Ames House, built about 1830 by Samuel Ames 1823 on the corner of Power and Brook Streets, was given to Brown in 1937 by Mrs. John Ormsbee Ames and Frank Mauran, Jr. Twenty-four rooms were remodeled to house thirty-eight graduate students who moved in the next year.Ames House
Tristam Burges had been a very popular member of the college, and the "Providence Journal" of September 30, 1830, commented on Wayland’s decision, "the public however entertained a different opinion.Burges, Tristam
The 1829-30 catalogue stated that the senior class "have used the treatise of Brande for a text-book," and the 1830-31 catalogue announced that the seniors had studied chemistry, among other subjects, under Professor Caswell, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, using the treatise of Dr. Turner, and observing "experimental illustrations, twice or thrice a week, as the subject might demand."Chemistry
Public speaking was of utmost importance as students in college were often preparing themselves for the ministry or the law, and the Laws of 1783 saw to it that the students were not lacking in practice: By a vote of the Corporation in 1830 students could be admitted to the "partial course" without registering to study for a degree.Curriculum
In 1830 Kingsbury was among the founding members of the American Institute of Instruction, of which he was later vice-president for many years and president in 1856 and 1857.Kingsbury, John
In 1830 Horace Mann married Charlotte Messer, to whom he had been devoted since college days, when she was the ten-year-old daughter of President Messer.Mann, Horace
On August 14, 1830 eighty of the living graduates of Brown, whose scholarship records qualified them, were elected to membership in Rhode Island Alpha.Phi Beta Kappa