Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1925

  • Aldrich Field on Elmgrove Avenue was dedicated at a baseball game on May 16, 1925, before a crowd of 7000, which filled the new grandstand and "a small wooden stand ... hastily erected to accommodate the overflow."Aldrich Field
  • In 1924 the Aldrich brothers had subscribed $100,000 toward the new athletic facilities, and on April 8, 1925 added $500,000 on condition that the University could match this amount from other sources.Aldrich Field
  • In 1925 Anne Crosby Emery Allinson was elected member-at-large of the Providence School Committee, and served until 1931, when she declined to seek reelection.Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery
  • George K. Anderson graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy at the age of thirteen, and spent a postgraduate year there before entering Harvard, where he earned three degrees, a bachelor of arts in 1920, a master of arts in 1921, and a Ph.D. in 1925.Anderson, George K.
  • Andrews Field was superseded in 1925 by the new stadium on Elmgrove Avenue and the baseball field named Aldrich Field, across the street from the stadium.Andrews Field
  • In 1925 Thomas B. Appleget's title was changed to Assistant to the President.Appleget, Thomas B.
  • In 1922 Alfred H. Gurney ’07 took the job and remained until June 1939, his title having been changed in 1925 to Alumni Secretary.Associated Alumni
  • Dues were abolished in 1925, and the financial support of the the association was assumed by the Loyalty Fund.Associated Alumni
  • The largest attendance at a football game prior to the opening of the stadium in 1925 was 8,000 at the Brown-Colgate Thanksgiving game in 1916.Athletics
  • In January 1924 the football advisory committee resigned and was nonexistent in 1924 and 1925.Athletics
  • In December 1925 the accessory committee reconsidered continuance of Robinson as coach and recommended the removal of both Robinson and Brown.Athletics
  • The stadium and the baseball field at Aldrich Field were built in 1925.Athletics
  • To keep the attention of alumni and friends, the News Service began in 1925-26 a magazine called "Brunotes," which brought out news of athletics three times a year.Athletics
  • An apparatus team was added in 1924, and a pyramid squad in 1925.Athletics
  • In the 1920s there were three winning seasons under coaches Wally Snell ’13 and Harold "Chick" Evans, 13-10 in 1922, and 10-6 in 1925 and 1926.Basketball
  • Dr. Wilfred Pickles, a physician, was part of the department from 1925 to 1944.Biology
  • The greenhouse was removed for the building of Littlefield Hall in 1925 and replaced by another one built to the east of Maxcy Hall.Botany
  • Carl Bridenbaugh graduated from Dartmouth in 1925, studied for two years at the University of Pennsylvania, and earned his A.M. degree in 1930 and his Ph.D. in 1936, both at Harvard.Bridenbaugh, Carl
  • Benjamin W. Brown was interested in theatre in other countries, and studied in Touraine in 1925 and in Salzburg in 1927.Brown, Benjamin W.
  • Harcourt Brown received his B.A. degree in modern languages in 1925 and his M.A. degree in French in 1926, both from the University of Toronto.Brown, Harcourt
  • Millar Burrows came to Brown as assistant professor of Biblical literature and history of religions after receiving his doctorate from Yale in 1925.Burrows, Millar
  • President Faunce lauded the Cammarian Club in his annual report for 1925, "We are fortunate in having every year in the Cammarian Club men of good character and high standing who may be safely trusted by Faculty and by students to deal wisely with the many phases of college life in which both are concerned.Cammarian Club
  • The January 1925 issue proclaimed that ""Casements does not apologize for being late ... somewhat less richly clad, but triumphant over divers (sic) vicissitudes."Casements
  • "He organized volunteer groups in Rhode Island to observe the total eclipse in January 1925.Clinton Harvey Currier
  • In 1925 the University submitted a swatch of brown material to the Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc. to ascertain its exact shade (which proved to be Tobacco), and at that time the University colors were recorded by the Association, apparently mistakenly, as brown and white.College color
  • Damon was to become one of the world’s leading authorities on Blake, publishing "A New Page in Blake’s Milton" in 1925, "Blake’s Grave" in 1963, "A Blake Dictionary" in 1965, and two texts to accompany Blake’s illustrations for the Book of Job, "The Doctrine of Job" in 1950, and "Blake’s Job" in 1966.Damon, Samuel Foster
  • Two students earned their M.B.A. degree in 1923, one in 1924, and two in 1925, after which the degree was discontinued.Degrees
  • Degrees with distinction were awarded for the first time in June of 1925, when 27 bachelors’ degrees "cum laude," eighteen "magna cum laude," and five "summa cum laude," conferred honor upon fifteen per cent of the graduating class.Degrees
  • George E. Downing graduated from the University of Chicago in 1925, intending to study medicine.Downing, George E.
