Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1910

  • Francis Greenleaf Allinson was Annual Professor at the American School at Athens in 1910-11, Sather Lecturer at the University of California in 1917, and president of the American Philological Association in 1922-23.Allinson, Francis Greenleaf
  • A new football stand erected by the Athletic Association in 1910 increased the seating capacity by 1,050, and in October of that year a large Irwin scoreboard was installed.Andrews Field
  • Angell was present at the dedication of the John Hay Library in 1910.Angell, James Burrill
  • He engaged Alfred W. Pollard to prepare a catalogue of the collection, which was published in 1910 by the Oxford University Press.Annmary Brown Memorial
  • After graduation from high school in 1910 Thomas B. Appleget worked for three years as a clerk, and entered Brown in 1913.Appleget, Thomas B.
  • Raymond C. Archibald's published works included "Carlyle’s First Love, Margaret Gordon, Lady Bannerman" in 1910, "Euclid’s book On Division of Figures" in 1915, "A Semicentennial History of the American Mathematical Society, 1888-1938" in 1938, and "Outline of the History of Mathematics" in 1932 and five subsequent editions.Archibald, Raymond C.
  • When Upton was on leave of absence in 1910-11, his place was filled by acting assistant professor Robert H. Baker from the University of Pittsburgh.Astronomy
  • There was less success for the teams of the next few years, and in 1910 the varsity disbanded because of lack of interest and support.Basketball
  • Albert A. ’10 Bennett graduated from Brown in 1910 and earned his master of science degree in 1911.Bennett, Albert A. ’10
  • Samuel J. Berard graduated with a bachelor of philosophy degree in 1908, and earned a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1910.Berard, Samuel J.
  • Harold S. Bucklin graduated from Brown in 1910.Bucklin, Harold S.
  • While Harold S. Bucklin was an undergraduate, he was also principal of the Evening Grammar School in Pawtucket from 1908 to 1910.Bucklin, Harold S.
  • From 1910 to 1913 Harold S. Bucklin taught school in Ironwood, Michigan, after which he was resident and playground director at the Henry Street Settlement in New York while he was a graduate student at the New York School of Social Work, where he received a master of arts degree in 1915.Bucklin, Harold S.
  • In 1910 the Cammarian Club announced that it would no longer be self-perpetuating, and that members would each year be elected by students in the three upper classes from nominations by the previous club.Cammarian Club
  • In 1910 Chace and his wife (the aforementioned schoolgirl artist Lite) visited Egypt and were much impressed with Egyptian civilization.Chace, Arnold Buffum
  • Robert F. Chambers received a bachelor of philosophy degree in 1909, a master of science in 1910, and a master of arts and Ph.D. in 1912, all from Brown, specializing in the study of organic chemistry under Professor John E. Bucher.Chambers, Robert F.
  • From 1910 to 1931 he was organist and director.Chapel
  • In 1910, when more students were taking chemistry, which was voluntary, than any other course except required English and mathematics, a laboratory for beginners was opened to relieve laboratory space needed for advanced students.Chemistry
  • The Crucible was a club formed in 1910 at the Women’s College to discuss "serious problems of interest to college women."Crucible
  • James Q. Dealey was promoted to associate professor in 1898 and full professor in 1910.Dealey, James Q.
  • James Q. Dealey was chairman of the Department of Political and Social Science from 1910 until his retirement in 1928.Dealey, James Q.
  • Curt J. Ducasse received his bachelor and master of arts degrees from the University of Washington in 1908 and 1909, taught there for one year, then went to Harvard as a University Scholar in 1910 and received his Ph.D. degree in 1912.Ducasse, Curt J.
  • Additions to the department in the early part of the twentieth century were Arthur H. Blanchard, who taught civil engineering from 1899 to 1910, Ansel Brooks, who taught mechanical drawing from 1903 to 1920, and Leighton T. Bohl, who taught civil engineering from 1913 to 1955.Engineering
  • An historic moment in Brown football was the first victory over Yale in 1910, 21-0.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
  • 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
  • Wilson taught political and social science at Brown from 1891 to 1910, when he became professor of international law at Harvard.Graduate School
  • The new library at Brown built in 1910 was at the request of Andrew Carnegie named the John Hay Library.Hay, John
  • 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.
