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1924

  • In 1924 the Aldrich brothers had subscribed $100,000 toward the new athletic facilities, and on April 8, 1925 added $500,000 on condition that the University could match this amount from other sources.Aldrich Field
  • Anne Crosby Emery Allinson also published "Roads from Rome" in 1913, "Children of the Way" in 1923, and "Friends with Life" in 1924.Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery
  • When Karl Brooke Anderson graduated in 1924, he chose not to be ordained in any particular faith, as he wanted to work with all young people.Anderson, Karl Brooke
  • From 1924 to 1928 Karl Brooke Anderson was executive secretary of the first college YMCA in the country at the University of Virginia.Anderson, Karl Brooke
  • John Shapley was instructor in art from 1915 to 1919 and assistant professor from 1919 to 1924.Art
  • In 1924 Brown awarded an honorary degree to Masanao Hanihara, Japanese ambassador to the United States, an action which did much to establish good feeling between Japan and the United States, which had suffered from the Japanese immigration restriction act, and indirectly led to the admission several years later of Asian American student John F. Aiso ’31.Asians
  • In January 1924 the football advisory committee resigned and was nonexistent in 1924 and 1925.Athletics
  • He started intercollegiate swimming at Brown, and helped to coach baseball, taking over the 1924 team during the illness of coach Wally Snell.Athletics
  • McKinnon, who came as an assistant to his brother-in-law Huggins, worked for seven Brown football coaches from 1909 to 1959, taking over as head trainer when Huggins died in 1924, on the day of the football game with Yale.Athletics
  • An apparatus team was added in 1924, and a pyramid squad in 1925.Athletics
  • There was a swim team in 1924-25.Athletics
  • One of Brown’s most memorable games was played on June 7, 1924, when Brown and Providence College played a twenty-inning game, which was eventually won by Providence, 1-0.Baseball
  • Charles A. Baylis received his A.B. and A.M. degrees from the University of Washington in 1923 and 1924, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1926.Baylis, Charles A.
  • On October 19, 1924, a newspaper appeared with the title, "Brown Daily Drivel," a single issue printed by students as a travesty on the "Brown Daily Herald."BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • The title was changed to "Hand-book of Brown University" in 1903 and by 1924 to "The Bear Facts."Bear Facts
  • After graduation from Brown in 1924, Bruce M. Bigelow became an assistant in the History Department.Bigelow, Bruce M.
  • After several years of employment by engineering firms, Leighton T. Bohl returned to Brown in 1922 as assistant professor of civil engineering, becoming associate professor in 1924 and professor in 1929.Bohl, Leighton T.
  • Leicester Bradner taught at Los Alamos Ranch School in 1920-21 and at Union College in 1924-25, before coming to Brown as instructor in English in 1926.Bradner, Leicester
  • The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Brown Corporation
  • When first suggested and considered by Pi Kappa in 1924, the proposed "Key Club" had been inspired by the formation of the Green Key of Dartmouth, the Red Key of Cornell, and the Purple Key of Williams College.Brown Key
  • On the east side of Carrie Tower two stone benches, the gift of the Class of 1924, flank the brick walk to the door of the tower.Campus
  • Leonard Carmichael was an assistant in the department of biology at Tufts during his senior year and continued as an instructor while he pursued his graduate education in psychology at Harvard, receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1924.Carmichael, Leonard
  • Leonard Carmichael studied in Berlin with a Sheldon Travelling Fellowship, then taught psychology at Princeton as an instructor from 1924 to 1926 and as assistant professor in 1926-27.Carmichael, Leonard
  • The January 1924 issue was highly publicized when newspapers carried a story that the sale of the magazine had been stopped by the city soliciter of Providence, after it was pronounced "obscene and unfit for public reading."Casements
  • With a Sheldon Fellowship for study abroad awarded by Harvard, Robert P. Casey spent the next two years at Jesus College of the University of Cambridge, and in 1924 was the first American to receive a Ph.D. degree in theology from Cambridge.Casey, Robert P.
  • In 1924 the "Historical Catalogue" was issued in two volumes, one for the Men’s College and one for the Women’s, on the grounds that in 1924 an alumna had to buy a book which contained a thousand names of her fellow alumnae, in most of whom she was interested, but also six thousand men in whom she was not, and "vice versa."Catalogues
  • Chace then paid for a fine edition of the work, which was sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America and dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Chace, who had died in 1924.Chace, Arnold Buffum
  • A third committee was appointed in 1924, with the result that an amendment to the Charter in 1926 provided that the number of trustees be increased from 36 to 42 and that there be no denominational requirement for the additional trustees.Charter
  • The appointment of Dr. Charles A. Kraus as professor of chemistry and director of laboratories in 1924 brought a vigorous and dynamic leader to the department.Chemistry
  • Benjamin C. Clough left the English Department for Classics in 1924 as assistant professor of Greek and Latin classics, and became associate professor in 1926, head of the Classics Department in 1929, and David Benedict professor in 1930.Clough, Benjamin C.
