1926

Anne Crosby Emery Allinson led a campaign for a building and auditorium for the Club, which was built in 1926 at Abbott Park Place.Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery
In the fall of 1926 Anne Crosby Emery Allinson became editor of the women’s page of the "Providence Evening Bulletin," and her column, "The Distaff," appeared for the next six years.Allinson, Anne Crosby Emery
The campaign continued until 1926, when the $50,000 contributed by the students and the $150,000 contributed by the alumnae, together with Mr. Metcalf’s matching funds, were deemed sufficient to start the building.Alumnae Hall
The cornerstone was laid on May 11, 1926.Alumnae Hall
The American Philosophical Society has numbered among its members the following individuals connected with Brown, elected to membership in the years indicated: Stephen Hopkins in 1769; Benjamin Waterhouse in 1791; Francis Wayland in 1838; John E. Holbrook 1815 in 1839; Alpheus S. Packard in 1878; George Dana Boardman 1852 in 1880; Henry S. Frieze 1841 in 1884; William Williams Keen 1859 in 1884; James Macalister 1856 in 1886; James Burrill Angell 1849 in 1889; Lester Frank Ward in 1889; Richard Olney 1856 in 1897; Stephen F. Peckham 1862 in 1897; John Hay 1858 in 1898; Robert H. Thurston 1859 in 1902; Carl Barus in 1903; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 in 1909; Charles E. Bennett 1878 in 1913; Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout 1893 in 1917; John Franklin Jameson in 1920; Charles Evans Hughes 1881 in 1926; Arthur F. Buddington ’12 in 1931; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897 in 1931; Ernest E. Tyzzer 1897 in 1931; Gilbert Chinard in 1932; George E. Coghill 1896 in 1935; Harvey N. Davis ’01 in 1935; George Grafton Wilson 1886 in 1936; Frederick G. Keyes ’09 Ph.D. in 1938; Charles August Kraus in 1939; Walter S. Hunter in 1941; Leonard Carmichael in 1942; Zechariah Chafee ’07 in 1946; Robert Cushman Murphy ’11 in 1946; Otto E. Neugebauer in 1947; William A. Noyes in 1947; George Boas ’13 in 1950; Carl Bridenbaugh in 1950; Clarence Saunders Brigham 1899 in 1955; Clarence H. Graham in 1956; John Imbrie in 1956; Lars Onsager in 1959; John Wilder Tukey ’36 in 1962; Edmund Sears Morgan in 1964; Carl Pfaffmann ’33 in 1964; Vartan Gregorian in 1965; Barnaby C. Keeney in 1965; Donald F. Hornig in 1967; Floyd Ratliff ’50 Ph.D. in 1972; Leon N. Cooper in 1973; David E. Pingree in 1975; George F. Carrier in 1976; Eliot Stellar ’47 Ph.D. in 1977; Brooke Hindle ’40 in 1982; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37 in 1984; Barbara K. Lewalski in 1986.American Philosophical Society
In 1926 Thomas B. Appleget left Brown to become executive secretary to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897.Appleget, Thomas B.
A new policy in art was ushered in by the appointment of Will S. Taylor as assistant professor of art in 1926.Art
In June 1926 new regulations were adopted by the Advisory and Executive Committee of the Corporation, organizing in place of the Athletic Association the Brown University Athletic Council.Athletics
Barus continued as dean of the Graduate Department until his retirement in 1926.Barus, Carl
Two years later Reynolds of Providence College again pitched in a long game against Brown on May 22, 1926.Baseball
In the 1920s there were three winning seasons under coaches Wally Snell ’13 and Harold "Chick" Evans, 13-10 in 1922, and 10-6 in 1925 and 1926.Basketball
Wally Snell coached from 1921 to 1923 and Harold Evans from 1923 to 1926.Basketball
Two football coaches did double duty as coaches of the basketball team, DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry from 1926 to 1929, and Charles A.Basketball
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.
Bruce M. Bigelow was an instructor in history at M.I.T. from 1926 to 1928, and received his master’s degree from Harvard in 1927 and his Ph.D. from Brown in 1930.Bigelow, Bruce M.
