1858, minister to Greece; Frederick M. Sackett 1890, ambassador to Germany; Leland Howard Littlefield 1892, ambassador to Great Britain; Noble B. Judah ’04, ambassador to Cuba; Ely E. Palmer ’08, ambassador to Afghanistan; Roy Tasco Davis ’10, minister to Guatemala and Costa Rica, and Panama; Warren Randolph Burgess ’12, ambassador to NATO; Dana Gardner Munro ’12, minister to Haiti; Willard L. Beaulac ’20, ambassador to Paraguay, Columbia, Cuba, Chile, and Argentina; John J. Muccio ’21, ambassador to Korea, Iceland, and Guatemala; Will Mercer Cook A.M.’31, ambassador to Niger and Senegal; Clinton E. Knox A.M.’31, ambassador to Dahomey; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37, ambassador to the U.S.S.R.; Taylor G. Belcher ’41, ambassador to Cyprus; William H. Sullivan ’43, ambassador to Laos; and Nathaniel Davis ’46, ambassador to Guatemala.Ambassadors and ministers
; astronomers Frederick Slocum 1895 and Harlan T. Stetson ’08; anthropologist Lester F. Ward; botanist Thomas Harper Goodspeed ’09; chemists Moses L. Crossley ’09 Raymond M. Fuoss ’32 Ph.D, Louis J. Gillespie ’08 John B. F. Herreshoff 1890, Charles A. Kraus, and William Albert Noyes, Jr.; geologist Arthur F. Buddington ’12; mathematicians C. Raymond Adams ’18, Raymond C. Archibald, Albert Arnold Bennett ’10, Derrick H. Lehmer ’30 Ph.D., Otto Neugebauer, Otto Szasz, Jacob D. Tamarkin, Waldemar J. Trjizinsky, and Raymond L. Wilder ’18; pathologist Ernest E. Tyzzer 1897; physicists Walter G. Cady 1895, Albert DeForest Palmer 1891, and Frank P. Whitman 1874; psychologists Leonard Carmichael, Clarence H. Graham, and Guy Montrose Whipple 1897; zoologists Victor E. Emmel ’07 Ph.D, Leigh Hoadley, Robert Cushman Murphy ’11, Alpheus S. Packard, and Herbert E. Walter ’93 A.M.American Men of Science
He was principal of the high school at Milston Mills, New Hampshire, and teacher of Latin and French at Dummer Academy in South Byfield, Massachusetts, before returning to Brown as instructor in French in 1890.Asa Clinton Crowell
An advisory board of nine alumni, which would select its own successors, appointed Henry R. Palmer 1890 as the first editor, Joseph N. Ashton 1891 as associate editor, and William L. Clark 1901 as business manager.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
His employment since his graduation in 1890 was with the Providence Journal Company, where he rose to editor of the "Providence Sunday Journal" and chief editorial writer.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
Timothy Whiting Bancroft's disappearance in December of 1890 was viewed with apprehension and handbills were circulated, offering a fifty dollar reward for information leading to his discovery.Bancroft, Timothy Whiting
The "Herald" received a cool reception from the "Brunonian," which in 1890 had welcomed the "Brown Magazine" as a new literary publication and devoted its own pages to news, but had rejected the idea of daily publication.BDH Brown Daily Herald
The department was radically changed by the arrival in 1890 of Hermon Carey Bumpus as assistant professor of zoology.Biology
In 1890 James L. Bennett was placed in charge of the herbaria.Botany
Henry R. Palmer 1890, Editor-in-Chief, wrote of its purpose, "The BROWN MAGAZINE aims to be the exponent of the university’s best literary attainment and expression.Brown Magazine
Contributors who later pursued literary careers were editor Henry Robinson Palmer 1890, pageant writer William Chauncy Langdon 1892, editor and dramatist Albert Ellsworth Thomas 1894, professor and author Dallas Lore Sharp 1895, and newspaperman F. Severance Johnson 1899.Brown Magazine
In 1890 Bumpus came back to Brown, this time as assistant professor of zoology.Bumpus, Hermon Carey
In 1890 the chapel was improved by "lady friends of the University," who furnished an organ and a carpet around the pulpit.Chapel
In the second term of 1890-91 Thomas Chase, former president of Haverford College, taught Greek courses for seniors and juniors.Classics
In 1874Nathaniel F. Davis returned to Brown as instructor in mathematics, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1879, associate professor in 1889, and professor of pure mathematics in 1890.Davis, Nathaniel F.