  • Rosalie Littell Colie (1924-1972), professor of comparative literature and first woman department chairman, was born in New York City in 1924.Colie, Rosalie L.
  • Theodore Collier also taught at summer sessions at Middlebury College, Clark University and Columbia University, and during the academic year 1924-25 was a visiting professor at Constantinople College.Collier, Theodore
  • The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Corporation
  • Two students earned their M.B.A. degree in 1923, one in 1924, and two in 1925, after which the degree was discontinued.Degrees
  • The 1924 show was "The Plastered Duchess," a burlesque on "The Duchess of Padua," which had recently been staged by Sock and Buskin.Dramatics
  • After returning from a long train trip to read an article at a meeting of the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association in Chicago in April 1924, Curt J. Ducasse decided to organize the Pacific Division of the Association.Ducasse, Curt J.
  • In the 1920s the department grew through the addition of faculty members James P. Adams in 1921, Hugh B. Killough, Harry E. Miller, and James H. Shoemaker in 1924, Albert F. Hinrichs in 1926, George E. Bigge in 1927, Williams Adams Brown in 1928, and Chelcie C. Bosland in 1929.Economics
  • In 1924 the Bureau inaugurated its official publication, "Brown Business Service," subtitled "Analyses of Economic Conditions in Southeastern New England," for distribution of timely information to the business community monthly from September to July.Economics
  • Benjamin C. Clough, better known as a professor of classics, first taught in the English Department from 1913 to 1924.English
  • Harrison E. Farnsworth taught at the University of Pittsburgh in 1918-19, was a teaching assistant and research fellow at the University of Wisconsin from 1919 to 1924 and associate professor at the University of Maine from 1924 until 1926, when he came to Brown as assistant professor of physics.Farnsworth, Harrison E.
  • 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
  • A recognized scholar in his field, Henry T. Fowler was the author of a number of books, among them "The Prophets as Statesmen and Preachers," published in 1904 and translated into Portuguese in 1924, "The Origin and Growth of the Hebrew Religion" in 1916, translated into Chinese in 1925, and "The History and Literature of the New Testament" in 1925.Fowler, Henry T.
  • Julian Howard Gibbs (1924-1983), professor of chemistry, was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, on June 24, 1924.Gibbs, Julian H.
  • James B. Hedges taught at the University of Oklahoma and Mills College while he studied under Frederick Jackson Turner at Harvard for his Ph.D., which he earned in 1924.Hedges, James B.
  • He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1924, and received his master’s degree in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1927, both from Johns Hopkins University.Herbert Newell Couch
  • Albert F. Hinrichs taught at Columbia, and was director of research in the New York State Bureau of Housing and Regional Planning from 1924 to 1926.Hinrichs, Albert F.
  • Charles H. Hunkins's book, "Favorite French Poems," published in 1924, was used in many classrooms.Hunkins, Charles H.
  • Albert Bushnell Johnson studied Spanish and Portuguese in South America in 1924, and had thought of offering courses in business Portuguese.Johnson, Albert Bushnell
  • Hugh B. Killough became assistant professor of economics at Brown in 1924, and was promoted to associate professor in 1927 and professor in 1931.Killough, Hugh B.
  • Chester H. Kirby received his A.B. degree in 1921 and his A.M. in 1923, both from the State University of Iowa, and went on the receive a second A.M. degree in 1924 and a Ph.D. in 1929 from Harvard.Kirby, Chester H.
  • Paul N. Kistler received the degree of bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State College in 1920, and the master of science in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University in 1924.Kistler, Paul N.
  • Harry Lyman Koopman's other books of poetry included "Morrow Songs" in 1898, "At the Gates of the Century" in 1905, "The Librarian and the Desert" in 1908, and "Hesperia, an American National Poem" in two volumes, 1919-1924.Koopman, Harry Lyman
  • Charles A. Kraus was awarded the William H. Nichols Medal of the New York section of the American Chemical Society in 1924, the Theodore William Richards Medal of the Chicago section in 1935 and the Northeastern section in 1936, the Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chicago section in 1935, the Franklin Medal in 1938 and the Priestly Medal in 1950.Kraus, Charles A.
  • Courtney Langdon (1861-1924), professor of modern languages, was born in Rome on January 18, 1861, the son of William Chauncy Langdon, an Episcopal clergyman, who was at that time chaplain of the American delegation in Rome.Langdon, Courtney
  • George W. Potter ’21 wrote of him in the "Providence Journal:" Langdon died in Providence on November 19, 1924.Langdon, Courtney
  • Their translation was published by Gyldendal in 1923 with the title, "The Atom and the Bohr Theory of its Structure," and was published in the United States by Knopf in 1924.Lindsay, Robert Bruce
  • On his return, Lindsay completed his dissertation on the atomic models of the alkali metals, which he had begun in Copenhagen, and received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1924.Lindsay, Robert Bruce
  • In 1924 the increasing space problem of Lyman Gym was partially alleviated by installing a boxing room in Rogers Hall with a temporary passage from the gymnasium to Rogers Hall built over the new heating plant.Lyman Hall
  • From 1924 to 1926 William Macdonald was visiting lecturer at Yale.Macdonald, William
  • Andrew H. MacPhail was promoted to assistant professor in 1924, associate professor in 1931, and was named director of educational measurement in 1934.MacPhail, Andrew H.