Leicester Bradner received his bachelor’s degree in 1920, his master’s in 1923, and his Ph.D. in 1926, all from Yale University.Bradner, Leicester
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
Benjamin W. Brown was promoted to assistant professor of English and public speaking in 1926 and associate professor in 1936.Brown, Benjamin W.
The Charter was amended in 1926 to add six trustees, to be chosen without regard to religious affiliation, bringing the number of trustees to 42.Brown Corporation
Harcourt Brown received his B.A. degree in modern languages in 1925 and his M.A. degree in French in 1926, both from the University of Toronto.Brown, Harcourt
Herbert D. Lamson ’24 joined the Brown-in-China effort in social work and teaching in Shanghai in 1926, but returned in the spring of 1927 because of unsettled conditions in China.Brown-in-China
Harold S. Bucklin was named assistant professor in 1918, associate professor of social science in 1926.Bucklin, Harold S.
Harold S. Bucklin was involved with many of the social institutions in Rhode Island and served as chairman of the Americanization Commission in 1919 and member of the Children’s Law Commission in 1926 and of the Juvenile Court Commission in 1938.Bucklin, Harold S.
At its class reunion in 1981 the Class of 1926 dedicated its class memorial, a spot in back of Sayles Hall with redwood benches among the trees and shrubs which surround a bronze plaque inscribed, "The Happiest Moments of Life’s Fleeting Hours ... Class of 1926."Campus
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
In 1926 Robert P. Casey was named professor of the history and philosophy of religions at Cincinnati.Casey, Robert P.
S. J. Perelman ’25, in later life a well-known humorist, wrote in a letter to the "Brown Daily Herald:" A committee on chapel services was appointed by President Faunce in 1926 to improve the quality of chapel services.Chapel
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
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.
The Charter was amended in 1926 to add six trustees, to be chosen without regard to religious affiliation, bringing the number of trustees to 42.Corporation
After the war Samuel Foster Damon was an instructor in the English Department at Harvard and earned a master of arts degree in 1926.Damon, Samuel Foster
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.
The office of Dean of Freshmen was created in 1922 and held by William Russell Burwell from 1922 to 1926, and Kenneth O. Mason from 1926 until his death in 1930.Dean
Carl Barus, the first Dean of the Graduate Department from 1903 to 1926, was succeeded in that position for one year by Roland G. D. Richardson, who was then the Dean of the Graduate School until 1949.Dean
The 1926 team displayed its versatility by winning its first debate with Princeton (Brown in favor of the Volstead Act), and going on to defeat Amherst the next week (Brown against the Volstead Act), but when this popular subject came up in the first debate between the men and women of Brown in 1928, the Women’s College team defeated the University team, having defended the affirmative side of the subject, "Resolved: that the Volstead Act be modified to permit the use of light wines and beers."Debating
George E. Downing was an instructor at the University of Chicago from 1926 to 1931, and in 1930 went abroad to study Romanesque architecture.Downing, George E.
In 1926 Curt J. Ducasse came to Brown as associate professor of philosophy.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
Other additions to the faculty of the English Department in the 1920s and their specialties were Robert W. Kenny (18th century), Leicester Bradner (16th century and Elizabethan drama) in 1926, and I. J. Kapstein (novel, composition, the romantic movement) in 1927.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.
William L. Fichter received his Sc.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees, all from Columbia, in 1914, 1918, and 1926.Fichter, William L.
A student loan fund, established in 1926-27, authorized a committee to lend annually through a local trust company up to $50,000.Financial aid
In 1926 Robinson was replaced by DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry from Amherst, who was to lead Brown into a new era of football.Football
In the middle of the 1926 season the "Iron Men" came into being when the same eleven men played against Yale for sixty minutes and a 7-0 win.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
Again relieved of his job along with assistant coach Reginald W. P. Brown, he coached the Boston University team from 1926 to 1928 and the Providence Steamrollers from 1931 to 1934.Football
Leland M. Goodrich taught at Lafayette College in 1925-26 and returned to Brown as assistant professor of political science in 1926.Goodrich, Leland M.