  • More space was found for Engineering in 1925, when the President’s report announced, "The new Engineering Laboratory includes both a new one-story structure, in the rear of Brunonia Hall, and the renovated stone building adjacent, which the University has owned for some years.Engineering
  • William L. Fichter taught at the High School of Commerce in New York City from 1914 to 1917, at the United States Naval Academy from 1917 to 1922, at Girard College from 1922 to 1925, and at the University of Minnesota from 1925 to 1928.Fichter, William L.
  • An all home game schedule was arranged for the season of 1925, the first played in the new stadium on Elmgrove Avenue.Football
  • The coaches and their records (assuming that the early coaches were there for the whole season, which may or may not have been so) were: Mr. Howland (4-5-1) in 1892; William Odlin (6-3-0) in 1893; Mr. Norton (10-5-0) in 1894; Wallace Moyle (18-15-2) from 1895 to 1897; Edward North Robinson (140-82-12) in his three times as coach from 1898 to 1901, from 1904 to 1907, and from 1910 to 1925; John A. Gammons (17-10-2) in 1902, 1908, and 1909; David Fultz (5-4-1) in 1903; DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry (76-58-5) from 1926 to 1940; J. Neil "Skip" Stahley (14-11-0) from 1941 to 1943; Charles A.Football
  • Edward North Robinson was coach three separate times, during the seasons of 1898 to 1901, 1904 to 1907, and 1910 to 1925, a total of 23 years.Football
  • Left without a coaching job that year, he was coach at Tufts in 1909, and the next year was once more at Brown, remaining this time until 1925.Football
  • A recognized scholar in his field, Henry T. Fowler was the author of a number of books, among them "The Prophets as Statesmen and Preachers," published in 1904 and translated into Portuguese in 1924, "The Origin and Growth of the Hebrew Religion" in 1916, translated into Chinese in 1925, and "The History and Literature of the New Testament" in 1925.Fowler, Henry T.
  • They moved from 81 Waterman Street to 36 Prospect Street, before purchasing the house at 50 Waterman Street from George S. Baker in 1925.Fraternities
  • Leland M. Goodrich graduated from Bowdoin College in 1920 and earned his master of arts degree in 1921 and his Ph.D. in 1925, both from Harvard.Goodrich, Leland M.
  • Leland M. Goodrich taught at Lafayette College in 1925-26 and returned to Brown as assistant professor of political science in 1926.Goodrich, Leland M.
  • From 1925 to 1931 Frederic P. Gorham was a member of the city park commission.Gorham, Frederic P.
  • Ray Lorenzo Heffner, thirteenth president of Brown University, was born in Durham, North Carolina, on May 7, 1925.Heffner, Ray L.
  • In 1925 the Rhode Island Auditorium, the first indoor artificial ice rink in the area, was built on North Main Street in Providence, sparking a renewed interest in hockey as the Rhode Island Reds competed in the Canadian-American Hockey League.Hockey
  • His citations were printed in a little book in 1925.Honorary degrees
  • Hunter became an instructor at the University of Texas in 1912, adjunct professor at the University of Kansas in 1916, and the first G. Stanley Hall Professor of Genetic Psychology at Clark University in 1925.Hunter, Walter S.
  • With George Pierce Baker Henry B. Huntington wrote "Principles of Argumentation," published in 1925.Huntington, Henry B.
  • In the fall of 1925 the infirmary moved to a small wooden house at 10 Manning Street between Marston Hall and the Psi Upsilon house, which housed the offices of Dr. Burgess and Dr. Wilfred Pickles ’18, and provided seven beds where ill students could be kept under observation by a trained nurse at all times.Infirmary
  • William Williams Keen was awarded the Susan Colver Rosenberger medal in 1925.Keen, William Williams
  • Hunter Kellenberger graduated from Kenyon College in 1925 and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton in 1928 and 1931.Kellenberger, Hunter
  • Hunter Kellenberger was master in Latin and Greek at the DeVeau School from 1925 to 1927, and master in French at the Northwood School from 1931 to 1933.Kellenberger, Hunter
  • Robert W. Kenny graduated in 1925 and earned his master’s in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1934.Kenny, Robert W.
  • Hugh B. Killough taught briefly at the University of Minnesota and was an economist with Michigan State College extension service before earning a Ph.D. degree at Columbia in 1925.Killough, Hugh B.
  • Edward T. Kornhauser (1925-1988), professor of engineering, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 30, 1925.Kornhauser, Edward T.
  • Littlefield Hall, a dormitory for 78 students adjoining Maxcy Hall, was built in 1925, at a cost of $150,000 provided by the George L. Littlefield General Fund.Littlefield Hall
  • In 1925 Mead was appointed vice-president of the University to assist President Faunce and continued in that position during the presidency of Clarence Barbour.Mead, Albert D.
  • Philip H. Mitchell was appointed assistant professor in 1911, associate professor in 1920, and professor in 1925.Mitchell, Philip H.
