Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1928

  • 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.
  • Professor Allinson retired from active teaching in 1928 and died June 23, 1931 at Hancock Point, Maine.Allinson, Francis Greenleaf
  • 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
  • In 1928 Karl Brooke Anderson came to Brown as executive secretary of the Brown Christian Association and remained until his retirement in 1957.Anderson, Karl Brooke
  • John Howard Appleton was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 1928 was elected an honorary member of the American Institute of Chemistry.Appleton, John Howard
  • Raymond C. Archibald became assistant professor in 1911, associate professor in 1917, and professor in 1928.Archibald, Raymond C.
  • Sinclair W. Armstrong taught at St. George’s School in Newport from 1923 to 1928.Armstrong, Sinclair W.
  • A "Providence Journal" article in 1928 reported "rapid strides ... in women’s athletics at the university, with the recent addition of Danish gymnastics, archery, horseback riding, and swimming."Athletics
  • In the fall of 1928 a new sport called field-ball became popular with the Pembroke students, who promptly formed class teams.Athletics
  • Clarence A. Barbour was instrumental in the merger of Colgate Theological Seminary and Rochester Theological Seminary to form the Colgate Rochester Divinity School in 1928.Barbour, Clarence A.
  • Barbour was unanimously elected by the Corporation on October 10, 1928 to be president of Brown on the retirement of William H. P. Faunce in 1929.Barbour, Clarence 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.
  • Chairmen of the department have been Frederic P. Gorham from 1928 to 1933, Philip Mitchell from 1933 to 1945, J. Walter Wilson from 1945 to 1960, Mac V. Edds from 1960 to 1963.Biology
  • Ralph M. Blake was visiting professor at the University of Chicago in 1927, at Harvard in 1928, and at Columbia in 1941.Blake, Ralph M.
  • George L. Church joined the department as instructor in 1928, became assistant professor in 1934, associate professor in 1946, and professor in 1951.Botany
  • Walter Cochrane Bronson (1862-1928), professor of English and author of "The History of Brown University, 1764-1914," was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on August 17, 1862.Bronson, Walter C.
  • Walter C. Bronson died in Oxford, England, on June 2, 1928.Bronson, Walter C.
  • At the Corporation meeting in June 1928 it was voted to add an alumna to the Executive Committee of the Women’s College.Brown Corporation
  • The "Brown Literary Quarterly" came out in December 1928, brought forth by the University Manuscript Club, formerly the English Club, stating its purpose "to present to you four times during the college year the best that is written in verse and prose among the undergraduates, faculty and alumni of Brown University ...Brown Literary Quarterly
  • Sharon Brown published "Poetry of Our Times" and "Essays of Our Times" in 1928, and "The Engineer’s Manual of English" and "Present Tense" in 1941.Brown, Sharon
  • Charles V. Chapin was awarded the Marcellus Hartley Gold Medal by the National Academy of Sciences in 1928, at the time one of eight men in the world to receive this medal.Chapin, Charles V.
  • In 1928 the senior class was forced to give up the traditional midnight march down the hill to the class supper, as no establishment was available to serve them.Class Day
  • In 1928 the department moved from lower Manning to the third floor of University Hall.Classics
  • He became an instructor in mathematics at Brown in 1899, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1916 and associate professor in 1928.Clinton Harvey Currier
  • He was co-author of a textbook entitled "A Course in General Mathematics "published in 1928.Clinton Harvey Currier
  • In 1928, in another change designed to increase alumni attendance by scheduling the activities around a weekend, Commencement began to be held on the third Monday in June, preceded by Class Day on Friday, class reunions on Saturday, Baccaulaureate on Sunday, and followed by the Corporation meeting on Tuesday.Commencement
  • At the Corporation meeting in June 1928 it was voted to add an alumna to the Executive Committee of the Women’s College.Corporation
  • Samuel Foster Damon also wrote published in 1971 "The Moulton Tragedy, a heroic poem with lyrics," which he had been writing since 1928 and of which a number of excerpts had been printed since the 1930s in "Poetry" magazine and other periodicals.Damon, Samuel Foster
  • James Q. Dealey was chairman of the Department of Political and Social Science from 1910 until his retirement in 1928.Dealey, James Q.
  • James Q. Dealey also served as lecturer at the Naval War College from 1916 to 1928, and during the first World War was the liaison officer between the University and the War Department.Dealey, James Q.
  • 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.
  • In 1928 James Q. Dealey retired and returned to Texas, where he became editor-in-chief of the "Dallas News," of which his brother George was president.Dealey, James Q.
  • After the College was renamed in 1928 she was Dean of Pembroke College.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
  • However, George E. Downing chose to earn a master’s degree in art history from Harvard in 1928.Downing, George E.