Ernest H. Brownell 1888 (Sc.B., M.I.T. 1890) was named instructor in civil engineering.Engineering
Edward C. Burnham 1886 (Sc.B., M.I.T. 1890), appointed instructor in mechanical drawing and engineering in 1892, developed a course in mechanical engineering.Engineering
Lorenzo Sears became associate professor of rhetoric in 1890, associate professor of rhetoric and oratory in 1892, and associate professor of American literature in 1895, at which time Hammond Lamont took over rhetoric and oratory.English
The total enrollment in 1890 was 352 from 25 states and three foreign countries.Enrollment
The 1890 team recorded two victories (Tufts and Harvard freshmen), fives losses (Fall River, Pawtucket, Boston Athletic Assocition, Trinity, and Wesleyan), and one tie (M.I.T.).Football
At first it met in Room 3, Hope College, the room of three of the members, moving in the spring of 1890 to a room in the Wayland Building on North Main Street.Fraternities
Once, when the bill went unpaid, the Providence Gas Company removed the meter, and there was no gas until a ball player, crawling under Hope College to retrieve a ball (there was no cellar until 1890) discovered how easy it was to reconnect the severed gas pipes with a rubber hose.Hope College
In September 1890 John Hope, twenty-two years old, arrived at Brown and moved into Number 45 Hope College with Frank Trimble, a brilliant black student from Tennessee, the son of a Baptist minister.Hope, John
Keen was professor of artistic anatomy at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1876 to 1890, professor of surgery at the Women’s Medical College from 1884 to 1889, and professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College from 1889 to 1907.Keen, William Williams
Lida Shaw King graduated from Vassar College in 1890, and received a master of arts degree from Brown in 1894, the first year that any degrees were awarded to women.King, Lida Shaw
Construction began in May 1890 of a 43 by 27 foot building of brick and stone with a dome 21 feet in diameter made of copper sheets on a steel framework.Ladd Observatory
The records were kept by the City Engineer after 1876, the observatory after 1890, and the United States Weather Bureau beginning in 1904.Ladd Observatory
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
Courtney Langdon came to Brown as assistant professor of modern languages in 1890, was awarded an honorary bachelor of arts degree in 1891, promoted to associate professor in 1892 and professor in 1898.Langdon, Courtney
The 1890 volume included group photographs of publication boards, musical clubs and athletic teams.Liber Brunensis
In 1890 a fund of $100,000 raised in John Larkin Lincoln's honor was added to the endowment with the provision that the income of the fund be used to give him his usual salary for the rest of his life.Lincoln, John Larkin
A room on the second floor was named the Williams-Conant Seminary of German Literature, commemorating the library instituted by Alonzo Williams in 1890, to which Hezekiah Conant was the chief donor.Marston Hall
Nathaniel French Davis 1870 returned to Brown in 1874 as instructor in mathematics and remained until 1915, being named professor of pure mathematics in 1890.Mathematics
Mead graduated from Middlebury College in 1890.Mead, Albert D.
Wilfred H. Munro resumed his study of history at Freiburg and Heidelburg in 1890 and 1891, and in 1891 began his teaching career at Brown as associate professor of history.Munro, Wilfred H.
Wilfred H. Munro was appointed the first director of University Extension in 1890-91, and, as he was traveling in Europe at the time of his appointment, he was able to study methods used in England before he initiated the extension program, which he continued to direct until 1899.Munro, Wilfred H.
The 1890 catalogue states, "The primary aim in the required philosophical studies is to strengthen and discipline the pupil’s mind, and as far as possible to render him a safe, strong, independent thinker and investigator.Philosophy
In 1890 the president met with graduate and honor students in a "Philosophical Seminary."Philosophy
In 1890, while awaiting the completion of the new gymnasium, students were able to make use of the Sanitary Gymnasium downtown on Aborn Street for five dollars a year.Physical Education
Another volume, also entitled "Brown Verse," "A Selection of Brown University Undergraduate Poetry," was edited by Vernon Purinton Squires 1889 and Henry Robinson Palmer 1890 in 1888.Poetry
Albert K. Potter was principal of the high school in Middleboro, Massachusetts, from 1887 to 1890, and classical master at the high school in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1890 to 1897.Potter, Albert K.
Elliott kept this job until 1864, and was succeeded in the position by William Douglas 1839 from 1864 to 1879, Francis W. Douglas 1868 from 1879 to 1884, Gilman P. Robinson 1878 from 1884 to 1889, John C. Stockbridge 1838 from 1889 to 1891, and Frederick T. Guild 1890 from 1891 to 1938.Registrar
In 1890 J. R. Jewett, instructor in the Semitic languages and history, joined the faculty and taught the history of Islam and the Crusades in 1890-91, as well as a course in Hebrew.Religious Studies
For most of 1890 Ezekiel Gilman Robinson supplied the pulpit of a church in Philadelphia and also lectured at Crozer Theological School and the theological institutions at Andover and Rochester.Robinson, Ezekiel Gilman
Sayles Gymnasium was made possible by the subscription by Frank A. Sayles 1890 of $50,000 to the endowment fund of 1900, with the stipulation that the use of this money be later determined subject to his approval.Sayles Gymnasium
Lorenzo Sears was appointed associate professor of rhetoric at Brown in 1890, promoted to professor of rhetoric and oratory in 1892, and named the first professor of American literature in 1895.Sears, Lorenzo
Louis F. Snow graduated from Brown in 1887 with a degree of bachelor of philosophy, after which he earned a bachelor of arts degree and a master of arts degree from Harvard in 1889 and 1890.Snow, Louis F.
Some of the songs written in celebration of Brown were "Mother Dear, Brunonia" and "Hail, Brunonia," both with words by Henry R. Palmer 1890, "On the Chapel Steps," by Joel N. Eno 1883 and George C. Gow 1884, "Bruno," by A. G. Chaffee ’02, "God Bless Our University," with words by Henry R. Palmer 1890 and music by Jules Jordan, and "Bring the Victory to Brown," by Donald Jackson ’09.Songs
Fred Hovey 1890, a future national champion who won the U.S. Doubles in 1893 and 1894 and the U.S. Singles in 1895, won the college championship in 1887 and successfully defended it against William R. Weeden 1891, the winner of the 1888 tournament.Tennis
He graduated from Rogers High School and entered Brown in 1890.Thomas Crosby
In the 1890 meet, Fred Hovey 1890 took second in the pole vault and E. A. Barrows 1891 won the high jump with five feet five inches.Track
Frederick Marvel 1890 recalled the informality of track practice, "Brown students used what was known as the Sanitary Gymnasium on Aborn street, and the more zealous individuals did attain a fair measure of conditioning work for the few and infrequent tests of the time.Track