  • Lars Onsager received a degree from the Norwegian Technical University in 1925 and studied at Zurich University before coming to the United States in 1928.Onsager, Lars
  • In this capacity S. J. Perelman was brought before Dean Otis Randall and the Cammarian Club for an editorial in the January 1925 issue, which read in part: After leaving Brown he was a cartoonist and later writer for "Judge" magazine from 1925 to 1929, and for "College Humor" magazine from 1929 to 1930.Perelman, S. J.
  • A four-year physical education requirement for women students was put effect in 1925.Physical Education
  • In those years there were courses in international relations and foreign governments, and other specialties, such as Sea Power (offered only in 1919), Business Law in 1919, American Foreign Policies in 1921, Corporation Law in 1922, and State Government in 1925.Political Science
  • Millar Burrows came as assistant professor of Biblical literature and history of religion in 1925 and taught until 1934.Religious Studies
  • Charles Alexander Robinson was a student at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in 1923, 1924, and 1925, and was appointed to the Management Committee of the School in 1928.Robinson, Charles Alexander
  • There have been twenty recipients of the medal: William Williams Keen in 1925, Charles Evans Hughes in 1928, John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. in 1931, Charles Value Chapin in 1935, Mary Emma Woolley in 1937, Fred Tarbell Field in 1940, Henry Dexter Sharpe in 1944, Zechariah Chafee, Jr. in 1947, Warren Randolph Burgess in 1953, Rowland Roberts Hughes in 1955, Theodore Francis Green in 1956, Alexander Meiklejohn in 1959, Waldo Gifford Leland in 1965, Thomas John Watson, Jr. in 1968, Henry Merritt Wriston in 1976, Richard Salomon in 1982, Charles Carpenter Tillinghast, Jr. in 1982, Howard Robert Swearer in 1983, Otto Eduard Neugebauer in 1987, and Roderick Milton Chisholm in 1992.Rosenberger Medal
  • Harold Schlosberg had graduated in 1925 from Princeton, where he earned his master of arts degree in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1928 and had been a University Fellow and a Proctor Fellow.Schlosberg, Harold
  • Charles H. Smiley attended the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with highest honors in mathematics in 1924, and earned his M.A. degree in 1925 and his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1927 at Berkeley.Smiley, Charles H.
  • Soccer became an organized sport in 1925 with an informal team coached by basketball coach Harold Evans, which on November 14, lost its only game, 0-1, to the Pawtucket Y.M.C.A. Brown’s first official soccer coach, Samuel Fletcher, lasted for 21 seasons, before he resigned in 1946 to move to Florida.Soccer
  • Soccer coaches at Brown have been Sam Fletcher from 1925 to 1946, Joe Kennaway from 1946 to 1959, Cliff Stevenson from 1960 to 1990, and Trevor Adair since 1991.Soccer
  • The Stadium on Elmgrove Avenue opened in 1925.Stadium
  • An all-home game schedule was arranged for 1925.Stadium
  • Randall Stewart was assistant professor of English at the University of Idaho from 1923 to 1925, instructor at Yale from 1926 to 1931 and assistant professor from 1931 to 1934, and professor of English at Vanderbilt from 1934 until he came to Brown in 1937 with an appointment as full professor of English.Stewart, Randall
  • Appointed instructor in 1923, Charles A. Stuart was promoted to assistant professor in 1925, associate professor in 1931, and professor in 1944.Stuart, Charles A.
  • Beginning in 1925, Charles A. Stuart also gave lectures in bacteriology and immunology at the Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing.Stuart, Charles A.
  • McVickar House (the other half of Sharpe House, numbered 132 Angell Street) was acquired in 1925, the gift of Stephen O. Metcalf, and was used as a dormitory of the Women’s College.Student housing
  • Jacob D. Tamarkin taught at Dartmouth from 1925 to 1927, when he left to became assistant professor of mathematics at Brown.Tamarkin, Jacob D.
  • While Will S. Taylor was executing these paintings between 1915 and 1925, he also taught painting at Pratt Institute.Taylor, Will S.
  • In 1925-26 eleven new clay courts were added, and Brown won six of eight dual meets.Tennis
  • He advanced to assistant professor in 1901, associate professor in 1910, and professor in 1925.Thomas Crosby
  • After the war there were regular, but not drastic increases, $200 in 1919, $250 in 1921, $300 in 1922, $350 in 1925, and $400 in 1928.Tuition
  • When office space was badly needed in 1925, the dormitory rooms on the second floor were taken over, and offices of the Departments of English and History moved in.University Hall
  • Vice Presidents have been part of the administration since 1925 when that title was given to Albert Davis Mead after several months during which he assumed some of the duties of President Faunce, whose illness prevented his full attention to presidential responsibilities.Vice Presidents
  • Mary Emma Woolley was also a member of the Institute of Pacific Relations which met in Honolulu in 1925 and 1927.Woolley, Mary Emma
  • Brown was second in the New England championships in 1925 and again in 1927, and first in 1929, after an undefeated season.Wrestling
  • In 1925 Henry M. Wriston accepted the presidency of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin.Wriston, Henry M.