1853

Meetings were held from 1845 until 1853, but the address and dinner were omitted.Associated Alumni
In 1853 an arrangement was made for the Alumni to hold their literary exercises on alternate years with Phi Beta Kappa, but they did this only in 1855 and 1857.Associated Alumni
The Barus and Holley Building, dedicated on June 4, 1965, was named in honor of faculty member and physicist Carl Barus and alumnus and engineer Alexander Lyman Holley 1853.Barus and Holley Building
The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Brown Corporation
Two sons of Nicholas Brown 1786 attended, Nicholas Brown 1811, United States Consul in Italy from 1845 to 1853, and John Carter Brown 1816, donor of the funds for the library building which is now Robinson Hall, and founder of the collection of Americana which constitutes the John Carter Brown Library.Brown family
Tristam Burges (1770-1853), professor of oratory and belles-lettres, was born in Rochester, Massachusetts, on February 26, 1770.Burges, Tristam
Tristam Burges died at Watchemoket Farm (now in East Providence) on October 13, 1853.Burges, Tristam
In 1853 the date of Commencement was changed back to September by popular demand, but the two term calendar remained the same.Calendar
In 1853 George Ide Chace gave a series of lectures to a class of 330 manufacturing jewelers of Providence and was rewarded by a gift of a silver pitcher engraved with scenes of Rhode Island Hall, the laboratory, and jewelers at work.Chace, George Ide
The traditional day for Commencement was the first Wednesday in September, but was changed in 1851 and 1852 to the second Wednesday in July, a change which proved unpopular enough for the date to be returned to September in 1853.Commencement
The "Providence Journal" reported in 1853 that it was now "quite possible to remain out of the city until after Commencement, a thing that was never thought of before," and in 1860 the "Journal" did not carry its usual announcement, "This being Commencement, no paper will be issued from this office to-morrow."Commencement
The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Corporation
In 1853-54 the course was discontinued and did not reappear until 1893 when Walter B. Jacobs became instructor in pedagogy.Education
Romeo Elton published a memoir of Roger Williams in 1853.Elton, Romeo
Beta Theta Pi established a chapter in 1847, Delta Kappa Epsilon in 1850, Zeta Psi in 1852, and Theta Delta Chi in 1853.Fraternities
In April 1853 the national fraternity revoked the charter of the Brown chapter and dismissed the remaining eight members (the two who had left college remained on the rolls of the fraternity).Fraternities
Theta Delta Chi (Zeta chapter) was established in November 1853.Fraternities
Reuben A. Guild was instrumental with Charles B. Norton in calling the first librarians’ convention, which met in New York in September of 1853.Guild, Reuben A.
From 1853 to 1855 Albert 1842 Harkness was in Germany, studying in Berlin, Bonn, and Göttingen.Harkness, Albert 1842
When Nathaniel P. Hill entered Brown in 1853, he had already been managing a farm after the death of his father.Hill, Nathaniel P.
Alexander Lyman Holley's oration at the Brown Commencement of 1853 was entitled "The Natural Motors."Holley, Alexander Lyman
At the "Librarian’s Convention" of 1853, Jewett was chosen to preside, and, in opening the proceedings, observed, "We meet for the purpose of seeking mutual instruction and encouragement in the discharge of the quiet and unostentatious labors of our vocation, for which each at his separate post finds perhaps but little sympathy, for which each when at home must derive enthusiasm only from within himself and from the silent masters of his daily communion."Jewett, Charles C.
Junior Burials of textbooks began in the 1850s, the earliest known program being for the year 1853.Junior Burials
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 1853 Horace Mann became the president of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a new "experimental college," which was non-sectarian and coeducational.Mann, Horace
Between 1849 and 1853, William L. Marcy held no public office, and spent his time on politics, reading, and playing whist with his political foe Thurlow Weed.Marcy, William L.
William L. Marcy also composed on June 1, 1853 a circular in which diplomatic representatives of the United States were encouraged to be received by foreign governments "as far as practicable ... in the simple dress of an American citizen."Marcy, William L.
After 1853, the exercises were held in alternate years.Phi Beta Kappa
In 1853 Ezekiel Gilman Robinson became professor of Christian theology at Rochester Theological Seminary.Robinson, Ezekiel Gilman
Professor George Ide Chace gave lectures to Providence metal workers in 1853.University Extension
Winslow Upton (1853-1914), professor of astronomy, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on October 12, 1853.Upton, Winslow
Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, founded in 1853, was named for Francis Wayland in recognition of his interest in its establishment and his gift of books which was the beginning and nucleus of its library.Wayland, Francis