1874

Applicants continued to be examined in Greek, Latin, mathematics, and English (geography fell by the wayside in 1874) with the addition of French in 1876 and German (as an alternative to French) in 1891.Admission
Gabriel N. Grisham 1878, who entered in 1874 and left college during his sophomore year, received his bachelor’s degree by special vote in 1900, after he had taught mathematics and astronomy at Lincoln Institute in Missouri and had become principal of Lincoln High School in Kansas City.African Americans
; astronomers Frederick Slocum 1895 and Harlan T. Stetson ’08; anthropologist Lester F. Ward; botanist Thomas Harper Goodspeed ’09; chemists Moses L. Crossley ’09 Raymond M. Fuoss ’32 Ph.D, Louis J. Gillespie ’08 John B. F. Herreshoff 1890, Charles A. Kraus, and William Albert Noyes, Jr.; geologist Arthur F. Buddington ’12; mathematicians C. Raymond Adams ’18, Raymond C. Archibald, Albert Arnold Bennett ’10, Derrick H. Lehmer ’30 Ph.D., Otto Neugebauer, Otto Szasz, Jacob D. Tamarkin, Waldemar J. Trjizinsky, and Raymond L. Wilder ’18; pathologist Ernest E. Tyzzer 1897; physicists Walter G. Cady 1895, Albert DeForest Palmer 1891, and Frank P. Whitman 1874; psychologists Leonard Carmichael, Clarence H. Graham, and Guy Montrose Whipple 1897; zoologists Victor E. Emmel ’07 Ph.D, Leigh Hoadley, Robert Cushman Murphy ’11, Alpheus S. Packard, and Herbert E. Walter ’93 A.M.American Men of Science
Elisha Benjamin Andrews graduated from Newton Theological Institution in 1874, and was ordained in Beverly, Massachusetts, where he served as pastor for one year until he was called to the presidency of Denison University in 1875.Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
In 1874 Carl Barus graduated from Woodward High School in the same class as William Howard Taft.Barus, Carl
The appointments of John Whipple Potter Jenks as professor of agricultural zoology in 1874 in accordance with the requirements of the Morrill Act, of William Whitman Bailey as instructor in botany in 1877, and of Alpheus Spring Packard as professor of zoology and geology in 1878 made it possible for Parsons finally to devote his course to human anatomy and physiology.Biology
On the evening of November 8, 1874 a disaster occurred.Boat House
Charles Wilson Brown (1874-1974), professor of geology, was born in what is now Overton, Nebraska, on August 11, 1874.Brown, Charles Wilson
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
The "Brunonian" was revived in 1868, first as a quarterly, increasing to six numbers in 1870, appearing every third Saturday in 1874, and eventually becoming biweekly in 1879.Brunonian
In 1874 the "Brunonian," failing financially, changed its appearance.Brunonian
George Ide Chace was a trustee of Butler Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, and from 1874 to 1883 was chairman of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, directing the state institutions in Cranston.Chace, George Ide
William Patten 1818 (1867-1873), Benjamin F. Thomas 1830 (1874-1878) and Thomas Durfee 1846 (1879-1888) were all lawyers.Chancellors
Theodore Collier (1874-1963), professor of history, was born in Montville, New Jersey, on July 9, 1874.Collier, Theodore
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 1874 Nathaniel F. Davis returned to Brown as instructor in mathematics, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1879, associate professor in 1889, and professor of pure mathematics in 1890.Davis, Nathaniel F.
In 1874 Nathaniel F. Davis helped with the instruction in drawing.Engineering
Instruction in logic was part of the responsibility of the professor of rhetoric and English literature until 1874 when it was removed to the Department of Mathematics.English
In 1874 a football association was formed, but Brown did not play an intercollegiate game until invited by Amherst College in 1878.Football
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 1874 issue of the "Photeinian" described the society further, "Sigma Phi is preeminently a working society.Fraternities
Albert Granger Harkness studied at the University Grammar School and entered Brown in 1874, but because of illness did not graduate until 1879.Harkness, Albert Granger
His marriage in 1874 to Clara L. Stone, daughter of wealthy Amasa Stone of Cleveland, changed his life as John Hay moved to Cleveland and conducted the financial affairs of his father-in-law and was able to resume his writing.Hay, John
After the death of John Carter Brown in 1874, the second printed catalogue of his books, which now numbered about 7,000, was printed in the years 1875 to 1882.John Carter Brown Library
John Kingsbury (1801-1874), secretary of the Corporation and school principal, was born in South Coventry, Connecticut, on May 26, 1801.Kingsbury, John
From that date until 1874 John Kingsbury was president of the Washington Insurance Company.Kingsbury, John
John Kingsbury died in Providence on December 21, 1874.Kingsbury, John
From 1874 to 1876 James Irving Manatt was professor of Greek at Denison College.Manatt, James Irving
In 1874 Albert G. Upham was paid twenty dollars to play the organ for the academic year.Manning Hall
Nathaniel French Davis 1870 returned to Brown in 1874 as instructor in mathematics and remained until 1915, being named professor of pure mathematics in 1890.Mathematics
In 1874-75 the study of logic was removed from the professorship of rhetoric and was joined to mathematics.Mathematics
Charles W. Parsons was a visiting physician at Rhode Island Hospital until 1874, and after that a consulting physician.Parsons, Charles W.
Logic, though not offered that year, is mentioned, indicating that the teaching of logic was now removed from the Department of Mathematics, where it had been since 1874.Philosophy
An addition was constructed on the east side of the building in 1874.Rhode Island Hall
John Carter Brown 1816, who died in 1874, had bequeathed to the University a lot at the corner of Waterman and Prospect Streets as a site for a library, along with $50,000 for the building.Robinson Hall
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) came to Brown in the fall of 1893 on the advice of a young minister at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, William Herbert Perry Faunce, later president of Brown, who recommended the college for its advantages of small classes, contact with professors, the inspiration of President E. B. Andrews, and the fact that "Providence is more healthful than New Haven."Rockefeller, John D., Jr.
The college boat house burned on November 8, 1874.Rowing
Young Sayles, who entered Brown in 1874, died on February 13, 1876.Sayles Hall