Two new policies regarding admission were added in 1892.Admission
On May 19, 1892 the General Assembly converted the agricultural school in Kingston into Rhode Island College for the Agricultural and Mechanic Arts and awarded it the funds from the second Morrill Act.Agricultural lands
A graduate of Bryn Mawr in 1892, Anne Crosby Emery Allinson studied abroad for two years on the "European scholarship," the highest honor that could be won by a Bryn Mawr student.Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery
Ambassadors and ministers to foreign countries have included Brown men since the early nineteenth century, among them: Jonathan Russell1791, ambassador to Sweden and Norway; Henry Wheaton1802, minister to Prussia; Christopher Robinson 1825, minister to Peru; George Van Ness Lothrop 1838, minister to Russia; Lewis Richmond 1842, minister to Portugal; Samuel Sullivan Cox 1846, minister to Turkey; James Burrill Angell1849, minister to China and Turkey; John Hay1858, ambassador to Great Britain; John Meredith Read 1858, minister to Greece; Frederick M. Sackett 1890, ambassador to Germany; Leland Howard Littlefield 1892, ambassador to Great Britain; Noble B. Judah ’04, ambassador to Cuba; Ely E. Palmer ’08, ambassador to Afghanistan; Roy Tasco Davis ’10, minister to Guatemala and Costa Rica, and Panama; Warren Randolph Burgess ’12, ambassador to NATO; Dana Gardner Munro ’12, minister to Haiti; Willard L. Beaulac ’20, ambassador to Paraguay, Columbia, Cuba, Chile, and Argentina; John J. Muccio ’21, ambassador to Korea, Iceland, and Guatemala; Will Mercer Cook A.M.’31, ambassador to Niger and Senegal; Clinton E. Knox A.M.’31, ambassador to Dahomey; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37, ambassador to the U.S.S.R.; Taylor G. Belcher ’41, ambassador to Cyprus; William H. Sullivan ’43, ambassador to Laos; and Nathaniel Davis ’46, ambassador to Guatemala.Ambassadors and ministers
K(arl) Brooke Anderson (1892-1975), executive secretary of the Brown Christian Association, was born in Cardwell, Virginia, on August 31, 1892.Anderson, Karl Brooke
Andrews left Denison in 1879, possibly because his liberal ideas irritated the trustees, although he remained a trustee until 1892.Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
In his annual report for 1892 Andrews, after pointing out that the chemical laboratory, the botanical laboratory, Sayles Hall, and the dormitories were all outgrown, dared to present the greatest challenge yet.Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
Samuel Tomlinson Arnold (1892-1956), first provost of Brown University, was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on August 23, 1892, the son of a minister.Arnold, Samuel T.
The Art Department began in 1892 with the appointment of William Carey Poland, who had been professor of classics for some years, to the new chair of professor of the history and criticism of the fine arts.Art
In 1892 Professor Poland had just returned from a year in Athens as Annual Director of the American School of Classical Antiquities, and had brought back some antiquities in the form of casts for the Museum of Classical Archaeology, which was set up on the lower floor of Manning Hall.Art
He was instructor in French and German in 1891-92, and instructor in German from 1892 to 1894.Asa Clinton Crowell
The Associated Alumni was incorporated in 1919, when the organization known as the Alumni Association until 1891 and as the Associated Alumni since 1892 reorganized under a new constitution designed to involve the alumni in closer cooperation with the University.Associated Alumni
After twelve years of important research in Nevada, New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, and Washington, Barus found his work with the Survey terminated by the withdrawal of government grants in 1892.Barus, Carl
In the United States Carl Barus was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the youngest member ever of the National Academy of Sciences in 1892, the fourth president of the American Physical Society in 1905 and 1906, and a member of the advisory committee on physics in connection with the organization of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.Barus, Carl
In 1892 Brown University buildings, points of interest in Providence, and a catalogue of the portraits in Sayles Hall were added.Bear Facts
In 1889 the course was restored to the junior year, and after Edmund B. Delabarre began to teach psychology in 1892, Chapin was able to drop the teaching of the nervous system.Biology
He was ill in 1892-93, and after his return the physical culture title was dropped.Biology
With a grant from the National Cancer Institute the house at Brown and Waterman Street, a bequest of Dr. Herbert Partridge 1892, was converted into a laboratory named Partridge Hall.Biology
Contributors who later pursued literary careers were editor Henry Robinson Palmer 1890, pageant writer William Chauncy Langdon 1892, editor and dramatist Albert Ellsworth Thomas 1894, professor and author Dallas Lore Sharp 1895, and newspaperman F. Severance Johnson 1899.Brown Magazine
She died in Palermo in 1892 after sixteen years of marriage to Bajnotti, who also erected a fountain in her memory in Burnside Park in Providence.Carrie Tower
By September 1892 there were too many students to attend chapel at once, and chapel attendance was made optional for the two upper classes.Chapel
In 1889 the course was restored to the junior year, and after Edmund B. Delabarre began to teach psychology in 1892, Chapin was able to drop the teaching of the nervous system.Chapin, Charles V.
