Alexis Caswell joined the faculty as professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in 1828, and from 1850 to 1863 was professor of mathematics and astronomy.Astronomy
Caswell’s letters in reply explaining the theory did not satisfy, so he and William A. Norton (the author of the textbook in use, who was appointed professor of natural philosophy and civil engineering in 1850) repeated the experiment by hanging a cannonball at the end of a wire 97 feet long in the tower of the Providence railroad station.Astronomy
Chace’s physiology course was described in the laws of 1850, "In the course in Physiology it will be the design of the Professor to teach the classifications of the animal and vegetable kingdom, the most important modifications of organized structure, and the laws to which animal and vegetable life is subjected, with special reference to the subjects of health and regimen."Biology
After 1850 he offered an advanced course for those "who may desire to pursue the science by the aid of the knife and microscope."Biology
James R. Boise was a tutor at Brown for three years, then was adjunct professor of Greek from 1843 to 1845, and professor of the Greek language and literature from 1845 to 1850.Boise, James R.
An Executive Board, composed of conservative members and entrusted with some of the functions which the Charter had reserved for the Board of Fellows, was created in 1850.Brown Corporation
The Laws of 1850, which introduced the "new system," called for two terms instead of three.Calendar
Alexis Caswell was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy from 1828 to 1850, professor of mathematics and astronomy from 1850 to 1855, and professor of natural philosophy and astronomy from 1855 to 1863.Caswell, Alexis
James Robinson Boise taught Greek from 1843 to 1852, with the exception of 1850-51, when Hiram H. Perry served as lecturer.Classics
An Executive Board, composed of conservative members and entrusted with some of the functions which the Charter had reserved for the Board of Fellows, was created in 1850.Corporation
The Bachelor of Arts degree continued to be the only earned degree until the advent of Francis Wayland’s "New System" in 1850, which inaugurated the Bachelor of Philosophy for those who desired to prepare themselves for the professions, but were unable to pursue a full course of liberal education.Degrees
Education as a subject of study began in 1851 with the appointment of Samuel Stillman Greene to the new chair of Didactics which had been created as part of President Wayland’s New System and described in the Laws of 1850-51: In 1851 Greene also became superintendent of schools in Providence.Education
Gammell switched to teaching history in 1850, and Robinson P. Dunn took over instruction in rhetoric and English literature until 1867.English
After President Wayland’s New System with its curricular changes was introduced in 1850, the professors were given a choice of salaries, $1,200 per year or $500 per year augmented by fees based on the number of students in their classes.Faculty
Beta Theta Pi established a chapter in 1847, Delta Kappa Epsilon in 1850, Zeta Psi in 1852, and Theta Delta Chi in 1853.Fraternities
Delta Kappa Epsilon (Upsilon chapter) was established in 1850.Fraternities
President Wayland’s New System of instruction, approved by the Corporation in March 1850 to be instituted as soon as $125,000 should be raised, began another fund raising campaign.Fund-raising
In 1843William Gammell began to teach a course in history, and was appointed to the chair of history and political economy in 1850.Gammell, William
Edward L. Pierce 1850 recalled "the excursion to Cumberland and vicinity, taken annually by the class in geology, in which he (Chace) explained rare specimens gathered from the mines, - the day closing with an entertainment at his house."Geology
In 1850-51 and 1851-52 courses in Italian and Spanish were offered.Greene, George W.
In the second term of 1850-51 there was a newly created chair of history and political economy held by Gammell.History
Hunter Dupree (history of science and technology), Abbott Gleason (Russian history), Barry D. Karl (recent United States history), R. Burr Litchfield (French and Italian economic and social history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), Norman Rich (German political and diplomatic history since 1850), and David Underdown (English politics in the seventeenth century); in 1970, Howard P. Chudacoff (nineteenth and twentieth century United States urban history), Charles E. Neu (foreign relations of the United States in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries), Robert C. Padden (the expansion of Europe and Comparative American colonial societies) and Gordon S. Wood (American colonial history); and in 1973, Lewis Perry Curtis (modern British history) and James T. Patterson (American history).History
Alexander Lyman Holley's early fondness for mechanics and his distaste for classical studies made him an ideal applicant to Brown in 1850, just when PresidentFrancis Wayland’s new curriculum was introduced, replacing some of the courses in ancient languages with electives including engineering.Holley, Alexander Lyman
Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), the first foreign missionary from America, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on August 9, 1788, the son of a Congregational minister.Judson, Adoniram
On April 3, 1850 Adoniram Judson was carried aboard the "Aristide Marie," following directions of his doctor that a long sea voyage was the only hope of regaining his health.Judson, Adoniram
John Kingsbury was named a trustee of the University in 1844, served on the committee to raise $125,000 for President Wayland’s "New System" in 1850, was appointed a fellow of the University in 1853 and at the same time appointed Secretary of the Corporation.Kingsbury, John
In 1850, when PresidentFrancis Wayland’s New System introduced new degrees, the substitution of modern languages for the ancient languages was permitted.Modern Languages
The University catalogue for 1850-51 described the courses in French, German, Italian, and Spanish, and added, "The course in each language is intended to be critical, grounding the student thoroughly in grammatical principles and accustoming him to the same rigorous analysis which is applied to the Latin and Greek, while at the same time he is prepared for writing and speaking by the constant use of oral and written exercises.Modern Languages
The Orwig Music Center occupies a building at 1 Young Orchard Avenue, which was built about 1850 for Byron Sprague, son of manufacturer Amasa Sprague.Orwig Music Center
George A. Allen 1852 noted in his diary in 1850 that he had paid for a month’s use of a downtown gymnasium and had received a key.Physical Education
In 1850 the "New System," which introduced the Ph.B. degree obtainable in three years without the study of ancient languages, enabled Tefft to graduate in 1851, the first to earn that degree.Tefft, Thomas A.
Named "The Francis Wayland Collegium for Liberal Learning" for the fourth president of Brown, whose 1850 "New System" introduced the concept of electives into the curriculum, the Collegium owes its existence and continuation to the income from a single endowment, a gift of then Chancellor Richard Salomon ’32 and Mrs. Salomon.Wayland Collegium for Liberal Learning
Francis Wayland's "Report to the Corporation of Brown University on changes in the system of collegiate education," read March 28, 1850, was accepted and laid the foundation for the "new curriculum" with more flexible entrance and degree requirements and the introduction of elective subjects.Wayland, Francis
In 1847Francis Wayland donated five hundred dollars to the town, which with an equal amount raised by subscription made it possible to open a free library in the town in August of 1850.Wayland, Francis