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1912

  • In 1912 the Corporation passed laws regulating academic costume.Academic costume
  • The 1912 regulations also prescribed black hoods, three feet long for bachelor’s degree, three and one-half feet for the master’s, and four feet for the doctor’s, lined with the official color, brown.Academic costume
  • Between 1877 and 1912, Brown graduated five black men who were to become presidents of black colleges, who thus passed their education on to innumerable others.African Americans
  • 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
  • In 1912 a team which included pitchers Joe Conzelman ’12 and Eddie Warner ’12, and shortstop Ken Nash ’12, won nineteen games and lost five.Baseball
  • Harry Pattee ’06, who played shortstop for two of his undergraduate years and also played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, coached the Brown team from 1912 to 1921.Baseball
  • In March 1912 Brown dropped basketball.Basketball
  • 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.
  • A greenhouse, 18 by 25 feet, was erected in 1912 in the rear of the house at 100 George Street.Botany
  • Millar Burrows graduated from Cornell University in 1912.Burrows, Millar
  • 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.
  • In 1912, Blanche N. Davis succeeded Hamilton MacDougall and Lacey Baker as chapel director.Chapel
  • William Farr Church (1912-1977), professor of history, was born in Monmouth, Illinois, on December 13, 1912.Church, William F.
  • When Stephen S. Colvin came back to Brown in 1912 he was the first professor of educational psychology.Colvin, Stephen S.
  • James Q. Dealey also published "The Development of the States" in 1909, "The Family in its Sociological Aspects" in 1912, "Growth of the State Constitutions" in 1915, "State and Government" in 1921, "Foreign Policies of the United States" in 1926, and "Political Situations in Rhode Island" in 1928.Dealey, James Q.
  • Alexander Meiklejohn was dean from 1901 to 1912, and concerned himself with scholastic achievement, attendance, athletic activities, and social life of the students.Dean
  • He was also the founder in 1912 of the Diman Vocational School in Fall River, Massachusetts.Diman, Jeremiah Lewis
  • 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.
  • In 1912 Stephen S. Colvin 1891, who had been teaching at the University of Illinois, was appointed to the newly created chair of Educational Psychology.Education
  • The Engineering Council, established in 1912, was composed of the three Engineering Departments, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical, and also the Departments of Mathematics, Mechanics and Mechanical Drawing, Physics, and Astronomy.Engineering
  • Walter G. Everett was head of the Philosophy Department from 1896 to 1930, and served as acting president while President Faunce made a trip around the world in 1912-13.Everett, Walter G.
  • In 1912 a spot on Camp’s first team went to George "Kid" Crowther ’13, nicknamed for his small size, 130 pounds, which did not prevent him from making a dazzling 48-yard run for a touchdown in the Harvard game that year, after the Harvard coach had suggested that the small player should be removed from the game for his own safety.Football
  • Henry T. Fowler traveled and studied in the Holy Land during the academic years 1912-13, 1921-22, and 1928-29.Fowler, Henry T.
  • Lambda Chi Alpha (Iota Zeta chapter) was established in 1912, drawing its membership from a local fraternity which had been formed in 1908.Fraternities
  • Sigma Nu (Delta Lambda chapter) was established in 1912 by members of the local society of Sigma Delta Kappa.Fraternities
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon (Rhode Island Alpha chapter) existed at Brown from 1912 to 1919, living in South Caswell Hall and North Hope College.Fraternities
  • A successful million dollar endowment fund in 1912, aided by a contribution of $150,000 from the General Education Board, was distributed as follows: $200,000 for the Women’s College, $225,000 for the pension fund, $50,000 for the Library, and $525,000 for the general funds.Fund-raising
  • There also in 1912 the work of the State Natural Resources Survey, of which Professor Brown was the director, was carried on.Geology
  • The State of Rhode Island began in 1912-13 to grant graduate scholarships in education to teachers in service.Graduate School
  • Theodore Francis Green was defeated for election as Governor in 1912, as Congressman in 1918, and as Governor again in 1930.Green, Theodore Francis
  • 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.
