Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1893

  • The baseball field was named Aldrich Field in 1959 in honor of Edward B. Aldrich 1893.Aldrich-Dexter Field
  • 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
  • The American Philosophical Society has numbered among its members the following individuals connected with Brown, elected to membership in the years indicated: Stephen Hopkins in 1769; Benjamin Waterhouse in 1791; Francis Wayland in 1838; John E. Holbrook 1815 in 1839; Alpheus S. Packard in 1878; George Dana Boardman 1852 in 1880; Henry S. Frieze 1841 in 1884; William Williams Keen 1859 in 1884; James Macalister 1856 in 1886; James Burrill Angell 1849 in 1889; Lester Frank Ward in 1889; Richard Olney 1856 in 1897; Stephen F. Peckham 1862 in 1897; John Hay 1858 in 1898; Robert H. Thurston 1859 in 1902; Carl Barus in 1903; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 in 1909; Charles E. Bennett 1878 in 1913; Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout 1893 in 1917; John Franklin Jameson in 1920; Charles Evans Hughes 1881 in 1926; Arthur F. Buddington ’12 in 1931; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897 in 1931; Ernest E. Tyzzer 1897 in 1931; Gilbert Chinard in 1932; George E. Coghill 1896 in 1935; Harvey N. Davis ’01 in 1935; George Grafton Wilson 1886 in 1936; Frederick G. Keyes ’09 Ph.D. in 1938; Charles August Kraus in 1939; Walter S. Hunter in 1941; Leonard Carmichael in 1942; Zechariah Chafee ’07 in 1946; Robert Cushman Murphy ’11 in 1946; Otto E. Neugebauer in 1947; William A. Noyes in 1947; George Boas ’13 in 1950; Carl Bridenbaugh in 1950; Clarence Saunders Brigham 1899 in 1955; Clarence H. Graham in 1956; John Imbrie in 1956; Lars Onsager in 1959; John Wilder Tukey ’36 in 1962; Edmund Sears Morgan in 1964; Carl Pfaffmann ’33 in 1964; Vartan Gregorian in 1965; Barnaby C. Keeney in 1965; Donald F. Hornig in 1967; Floyd Ratliff ’50 Ph.D. in 1972; Leon N. Cooper in 1973; David E. Pingree in 1975; George F. Carrier in 1976; Eliot Stellar ’47 Ph.D. in 1977; Brooke Hindle ’40 in 1982; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37 in 1984; Barbara K. Lewalski in 1986.American Philosophical Society
  • Thomas Baird Appleget (1893-1982), vice-president of the University from 1949 to 1959, was born in Hightstown, New Jersey, on January 16, 1893.Appleget, Thomas B.
  • At the request of Professor Poland, Professor Benjamin F. Clarke gave a course of lectures in 1893 on "Architecture, its History and Construction."Art
  • From 1893 to 1895 Carl Barus was a physicist at the Smithsonian Institution, where he assisted Samuel Langley in his experiments with flying machines.Barus, Carl
  • Baseball revived in the early 1890s with Fred Woodcock 1891 and Frank Sexton 1893 pitching and Fred Tenney 1894 as catcher.Baseball
  • Several of the players of the 1890s went on to play major league ball, Woodcock with Pittsburgh, Sexton, Tenney, and outfielder John "Daff" Gammons 1893 with the Boston Nationals, Thomas Dowd 1893 with the Washington Senators, and William Lauder 1898 with the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Giants.Baseball
  • The secret planning for the paper was actually begun about a month earlier by Ted Baylies 1895 and George Hunter 1893, who, as readers of the Harvard "Crimson" and the "Yale Daily News" were convinced that they could put out a daily newspaper at Brown.BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • They enlisted the help of John 1893 and Edward Casey 1893, who were putting themselves through college in their printing shop at the foot of College Hill.BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • Baylies and Steve Hopkins 1893 rounded up advertising for the whole year to insure the financial soundness of their proposed venture.BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • Ben Johnson 1893, H. Anthony Dyer 1894, and Guy A. Andrews 1895 were also named to the board of editors.BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • George W. Benedict graduated in 1893 from the University of Vermont, where his maternal grandfather had been president and his paternal grandfather professor of natural sciences and acting president.Benedict, George W.
