In 1902 Brown joined seven other colleges in the formation of the New England College Entrance Certificate Board for the purpose of approving secondary schools from which students could enter by certificate.Admission
The Association of Class Officers began as the Association of Class Secretaries in 1902, when the Brown Alumni Monthly, scarcely two years old, gave a dinner at the University Club for the secretaries of the classes from 1857 to 1902, hoping to encourage subscriptions to the "Monthly," and to organize the secretaries to work for the interests of the University.Association of Class Officers
A new course introduced in 1902 covered the principles of navigation using sextant, compass, and chart.Astronomy
Henry Robinson Palmer remained editor-in-chief for thirty-one years, personally editing 309 of the 310 issues in that time (he was abroad in May 1902, the only issue which did not receive his immediate supervision).BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
Charles Augustus Baylis (1902-1975), professor of philosophy, was born in Portland, Oregon, on April 2, 1902.Baylis, Charles A.
The only known earlier attempt to have a mascot had occurred in 1902, when the "Brown Daily Herald" carried this notice on October 24: "Isaac L. Goff, the real estate man, has presented to the student body a brown and white burro, to be used as a mascot at the Harvard game, Saturday.Bear
Bernard Hand, who came from Ireland and served in the Providence Police Department from 1902 to 1939, was the friendly campus policeman at Brown from 1939 to 1949, who "had a way with boys" and kept them out of trouble.College servants
This came about after John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897 wrote to the Corporation on January 6, 1902, "My father stands ready to erect, furnish and give to the corporation of Brown University, free of expense, a building to be devoted primarily to the social and religious uses of the students of the university.Faunce House
A. Gammons in 1902, David Fultz in 1903, and Gammons again in 1908 and 1909.Football
The word "annual" is important here, as the "first" such game was played by Michigan and Stanford in 1902.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
In 1902 he coached the University of Maine to a state championship, and in 1903 coached Exeter.Football
Phi Gamma Delta (Pi Rho chapter) was established in 1902.Fraternities
After acceptance by Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Rho chapter was installed on May 16, 1902.Fraternities
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
Phi Kappa Psi (Rhode Island Alpha chapter) was established in 1902.Fraternities
In 1902 the ivy chain was introduced, carried by lines of undergraduates in white dresses, followed by the seniors in caps and gowns.Ivy Day
After the Carnegie Institution of Washington was established in 1902, Jameson approached its director, Daniel Coit Gilman, with a plan which resulted in the establishment of the Institution’s Bureau of Historical Research in 1903.Jameson, John Franklin
Under an agreement between the trustees of the estate and the University in 1902, the library is owned by the Corporation, but has been operated as a semi-autonomous institution with its own administration and funding, under a committee of management.John Carter Brown Library
Robert Webb "Pat" Kenny (1902-1983), professor of English, was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1902.Kenny, Robert W.
Between 1898 and 1902 Lida Shaw King was at the Packer Collegiate Institute, first as a teacher of ancient languages and later as director of the Department of Latin and Greek.King, Lida Shaw
From 1902 until 1907 the "Liber" contained class lists of women students and pages devoted to the sororities and other women’s organizations and teams.Liber Brunensis
Alexander Meiklejohn was instructor and assistant professor of philosophy from 1899 to 1902, and had the title of associate professor of logic and metaphysics from 1902 to 1912.Philosophy
Dr. Jeannie Oliver Arnold was physician at the Women’s College from 1902 to 1912 and lectured to the students on care of the body, rest and exercise, food, and clothing.Physical Education
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
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.
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.
Among Lorenzo Sears's works were "American Literature in the Colonial and National Periods," published in 1902, and "The Makers of American Literature," in 1905.Sears, Lorenzo
It came out monthly in 1901-1902, quarterly from 1902 to 1928, and irregularly from 1929 to its end in 1932.Sepiad
As the "Brown Daily Herald" of March 26, 1902 remarked, "This term is the time for many seniors to make their work as light as possible and to thoroughly enjoy the remainder of their course."Spring Day
Philip Taft (1902-1976), professor of economics, was born in Syracuse, New York, on March 22, 1902.Taft, Philip
He helped to form Sock and Buskin, the Brown University Dramatic Society, in 1902, and the Players, an amateur group which appeared at the Talma Theatre on South Main Street, in 1909.Thomas Crosby
At the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association annual meet in 1902, Brown came in third of eight colleges after Amherst and Dartmouth, having placed first, second, and third in the two-mile bicycle race and scored in the one- and two-mile runs and the discus throw.Track
In 1902 a modest increase brought the fee up to $105, a rate which survived until 1917, when it leaped to $175.Tuition
The administrative offices of the University were removed to the newly constructed Van Wickle Hall in 1902.University Hall