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1935

  • William Dinkins ’12 spent most of his life at Selma University and was its president from 1935 to 1950.African Americans
  • 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
  • Sinclair W. Armstrong came to Brown as an instructor in history in 1930, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1935, associate professor in 1946, and full professor in 1949.Armstrong, Sinclair W.
  • Sinclair W. Armstrong received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1935.Armstrong, Sinclair W.
  • The dance group under the direction of Mrs. Flora Hopkins held its first public recital on May 8, 1935.Athletics
  • In 1935 Pembroke students were allowed to play golf at Wannamoisett Country Club.Athletics
  • Also in 1935 the Pembroke Physical Education Department branched out with the purchase of equipment for horseshoes, badminton, croquet, and deck tennis.Athletics
  • Speaking to the alumni at the first Homecoming dinner in 1935, Barbour said, "I came to Brown with lofty dreams and with visions of things to be accomplished.Barbour, Clarence A.
  • Carl Barus (1856-1935), professor of physics and dean of the Graduate Department, was born in Cincinnati on February 19, 1856, the son of German immigrant parents who had met and married after coming to the United States.Barus, Carl
  • Carl Barus died in Providence on September 20, 1935 in Providence.Barus, Carl
  • Bruce M. Bigelow was appointed instructor in history at Brown in 1930, assistant professor in 1935, associate professor in 1943, and professor in 1947.Bigelow, Bruce M.
  • In 1935 the Commission of Inland Fisheries was discontinued.Biology
  • John Nicholas Brown went to Harvard, but continued his association with Brown as a Trustee from 1930 to 1935, when he became a Fellow, and as Secretary of the Corporation from 1963 to 1971.Brown family
  • He taught at Washington University from 1935 until 1937, when he came to Brown as professor of French language and literature.Brown, Harcourt
  • Harcourt Brown was one of the founders of the "Annals of Science," and served as associate editor from 1935 to 1974.Brown, Harcourt
  • He became a Resident Counsellor in 1935 and Chaplain in 1942.Chapel
  • Charles V. Chapin received the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal in 1935.Chapin, Charles V.
  • William F. Church graduated from Allegheny College in 1934 and earned his master’s degree in 1935 and his Ph.D. in 1939, both from Harvard.Church, William F.
  • Leallyn B. Clapp graduated in 1935 from Eastern Illinois Teachers College, where he had majored in physics.Clapp, Leallyn B.
  • Brownbrokers was formed in 1935 when some students decided to stage an original music revue.Dramatics
  • "Something Bruin’" opened on May 10, 1935 with 23 original numbers.Dramatics
  • In 1935 the building was still in service and had been treated to fresh paint in bright colors.East Building
  • As restated in the 1935 "Liber Brunensis," the purpose of the members was to "form a miniature parliament ... to give training in unprepared speech," which they did until World War II interrupted such activities.Erasmians
  • The fencing team had winning seasons in 1934 and 1935, but by 1936 the varsity team was reduced to five members, who had to double up in order to have three contenders on each of the sabre, epee, and foils.Fencing
  • In 1935 the affiliation was dropped and the fraternity once more became the local Tau Delta Epsilon.Fraternities
  • On April 14, 1935 the Gardners held an informal house-warming, at which Albert Mead dedicated the Henry Ames Barker room in memory of Mrs. Gardner’s brother "to all the interests, civic and artistic, that filled his life," and communicated her wish that the room would serve as a meeting place for groups in the college or city who wish to carry on this work.Gardner House
  • William Hastings graduated in 1903, and immediately began what was to be his life-long teaching career at Brown, being appointed assistant in English in 1903, instructor in 1907, assistant professor in 1912, associate professor in 1923, professor in 1935, and chairman of the Department of English from 1937 to 1949.Hastings, William T.
  • Albert F. Hinrichs was assistant professor of economics at Brown from 1926 to 1930, and associate professor from 1930 to 1935.Hinrichs, Albert F.
  • In April 1935 Albert F. Hinrichs was attacked in a confidential bulletin (dutifully reported by the "Providence Journal)" to the Rhode Island Textile Association, warning its members to "treat him as an enemy" in his investigations for his department in Rhode Island.Hinrichs, Albert F.
  • Another team to remember was that of 1935-36, which, although beset with injuries, managed a season of seven wins and five losses.Hockey
  • Homecoming for the alumni in the fall was first held in 1935, in response to an expressed need for a time when all alumni could come back to the campus.Homecoming
  • The idea served its purpose as 800 alumni from the Class of 1867 up to the Class of 1935 congregated at the homecoming dinner.Homecoming
  • In February 1935, Associated Press sports editor Alan Gould wrote, "The so-called ‘Ivy League’ which is in the process of formation among a group of the older Eastern universities now seems to have welcomed Brown into the fold and automatically assumed the proportions of a Big Eight’".Ivy League
  • In his reminiscences of Andrews written in 1935, Strauss wrote: Graduating at the same time as Strauss was Jacob Hayman, who came from Russia and entered Brown as a senior in 1893 after first studying at the University of Vermont.Jews
  • In 1935 the prom again changed location to the Biltmore Hotel.Junior Week
  • Having chosen Brown, Kenny stayed for the rest of his life except for two years, 1927 to 1929, as instructor in English at Northeastern University, one year, 1934-1935, as an exchange professor at the American College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and two stints of military service during World War II and the Korean conflict.Kenny, Robert W.
