Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1911

  • Raymond C. Archibald became assistant professor in 1911, associate professor in 1917, and professor in 1928.Archibald, Raymond C.
  • His writings included a translation of Mortenson’s "Handbook of Norse Mythology "in 1913, translations of old Dutch letters in "Narratives of the New Netherlands "in 1909, and "Lessons in Old Icelandic "in 1911.Asa Clinton Crowell
  • In 1911-1912 an international exchange of lecturers between Japan and the United States was undertaken at the instigation of Hamilton Holt, editor of the "Independent," and under the supervision of President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia.Asians
  • Dr. Inazo Nitobe, professor at the Imperial University of Tokyo, arrived at Brown in October 1911 to begin his lecture tour, the object of which was the interpretation of his country’s culture and people to Americans.Asians
  • The 1911 team won twenty games and lost five.Baseball
  • Albert A. ’10 Bennett graduated from Brown in 1910 and earned his master of science degree in 1911.Bennett, Albert A. ’10
  • Ralph M. Blake graduated from Williams College in 1911 and earned A.M. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard in 1912 and 1915.Blake, Ralph M.
  • After Bennett’s departure, James Franklin Collins was curator of the herbarium from 1894 to 1911, and curator of the museum of economic botany in 1894-95.Botany
  • He was instructor in botany from 1899 to 1905, and assistant professor until 1911.Botany
  • 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
  • In September 1911 there was a return to the two-term system, in which the first semester ended in February.Calendar
  • In 1911 a change was made, so that the women had regular chapel with gowned choir and seniors in procession on four days a week, but on Wednesday morning the service was replaced by a mass meeting of Student Government.Chapel
  • The Celebration Committee of the Cammarian Club took charge of the cheerleaders, and in 1911 introduced tryouts for members of the junior class.Cheering
  • Benjamin C. Clough went "off island" to continue his education at Harvard, where he received his A.B. degree in 1911, his A.M. in 1918, and his Ph.D. in 1921 for a study of the writings of John Donne.Clough, Benjamin C.
  • Theodore Collier was at Williams College from 1905 to 1911 as instructor and later assistant professor of history, and came to Brown in 1911 as associate professor.Collier, Theodore
  • After four summers spent investigating the chestnut blight for the U.S. Department of Agriculture James Franklin Collins resigned his professorship in 1911 to become forest pathologist in the Providence bureau of the Department’s Office of Forest Pathologist, which had its headquarters in University Hall.Collins, James Franklin
  • Stephen S. Colvin published "The Learning Process" in 1911, "Human Behavior" with William C. Bagley in 1913, and "Introduction to High School Teaching," an extensively used teacher-training text-book, in 1917.Colvin, Stephen S.
  • In 1911 a new club, the Brown Forum, was formed under the auspices of the Debating Union to foster interest in public discussion, and initially admitted any student who had taken part in a varsity, class, or prize debate.Debating
  • In 1911 further changes required students for the Ph.B. degree to take a course in classical civilization and a course in general biology and to choose a "major" at the end of the sophomore year.Degrees
  • The gates on George Street are the John Nicholas Brown Gate, given in 1903 by his widow, the William Goddard Memorial Gate, given by Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin in 1911 in memory of her father, Chancellor William Goddard 1846, and the Psi Upsilon gate, dedicated by the fraternity at the time of its centennial in 1940.Fence
  • Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911), librarian and poet, was born in Candia, New Hampshire, on June 19, 1858.Foss, Sam Walter
  • Public Library from 1898 until Sam Walter Foss's death on February 26, 1911 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Foss, Sam Walter
  • After graduation from Amherst College in 1911, Robert H. George earned his master of arts degree in 1913 and his Ph.D. in 1916, both from Harvard where he was instructor and tutor.George, Robert H.
  • After graduation in 1911, Ray E. Gilman was assistant in mathematics at Kansas State College for a year and then instructor and fellow in mathematics at Princeton, where he received a Ph.D. degree in 1916.Gilman, Ray E.
  • 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.