His title in 1892 was "Professor of Physiology and Director of Physical Culture" and Charles V. Chapin reported on gymnastics and sports.Chapin, Charles V.
During these years of study Stephen S. Colvin also reported for the "Providence Journal" and the "Evening Telegram" and taught rhetoric at Brown from 1892 until 1895, when he went to study at the Universities of Berlin and Strasburg.Colvin, Stephen S.
Louis Franklin Snow was named first Dean of the Women’s College in 1892 and served until 1900, when Anne Crosby Emery was appointed.Dean
The first degree of Civil Engineer was awarded in 1892, and the first degree of Mechanical Engineer in 1896.Degrees
Hammer and Tongs, producer of skits and light operettas for the benefit of athletics, began in 1867, and after a brief hiatus in 1892 and 1893 when the Brown Operatic Club took its place, revived for a few years, and was replaced by Sock and Buskin, the Brown dramatic society, in 1901.Dramatics
Randall was made assistant professor of mathematics and civil engineering in 1891, advanced the next year to associate professor of mechanical drawing, and was from 1892 to 1930 professor of applied mathematics.Engineering
Edward C. Burnham 1886 (Sc.B., M.I.T. 1890), appointed instructor in mechanical drawing and engineering in 1892, developed a course in mechanical engineering.Engineering
The first degree of Civil Engineer was awarded in 1892 to Frank E. Winsor 1892.Engineering
Lorenzo Sears became associate professor of rhetoric in 1890, associate professor of rhetoric and oratory in 1892, and associate professor of American literature in 1895, at which time Hammond Lamont took over rhetoric and oratory.English
John Matthews Manly was associate professor of English language and literature in 1891-92, and changed his position to associate professor of English language in 1892, when Walter C. Bronson began to teach English literature.English
William Leopold Fichter (1892-1985), professor of Spanish language and literature, was born in New York City on January 5, 1892.Fichter, William L.
An important development in Brown football was the arrival of John Lindsey 1892 from Fall River.Football
Brown was beginning to take football seriously and acquired a coach, Mr. Howland, in 1892, a year marked by a victory over Wesleyan, 6-0, on a touchdown scored by freshman fullback Edward North Robinson 1896 (future Brown coach) with only ten seconds to play.Football
A contested game in the annals of football was Brown’s meeting with M.I.T. in New Bedford on November 9, 1892.Football
The coaches and their records (assuming that the early coaches were there for the whole season, which may or may not have been so) were: Mr. Howland (4-5-1) in 1892; William Odlin (6-3-0) in 1893; Mr. Norton (10-5-0) in 1894; Wallace Moyle (18-15-2) from 1895 to 1897; Edward North Robinson (140-82-12) in his three times as coach from 1898 to 1901, from 1904 to 1907, and from 1910 to 1925; John A. Gammons (17-10-2) in 1902, 1908, and 1909; David Fultz (5-4-1) in 1903; DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry (76-58-5) from 1926 to 1940; J. Neil "Skip" Stahley (14-11-0) from 1941 to 1943; Charles A.Football
While mention of Mr. Howland in the "Brown Daily Herald" in 1892 does not include his first name, there is noted as an umpire at games that year a Howland identified as "Harvard" or "Yale ’91" (identified as Charles P. Howland, Yale 1891, who received an advanced degree from Harvard a few years later).Football
Mr. Norton, who played football at Dartmouth and also coached there has been identified of Joseph M. Norton, Dartmouth 1892, who began teaching at the Friends’ School in Providence in 1895.Football
Henry T. Fowler taught at Norwich Academy in 1891-92, was general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at Yale from 1892 to 1894, and assistant in biblical literature at Yale in 1895-96.Fowler, Henry T.
