The Annmary Brown Memorial at 21 Brown Street was built in 1907 by Rush Christopher Hawkins as a memorial to his wife, who was the daughter of Nicholas Brown 1811 and the granddaughter of Nicholas Brown 1786, whose name the University adopted in 1804, and sister of Carrie Brown Bajnotti, whose memorial is Carrie Tower.Annmary Brown Memorial
In 1907 Brown and Dartmouth severed athletic relations.Athletics
After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1907, Arthur M. Banta became professor of biology at Marietta College.Banta, Arthur M.
The 1907-08 team, again captained by Pryor, played a variety of opponents, defeating Norwich, M.I.T., Harvard, Wesleyan, Colgate, Andover, Manhattan, Syracuse, Levy Tech and Trinity, and losing to Tufts, Penn, Fordham, Wesleyan and Williams.Basketball
Nevertheless, the "Herald" survived and even began to have a social life, holding its first banquet at the Crown Hotel in 1903, and playing the first of a long series of annual baseball games against the "Brunonian" in 1907.BDH Brown Daily Herald
In 1937 a contribution of $10,000 by the Class of 1907 at its 30th reunion made possible the acquisition of the Narragansett Boat Club boat house on the Seekonk River.Boat House
In 1907 the club, in an effort to strengthen class spirit, decreed that freshmen would wear brown caps from the opening of college until May 30.Cammarian Club
Zechariah, Jr. graduated from Brown in 1907 and worked for a few years in his father’s business before entering Harvard Law School, where he received his LL.B. degree in 1913.Chafee, Zechariah Ã07
Churchill House at 155 Angell Street was built for the Rhode Island Women’s Club in 1907 and named for Elizabeth Kittredge Churchill, founder of the Club.Churchill House
A pamphlet which James Franklin Collins wrote in 1907 advocating flexible wood or sawdust rather than concrete fillings for injured trees sold 200,000 copies and won him the wrath of commercial tree surgery companies.Collins, James Franklin
By 1907 interest in engineering courses had grown to the extent that fifty to sixty per cent of the class entering that year were candidates for the bachelor of science degree.Engineering
The Classes of 1907, 1924, 1929, and 1934 had their numerals added in 1964, and the Class of 1932 numerals were added to 1992.Fence
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
In 1904 he returned to Brown for three more seasons, but in June 1907 read in the paper that he was not being rehired.Football
In 1907 Beta Theta Pi acquired a house at 41 George Street, which had been the home and school of Mrs. Mary Balch.Fraternities
After these room were destroyed by fire in 1889, the chapter moved to a school house on Benefit Street, then to Caswell Hall in 1903, to temporary quarters on North Main Street, and in 1907 into the house at 65 College Street, which the chapter had acquired in 1905.Fraternities
In 1907 Delta Tau Delta purchased a house at 94 Angell Street.Fraternities
Freshman caps were first worn in 1907, when the Cammarian Club, in an attempt to strengthen class spirit, ruled that freshmen would wear brown Eton caps from the beginning of the year until May 30.Freshman caps
The next year the team lost to Harvard and Yale, defeated Dartmouth (in the first athletic contest since Brown and Dartmouth severed athletic relations in 1907).Gymnastics
At his death on May 27, 1907, the "Brown Alumni Monthly" printed these lines about him: A bronze bust of Harkness modeled by William Manatt of Providence six months before Harkness’s death was given to Brown by his widow in 1909.Harkness, Albert 1842
William Hastings graduated in 1903, and immediately began what was to be his life-long teaching career at Brown, being appointed assistant in English in 1903, instructor in 1907, assistant professor in 1912, associate professor in 1923, professor in 1935, and chairman of the Department of English from 1937 to 1949.Hastings, William T.
Mayo D. Hersey graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor of arts degree in 1907, and earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. and a master of arts degree in physics and mathematics from Olivet College, both in 1910.Hersey, Mayo D.
Jameson was active in the American Historical Association from the time of its founding in 1884 and was president of the association in 1907.Jameson, John Franklin
Keen was professor of artistic anatomy at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1876 to 1890, professor of surgery at the Women’s Medical College from 1884 to 1889, and professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College from 1889 to 1907.Keen, William Williams
Even when the "Liber" began to include photographs, the class albums continued their existence until 1907.Liber Brunensis
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
Marston Field House was provided in 1907 by Edgar L. Marston, father of Hunter S. Marston ’08, who was then manager of the track team.Marston Field House
In 1907 Professor Roland G. D. Richardson came to Brown from Nova Scotia by way of Yale.Mathematics
In 1918 the sophomore masque, which had been performed by that class since 1907, became part of May Day.May Day
Philip H. Mitchell received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Yale’s Sheffield Scientific School in 1904, and, after earning his Ph.D. at Yale in 1907, he came to Brown as instructor in physiology.Mitchell, Philip H.
The Brown and Amherst clubs held a concert in Providence on the eve of the Brown-Amherst game in 1907.Musical Clubs
No classes in music are listed in the course announcement for the years 1904-05 through 1907-08.Music
Along with the plaque of dedication, there was another plaque in the lodge, containing a poem by Eliot G. Parkhurst ’06, which reads: During 1931-32 a second cabin, a gift of the Class of 1907, was built, and the Botany Department conducted a reforestation project, planting 2,000 young pines, and labelled a number of different trees.Outing Reservation
In 1907 the course, "Investigation of special topics," was given in connections with the Legislative Reference Bureau of the State Library.Political Science
Roland G. D. Richardson was instructor in mathematics at Yale from 1904 to 1907, when he came to Brown as assistant professor of pure mathematics.Richardson, Roland G. D.
Since 1974, when the boat house presented by the Class of 1907 in 1937 was destroyed by fire, the club has sailed out of the Edgewood Yacht Club on Narragansett Bay.Sailing
The first social event in Sayles Gymnasium, a dance given by Delta Sigma sorority, took place on January 2, 1907, before the formal dedication on January 26.Sayles Gymnasium
In the first meet of the intercollegiate season held at Brown on January 22, 1907, Harvard won the swimming events, while Brown won the water polo contest, 6-0.Swimming
In 1907-08 Brown, Williams, and Amherst formed a swimming league.Swimming
A track coach, Hugh C. McGrath, who was a graduate of Boston University, was hired in 1907.Track
The former students of the University who lost their lives in the war numbered 177, ranging from the Class of 1907 to the Class of 1947 and including four graduate students and one woman.World War II