  • Paul N. Kistler was named associate professor in 1935.Kistler, Paul N.
  • Charles A. Kraus was awarded the William H. Nichols Medal of the New York section of the American Chemical Society in 1924, the Theodore William Richards Medal of the Chicago section in 1935 and the Northeastern section in 1936, the Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chicago section in 1935, the Franklin Medal in 1938 and the Priestly Medal in 1950.Kraus, Charles A.
  • Charles Arthur Lynch was instructor in Greek and Latin classics at Brown in 1927-28 and again in 1932, becoming assistant professor in 1935, associate professor in 1944, and professor in 1951.Lynch, Charles Arthur
  • Between 1933 and 1935 Hans Lewy and Otto Szasz taught at Brown under the provision of the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars.Mathematics
  • Robert McBurney Mitchell made a special adaptation of "Everyman" for a Sock and Buskin production in 1929 and prepared the text of Kleist’s "Prince Frederick of Homburg" for its first American performance by Sock and Buskin in 1935.Mitchell, Robert McBurney
  • When the first publication of scientific cuneiform texts was happening, Neugebauer, realizing that the translators did not understand the mathematics involved, undertook the work himself, and between 1935 and 1938 published a three-volume edition of Babylonian mathematical texts.Neugebauer, Otto
  • Robert Gale Noyes published "Ben Jonson on the English Stage, 1660-1776" in 1935, "The Thespian Mirror" in 1953, and "The Neglected Muse" in 1958.Noyes, Robert Gale
  • The first two students were graduated from the nursing school in 1935 and received their degrees in 1936.Nursing program
  • Reports that the society was dedicated to promoting separate Brown and Pembroke commencements were denied in 1933, but surfaced again in 1935 in "Bear Facts," which added, "In spite of the impressive name, nothing further has been heard of this organization except once a year at the final Class Sing in May, when new members are tapped by the outgoing berobed owls."Owl and Ring
  • In 1935 the Physical Education Department purchased equipment for badminton, croquet, deck tennis, and horseshoes.Physical Education
  • Albert K. Potter retired from teaching in 1935.Potter, Albert K.
  • Otis E. Randall wrote a book, "The Dean’s Window," based on his experiences and observations in his seventeen years as dean, which covered a multitude of topics relating to students and alumni, and reflected his view of his office, of which he said he would have found the duties "most irksome if they had been wholly disciplinary, and robbed me of the opportunity which I prized above all others – of playing the part of the ‘big brother.’" In 1935 he embarked on what he considered the most interesting educational venture of his life, when he became chairman of the advisory committee of the Delphian Society, an organization of over 300,000 American women who were pursuing self-education with textbooks published by the Society.Randall, Otis E.
  • Joaquim Wach came from Germany in 1935 as visiting professor and was named associate professor in 1939.Religious Studies
  • Charles Alexander Robinson became assistant professor the next year, associate professor in 1935, and full professor in 1945.Robinson, Charles Alexander
  • In 1934 and 1935 Charles Alexander Robinson was Professor of Greek Literature and Archaeology in Athens.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
  • Detlev W. Schumann taught at Bowdoin College from 1926 to 1929, at Lincoln School of Teachers College at Columbia from 1929 to 1931, at the University of Missouri from 1931 to 1934, and at Swarthmore College from 1934 to 1935.Schumann, Detlev W.
  • In 1935 Detlev W. Schumann came to Brown as assistant professor of German, and was promoted to associate professor in 1936 and professor in 1946.Schumann, Detlev W.
  • Spring Day exercises became part of Junior Weekend in 1935 and continued to be until World War II intervened.Spring Day
  • Students furnished their own rooms in a variety of styles until 1935, when all dormitories were furnished by the University.Student housing
  • East House was closed when enrollment dropped in the early 1930s, but was opened again in 1935.Student housing
  • Taft earned his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin in 1935 and worked as an associate economist for the Social Security Board, before coming to Brown in 1937 as assistant professor of economics.Taft, Philip
  • Phoebe Smythe coached tennis in 1927-28, and Ruth E. M’Coy from 1930 to 1935.Tennis
  • Rohn Truell (1913-1968), professor of applied mathematics, was born on April 6, 1913, in Washington, D. C. He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering at Lehigh University in 1935, and received his Ph.D. degree from Cornell in 1941.Truell, Rohn
  • After leaving Nazi Germany, Joaquim Wach came in the fall of 1935 to Brown, where, as visiting professor of biblical literature, he taught courses in the sociology of religion, religious philosophies of the Orient, and the nature and principles of religious development.Wach, Joaquim
  • Hyatt H. Waggoner graduated from Middlebury College in 1935, and received his master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1936 and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1942.Waggoner, Hyatt H.
  • Clarence M. Webster taught at a number of institutions before earning his Ph.D. at Brown in 1935.Webster, Clarence M.