In 1906, when the Corporation provided for alumnae representation on the Advisory Council for the Women’s College, the Andrews Association with its voluntary membership became the all-inclusive Alumnae Association of Brown University.Alumnae Association
In 1906 the Chinese government sent forty students from Tien Tsin University to be educated in the United States.Asians
The five who entered Brown, all in the sophomore class, in the fall of 1906 were Chen Ju-Hsiang, Chou Tsung-Hua, Ho Hou-Wei, Hua Yu-Peng and Ma Tai-Cheng.Asians
In 1906 undergraduates were given more responsibility.Athletics
In 1906 a new constitution of the Brown University Athletic Association put the organization in the hands of the students.Athletics
In the United States Carl Barus was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the youngest member ever of the National Academy of Sciences in 1892, the fourth president of the American Physical Society in 1905 and 1906, and a member of the advisory committee on physics in connection with the organization of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.Barus, Carl
One of the graduate students, Ernest W. Barnes, was named assistant superintendent of the Wickford Laboratory in 1903 and became superintendent in 1906.Biology
Marion L. Shorey was instructor in physiology and household economics from 1904 to 1906, as was Alice W. Wilcox from 1906 to 1913.Biology
Bailey retired in 1905, and Collins was replaced as assistant professor in 1911 by Harlan H. York, who had recently earned a Ph.D. degree at Johns Hopkins University, and had been an instructor in botany at the University of Texas from 1906 to 1909.Botany
Charles Wilson Brown learned to drive in 1906 and took many geological trips about the country, including a 22,000 mile excursion, much of it on gravel roads, during his 1921 sabbatical leave.Brown, Charles Wilson
The Caesar Augustus statue, the gift of Moses Brown Ives Goddard 1854, was unveiled on the opening day of the college year, September 19, 1906.Caesar Augustus
In 1906 Gene Wilder Ware ’06, who had been college organist as a student, became director of chapel music.Chapel
In 1906 the Triangular League of Dartmouth, Williams and Brown was established.Debating
Debating was introduced into the Women’s College on April 5, 1906, when the senior and juniors debated the question, "Resolved, That elaborate scenic accessories are detrimental to pure dramatic art," was won by the juniors for the negative, and the question debated by the sophomores and the freshman, "Resolved, That women of independent means are justified in holding income-yielding positions," was decided in favor of the sophomores for the affirmative.Debating
In 1906 in Seattle, while Curt J. Ducasse was secretary to an engineer involved in railroad construction, he decided to study philosophy.Ducasse, Curt J.
The change of name to Department of Economics took place in 1906.Economics
From 1906 he was associated with the teaching of mechanical engineering.Engineering
In 1906 John Mayhew ’09 became the first Brown player to make Walter Camp’s first All-American team.Football
Phi Sigma Kappa (Upsilon chapter) was established in 1906.Fraternities
He joined his father’s law firm, and after 1906 headed the law firm of Green, Hinckley and Allen until 1923, and after that the firm of Green, Curran and Hart.Green, Theodore Francis
Brown’s early success in hockey was short-lived, and the team lost sixteen straight games from 1904 to 1906.Hockey
In 1906 John Hope became president of Morehouse College, which at the time had twenty-one students.Hope, John
Walter B. Jacobs undertook the reorganization of university extension courses in 1906, and with only four courses attracted 500 registrations.Jacobs, Walter B.
Another campaign, launched by John Franklin Jameson's article, "Gaps in the Published Records of United States History," in 1906, led to the establishment of the National Historical Records Commission.Jameson, John Franklin
The society originated at Harvard in 1906 with sixteen members.Jews
She was the daughter of the Reverend Henry Melville King, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Providence from 1891 to 1906, and was descended through her paternal grandmother from John Alden of Plymouth and the Mayflower.King, Lida Shaw
From 1893 to 1973Ladd 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
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.
Gene Wilder Ware ’06, who had been director of chapel music since 1906, became lecturer in music in 1920, and assistant professor of music in 1923.Music
Archie Hahn was the winner of three titles, the 60-metre, the 100-metre and the 200-metre in 1904 and the 100-metre in the off-year Olympics held in Athens in 1906.Olympic Games
The Outing Reservation, ninety acres of land and a thirty-acre pond in Greenville, R. I., was purchased with funds given by the Class of 1906 at its twenty-fifth reunion in 1931.Outing Reservation
The reservation and the main lodge, also the gift of the Class of 1906 were dedicated to the memory of its first class president, Florence John Harrington Price ’06, who was killed in action at Vimy Ridge, May 30, 1916.Outing Reservation
With part of the proceeds from the sale was established the Class of 1906 recreation fund, which was later used for recreational facilities at the Mount Hope Grant.Outing Reservation
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 Question Club was started in 1906 by six women students who generated interest by wearing cardboard pins in the form of a question mark.Question Club
Roland G. D. Richardson graduated from Acadia College in 1898 and received a bachelor’s degree in 1903, a master’s in 1904, and a Ph.D. in 1906, all from Yale.Richardson, Roland G. D.
Friends of the Women’s College suggested a gymnasium for the women students, Sayles approved, and the cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1906.Sayles Gymnasium
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
Kendall K. Smith earned a master of arts degree at Harvard in 1906, studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and returned to Harvard to earn a Ph.D. degree in 1909.Smith, Kendall K.
In 1906, when Lester F. Ward, already well known for his work on botany and geology and his pioneer work in sociology, expressed a desire to leave government service and devote time to his writing, he was invited to become professor of sociology at Brown.Sociology
Trainer Charlie Huggins organized intercollegiate swimming at Brown in 1905-1906, and was its unofficial coach until his death in 1924.Swimming
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
Brown was second in the 1906 NEIAA meet, Tucker again winning the mile and two mile and John Mayhew ’09 the running broad jump.Track
W(illiam) Freeman Twaddell (1906-1982), professor of German and linguistics, was born in Rye, New York, on March 22, 1906.Twaddell, William Freeman
The legendary Frank (G. Franklin) Herrick was engaged by Athletic Director Frederick Marvel on an informal basis in about 1906 to give wrestling lessons to students two days a week, which was extended to three or more days through voluntary contributions by the students.Wrestling