  • Walter S. Hunter's dissertation for his doctorate in 1912 was "Delayed Reaction in Animals and Children."Hunter, Walter S.
  • Hunter became an instructor at the University of Texas in 1912, adjunct professor at the University of Kansas in 1916, and the first G. Stanley Hall Professor of Genetic Psychology at Clark University in 1925.Hunter, Walter S.
  • From 1904 to 1908 Charles A. Kraus was a research assistant in physical chemistry at M.I.T., where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1908, after which he was a research associate until 1912, and associate professor of physical chemical research from 1912 to 1914.Kraus, Charles A.
  • Machado House at 87 Prospect Street was formerly the Ellen Dexter Sharpe House, a two-and-one-half story brick Elizabethan Revival house designed by Parker, Thomas and Rice, and built as the Sharpe family home in 1912.Machado House
  • The "Sepiad" for June 1912 had the following account of May Day, which had been planned by the Brownies.May Day
  • As dean until 1912 Alexander Meiklejohn was involved with discipline, athletics, and social life.Meiklejohn, Alexander
  • Improvements in 1912 included a new fence and the planting of hedges around the grounds.Metcalf Botanical Garden
  • Norman S. Taber ’13, came in third in the 1500-metre race and second in the 3000-metre race in 1912.Olympic Games
  • An appreciation of Palmer’s work at Brown appeared in the memorial minute of the faculty in 1940: His book, "The Theory of Measurement," published in 1912, became a standard text in precision measurement.Palmer, Albert D.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Dealey’s teaching was mostly in sociology, while John Corliss Dunning, assistant professor from 1912 to 1926, taught only political science.Political Science
  • The club was self-perpetuating at first, but in 1912 was changed into a representative club composed of the presidents of the student organizations, editors of student publications, and the president of the senior class.Question Club
  • 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.
  • Otis E. Randall was named dean of the University when Alexander Meiklejohn left to become president of Amherst College in 1912.Randall, Otis E.
  • Roland G. D. Richardson was promoted to associate professor in 1912 and professor in 1915.Richardson, Roland G. D.
  • The expense of remodeling proved too high, and in 1912 the building was partially opened to receive the Department of Economics and its library of 10,000 volumes.Robinson Hall
  • About 1912 Sayles Gym was reorganized under Miss M. Elizabeth Bates, the new instructor in hygiene and physical education, to include Swedish apparatus in the gymnasium, a corrective room (for posture), a quiet rest room (for students unable to exercise), and a social rest-room "for the refreshment of the senses," where non-resident students could gather.Sayles Gymnasium
  • In 1912 the Department of Economics moved from the basement of Sayles Hall into the former library (Robinson Hall), making space for the Department of Geology.Sayles Hall
  • 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.
  • Soccer made its first appearance at Brown in 1912 when the Athletic Board voted to purchase a soccer ball and to erect goal posts on Lincoln Field.Soccer
  • East House on Meeting Street was acquired in 1912, the gift of Stephen O. Metcalf, and was used as a dormitory of the Women’s College.Student housing
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Before entering Brown Frederick N. Tompkins worked from 1912 to 1914 for Narragansett Electric Lighting Company.Tompkins, Frederick N.
  • In the very successful indoor season of 1912 the relay team was undefeated.Track
  • At that time George Parker Winship became the librarian of the Widener Library, which had been given to Harvard as a memorial by the mother of Harry Elkins Widener, a book collector, who was lost when the Titanic sank in 1912.Winship, George Parker
  • The son of an Episcopal clergyman, Lawrence C. Wroth served as librarian of the Maryland Diocesan Library from 1905 to 1912.Wroth, Lawrence C.
  • Lawrence C. Wroth was assistant librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore from 1912 to 1923, with a two-year absence with the 110th and 111th Field Artillery in France from 1917 to 1919.Wroth, Lawrence C.