The Graduate School convocation began in 1926, when, because of the large number of degree recipients, it was decided to hold separate exercises for the awarding of advanced degrees on Tuesday, the day after Commencement.Graduate School Convocation
Over one hundred doctorates were awarded during Barus’ administration from 1903 to 1926, in the latter half of which many were in chemistry and biology.Graduate School
Barus retired in 1926.Graduate School
Between 1888 and 1926 the number of degrees conferred amounted to 132 Ph.D. degrees, 1,001 Master of Arts degrees, 98 Master of Science degrees, and 5 Master of Business Administration degrees.Graduate School
Hegeman Hall, was built at the corner of George and Thayer Streets in 1926 with $250,000 provided by the John R. Hegeman Foundation.Hegeman Hall
The building shared its day of dedication of October 13, 1926 with Marston Hall.Hegeman Hall
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
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.
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.
Albert F. Hinrichs was assistant professor of economics at Brown from 1926 to 1930, and associate professor from 1930 to 1935.Hinrichs, Albert F.
Brown students organized class teams which played each other in the new arena, and regained official recognition from the University in 1926, when James H. Gardner, the coach of the Reds, was hired to coach the new Brown team.Hockey
The 1926-27 team lost its first two games, but ended the season with a 4-4 record.Hockey
Hockey coaches at Brown have been James H. Gardner in 1926-27, Jean Dubuc from 1927 to 1929, Thomas W. Taylor from 1929 to 1932, Robert Taylor from 1931 to 1933, Thomas W. Taylor again from 1933 to 1938, and Arthur J. Lesieur in 1938-39.Hockey
He did manage to purchase Byron’s blue-plumed helmet, which occupied a place of honor in the Howe household and was eventually returned to Greece by his daughter, Maud Howe Elliott, in 1926.Howe, Samuel Gridley
Walter S. Hunter was editor of "Psychological Index" from 1926 to its termination in 1936, and editor of "Psychological Abstracts" from 1926 until 1946, when he resigned because he thought twenty years was long enough for a single editor.Hunter, Walter S.
In 1899 John Franklin Jameson delivered at Barnard College a series of lectures which were published as "The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement" in 1926.Jameson, John Franklin
After graduation in 1926 Kapstein, with a literary career in mind, moved to New York and worked for Alfred Knopf, publisher, where he was assigned to the textbook department.Kapstein, I. J.
Robert W. Kenny graduated in 1925 and earned his master’s in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1934.Kenny, Robert W.
Paul N. Kistler worked for Bethlehem Steel Company and Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania before coming to Brown as assistant professor of engineering in 1926.Kistler, Paul N.
Lacrosse gained varsity standing in 1926 after two years of informal play, with a team, coached by freshman football and basketball coach Ben Beck, which played five games for one win, three losses, and one tie.Lacrosse
Charles Arthur Lynch graduated from Classical High School and received his bachelor of arts degree from Harvard in 1926, a master’s degree from Brown in 1927 and another from Harvard in 1927, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1936.Lynch, Charles Arthur
From 1924 to 1926 William Macdonald was visiting lecturer at Yale.Macdonald, William
The building was dedicated on the same day as Hegeman Hall, October 13, 1926.Marston Hall
After earning his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1926, Matthew C. Mitchell came to Brown as assistant professor of political science.Mitchell, Matthew C.