  • Bumpus’ teaching methods as described by Walter were quoted in "Hermon Carey Bumpus; Yankee Naturalist," by his son, Hermon Carey Bumpus, Jr. ’12: Frederic P. Gorham joined the department in 1893 and introduced the study of bacteriology.Biology
  • 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
  • Winthrop J. V. Osterhout 1893 was instructor in the department from 1893 to 1895, and Haven Metcalf 1896 from 1896 to 1899.Botany
  • Also admitted to pages were the newly arrived women students, and in 1893-94 the name of Mary Emma Woolley 1894 appeared in the list of editors (although she was not included in their photograph).Brown Magazine
  • A volume entitled "Brown Verse," containing selections from verse published in the "Brunonian," was compiled and published by the Brunonian Board of 1893-94.Brunonian
  • The Cammarian Club was organized in 1893 as a senior society.Cammarian Club
  • In 1893 Benjamin Franklin Clarke was named professer of mechanical engineering.Clarke, Benjamin Franklin
  • Alexander Meiklejohn 1893 was president of Amherst College.College and University Presidents
  • S(amuel) Foster Damon (1893-1971), professor of English, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on February 12, 1893.Damon, Samuel Foster
  • The next year James Q. Dealey was professor of languages and history at Denton Normal College in Texas, and from 1891 to 1893 he taught Latin at Vermont Academy.Dealey, James Q.
  • James Q. Dealey received his master’s degree from Brown in 1893 for study in Greek and German, and became an instructor in Latin at Brown.Dealey, James Q.
  • 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
  • In 1853-54 the course was discontinued and did not reappear until 1893 when Walter B. Jacobs became instructor in pedagogy.Education
  • The department was housed in Sharpe House from 1960 until the fall of 1975, when it moved into the former Alumni House at 159 George Street, which was renamed Meiklejohn House in honor of Dean Alexander Meiklejohn 1893.Education
  • In 1893 Clarke’s title was changed to professor of mechanical engineering, an appointment he held until 1908.Engineering
  • By 1893 there were so many students of drawing that they worked in the east end of Sayles Hall, in the Psychology Laboratory, and even in the boxing room of the Gymnasium.Engineering
  • William D. Mount was assistant professor of mechanical engineering for one year in 1893-94.Engineering
  • 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
  • In 1893 Psi Upsilon became the first fraternity to have its own house.Fraternities
  • Henry Ames Barker 1893 was the author, with A. E. Thomas 1894, of a play, "In Colony Times," for the sesquicentennial celebration of the University in 1914.Gardner House
  • Frederic P. Gorham graduated from Brown in 1893 and earned a master of arts degree in 1894.Gorham, Frederic P.
  • Frederic P. Gorham was named instructor in biology at Brown in 1893, assistant professor in 1899, and associate professor in 1901.Gorham, Frederic P.
  • Reuben Aldridge Guild (1822-1899), librarian of the University from 1848 to 1893, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1822, one of a family of eleven children.Guild, Reuben A.
  • That position Reuben A. Guild held until 1893, and his obituary notes that he was absent on only three occasions.Guild, Reuben A.
  • Reuben A. Guild spent his time after his retirement in 1893 in writing.Guild, Reuben A.
  • Albert Granger Harkness became professor of Roman literature and history in 1893.Harkness, Albert Granger
  • On February 22 a team lead by Malcolm Chace 1896 and Alexander Meiklejohn 1893 (who had already graduated) played two twenty-minute halves against the Cambridge Polo Team, composed of mostly of Harvard men and considered the champion amateur team of Massachusetts, at the Ten Mile River and won 4-0.Hockey
  • The United States team members included Brown men Byron Watson 1897, William Jones 1896, George Matteson 1896, and Alexander Meiklejohn 1893, then a graduate student, Yale men A. C. Foote and Malcolm Chace (who had transferred from Brown to Yale in 1894), F. H. Clarkson of Harvard, and Billy Larned of Columbia.Hockey
  • Desperate for money to pay his debts and continue his education, Hope went to Chicago in 1893, hoping for a job at the World’s Fair, but settling for employment at the Hotel Lexington.Hope, John
  • While Walter B. Jacobs was teaching in the public schools, he was also instructor in pedagogy at Brown from 1893 to 1895 and associate professor from 1895 to 1901.Jacobs, Walter B.
  • In his reminiscences of Andrews written in 1935, Strauss wrote: Graduating at the same time as Strauss was Jacob Hayman, who came from Russia and entered Brown as a senior in 1893 after first studying at the University of Vermont.Jews
  • 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 story of the operation became known in 1917, after which Keen wrote a little book, "The Surgical Operations on President Cleveland in 1893."Keen, William Williams
  • Harry Lyman Koopman (1860-1937), librarian from 1893 to 1930, was born in Freeport, Maine, on July 1, 1860.Koopman, Harry Lyman
  • In 1893 Harry Lyman Koopman received a master of arts degree from Harvard and was appointed Librarian of Brown University, a position from which he retired thirty-seven years later.Koopman, Harry Lyman
  • In 1893 Charles A. Kraus went to the University of Kansas, where he studied electrical engineering and took his only formal chemistry course in his freshman year.Kraus, Charles A.
