James Pickwell Adams (1895-1969), professor of economics and vice-president of Brown University, was born in Carson City, Michigan on January 27, 1895.Adams, James P.
; 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
In 1895 the study of architecture, taught by Providence architect Norman Isham, was placed in the Department of Fine Arts, and the first Ph.D. degree in the department was earned by Daniel Goodwin for a dissertation entitled "The Return of the Gods from Exile, a Study of the Mutual Influence of Renaissance Art and Christianity in Italy."Art
Heita Okada 1895 came to Brown from Tokyo by way of Worcester Academy.Asians
Frederick Slocum 1895 received the first Ph.D. in astronomy at Brown in 1898 and served as assistant professor of astronomy from 1899 to 1909.Astronomy
When President Andrews wrote his annual report in 1895, he hailed physical exercise and competition as healthful for the body and also morally and mentally uplifting.Athletics
The Brown University Athletic Association was organized in September 1895.Athletics
In the "Faculty Rules and Regulations" for 1895 are included rules of the committee "On Athletic and other Student Organizations," governing eligibility.Athletics
William Whitman Bailey's publications included "Botanical Collectors’ Handbook" (1881), "Botanical Note-book" (1894-97), "Among Rhode Island Wild Flowers" (1895 and 1896), "New England Wild Flowers" (1895), and "Botanizing" (1899).Bailey, William Whitman
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
In 1895 Carl Barus accepted the Hazard professorship of physics at Brown and remained in that position for thirty-one years.Barus, Carl
Carl Barus's scientific research at Brown produced 350 articles and monographs from 1895 to 1929.Barus, Carl
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
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 taught at Phillips Andover Academy, and in 1895-96 studied at the University of Freiburg with German philologists Kluge and Thurneysen.Benedict, George W.
He continued to teach until 1895, but observed that the course, which had been intended as an elementary course in human anatomy and physiology was now elected chiefly by students intending to study medicine, and recommended that "the time has come to drop ‘Physiology,’ in the meaning that it has had in the past from the curriculum, and to strengthen the department of general biology."Biology
In 1895 Albert Mead returned with his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and was appointed instructor in comparative anatomy.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
The Pembroke Campus began with the acquisition in 1895 of land on Meeting Street from the estate of John Wilson Smith.Campus
The triennial catalogue continued to appear until it was superseded in 1895 by the first English catalogue of officers and students, the "Historical Catalogue of Brown University ...Catalogues
Meanwhile Charles V. Chapin was instructor in physiology at Brown from 1882 to 1886 and professor from 1886 to 1895, city registrar of Providence from 1889 to 1932, lecturer at Harvard Medical School in 1909, at Harvard-M.I.T. School for health officers from 1913 to 1922, and at Harvard School of Hygiene from 1923 to 1931.Chapin, Charles V.
Francis Greenleaf Allinson was associate professor of Greek and classical philology from 1895 to 1898, after which he was the David Benedict Professor of Greek literature and history from 1898 to 1927.Classics
The first Ph.D. degree in Latin was earned in 1895 by Charles E. Dennis 1888, the first in Greek in 1899 by Frederick E. Whitaker 1888.Classics
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.
Changing his field to political and social studies, James Q. Dealey earned his Ph.D. from Brown in 1895, after which he was appointed assistant professor of social and political science.Dealey, James Q.
In 1895 the engineering workshops moved to the basement of the new Wilson Hall, and the addition to the Chemical Laboratory (Rogers Hall) provided drafting rooms.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
In 1895-96 the English Department under Professor Bronson offered a new Introductory Course in English Literature, taught by three faculty members.English
Walter G. Everett earned his Ph.D. degree at Brown in 1895, and then studied at the Universities of Berlin and Strasburg the following year.Everett, Walter G.
On November 9, 1895, the Brown team scored against Yale for the first time in a game which ended in a 6-6 tie.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
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.
After the war, according to an article by Lucien E. Taylor 1895 in the "Brunonian," "the Charge survived, under discouraging circumstances till 1879, when preferring non-existence to a lower standard, it surrendered its charter."Fraternities
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.
