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1900

  • Gabriel N. Grisham 1878, who entered in 1874 and left college during his sophomore year, received his bachelor’s degree by special vote in 1900, after he had taught mathematics and astronomy at Lincoln Institute in Missouri and had become principal of Lincoln High School in Kansas City.African Americans
  • Anne Crosby Emery Allinson (1871-1932), second dean (and first woman dean) of the Women’s College, was Miss Emery when she took office at the Women’s College in September 1900.Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery
  • In 1900, when Anne Crosby Emery Allinson became dean, the Women’s College at Brown had only 149 students.Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery
  • The Alumnae Association began in 1900, when by invitation of the Class of 1899 of the Women’s College the first association of women graduates of Brown was formed and named the Andrews Association in honor of E. Benjamin Andrews.Alumnae Association
  • From 1898 to 1900 Raymond C. Archibald studied in Germany, first at the University of Berlin and then at the University of Strasbourg, where he received a doctorate in 1900.Archibald, Raymond C.
  • In 1894-95 and again from 1900 to 1907 Raymond C. Archibald was at Mount Allison Ladies College, where he taught mathematics and violin and was in charge of the library.Archibald, Raymond C.
  • The Association of American Universities was organized in 1900 and had fourteen original member institutions.Association of American Universities
  • A committee to provide better athletic facilities was formed in 1921 and made recommendations, which led to another committee, with Clinton C. White 1900 as chairman, charged with raising funds to build an amphitheater.Athletics
  • The Brown Alumni Monthly published its first issue, eight pages long, in June 1900.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
  • Beginning with the second issue in July, 1900, which contained twenty pages, coated paper was used and photographs were included.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
  • There have been only four editors of the "Monthly," Henry Robinson Palmer, from 1900 to 1931, W. Chesley Worthington from 1931 to 1968, Robert A. Reichley, 1968 to 1971, and Robert M. "Dusty" Rhodes, who has been editor since March of 1971.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
  • In 1900 Carl Barus was awarded the Rumford Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his researches in heat.Barus, Carl
  • In 1900 Libe Washburn’s pitching brought the team to second place among college teams, defeating both Harvard and Yale.Baseball
  • In February 1900 the "Brown Daily Herald" had reported, "The game of hand polo has been a very popular indoor game at Brown.Basketball
  • Walter C. Bronson edited "Poems of William Collins" and volumes of English and American poetry and prose, and was the author of "A Short History of American Literature" in 1900, and "The History of Brown University, 1764-1914," written in the sesquicentennial year of the University.Bronson, Walter C.
  • He went to Boston University for a year, transferred to Brown in 1897, and received a bachelor of philosophy degree in 1900.Brown, Charles Wilson
  • The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Brown Corporation
  • John Carter Brown 1816 had two sons, John Nicholas Brown 1885 and Harold Brown 1886, both of whom died in May 1900, leaving their estates to the three-month old John Nicholas Brown, Jr. Young John Nicholas led a secluded life as a child, partly because of his frailty, which may have been caused by growth.Brown family
  • Harcourt Brown (1900-1990), professor of French, was born in Toronto, Canada, on May 30, 1900.Brown, Harcourt
  • The Class of 1900 erected a gate on the south side of Cushing Street near Sayles Gym in memory of their classmate Josephine Scholfield, who died in September 1900.Campus
  • The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Corporation
  • 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
  • Edmund B. Delabarre also published "Report of the Brown-Harvard Expedition to Nachvak, Labrador, in the Year 1900," an account of a journey he made in the company of Reginald A. Daly, instructor in geology at Harvard and four Harvard undergraduates, with observations of botany, ornithology, and geology in Labrador.Delabarre, Edmund B.
  • In 1900 Curt J. Ducasse left his first position in a Paris business house to work for a dry goods firm in Mexico City.Ducasse, Curt J.
  • Between 1900 and 1919 Brown had seventeen winning seasons with Robinson as coach, relieved by J.Football
  • Upon discovering that a national fraternity named Phi Kappa Sigma already existed, the local fraternity changed its name in 1900 to Phi Kappa and in 1902 received a charter from the state of Rhode Island which enabled it to establish chapters at other colleges.Fraternities
  • The earliest members had intended to form a society, rather than a full-fledged fraternity, and until 1900, when it was instituted as Phi Kappa, the organization was not recognized by inclusion in the "Liber Brunensis" with the other fraternities.Fraternities
  • It was founded at Wesleyan University in 1870, and Beta Upsilon chapter was established at Brown in 1900.Fraternities
  • From 1875 to 1900 William Goddard was president of the Providence Institution for Savings, a job for which he received no salary.Goddard, William
  • Theodore Francis Green served 66 years on the Corporation, as a trustee from 1900 to 1929 and as a fellow from that time until his death on May 19, 1966 in Providence.Green, Theodore Francis
  • Nathaniel Peter Hill (1832-1900), professor of chemistry, was born in Montgomery, New York, on February 18, 1832.Hill, Nathaniel P.
  • Nathaniel P. Hill died in Denver on May 22, 1900.Hill, Nathaniel P.
