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1887

  • When the Hatch Act of 1887 was passed, appropriating $15,000 annually for agricultural activities in the colleges, an amendment, influenced by the organization of farmers known as the Grange, stated that the money need not be applied to the existing land grant colleges, but could be used for agricultural experiment stations not connected with the colleges.Agricultural lands
  • In the first edition in 1903, Brown graduates and faculty members so honored were John Howard Appleton 1863 (chemistry), Henry Parker Manning 1883 (mathematics), Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 (zoology), Alfred D. Cole 1884 (physics), George W. Field 1887 (zoology), Winthrop J. V. Osterhout 1893 (botany), and Allen K. Krause ’01 (pathology), Carl Barus (physics), Edmund B. Delabarre (psychology), and Albert D. Mead (zoology).American Men of Science
  • Elisha Benjamin Andrews wrote two historical textbooks, "Brief Institutes of Our Constitutional History, English and American" in 1886, a book written for use as a students’ syllabus of his lectures, and "Brief Institutes of General History" in 1887, an outline of history to the late nineteenth century.Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
  • In 1887 President Cleveland appointed him to the International Commission of Canadian Fisheries to establish American rights in the waters of British North America.Angell, James Burrill
  • The Bear, as the mascot of Brown University, had its beginning when Theodore Francis Green 1887, a member of the building committee for Rockefeller Hall, placed the head of a real Brown bear above the arch that was the central feature of the trophy room in time for the opening of the new student union in January 1904.Bear
  • When Bumpus went abroad in 1893, George W. Field 1887, who had recently received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins, was appointed to take his place with the title of Associate Professor of Cellular Biology.Biology
  • Walter C. Bronson postponed entering college because of illness and graduated from Brown in 1887.Bronson, Walter C.
  • Jacobs Hall on Young Orchard Avenue, built in 1956, was renamed Theodore Francis Green Hall in honor of Senator Green 1887 in 1974.Bryant College
  • Walter C. Bronson 1887 wrote of Chace: Another legacy was a free bed for Brown University at Rhode Island Hospital.Chace, George Ide
  • Robert Foster Chambers (1887-1947), professor of chemistry, was born in Providence on October 8, 1887.Chambers, Robert F.
  • The Class of 1887 Gate was designed by Hoppin and Ely and built by Norcross Brothers on Waterman Street in 1903.Class of 1887 Gate
  • The verse beside the gate was written by Theodore Francis Green 1887.Class of 1887 Gate
  • Six graduates have been president of Colby College; Jeremiah Chaplin 1799, Rufus Babcock 1821, Eliphaz Fay 1821, James Tifft Champlin 1834, Charles Lincoln White 1887, and Benaiah Longley Whitman 1887.College and University Presidents
  • George Whitefield Samson 1839 and Benaiah Longley Whitman 1887 were both president of Columbian College (George Washington University).College and University Presidents
  • In 1887-88 the annual catalogue announced a plan for the selection of the speakers, in which a number of students, up to three-fifths of the class, were appointed by rank to submit orations.Commencement
  • The gates in the fence are the 1872 Gate on Prospect Street, the Robinson Gate on Waterman Street, a gift of the Class of 1884 dedicated at Commencement 1904 in memory of President Ezekiel Gilman Robinson, and the Class of 1887 Gate on Waterman Street.Fence
  • An earlier flag which was designed by Theodore Francis Green 1887 to be carried at the inauguration of President Barbour in 1929 was made of brown silk with a white shield in the center on which a brown bear rampant displays a flashing red tongue.Flag
  • In 1887 Sam Walter Foss was editor of the "Yankee Blade," a literary weekly in Boston.Foss, Sam Walter
  • The fraternity was reinstated at Brown in 1887.Fraternities
  • Ray Edwin Gilman (1887-1975), professor of mathematics, was born in Lansing, Kansas, on June 19, 1887.Gilman, Ray E.
  • In 1887 study for the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy was instituted.Graduate School
  • Theodore Francis Green entered Brown at fifteen and graduated in 1887.Green, Theodore Francis
  • Theodore Francis Green introduced the bear as the mascot of the University and composed the verse of the Class of 1887 Gate.Green, Theodore Francis
  • John E. Hill received a bachelor of science degree in 1884, a civil engineering degree in 1887, and a master of science degree in 1892, all from Rutgers.Hill, John E.
  • William Williams Keen was said to have performed the first successful operation for brain tumor in 1887, and in 1893 he assisted Dr. Joseph D. Bryant in operating on President Grover Cleveland.Keen, William Williams
  • The next year John Larkin Lincoln was promoted to professor, and, although presidencies of colleges were offered him, kept that position for the rest his days with the exception of three trips to Europe, one for his health in 1857, the next in the summer of 1878, and the last a year’s absence in 1887-88.Lincoln, John Larkin
  • Lyman Hall was formerly Lyman Gymnasium, named for Daniel W. Lyman 1865, who bequeathed the University $50,000 in 1887 for a building which was to be named for him.Lyman Hall
  • In 1887-88 Arnold Green added to the physical apparatus his gift of a barometer, solar radiometer, and hygrometer which had been used by Professor Alexis Caswell 1822 in his meteorological observations.Physics
  • For several years beginning in 1894 two law courses were conducted by young graduates of the University, one in elementary law by Elmer Almy Wilcox 1891 and one in Roman law by Theodore Francis Green 1887.Political Science
  • Albert K. Potter was principal of the high school in Middleboro, Massachusetts, from 1887 to 1890, and classical master at the high school in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1890 to 1897.Potter, Albert K.
  • He taught by dictation, although toward the end of his career he introduced recently published text books, that of John Dewey in 1887-88 and of David Jayne Hill in 1888-89.Psychology
  • Louis F. Snow graduated from Brown in 1887 with a degree of bachelor of philosophy, after which he earned a bachelor of arts degree and a master of arts degree from Harvard in 1889 and 1890.Snow, Louis F.
  • Margaret Bingham Stillwell (1887-1984), librarian of the Annmary Brown Memorial, was born in Providence on January 26, 1887.Stillwell, Margaret B.
  • Fred Hovey 1890, a future national champion who won the U.S. Doubles in 1893 and 1894 and the U.S. Singles in 1895, won the college championship in 1887 and successfully defended it against William R. Weeden 1891, the winner of the 1888 tournament.Tennis
  • The New England Intercollegiate Association was organized in 1887, and held its first meet on May 27 of that year.Track
  • Winslow Upton observed the total solar eclipse of August 19, 1887 from the interior of Russia.Upton, Winslow
  • In 1887 George G. Wilson was, with Austen K. DeBlois, the first to receive an earned master of arts degree from Brown, and the next year the same two were awarded Brown’s first Ph.D. degrees.Wilson, George G.
  • Wilson died in 1883 and the bequest was paid in 1887.Wilson Hall
  • Alva Woods (1794-1887), professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, was born in Shoreham, Vermont, on August 13, 1794.Woods, Alva
  • Alva Woods died in Hamilton, New York, on August 11, 1887.Woods, Alva