  • From 1910 to 1920 Mayo D. Hersey was a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards, and from 1922 to 1926 chief of the physical laboratory of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh.Hersey, Mayo D.
  • Mayo D. Hersey also taught at M.I.T. from 1910 to 1922.Hersey, Mayo D.
  • In 1910 the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States, "representing the great people to whom we owe in large measure our science, our music, our philosophy, who by chivalrous courtesy and skillful administration is hastening the time of the parliament of man, the federation of the world."Honorary degrees
  • On graduation from the University of Texas in 1910, Walter S. Hunter was awarded a scholarship for study at the University of Chicago.Hunter, Walter S.
  • Henry B. Huntington was promoted to associate professor in 1910 and professor in 1929.Huntington, Henry B.
  • The John Hay Library was opened in 1910.John Hay Library
  • At the dedication of the library on November 11, 1910, eight hundred graduates and guests moved in procession to Sayles Hall to hear the principal addresses, by James B. Angell 1849 on "Mr. Hay as an Undergraduate," and Elihu Root, Senator from New York, on "Mr. Hay as a Diplomat."John Hay Library
  • Another activity of the junior class was the "Junior Cruise," on Narragansett Bay, a rowdy affair which prompted Donald Jackson ’09 to compose a song: Junior Week, which in the beginning started on Monday, began on Wednesday from 1905 until 1910, then on Thursday until 1928, and after that on Friday, as all the activities moved to the weekend.Junior Week
  • During Harry Lyman Koopman's tenure, the size of the library grew from 80,000 to 400,000, and the John Hay Library was built in 1910.Koopman, Harry Lyman
  • Nancy Duke Lewis (1910-1961), Dean of Pembroke College from 1950 to 1960, was born in Lexington, Kentucky on November 1, 1910.Lewis, Nancy Duke
  • Part of the plan, which involved continuing the use of the old library for departmental libraries after the opening of the John Hay Library in 1910, was abandoned.Library
  • Miller Hall was built in 1910 to accommodate about fifty women students.Miller Hall
  • In 1910 Dr. Lacey-Baker, organist at Grace Church in Providence volunteered to coach the Glee Club in return for volunteers from the Club to sing with the church’s choir.Musical Clubs
  • James Quayle Dealey, who began teaching at Brown in 1895, was head of the Department of Political and Social Science from 1910 to 1928.Political Science
  • By 1910 there were eighteen active Bible study classes with 185 members, a mission study group of 75 students, and a social service committee which secured volunteers for work in Providence.Religious Societies
  • When the John Hay Library was opened in 1910, the intention of the Library Committee was to connect the two buildings and to house the departmental libraries in the former library.Robinson Hall
  • The University owns a silver reproduction of the first seal made from an impression of the original in the Rhode Island Historical Society, which was presented to the Corporation in 1910 by the Rhode Island Chapter of the Society of Colonial Dames.Seal
  • Miller Hall, the first on-campus women’s dormitory, was built in 1910.Student housing
  • Jacob D. Tamarkin received the diploma of the first degree (the equivalent of a Ph.D.) from the University of St. Petersburg in 1910, and became an instructor at the University.Tamarkin, Jacob D.
  • From 1910 to 1912 Will S. Taylor traveled in Alaska and British Columbia to do research in preparation for the series of murals depicting the North Pacific Indian which he painted for the American Museum of Natural History.Taylor, Will S.
  • He advanced to assistant professor in 1901, associate professor in 1910, and professor in 1925.Thomas Crosby
  • The 1910 "Liber Brunensis" called to mind "the same old story that has been told for years about Brown track athletics, – a story which has for its chief and never-ending theme, ‘Lack of money.’" In the spring of 1911 the Athletic Board voted to secure a regular coach.Track
  • In 1910-11, when nine courses of ten lectures each were given, registration which had been 250 the year before increased to 567.University Extension
  • George G. Wilson resigned from Brown in 1910 to become professor of international law at Harvard, For several years he had been teaching international law at Harvard, and after his resignation he continued to teach a course in international law at Brown and to be curator of the Wheaton Collection of International Law.Wilson, George G.
  • While a student there in 1910, Henry M. Wriston made his first visit to Brown to attend a fraternity (Delta Tau Delta) initiation.Wriston, Henry M.