James P. Adams came to Brown as assistant professor in 1921, became a full professor in 1927, and in 1928 was named chairman of the Economics Department at the age of 33, the youngest to be named a department head at the University.Adams, James P.
James P. Adams was also acting comptroller in 1927 and 1932-33 and the first administrator of the student loan system which he helped to establish.Adams, James P.
A new policy adopted in 1927 specified that only students in the upper fifth of their high school classes could be admitted by certificate.Admission
Also in 1927 the admission of women, which had long been handled by the University Registrar, was turned over to the newly-appointed Director of Admission and Personnel of the Women’s College, Eva A. Mooar.Admission
Among the executive secretaries of the Association were Elizabeth L. Young ’24 from 1927 to 1929, Gertrude Allen McConnell ’10 from 1929 to 1955, Doris Hopkins Stapelton ’28 from 1955 to 1972, and Mary Louise Reece Barksdale ’51 in 1972-73.Alumnae Association
Siheung Daniel Rhee came from Korea in 1927, graduated in 1931, remained in the United States, became a chemist, started a firm to manufacture elastic thread, and sent his son, Michael Rhee ’55, to Brown.Asians
His son, Louis B. Palmer ’28, who has called the magazine his "father’s first child" remembers the magazine as part of his childhood: In March 1927, following the lead of other college magazines, the "Monthly" adopted a larger size page and a self-cover with a cover photograph.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
Albert A. ’10 Bennett taught at the University of Texas and Lehigh University, where he was head of the Mathematics Department, before coming back to Brown as professor of mathematics in 1927.Bennett, Albert A. ’10
In 1927 Nettie Goodale Murdock ’95 and Magel Wilder ’19 addressed a letter to the Corporation suggesting that women should be represented.Brown Corporation
The Corporation replied on October 21, 1927 that "the time had not arrived for the election of a woman to membership."Brown Corporation
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
The "Appleby Etchings" were a set of five etchings by a young Scottish etcher, Wilfred C. Appleby, commissioned and published by Tilden-Thurber Company in 1927.Campus
Francis Greenleaf Allinson was associate professor of Greek and classical philology from 1895 to 1898, after which he was the David Benedict Professor of Greek literature and history from 1898 to 1927.Classics
In 1927-28 the Bureau cooperated with the Division of Industrial and Municipal Research at M.I.T. in the industrial survey of metropolitan Providence.Economics
Colvin was director of the School of Education from 1918 to 1923, Jacobs from 1923 to 1927, and C. Emanuel Ekstrom, who had joined the department in 1919, from 1927 until 1931.Education
Major changes in the English Department took place in 1927.English
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
In 1927-28 the Bear Club asked permission to become a local fraternity under the name of Tau Delta Epsilon, and the next year affiliated with the national fraternity Sigma Phi Sigma.Fraternities
The chapter later lived at 127 Angell Street and in Hope College, and in 1927 acquired a house at 49 Angell Street, which was later razed for the construction of Rhode Island School of Design dormitories.Fraternities
Lewis H. Gordon graduated in 1927 from Princeton, where he received his master of arts degree the next year.Gordon, Lewis H.
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
In 1927-28 he studied at the American Academy in Rome and at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.Herbert Newell Couch
Jean Dubuc, a former major league baseball pitcher, then general manager of the Reds, coached in 1927-28 (4-8) and 1928-29 (8-5), and was followed in 1929 by Tom Taylor who later became Athletic Director at Brown.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
The 228-seat lecture room on the ground floor was named the Leonard Carmichael Auditorium in honor of the department chairman from 1927 to 1936, and the seminar room on the second floor was named in honor of Professor Edmund Burke Delabarre, who founded Brown’s psychology laboratory in 1892.Hunter Laboratory
In 1927 the senior reception in the evening became the Ivy Night Dance.Ivy Day
In November 1927 a conference of Eastern and Northeastern Menorah Societies was held at Brown.Jews
Dr. Wilfred Pickles ’18, in a biographical sketch in the "Rhode Island Medical Journal" in January 1927, when Keen was ninety, noted that "after five years in practice, in the month of June, he saw a total of seven patients, of whom three were charity cases, two disappeared and paid him nothing, and the other two paid him one dollar each."Keen, William Williams
Having chosen Brown, Kenny stayed for the rest of his life except for two years, 1927 to 1929, as instructor in English at Northeastern University, one year, 1934-1935, as an exchange professor at the American College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and two stints of military service during World War II and the Korean conflict.Kenny, Robert W.
Chester H. Kirby came to Brown as instructor in history in 1927, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1932, associate professor in 1945, and professor in 1950.Kirby, Chester H.
John Frederick Powers, a hockey coach from Boston, who coached in 1927, was followed by Allen E. Reed from Harvard in 1928, D. Alex Wieland in 1929, and A. Barr Snively from 1930 to 1932.Lacrosse
Leland was also one of the principal organizers and president from 1927 to 1946 of the American Council of Learned Societies.Leland, Waldo G.
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
Harry E. Miller taught courses in money and banking, public finance and economic theory, and published a book, "Banking Theories in the United States before 1860," in 1927.Miller, Harry E.
The department was enlarged by the arrival of Charles A. Baylis (logic and ethics) in 1927, Ralph M. Blake (history of philosphy and metaphysics) in 1930, Arthur E. Murphy (contemporary philosophy, epistemology, and ethics) in 1931, Frederick C. Dommeyer (social and ethics) and William Barrett (contemporary philosophy and aesthetics).Philosophy
In 1927 the women’s Physical Education Department acquired the use of a house at Glen Rock near Kingston, which belonged to Mrs. George Hayward and was available for the use of women students on weekends.Physical Education
Although Delabarre trained some master’s level students, a vigorous graduate program did not exist until Leonard Carmichael came to Brown from Princeton as assistant professor in 1927.Psychology
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.
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.
Kendall K. Smith was promoted to associate professor in 1923 and David Benedict Professor of Greek literature and history in 1927, when he became the head of the Department of Greek and Latin Classics.Smith, Kendall K.
Mrs. Roger Higgins was the coach of women’s swimming from 1927 to 1929.Swimming
On May 11, 1927, a tablet placed on University Hall was dedicated to the memory of General Nathanael Greene, who had received an honorary degree in 1776, by the First Light Infantry Regiment of Rhode Island.University Hall