  • In 1900 the Board of Fellows decreed that recipients of honorary degrees should be present to accept their degrees at the University.Honorary degrees
  • Also in 1900 the practice of pronouncing citations on the awarding of honorary degrees was begun by President Faunce.Honorary degrees
  • His brother, Thomas Hope 1900, who received a bequest from a rich uncle of the same name, had an easier time financially.Hope, John
  • The program for the Ivy Day exercises at three o’clock on June 19, 1900 listed six speakers, three senior women, one junior, Dean Snow and Acting President Benjamin F. Clarke, and included the words to "Pembroke Song" by senior Alice M. Tallman.Ivy Day
  • 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
  • Lida Shaw King studied at the American School of Archaeology in Athens as a Bryn Mawr Fellow in 1899 and again as the Agnes Hoppin Memorial Fellow in 1900.King, Lida Shaw
  • Charles A. Kraus did work in physics at John Hopkins in 1899-1900 and at the University of Kansas in 1900-01, and became instructor in physics at the University of California in 1901, remaining until 1904.Kraus, Charles A.
  • Waldo G. Leland graduated from Brown in 1900.Leland, Waldo G.
  • R(obert) Bruce Lindsay (1900-1985), professor of physics, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1900.Lindsay, Robert Bruce
  • In 1900 Albert D. Mead was named professor of comparative anatomy and was named chairman of that department in 1901 on the resignation of Professor Hermon Carey Bumpus.Mead, Albert D.
  • In 1900 the trees had been marked with labels and a fence built for the protection of the new nursery.Metcalf Botanical Garden
  • The women’s club sang at the Baccalaureate in 1897, and after 1900 sang at chapel exercises.Musical Clubs
  • Ashton was promoted to associate professor in 1898, and in 1900 became director of chapel music.Music
  • David C. Hall ’01, a member of the 1900 team, finished third in the 800 metres, after an unfortunate accident in which the runner who ultimately finished second stepped on Hall’s heel, tearing off his shoe during the race.Olympic Games
  • In 1900 Rhode Island Alpha created a special section for graduates of the Women’s College.Phi Beta Kappa
  • Pi Kappa, was a junior society, said to be "reinstituted in 1900."Pi Kappa
  • In the "Liber Brunensis," beginning in 1901, the list of members of Pi Kappa appears, under this heading, "1864-1894 Re-Instituted 1900."Pi Kappa
  • In 1900 the annexation of the Philippines brought about a course in colonial administration.Political Science
  • In 1900 the "Brown Alumni Monthly" announced, "The old President’s house has become unsuitable for a family, since the cable cars have turned College Hill into a railroad."President’s House
  • Otis E. Randall earned a Ph.D. degree in 1896 and studied in Germany in 1899-1900.Randall, Otis E.
  • Senior Roy E. Clark ’01 was appointed general secretary of the Christian Association in 1900.Religious Societies
  • Richardson Hall, originally named Brunonia Hall, was built in 1900 by Mrs. Mary A. Walworth of Boston as a private dormitory to accommodate 34 students in suites with such amenities as window seats and fireplaces and "Gegenstorm’s shower and needle baths."Richardson Hall
  • Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr. (1900-1965), professor of classics, was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 30, 1900.Robinson, Charles Alexander
  • When an addition was built in 1900 and used for other purposes as engineering instruction, the name was changed to Rogers Hall in honor of William Sanford Rogers, donor of $50,000 in 1872 to endow the Newport Rogers Professorship of Chemistry.Rogers Hall
  • Sayles Gymnasium was made possible by the subscription by Frank A. Sayles 1890 of $50,000 to the endowment fund of 1900, with the stipulation that the use of this money be later determined subject to his approval.Sayles Gymnasium
  • Detlev Walther Schumann (1900-1986), professor of German, was born in Kiel, Germany, on May 20, 1900.Schumann, Detlev W.
  • First came the classes of 1870 through 1899 in caps and gowns of white and brown, then the classes of 1900 through 1905 in the Puritan garb of the first settlers of Providence, followed by the classes of 1906 through 1908 as Quakers in gray.Sesquicentennial celebration
  • Sigma Xi was established at Brown in 1900.Sigma Xi
  • The house was inherited by John’s nephew, Horatio Nelson Slater, and after his death purchased by his widow, who presented it in 1900 to the Women’s College as a memorial to her husband.Slater Memorial Homestead
  • Louis F. Snow resigned in 1900 to do advanced work in education leading to the receipt of his Ph.D. degree from Columbia in 1903.Snow, Louis F.
  • Brunonia Hall (now Richardson Hall) was built in 1900 as a privately operated dormitory and acquired by the University in 1920.Student housing
  • Slater Memorial Homestead was donated for the use of women in 1900.Student housing
  • At a tournament of the newly organized New England Tennis Association in 1900 at Longwood, Massachusetts, E. T. Gross ’01 won the singles championship, and teamed with Frank Gooding ’01 to win the doubles.Tennis
  • A women’s tennis association was formed in 1900 as an alternative to indoor gymnasium classes.Tennis
  • He would have liked a theatrical career, but his parents were opposed to the idea, and he returned to Brown and the English Department in 1900.Thomas Crosby
  • He finished third in the 800-metres in the 1900 Olympics.Track
  • The remaining treasurers have been Arnold Buffum Chace 1866 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
  • Winslow Upton was appointed the first dean of the University in 1900, but resigned that position a year later.Upton, Winslow
  • In 1900 George G. Wilson began to teach at the Naval War College in Newport, where he continued as professor of international law for 37 years.Wilson, George G.