  • In 1893 the University purchased two lots which extended the eastern boundary of the property.Ladd Observatory
  • From 1893 to 1973 Ladd Observatory provided time signals, first to the Rhode Island Electric Protective Company, which distributed them throughout the state, then in 1906 to the local fire stations.Ladd Observatory
  • Guild from 1848 to 1893, Harry Lyman Koopman from 1893 to 1930, Henry B.Library
  • 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
  • James Irving Manatt was chancellor of the University of Nebraska from 1884 to 1889, and United States Consul at Athens from 1889 to 1893.Manatt, James Irving
  • In 1893 James Irving Manatt became professor of Greek literature and history at Brown, a position he held until his sudden death from pneumonia on February 14, 1915 in Providence.Manatt, James Irving
  • From 1893 to 1908 Manning offered courses in higher mathematics never previously available at Brown, courses with names like "Theory of functions: algebraic functions, Riemann surfaces, and Abelian functions," "Substitutions and transformation groups," and "Quaternions, non-Euclidean geometry, and hyperspace."Manning, Henry P.
  • Albert D. Mead went on to study at Clark University under C. O. Whitman, whom he followed to the University of Chicago in 1893.Mead, Albert D.
  • Alexander Meiklejohn graduated from Brown in 1893.Meiklejohn, Alexander
  • Carl Wallace Miller (1893-1975), professor of physics, was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 28, 1893.Miller, Carl W.
  • Philip Henry Mitchell (1893-1955), professor of biology, was born in Southbury, Connecticut, on December 13, 1893.Mitchell, Philip H.
  • Thus Richard Olney was not well known when Cleveland appointed him Attorney General in 1893.Olney, Richard
  • Albert D. Palmer was appointed instructor in physics in 1893 and was promoted to associate professor in 1896.Palmer, Albert D.
  • Charles William Parsons (1823-1893), professor of physiology, was born in Providence on September 6, 1823, the son of Professor Usher Parsons.Parsons, Charles W.
  • Charles W. Parsons died in Providence on September 2, 1893.Parsons, Charles W.
  • Until 1893 one-third of a class could be elected to membership, and one-half of that number could be chosen in the junior year.Phi Beta Kappa
  • As enrollment grew, the rule was changed in 1893 to admit one-fourth of the class with a maximum of 25.Phi Beta Kappa
  • A Philosophical Club was started in 1893 for "the independent discussion of philosophical questions."Philosophy
  • Fred E. Parker was the first director of men’s physical education from 1893 to 1903.Physical Education
  • "Brown Verse," subtitled "Selections from Verse published in the Brunonian and The Brown Magazine; including Extracts from Class Poem," was compiled and edited by the Brunonian Board of 1893-94 in 1894.Poetry
  • William Carey Poland also served as the curator of the Museum of Classical Archaeology from 1889 to 1893.Poland, William Carey
  • A course in law was introduced in 1893.Political Science
  • A course in political theory was introduced in 1893, followed by a course in diplomacy in 1894-95, one in current political theory and practice in 1895-96, and one in municipal functions in 1897.Political Science
  • Notice of its existence and restated purpose are found in the "Students’ Hand-Book" in 1893: "The Bishop Seabury Association has been established and is maintained to meet the needs of those students who are accustomed to the ritual of the Protestant Episcopal Church.Religious Societies
  • 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 organ in Sayles Hall was a gift in 1903 of Lucian Sharpe 1893 in memory of his parents.Sayles Hall
  • Alpha Beta Fraternity was established in 1893 "to promote the mental and moral development of its members and to further social intercourse."Sororities
  • Charles Arthur Stuart (1893-1962), professor of biology, was born in Lyon Mountain in northern New York on May 26, 1893.Stuart, Charles A.
  • 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
  • J. D. E. Jones 1893 represented Brown at the intercollegiates for two years, but, like Hovey, his tennis career was at its best after college, when he won five Rhode Island state singles and five doubles titles and reached the semi-finals at the national tournament at the Newport Casino in 1906.Tennis
  • In the intercollegiate tournament in 1893 Brown took firsts in both the singles and doubles, the former won by Malcolm Chace 1896, and the latter by Chace and Clarence Budlong 1897, a freshman who had won the interscholastic singles of the United States while he was in high school.Tennis
  • Frederick Neale Tompkins (1893-1978), professor of electrical engineering, was born in Providence on September 30, 1893.Tompkins, Frederick N.
  • 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
  • In his 1893 report Munro stated that "except in the Laboratory Courses, the examination is not likely to play a very conspicuous part in University Extension in America.... the great American public has no desire again to undergo these afflictions of student days.University Extension
  • After receiving his M. A. degree from Brown in 1893, Herbert E. Walter studied for a year at the University of Freiburg.Walter, Herbert E.
  • George Parker Winship graduated from Somerville Latin School, and in 1893 from Harvard University, where he received his master’s degree the next year.Winship, George Parker
  • In the spring of 1917 the the Reserve Officers Training Corps, which had been informally organized under Colonel Archibald C. Matteson 1893, was recognized by the War Department and placed under Major Charles W. Abbot, USA retired, who was given the title of Professor of Military Science and Tactics.World War I