George Kumler Anderson (1901-1980), professor of English, was born in Springfield, Illinois, on October 20, 1901.Anderson, George K.
The 29-room mansion, of which Ogden Codman of New York was the architect, was erected in 1901 for James Coats and was later the residence of Alfred P. Coats, textile manufacturer.Andrews House
In 1901 President Faunce recommended that a scheme of cooperation be arranged with the Rhode Island School of Design which would allow students of the School to take such courses as English, modern languages, and mathematics at Brown and open courses in architectural and free-hand drawing at the School to Brown students.Art
He was appointed assistant professor of Germanic languages and literature in 1894, and promoted to associate professor in 1901.Asa Clinton Crowell
Huggins came to Brown in 1901 as a trainer for the football team, and later added the other sports teams to his duties.Athletics
An advisory board of nine alumni, which would select its own successors, appointed Henry R. Palmer 1890 as the first editor, Joseph N. Ashton 1891 as associate editor, and William L. Clark 1901 as business manager.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
The next year on January 5, 1901, the "Herald" carried a notice which read, "Will all those who are at all interested in basket-ball meet at 11 Slater Hall at 1:30 today.Basketball
Publication of a student handbook for women students by the Christian Association of the Women’s College began in 1901.Bear Facts
A Cammarian Club alumni group met in Boston in 1901, and had further meetings in New York and Providence.Cammarian Club
Around the turn of the century it was decided that there should be a plan for the future development of the campus, and in 1901 architect Frederick Law Olmsted made a survey of Lincoln Field and prepared plans for its grading and the locations of future buildings.Campus
Before the football game with Dartmouth in November 1901, the Cammarian Club, fearing that Brown would be outcheered on its own field, held the first pre-game pep rally.Cheering
Research in chemistry at Brown owes its start to the arrival of John C. Bucher in 1901.Chemistry
Stephen S. Colvin taught English at Worcester Academy from 1897 to 1901, and continued his studies under G. Stanley Hall at Clark University, becoming interested in educational psychology.Colvin, Stephen S.
After a year as instructor in English at Brown, Lindsay Todd Damon held the same position at the University of Chicago until 1901, when he returned to Brown as associate professor of rhetoric.Damon, Lindsay Todd
The first dean was Winslow Upton, who resigned in 1901 for health reasons.Dean
Alexander Meiklejohn was dean from 1901 to 1912, and concerned himself with scholastic achievement, attendance, athletic activities, and social life of the students.Dean
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
Komians, the Women’s College dramatic society, also began in 1901, and the two societies went their separate ways for more than thirty years in which the men played women’s parts in their plays, and the women played men’s parts in theirs.Dramatics
In 1901 his title was changed to professor of the theory and practice of education.Education
He was assisted by Charles E. Dennis, instructor in pedagogy, from 1897 to 1901.Education
Kenerson was assistant in mathematics and drawing until 1901, when he became assistant professor of drawing and engineering.Engineering
Thomas Crosby succeeded Lamont in 1901, with the title of assistant professor of English and public speaking.English
By 1901, counting 176 women students and 94 graduate students the number had risen to 920.Enrollment
There Constance Applebee, who brought hockey from England to the United States in 1901, operated a hockey camp for many years.Field Hockey
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
Edward North Robinson was coach three separate times, during the seasons of 1898 to 1901, 1904 to 1907, and 1910 to 1925, a total of 23 years.Football
For two years after his graduation in 1896, he coached the University of Nebraska football team before returning to Brown to coach from 1898 to 1901.Football
Henry T. Fowler taught at Knox College from 1896 until 1901, when he came to Brown as professor of biblical literature and history.Fowler, Henry T.
In the spring of 1901, Amos L. Taylor ’01 and Berton L. Maxfield ’01, who had both been invited to join fraternities but had found the expense too great, approached President Faunce for permission to form a local fraternity which they hope to affiliated with Phi Gamma Delta.Fraternities
Pi Phi was organized in April 1901, and announced to the College on Class Day.Fraternities
In June 1901 President Faunce announced the success of a two million dollar endowment campaign, which included half a million for the endowment of the John Carter Brown Library, $150,000 for a new library building, a contribution of $250,000 from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897, and contributions from about 2,500 subscribers, many of them not wealthy.Fund-raising
Golf became accessible to Brown students in October 1901, when a change in the constitution of the Metacomet Club in East Providence provided that members of the newly formed Brown Golf Club would be admitted to the Metacomet Club without further recommendation.Golf
John F. Greene received his master’s degree from Brown in 1901 and was named assistant professor of Roman literature and history in 1911.Greene, John F.
William MacDonald was professor of American history from 1901 to 1917.History
In 1901 the Brown team, although twice defeated by Harvard, won all of its league games against Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania, before losing the two final games for the league championship to Yale.Hockey
After five years as a private tutor Charles H. Hunkins studied and taught in Paris from 1901 to 1903, when he came to Brown as instructor in French.Hunkins, Charles H.