In 1926 the Brown Glee Club participated for the first time in the Intercollegiate Glee Club contest in Jordan Hall with twelve other glee clubs.Musical Clubs
Otto Neugebauer earned his Ph.D. degree at the University of Göttingen in 1926, with a dissertation on Egyptian fractions.Neugebauer, Otto
Owl and Ring was founded in 1926 as a discussion group which evolved into a senior honorary society.Owl and Ring
The Philosophy Club was reinstituted in 1926 and invited speakers who generated discussions which lasted past midnight.Philosophy
Curt J. Ducasse joined the department in 1926, and in 1930 succeeded Professor Everett as chairman, a post he retained until his own retirement in 1951.Philosophy
Marjorie Brown was in charge from 1922 until 1926, when she left to marry H. Stanton Smith ’21, and was succeeded by Frances Dennett, who remained until 1930.Physical Education
Frances Dennett Tiedemann was director of physical education in 1926 until 1930, when Bessie Rudd arrived to preside over women’s athletics and physical education until 1961.Physical Education
The Physics Department was reorganized in 1926, and Frederick George Keyes, head of the Department of Chemistry at M.I.T., was appointed acting head of the department.Physics
Harrison E. Farnsworth joined the department in 1926 and taught until 1970.Physics
Dealey’s teaching was mostly in sociology, while John Corliss Dunning, assistant professor from 1912 to 1926, taught only political science.Political Science
Matthew C. Mitchell joined the department in 1926, succeeded Dealey as chairman in 1928, and continued as chairman of the Department of Political and Social Science until 1947, and thereafter as chairman of the separate Department of Political Science.Political Science
Leland M. Goodrich, who was instructor in political science in 1922-23, returned as assistant professor in 1926, became head of the department in 1949, and left for Columbia in 1950.Political Science
A U.S. Post Office was first installed at Brown in 1926, when it was placed in a rented section of a small building at the junction of Waterman and Brown Streets near Rockefeller Hall.Post Office
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.
Alonzo W. Quinn was instructor at Williams College from 1926 to 1928, when he began study for his Ph.D. degree at Harvard, which he earned in 1931.Quinn, Alonzo W.
After study at Yale, Cambridge University, and the University of Copenhagen, Norris W. Rakestraw was assistant professor at Oberlin College for a year before coming to Brown in 1926 as assistant professor in charge of beginning work in chemistry.Rakestraw, Norris W.
Roland G. D. Richardson was dean of the Graduate Department in 1926-27, and dean of the Graduate School which succeeded the department from 1927 until his retirement in 1948.Richardson, Roland G. D.
William W. Russell graduated from Brown in 1918 and received a master of science degree from the University in 1920, after which he earned a second master’s in 1923 and a Ph.D. in 1926 from Princeton.Russell, William W.
Harold Schlosberg had graduated in 1925 from Princeton, where he earned his master of arts degree in 1926 and his Ph.D. in 1928 and had been a University Fellow and a Proctor Fellow.Schlosberg, Harold
After receiving a Ph.D. degree from the University of Hamburg in 1923 Detlev W. Schumann taught in secondary schools in Germany until 1926, when he came to the United States.Schumann, Detlev W.
Detlev W. Schumann taught at Bowdoin College from 1926 to 1929, at Lincoln School of Teachers College at Columbia from 1929 to 1931, at the University of Missouri from 1931 to 1934, and at Swarthmore College from 1934 to 1935.Schumann, Detlev W.
A ritual of initiation prepared by Professor Sharon Brown and first used on May 25, 1926, began, "The Sphinx invites you to hear her riddles," and ended, "In the solving of her riddles may you find the Truth.Sphinx Club
Randall Stewart was assistant professor of English at the University of Idaho from 1923 to 1925, instructor at Yale from 1926 to 1931 and assistant professor from 1931 to 1934, and professor of English at Vanderbilt from 1934 until he came to Brown in 1937 with an appointment as full professor of English.Stewart, Randall
Hegeman Hall and Littlefield Hall were added in 1926.Student housing
In 1926 Will S. Taylor traveled in Europe to do research for eight murals on the evolution of man for the Morgan Memorial Hall of the Museum of Natural History.Taylor, Will S.
In 1926 Will S. Taylor also was appointed assistant professor of art and curator of the art collection at Brown.Taylor, Will S.
Will S. Taylor was chairman of the Department of Art from 1926 to 1949.Taylor, Will S.
William Freeman Twaddell graduated from Duke University in 1926, and received his master’s degree in 1927 and his doctorate in 1930, both from Harvard.Twaddell, William Freeman
Joaquim Wach's publications include "Das Verstehn," a three-volume work on the theory of general interpretations, published between 1926 and 1932, "An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion in 1932, and" "Sociology of Religion" in 1944.Wach, Joaquim
Herbert E. Walter was assistant director of the Institute from 1917 to 1926.Walter, Herbert E.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler went to Europe again in 1926, and died in Vienna on February 8, 1927.Wheeler, Benjamin Ide