  • 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
  • William L. Fichter taught at the High School of Commerce in New York City from 1914 to 1917, at the United States Naval Academy from 1917 to 1922, at Girard College from 1922 to 1925, and at the University of Minnesota from 1925 to 1928.Fichter, William L.
  • William L. Fichter came to Brown as associate professor of Spanish language and literature in 1928, and became full professor in 1938.Fichter, William L.
  • A Flying Club called the Brown University Aero Club was first organized in January 1928 by about thirty students who had an interest in aviation, and was assisted in its formation by Joseph K. Barber, a registered pilot.Flying Club
  • The 1928 team lost only to Yale.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
  • Henry T. Fowler traveled and studied in the Holy Land during the academic years 1912-13, 1921-22, and 1928-29.Fowler, Henry T.
  • In 1928 President Faunce reported "urgent demands during the year for permission to organize a Jewish fraternity, also an Italian fraternity," and stated, "we do not want at Brown any fraternity organized on the basis of race or religion."Fraternities
  • The Jewish students who wanted to form a fraternity went ahead and secretly joined Pi Lambda Phi during the Christmas vacation of 1928-29.Fraternities
  • In 1928 William T. Aldrich designed a three-story brick chapter house, which was not built.Fraternities
  • In May 1928 the Cammarian Club once again abolished the caps, after the investigation of a local merchant who had undertaken to manufacture the caps and sell them as a lower price than the University’s supplier and was selling them to purchasers who were not Brown men.Freshman caps
  • Henry B. Gardner was head of the department of economics until he retired in 1928.Gardner, Henry B.
  • After taking time off from college and improving his strength by working as a lumberjack, he returned to play with the 1928 team and finish second in the Intercollegiate tournament that year.Golf
  • Leland M. Goodrich was a lecturer at the Naval War College from 1928 to 1939.Goodrich, Leland M.
  • Frederic P. Gorham was also head of the Biology Department from 1928 until his death.Gorham, Frederic P.
  • In 1928 the ceremony was scheduled for the Saturday preceding Commencement.Graduate School Convocation
  • He then began to acquire more of these objects from other places, and in 1928 built a museum to house his outstanding collection of Indian objects from North, Central, and South America.Haffenreffer Museum
  • From 1928 to 1930 he was an associate in classics at the University of Illinois.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
  • In 1928 Ivy Day and Ivy Night festivities were moved to the new Alumnae Hall.Ivy Day
  • In 1895 John Franklin Jameson took part in the founding of the "American Historical Review," and served as its editor from its beginning until 1928 with the exception of 1901 to 1905.Jameson, John Franklin
  • In 1928 a movement to establish a Jewish fraternity was noted in Dean Otis E. Randall’s report for that year, "we do not want at Brown any fraternity organized on the basis of race or religion.Jews
  • During the Christmas vacation in 1928 nine students went to New York, without informing the administration, and were secretly initiated into the national fraternity Pi Lambda Phi, a non-sectarian fraternity with primarily Jewish members, at the New York University chapter house.Jews
  • Another activity of the junior class was the "Junior Cruise," on Narragansett Bay, a rowdy affair which prompted Donald Jackson ’09 to compose a song: Junior Week, which in the beginning started on Monday, began on Wednesday from 1905 until 1910, then on Thursday until 1928, and after that on Friday, as all the activities moved to the weekend.Junior Week
  • In 1928 the prom was moved from Sayles Hall to the new Gymnasium.Junior Week
  • In 1928 I. J. Kapstein was brought back to Brown by invitation of Professor George W. Benedict as an instructor in English, and earned his master’s degree in 1929 and his Ph.D. in 1931.Kapstein, I. J.
  • Hunter Kellenberger graduated from Kenyon College in 1925 and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton in 1928 and 1931.Kellenberger, Hunter
  • Robert W. Kenny returned as associate professor in 1928, and was named full professor in 1951.Kenny, Robert W.
  • Well known in the library world, Koopman was elected president of the American Library Association in 1928.Koopman, Harry Lyman
  • 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
  • In 1928 a new gymnasium took the place of Lyman Gym, which continued to be used for handball and basketball.Lyman Hall
  • The Brown University mace, a gift of Mrs. George St. John Sheffield in 1928, is 44 inches long.Mace
  • President Faunce, in a letter thanking her for her hospitality in 1928, broached the possibility of her leaving the house to Brown University.Maddock Alumni Center
  • It opened, unfinished, on December 16 with a basketball game against Harvard, and was actually completed in 1928.Marvel Gymnasium
  • Alexander Meiklejohn was offered the presidencies of other colleges, but went to the University of Wisconsin, where with some former colleagues and students he started the University’s Experimental College in 1928.Meiklejohn, Alexander
  • Harry E. Miller was named associate professor on the Eastman Foundation in 1928 and Eastman Professor of Political Economy in 1930.Miller, Harry E.
  • Matthew C. Mitchell became chairman of the department in 1928, and was named associate professor in 1931 and professor in 1949.Mitchell, Matthew C.