In 1901, after the death of his mother, he and his brother were taken by their father to live on his grandfather’s farm in Saginaw, Texas, where Walter attended a two-room school until 1905, when he was admitted to the Preparatory School of the Polytechnic College in Fort Worth.Hunter, Walter S.
Walter B. Jacobs taught in the classical department of Providence High School from 1883 to 1898, when he was made principal of the new Hope Street High School, a post he held until 1901.Jacobs, Walter B.
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.
When William Rainey Harper offered him the chairmanship of the department of history, Jameson left Brown in 1901 for the University of Chicago, where he remained until 1905.Jameson, John Franklin
The trustees chose Brown University, and the bequest was received in September 1901.John Carter Brown Library
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.
In 1901 the space cut for the tank, about sixty yards in length, was surrounded by a new running track, banked at the corners, for the track team.Lyman Hall
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
Henry P. Manning's publications included "Non-Euclidean Geometry" in 1901, the first English language text in this subject, "Irrational Numbers and their Representation by Sequences and Series" in 1906, and "Geometry of Four Dimensions" in 1914.Manning, Henry P.
The "Sepiad" for May 1901 notes that the annual May Festival of the Young Women’s Christian Association had occurred from 4 to 10 on May 15.May Day
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
Alpheus S. Packard gained international recognition in his field, as evidenced by his election in 1872 to the Imperial Zoological-Botanical Society of Vienna, in 1875 to the Société Royale des Sciences de Liègge, Belgium, in 1891 to the Society of Friends of Natural Science of Moscow, and in 1901 to the Linnaen Society of London.Packard, Alpheus S.
Miss Potter was instructor in physical culture until 1901.Physical Education
Janet Auty was instructor from 1901 to 1904, followed by Jessie Adams from 1906, who resigned in December 1906 because of ill health, and was replaced by Helen Wilbur Paine, who taught until 1912.Physical Education
The revived society, if such it was, presented during Junior Week in April 1901 a farce entitled "Through Thick and Thin" in Lyman Gymnasium, which the "Brown Daily Herald" described as "not at all pretentious in plot or length," but "bright and witty."Pi Kappa
William Carey Poland lectured on the history of art at Boston University in 1901 and 1902, was secretary of the Commission of Colleges in New England on Admission Examinations from 1886 to 1905, and prepared the "Necrology of Brown University," which appeared in the "Providence Journal" annually on Commencement day, from 1888 to 1904.Poland, William Carey
A new house for the president was built in 1901 at 180 Hope Street.President’s House
Henry Thatcher Fowler was professor of Biblical literature and history from 1901 to 1934.Religious Studies
Sepiad was the literary magazine of the Women’s College, which first appeared in April 1901, brought forth by the efforts of Florence Rafter ’01, the first editor, Jessie Wheeler ’01, and Grace Jones ’01.Sepiad
It came out monthly in 1901-1902, quarterly from 1902 to 1928, and irregularly from 1929 to its end in 1932.Sepiad
Professor Benjamin Franklin Clarke was the first president of the Brown chapter, which was reported by the "Brown Alumni Monthly" in 1901 as "Numbering as it does among its members almost the whole scientific faculty and many of the best of the graduate students."Sigma Xi
The next sorority was Delta Sigma, which was formed as a local organization in 1896, and merged in 1901 with another local society, Alpha Delta Sigma at Tufts.Sororities
The other sororities established were Alpha Epsilon chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, which began as a local society called Tri Kappa, in 1897, Theta Lambda Tau in 1901, Beta Delta Phi for Catholic women in 1903, Gamma Delta in 1903, Zeta Zeta Zeta in 1905, and Kappa chapter of Sigma Kappa in 1908.Sororities
He advanced to assistant professor in 1901, associate professor in 1910, and professor in 1925.Thomas Crosby
Its cornerstone was laid on June 18, 1901, the same day that the Van Wickle Gates were dedicated, by Marjorie Van Wickle, daughter of Augustus Stout Van Wickle 1876, donor of the building.Van Wickle Hall
Herbert E. Walter's first book, "Studies in Animal Life," published in 1901, introduced the study of bird life into the Chicago schools.Walter, Herbert E.
During his last European trip in 1899-90 Alonzo Williams went to Leipzig for what he termed "a little private work in Old Norse with Prof. Mogk," and wrote in the January 1901 "Brown Alumni Monthly," "I never put in four months sterner work, and I’ll never do it again, in vacation."Williams, Alonzo
The next year Mary Emma Woolley spent three months in England studying women’s education before assuming the presidency of Mount Holyoke College in January 1901.Woolley, Mary Emma