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
Two brothers, Henry L. Aldrich 1876 and Charles T. Aldrich 1877, were there to hear the field named for them.Aldrich Field
At about this time, Alexander Graham Bell had patented Eli Whitney Blake's telephone after submitting a crude model with his application on February 14, 1876.Blake, Eli Whitney
The Pembroke athletic field was acquired through the bequest of Charles T. Aldrich 1877 and Henry L. Aldrich 1876 of their estate which occupied the block bordered by Meeting, Hope, Cushing and Brook Streets.Campus
After graduation from Brown in 1876, Charles V. Chapin prepared for the study of medicine with Dr. G. D. Wilcox, a homeopathic physician in Providence.Chapin, Charles V.
In 1871 and again in 1876 seniors requested an elective course, which became a regular course in 1878.Classics
In 1876 his famed "Centennial Engine," 776 tons, 40 feet high on a platform 56 feet in diameter, was transported on seventy-one flat cars to Philadelphia to provide the power for the fourteen-acre Machinery Hall at the country’s Centennial Exposition.Corliss-Brackett House
After 1876 requirements for the Bachelor of Philosophy degree were altered to include four years of study and some knowledge of Latin.Degrees
After high school in Concord, New Hampshire, William H. P. Faunce entered Brown in 1876.Faunce, William H. P.
In 1876 Delta Phi decided not to initiate any more members for a few years and was once more inactive until it was revived in 1881 through the efforts of Franklin E. Brooks 1883.Fraternities
These were a convalescence from a sprained ankle suffered from a fall from a ladder in the library in 1857, a few days of absence when his son died in 1876, and a visit to England and Scotland in 1877 when Reuben A. Guild attended the International Conference of Librarians in London.Guild, Reuben A.
He entered Brown in 1899, following the footsteps of his father, Judson W. Hastings 1876, who had not planned to go to college at all, but had been persuaded by his principal at Suffield Academy, who was E. Benjamin Andrews 1870, later president of Brown.Hastings, William T.
One of Howe’s last communications from Theodore Parker was a Latin epitaph (written when Howe was fifty-seven, so that his age of 77 at death was a conjecture), which translated reads: Howe was 74 when he died in Boston on January 9, 1876.Howe, Samuel Gridley
A bequest of $100,000 for an addition to the library was made by Webster Knight 1876, who died in 1933.John Hay Library
When Joseph Lister came to Philadelphia in 1876, Keen heard his views on antisepsis in surgery and was one of the first American surgeons to adopt Lister’s system.Keen, William Williams
Keen was professor of artistic anatomy at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1876 to 1890, professor of surgery at the Women’s Medical College from 1884 to 1889, and professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College from 1889 to 1907.Keen, William Williams
The records were kept by the City Engineer after 1876, the observatory after 1890, and the United States Weather Bureau beginning in 1904.Ladd Observatory
Webster Knight 1876 contributed $10,000 for furnishing the building.Marston Hall
Brown won the opening game, 33-30, and the first balls were thrown out, one to captain John Heffernan ’28 and one to the Harvard captain, by Henry L. Aldrich 1876 and Charles T. Aldrich 1877, whose generosity had made possible the acquisition of the site for the gymnasium and the adjacent playing fields.Marvel Gymnasium
When Alonzo Williams was appointed professor of modern languages in 1876, French began to be offered in the freshman year.Modern Languages
Pembroke Field, bounded by Hope, Meeting, Brook, and Cushing Streets, was formerly the estate of Charles T. Aldrich 1877 and Henry L. Aldrich 1876, received through their bequest and dedicated on October 24, 1936.Pembroke Field
William Carey Poland's career at Brown began as instructor of Greek in 1870, continued as instructor of Latin and Greek from 1871 to 1875, assistant professor of Latin and Greek from 1876 to 1889, and associate professor of Greek from 1889 to 1892.Poland, William Carey
Finding the house too large for their needs after their children were grown, Mr. and Mrs. Sturges sold the house to Brown in 1947 at a price which represented a substantial donation in memory of Mrs. Sturges’ father, Rowland Gibson Hazard 1876.President’s House
No crew was sent to Saratoga in 1876, the boat club being in debt and preferring to spend its dues on new boats.Rowing
Some of the indebtedness of the Club was defrayed by the proceeds ($216.23) of a series of "Boat Club Lectures" on art and public speaking in February and March of 1876.Rowing
On November 22, 1876, a convention met at Worcester and formed a rowing association of New England colleges.Rowing
Young Sayles, who entered Brown in 1874, died on February 13, 1876.Sayles Hall
The gates were built with the bequest of Augustus Stout Van Wickle 1876, president of a bank and several coal corporations, who was killed in a skeet shooting accident in 1898.Van Wickle Gates
Its cornerstone was laid on June 18, 1901, the same day that the Van Wickle Gates were dedicated, by Marjorie Van Wickle, daughter of Augustus Stout Van Wickle 1876, donor of the building.Van Wickle Hall
Alonzo Williams was appointed professor of modern languages at Brown in 1876, and began his duties in 1877 after a year of study in Berlin, Leipzig, and Paris.Williams, Alonzo
The buildings were named for two Brown presidents and seven alumni, among them two Secretaries of State, three professors, a public health superintendent, and the man who led the Housing and Development campaign to finance the Quadrangle: Marcy House for William Learned Marcy 1808, Governor of New York, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State, Olney House for Richard Olney1856, Attorney General and Secretary of State, Goddard House for William Giles Goddard1812, newspaper editor and professor of moral philosophy and belles-lettres, Diman House for Jeremiah Lewis Diman1851, professor of history and political economy, Sears House for Barnas Sears1825, president from 1855 to 1867, Wayland House for Francis Wayland, president from 1827 to 1855, Chapin House for Charles V. Chapin 1876, professor of physiology, and superintendent of health in Providence, Harkness House for Albert Harkness1842, professor of Greek, and Buxton House for G. Edward Buxton ’02, chairman of the Housing and Development Campaign which built the Quadrangle.Wriston Quadrangle