  • They wore grey flannel suits, white button-down oxford shirts, striped ties and white buck shoes, and travelled to out-of-town concerts in a 1928 Rolls Royce.Musical Clubs
  • Lloyd Hahn ’25 competed in the 800-metre and 1500-metre runs at the 1928 games in Amsterdam.Olympic Games
  • John S. Collier ’29 finished third in the 110-metre high hurdles in the 1928 Olympics.Olympic Games
  • Albina Osipowich ’33, Olympic swimmer in 1928 at the age of seventeen, won two gold medals, the first in the 100 metres with a record-breaking time of 1:1, the second as a member of the 400-metre relay team.Olympic Games
  • Lars Onsager received a degree from the Norwegian Technical University in 1925 and studied at Zurich University before coming to the United States in 1928.Onsager, Lars
  • The "News Letter" had made its first appearance in 1928, the year in which the name of the Women’s College was changed to Pembroke College.Pembroke Alumna
  • Pembroke College in Brown University was the name given to the Women’s College in 1928.Pembroke College
  • James Quayle Dealey, who began teaching at Brown in 1895, was head of the Department of Political and Social Science from 1910 to 1928.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
  • In 1928 Harold Schlosberg came from Princeton to join the department.Psychology
  • 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 graduation in 1928, Jay Saunders Redding taught at Morehouse College until 1931, and came back to Brown for a master’s degree in 1932.Redding, Jay Saunders
  • In 1928 K. Brooke Anderson came to Brown as executive secretary of the Brown Christian Association, and remained in that position until his retirement in 1957.Religious Societies
  • Roland G. D. Richardson's title became professor of mathematics in 1928.Richardson, Roland G. D.
  • Roland G. D. Richardson was also acting vice-president of the University in 1928-29.Richardson, Roland G. D.
  • Charles Alexander Robinson returned to Princeton as a John Harding Page Fellow in Classics, and came to Brown as instructor in Greek and Latin in 1928.Robinson, Charles Alexander
  • 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
  • In his university biography, after his list of accomplishments, he added, "The thing that matters most in my life is the fact that every Monday afternoon since 1928 Mrs. Robinson and I have been at home for my students."Robinson, Charles Alexander
  • There have been twenty recipients of the medal: William Williams Keen in 1925, Charles Evans Hughes in 1928, John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. in 1931, Charles Value Chapin in 1935, Mary Emma Woolley in 1937, Fred Tarbell Field in 1940, Henry Dexter Sharpe in 1944, Zechariah Chafee, Jr. in 1947, Warren Randolph Burgess in 1953, Rowland Roberts Hughes in 1955, Theodore Francis Green in 1956, Alexander Meiklejohn in 1959, Waldo Gifford Leland in 1965, Thomas John Watson, Jr. in 1968, Henry Merritt Wriston in 1976, Richard Salomon in 1982, Charles Carpenter Tillinghast, Jr. in 1982, Howard Robert Swearer in 1983, Otto Eduard Neugebauer in 1987, and Roderick Milton Chisholm in 1992.Rosenberger Medal
  • Harold Schlosberg came to Brown in 1928 as an instructor of psychology.Schlosberg, Harold
  • 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
  • The Women’s College occasionally made informal use of the arms of Pembroke College in Cambridge for decoration on Ivy Day programs and pins, even before the College took the name Pembroke College in 1928.Seal
  • It came out monthly in 1901-1902, quarterly from 1902 to 1928, and irregularly from 1929 to its end in 1932.Sepiad
  • Intercollegiate baseball for women began on May 12, 1928, when the "Providence Journal" announced, under "Pembroke Pounders and Wallopers from Wheaton to Clash in Baseball," that "Brown University will send an almost secretly organized Varsity baseball team to the Hope high school field ... to play against the Wheaton College nine."Softball
  • The 1933 women’s swim team, led by Albina Osipowich ’33, who swam in the 1928 Olympics, in an undefeated season won meets with Wheaton, Jackson, and Radcliffe, and in a quadrangular meet took seven first places in eleven events.Swimming
  • The teams of 1927 and 1928 were undefeated, and teams of the 1930s were generally successful.Tennis
  • Frederick N. Tompkins was appointed instructor in electrical engineering at Brown in 1918, and promoted to assistant professor in 1923 and associate professor in 1928.Tompkins, Frederick N.
  • In 1928 John Collier ’29 set a new record in the 120-yard high hurdles in the New Englands, and finished second in that event in the IC4A’s.Track
  • After the war there were regular, but not drastic increases, $200 in 1919, $250 in 1921, $300 in 1922, $350 in 1925, and $400 in 1928.Tuition
  • In 1928 there was an extension course specifically for local dentists.University Extension
  • Roland G. D. Richardson, who was dean of the Graduate School served as acting vice-president in 1928-1929.Vice Presidents