  • Carl W. Miller taught at New York University from 1922 to 1924.Miller, Carl W.
  • Carl W. Miller came to Brown as assistant professor of physics in 1924, and was promoted to associate professor in 1929 and full professor in 1945.Miller, Carl W.
  • The department occupied two first floor rooms in the dormitory at 36 Prospect Street in 1924.Music
  • John Spellman ’24, was light heavyweight wresting champion of the 1924 Olympics.Olympic Games
  • Adam Smith ’27 of the 1924 Olympic swimming team, entered Brown in 1923, but left during his first year to prepare for the Olympic trials.Olympic Games
  • Physical education was required for freshmen only in 1924, was reduced to two hours in 1947, and finally became voluntary in 1970.Physical Education
  • In 1924 the department began to use its "schematograph" to produce posture drawings of freshman and sophomores, a practice which went on for many years.Physical Education
  • Carl W. Miller came in 1924 and taught until 1955.Physics
  • Alonzo W. Quinn graduated from Denison University in 1924, then did graduate work at Kansas University and the State University of Iowa, where he received a master of science degree in 1926.Quinn, Alonzo W.
  • The wide range of services provided by the Association may be seen in its report for 1924-25.Religious Societies
  • Charles Alexander Robinson was a student at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in 1923, 1924, and 1925, and was appointed to the Management Committee of the School in 1928.Robinson, Charles Alexander
  • When the class of 1884 decided to erect a gate in his memory in 1924, an editorial in the "Brown Alumni Monthly," recalled Robinson as viewed by his students, "We may not all have loved him then, but we respected him.Robinson, Ezekiel Gilman
  • After the new Metcalf Chemical Laboratory was built in 1924, the older laboratory was assigned for use for graduate research under Professor C. A. Kraus.Rogers Hall
  • Bessie H. Rudd received a certificate of hygiene and physical education from Wellesley College in 1924.Rudd, Bessie H.
  • Bessie H. Rudd was assistant in the Department of Physical Education at Radcliffe College from 1918 to 1922, and assistant director of physical education from 1924 to 1930, when she became director of physical education at Pembroke.Rudd, Bessie H.
  • William W. Russell came to Brown as an assistant professor in 1924, was promoted to associate professor in 1936, and named Newport Rogers Professor of Chemistry in 1950.Russell, William W.
  • In 1924 Mrs. Lownes endowed an annual organ recital known as "Edgar J. Lownes Memory Day," a memorial to her late husband.Sayles Hall
  • James Seth (1860-1924), professor of philosophy, was born in Edinburgh in 1860, was educated at George Watson’s College, and received a master of arts degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1881.Seth, James
  • James Seth died in Edinburgh on July 25, 1924.Seth, James
  • Charles H. Smiley attended the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with highest honors in mathematics in 1924, and earned his M.A. degree in 1925 and his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1927 at Berkeley.Smiley, Charles H.
  • Trainer Charlie Huggins organized intercollegiate swimming at Brown in 1905-1906, and was its unofficial coach until his death in 1924.Swimming
  • Other All-American swimmers were Mark Coles ’26 in 1924, Raymond Hall ’31 in 1931, and Franklin M. White ’33 in 1931, 1932, and 1933.Swimming
  • E. Leo Barry took over as coach in 1924.Swimming
  • The opportunity arrived when Jacob D. Tamarkin met a Dartmouth professor of mathematics in the summer of 1924 and they talked of a possible opening for him there.Tamarkin, Jacob D.
  • The coaches after Archie Hahn were Alfred W. Haddleton, who had coached at Providence Technical High School and Moses Brown School and filled in at Brown in 1920-21, James E. Smith 1892 from 1921 to 1923, John Frederick Powers, former Notre Dame track star and coach at Worcester Academy, from 1924 to 1938, and Malcolm Williams from 1938 to 1941.Track
  • In 1924 Arthur E. Watson designed the electrical plant for the airship Shenandoah.Watson, Arthur E.
  • With such a good start West was accepted at Brown and graduated two years later in 1924.West, Nathanael
  • The "Liber Brunensis" for 1924, in which his name appears as "Nathaniel Von Wallenstein Weinstein," said of him, "Addicted to reading the latest and best, Nathanael West introduced ‘Jurgen’ and ‘DeMaupasant’ to us – for which we are truly thankful.West, Nathanael
  • George G. Wilson was a member of the board of editors of the Society’s "Journal" from the beginning, and from 1924 to 1943 was editor-in-chief.Wilson, George G.
  • Two more Spellman brothers, John ’24 (who was light heavyweight champion of the 1924 Olympics) and Frank ’28, followed Bob Spellman as captains of the wrestling team.Wrestling