In 1892 M. Joseph Harson ’84, a Providence merchant, invited the members to meet at his home, where a plan to extend membership to alumni was devised.Fraternities
Many of the members of Psi Upsilon were Rhode Island residents, and, according to an article in the "Brunonian" in 1892, "For more than half a century the Sigma has annually recruited from the best families in Rhode Island."Fraternities
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.
The 228-seat lecture room on the ground floor was named the Leonard Carmichael Auditorium in honor of the department chairman from 1927 to 1936, and the seminar room on the second floor was named in honor of Professor Edmund Burke Delabarre, who founded Brown’s psychology laboratory in 1892.Hunter Laboratory
He also wrote many medical articles and, with Dr. J. William White, edited the first surgical textbook in the English language in 1892.Keen, William Williams
Hugh Baxter Killough (1892-1976), professor of economics, was born in Waco, Texas, on December 30, 1892.Killough, Hugh B.
This building was to become in 1892 the first home of the Women’s College at 235 Benefit Street.Kingsbury, John
Courtney Langdon came to Brown as assistant professor of modern languages in 1890, was awarded an honorary bachelor of arts degree in 1891, promoted to associate professor in 1892 and professor in 1898.Langdon, Courtney
William Macdonald was professor of history and economics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1892-93 and professor of history and political science at Bowdoin College from 1893 to 1901.Macdonald, William
Military Education was added to the curriculum in 1892 to fulfill the terms of the Morrill land-grant fund, which had been received in 1863.Military education
Lieutenant William J. Pardee was professor of military tactics from 1892 to 1895, and was succeeded by Lieutenant John Baxter in 1895-96 and Captain Cunliffe H. Murray from 1896 to 1898.Military education
In his annual report for 1892 President Andrews noted, "The Old Museum of Natural History now exists in two parts, the Jenks Museum of Zoology and the Museum of Anthropology, either of which is more valuable for educational purposes than the whole was before."Museum of Natural History
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
Psychology came into its own at Brown in 1892 after the arrival of Edmund Burke Delabarre, who installed Brown’s first psychology laboratory.Psychology
Edmund Burke Delabarre started experimental work in psychology at Brown in 1892, and remained for forty years.Psychology
Otis E. Randall was assistant professor of mathematics and civil engineering in 1891-92, associate professor of mechanical drawing from 1892 to 1896, and professor of applied mechanics from 1896 until his retirement in 1930.Randall, Otis E.
Lorenzo Sears was appointed associate professor of rhetoric at Brown in 1890, promoted to professor of rhetoric and oratory in 1892, and named the first professor of American literature in 1895.Sears, Lorenzo
The name of the publication was inspired by a poem by Professor Courtney Langdon in the "Brunonian" of December 3, 1892, "The Sepiades," which he called for the newly arrived women students.Sepiad
James Seth was appointed associate professor of natural theology at Brown in 1892, and professor of philosophy and natural theology in 1894.Seth, James
Dormitories of a temporary nature were put into use in 1892 with the opening of houses at 96 George Street with fifteen rooms and at 21 Brown Street with five rooms.Student housing
Ed Weeks 1893 won the 25-yard dash and Everett A. Bowen 1892 the 600.Track
Frank Sexton 1893 won the mile "walk" in 8 minutes 8 seconds, and G. N. Richmond 1892 won the mile in 5:35.Track
The coaches after Archie Hahn were Alfred W. Haddleton, who had coached at Providence Technical High School and Moses Brown School and filled in at Brown in 1920-21, James E. Smith 1892 from 1921 to 1923, John Frederick Powers, former Notre Dame track star and coach at Worcester Academy, from 1924 to 1938, and Malcolm Williams from 1938 to 1941.Track
The remaining treasurers have been Arnold Buffum Chace1866 from 1882 to 1900; Cornelius S. Sweetland 1866 from 1900 to 1923; Frank W. Matteson 1892 from 1923 to 1933, Edwin Aylsworth Burlingame ’14, acting treasurer from 1933 to 1934; Harold C. Field 1894 from 1934 to 1949; George Burton Hibbert from 1949 to 1950; Gordon L. Parker ’18 from 1950 to 1965; Patrick J. James ’32 from 1965 to 1970; Joseph W. Ress ’26 from 1970 to 1979; Andrew M. Hunt ’51 from 1979 to 1988; and Marie J. Langlois ’64 since 1988.Treasurer
In his report for 1892 President Andrews set forth the purpose of the program: If the lectures won acceptance, the examinations did not.University Extension