  • Wilfred Harold Munro 1870 was associate professor of history from 1891 to 1899 and professor of European history from 1899 to 1911.History
  • Theodore Collier was associate professor of European history from 1911 to 1917, professor from 1917 to 1923, and professor of history and international relations after 1923.History
  • Charles H. Hunkins was promoted to assistant professor of Romance languages and literatures in 1911 and associate professor in 1920.Hunkins, Charles H.
  • In his annual report for 1911, President Faunce justified his continuing resistance to entreaties to establish a medical school, when he wrote, "A medical school, if first-class, requires enormous expenditure; if not first-class, it is a public menace."Medical education
  • Matthew C. Mitchell graduated from Geneva College in 1911, and taught high school in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he also became a school principal and superintendent of schools.Mitchell, Matthew C.
  • Philip H. Mitchell was appointed assistant professor in 1911, associate professor in 1920, and professor in 1925.Mitchell, Philip H.
  • From 1911 to 1921 Philip H. Mitchell was involved in fisheries research at Woods Hole, first as research physiologist, and from 1917 to 1921 as research director of the Woods Hole Laboratory of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.Mitchell, Philip H.
  • Margaret Shove Morriss graduated from Goucher College in 1904 and earned her Ph.D. degree from Bryn Mawr in 1911.Morriss, Margaret Shove
  • Wilfred H. Munro retired from teaching in 1911.Munro, Wilfred H.
  • In 1911 it was voted to discontinue the exercises.Phi Beta Kappa
  • He gave a course in Practical Ethics until 1911-12.Philosophy
  • The association, which was at first limited to students of evangelical Protestant denominations, opened its membership to other Christian students in 1911, at which time it had to withdraw from the national organization and changed its name to the Christian Association.Religious Societies
  • In 1911, Miss Doyle, observing that the Alumnae Association was on a firm footing, suggested the disbanding of the Society, but her fellow members thought otherwise, and the students added their appreciation of the Society by dedicating the "Brun Mael" of that year to the Society "to whose interest and enthusiasm our College owes so much beauty and comfort."Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women
  • When Miller Hall was built in 1911, Slater Memorial Homestead was purchased by Miss Ewerette Constable McVickar and friends and presented to the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island as a memorial to her brother, Bishop William McVickar.Slater Memorial Homestead
  • Louis F. Snow then had a number of educational appointments: Chairman of the English Department at the Normal School, Cortland, New York, 1908-09; Dean of Teacher’s College and professor of education, State University of Kentucky, 1909-1911; professor of philosophy and education, Wells College, 1911-12; librarian, University of Pittsburgh, 1912-1914; chief of the English Department and librarian, University of the Philippines, 1914-1918.Snow, Louis F.
  • The Class of 1911 presented a Japanese doll, and proceeded to include her as "Kiko-No Hana" among the class members in the 1911 "Brun Mael."Sophomore Masque
  • In 1911 the Executive Committee, conceding that "the existence of fraternities was helpful during the earlier years of this College," now found them "deleterious to the welfare of the College," and expressing the opinion that in future organizations "students should be grouped not along lines of social cleavage, but on the basis of definite interests and purposes," voted that the fraternities in the Women’s College should henceforth admit no new members.Sororities
  • When Arthur Upham Pope went to the University of California in 1911 as assistant professor of philosophy, he started a Sphinx Club on that campus.Sphinx Club
  • In 1911 Brown defeated Amherst and Williams in dual meets, and lost to both in the triangular meet.Swimming
  • There was a dual meet with M.I.T. in 1911, and in May 1912 a schedule of five games with Union, Williams, Harvard, Trinity, and Minnesota.Tennis
  • 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
  • After graduation in 1911, Henry M. Wriston pursued graduate study at Harvard for three years, but left without completing his dissertation to return to Wesleyan as an instructor in history.Wriston, Henry M.
  • Wroth’s first book, published in 1911, was a biography of Parson Weems, George Washington’s biographer, who gave us the story of the cherry tree.Wroth, Lawrence C.