By 1873 there were 25 students receiving the scholarships, six of them in the senior class.Agricultural lands
He reported in 1873 that he had delivered "a brief course of lectures to those members of the senior class who, late in the year, obtained agricultural scholarships.... For the purpose of illustration, one day, after the close of the course, was devoted to an examination of the farm of G. F. Wilson Esq., in East Providence; and another to dissections of neat stock, in the extensive slaughter-house of Mr. Comstock.Agricultural lands
In 1873-74 Bancroft introduced the reading of Chaucer with early English pronunciation and recommended the establishment of a professorship of Anglo-Saxon and early English, "a department now generally maintained in our leading colleges."English
Sigma Phi began at Brown as a non-secret society, founded by the members of the classes of 1873 and 1874 in 1870 and established as a chapter in 1872.Fraternities
The society published the "Photeinian," a literary annual which appeared only twice, in 1873 and 1874.Fraternities
The building was heated by stoves which were replaced by the introduction of steam heat in 1886; gas was introduced into the building about 1873.Manning Hall
Jenks reported in 1873, "It is intended that the museum shall contain specimens illustrative of every branch taught in the institution ...Museum of Natural History
After the addition to Rhode Island Hall in 1873 provided more room for the museum, Jenks, still without funds for the Museum, added a few cases paid for by donors, and, by soliciting ten dollars each from seventeen persons, was almost able to meet the cost of $190 for mounted skeletons of a horse and a buffalo acquired in 1875.Museum of Natural History
Richard Olney was a Democrat and was elected to the state legislature in 1873, but was defeated for reelection and for other offices.Olney, Richard
After the collapse of the Sprague business in 1873, the house passed into other hands and was eventually purchased by I. Gifford Ladd.Orwig Music Center
The coeducational institution for students in art and design fulfilled, at least in part, a wish expressed by Ezekiel Gilman Robinson in 1873 that a scientific school should be established in Rhode Island for instruction in drawing, civil engineering, architecture, and fine arts.Rhode Island School of Design
In 1873 class crews at Brown competed against each other, but no crew was sent to Springfield.Rowing
Costumed representatives of special events came next, the crew of 1873, the 1870 baseball team, Colonial and early nineteenth-century gentlemen, and finally, those marchers of other days, a recreation of the Junior burial with coffin and books on their way to a "cremation."Sesquicentennial celebration
On his departure from Providence, Winship was honored by his literary colleagues, Herbert O. Brigham 1899, Howard M. Chapin ’08, William Eaton Foster 1873, and Harry Lyman Koopman, at a dinner at the University Club.Winship, George Parker