As early as 1895 Walter B. Jacobs introduced the idea of practice teaching for graduate students in secondary schools under actual classroom conditions.Jacobs, Walter B.
John Nicholas had already hired George Parker Winship in 1895 to catalogue the library, and he was also planning to erect a building for the library, when he died on May 1, 1900.John Carter Brown Library
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 1895-96 a glee club, which consisted of a double quartet, sang at the College.Musical Clubs
Music was included in the Department of Fine Arts when it was first taught in 1895 by Joseph N. Ashton 1891, who had been appointed instructor of musical theory and history.Music
Among the Brown biology professors who served on the board of trustees of the hospital were Professor Hermon Carey Bumpus from 1895 to 1901, and Professor Albert D. Mead, who succeeded him in 1901 and was president of the board in 1934.Nursing program
In 1895 Richard Olney was appointed Secretary of State, and remained in office until the end of the Cleveland administration.Olney, Richard
Albert D. Palmer did two years of graduate work at Johns Hopkins University before returning to Brown to receive his Ph.D. in 1895.Palmer, Albert D.
In time Andrews took matters into his own hands, and with the assistance of Miss Sarah E. Doyle, principal of the girl’s high school in Providence, assembled a group of influential and interested women, who were invited to tea with Mrs. Andrews on January 31, 1895.Pembroke Hall
The Brown chapter refused to ratify the constitution of the United Chapters until 1895, becoming the last chapter to join.Phi Beta Kappa
In October 1895 the Club invited William James, who had just published his paper, "Is Life Worth Living?"Philosophy
The first Ph.D. degree in the Physics Department was awarded to Albert DeForest Palmer 1891 in 1895.Physics
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
James Quayle Dealey, who began teaching at Brown in 1895, was head of the Department of Political and Social Science from 1910 to 1928.Political Science
Norris Watson Rakestraw (1895-1982), professor of chemistry, was born in Toledo, Ohio, on January 16, 1895.Rakestraw, Norris W.
Otis E. Randall's publications include "Directions in Regard to the Construction of Plates in Mechanical Drawing" in 1895, "Shades and Shadows in Perspective" in 1902, and a textbook, "Elements of Descriptive Geometry," in 1912.Randall, Otis E.
When Jewett left in 1895 for the University of Chicago, Charles Foster Kent took charge of the new Department of Biblical Literature and History.Religious Studies
Roland G. D. Richardson taught at two schools in Nova Scotia, Margaretsville School in 1895-96 and 1898-99 and Westport High School from 1899 to 1902.Richardson, Roland G. D.
Bessie Huntting Rudd (1895-1978), director of physical education at Pembroke College, was born in Albion, New York, on June 4, 1895.Rudd, Bessie H.
William Warner Russell (1895-1977), professor of chemistry, was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1895.Russell, William W.
The vice-commodore was William T. Dorrance 1894, owner of the yacht Cingeria, and the secretary-treasurer was John W. Angell 1895, owner of the yacht Nadir.Sailing
The 1895 "Liber Brunensis" listed 31 yacht owners and thirty associate members in the club.Sailing
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
In 1895 James Quayle Dealey was appointed assistant professor of social and political science.Sociology
It began by featuring extemporaneous speeches, the first ones being "The Repeal of the Silver Bill" by Mary Emma Woolley1894, the first president of the fraternity, and "The Trouble in Morocco" by Martha Clarke 1895.Sororities
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
He did better as Ponce de Leon in the Hammer and Tongs production "Florida Water, "an operetta written by Edward W. Corliss 1895.Thomas Crosby
After graduation in 1894, he stayed on as an instructor in English and earned a master’s degree in 1895.Thomas Crosby
Otto Van Koppenhagen (1895-1978), professor of music, was born in Arnheim, The Netherlands, on January 19, 1895.Van Koppenhagen, Otto
Years later Mary Emma Woolley wrote an account of her coming to Brown as one of the first women students: She taught in the Biblical Literature Department at Wellesley College, beginning as instructor in 1895 and advancing to professor in 1899.Woolley, Mary Emma