Ames House, built about 1830 by Samuel Ames 1823 on the corner of Power and Brook Streets, was given to Brown in 1937 by Mrs. John Ormsbee Ames and Frank Mauran, Jr. Twenty-four rooms were remodeled to house thirty-eight graduate students who moved in the next year.Ames House
Over the years the Skyscrapers cooperated in sponsoring a number of solar eclipse expeditions led by Smiley, and assisted in the construction of a Schmidt camera, f/1 of four inches aperture, from the mathematical design by Smiley for use in photographing the 1937 eclipse in Peru.Astronomy
The state of athletics at women’s colleges in 1937 was the subject of a "Providence Journal" article headed "They’re Giving the Men Back Their Athletic Sports."Athletics
Clarence Augustus Barbour (1867-1937), tenth president of Brown University, was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 21, 1867.Barbour, Clarence A.
Harry Platt ’40 broke all of Brown’s scoring records with a single game score of 48 points against Northeastern in 1938, a season scoring record of 404 in 1937-38, and a career record of 866.Basketball
In 1937 a contribution of $10,000 by the Class of 1907 at its 30th reunion made possible the acquisition of the Narragansett Boat Club boat house on the Seekonk River.Boat House
He taught at Washington University from 1935 until 1937, when he came to Brown as professor of French language and literature.Brown, Harcourt
In 1937 the student board was reorganized to consist of the chairmen of eight activity committees, which were the Camera Club Committee, the Dance Committee, the Movie Committee, the Music Committee, the Table Tennis Committee, the Publicity Committee, the Billiard Committee, and the Bridge Committee.Brown Union
By 1937-38, the office of senior marshal was abolished and replaced with the usual class officers.Cammarian Club
The next major curricular revision occurred in 1937.Curriculum
James Quayle Dealey (1861-1937), professor of social and political science, was born in Manchester, England, on August 13, 1861.Dealey, James Q.
James Q. Dealey remained in that capacity until his sudden death on January 22, 1937, which occurred while he was at his desk conferring with his brother.Dealey, James Q.
In 1937 his title was changed to Dean of the College.Dean
"Man about Brown," which played to standing room only audiences in 1937, parodied everything from Gypsy Rose Lee to Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the Supreme Court.Dramatics
Philip Taft, who became a noted labor historian, joined the faculty in 1937, and was chairman from 1949 to 1953.Economics
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.
After a few losing seasons, the team had four winning seasons from 1930 through 1933, before a decline which lasted until the sport was dropped in 1937 during the Depression.Lacrosse
When he arrived in 1937, there were seventeen departmental libraries housed in campus buildings other than the John Hay Library.Library
Harry Edward Miller (1897-1937), professor of economics, was born in Boston on October 10, 1897.Miller, Harry E.
In the spring of 1937 Miller took a leave of absence because of his health.Miller, Harry E.
Margaret Shove Morriss served as national president of the American Association of University Women from 1937 to 1944, and as president of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in 1941.Morriss, Margaret Shove
The fireplace accessories were the gift of the class of 1937, and the outside fireplace was the gift of the class of 1905.Pembroke Field
At the time of Wriston’s inauguration in 1937, J. Earl Clauson, describing the inauguration of Barbour in 1929, wrote in the "Providence Journal," "The inauguration ... came closer to bursting Brown’s cocoon of New England reticence than anything which had preceded it.President
There were 900 invited guests, who marched to Sayles Hall for the ceremony at 4:00 o’clock on Wednesday, February 3, 1937.President
The Peace Commission became active in 1937, holding weekly meetings, sending out student speakers, and sponsoring demonstrations on Armistice Day and National Peace Day.Religious Societies
Rabbi William G. Braude was a member of the department from 1937 to 1942, teaching Hebrew.Religious Studies
John D. Rockefeller received an honorary master of arts degree in 1914 at the time of Brown’s sesquicentennial celebration, and an LL.D. degree in 1937, forty years after his graduation, when he served as chief marshal at the first Commencement presided over by President Wriston.Rockefeller, John D., Jr.
In the spring of 1937 interclass competition open to all students began, with the purpose of selecting the best sailors to compete for Brown.Sailing
In May 1937 the Brown Yacht Club finished first of fourteen entries on the Charles.Sailing
In the fall season of 1937 the Brown club lost to M.I.T. and the Brown Alumni, before winning against Dartmouth in a dual regatta in which Brown took first and second places in all three races.Sailing
In 1937 Brown was able to acquire the boat house of the Narragansett Boat Club on the Seekonk River.Sailing
Since 1974, when the boat house presented by the Class of 1907 in 1937 was destroyed by fire, the club has sailed out of the Edgewood Yacht Club on Narragansett Bay.Sailing
After 1934 up to the last issue dated May-August 1937, early poems by such poets as Richard Blackmur, William Carlos Williams, Robert Hillyer, and Wallace Stevens appeared in "Smoke."Smoke
Fletcher’s top season records were 6-1-1 in 1934, 6-0-2 in 1936 when William Margeson ’37 led the team to a New England Soccer League title (and personally scored three goals in Brown’s first victory over Yale), 8-1-2 in 1937 (the only loss was to West Point), and 6-1 in 1945.Soccer
The masque of 1937 was different, having as its subject the despair of the inhabitants of the world about the evils of civilization, presented five scenes (Politics, Domestic Dilemma, Recreation, Economic, Religion) and a sixth (Vision), which represented "the unclassifiable philosophers in whose minds the barriers between the preceding five phases have never existed," who are supposed to unite the world.Sophomore Masque
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
George House at 36 George Street was acquired in 1937.Student housing
Taft earned his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin in 1935 and worked as an associate economist for the Social Security Board, before coming to Brown in 1937 as assistant professor of economics.Taft, Philip
Karl S. Weimar received his bachelor’s degree in 1937, his master’s in 1938, and his Ph.D. in 1944, all from the University of Pennsylvania.Weimar, Karl S.
As early as 1932Mary Emma Woolley decided to retire as president at the centennial of Mount Holyoke in 1937 when she would be 74 years old.Woolley, Mary Emma
Brown won the New Englands again in 1936 and 1937, but wrestling was discontinued after the 1939-40 season.Wrestling
It had long been one of Wriston’s opinions, best expressed in his "The Nature of a Liberal College" published in 1937, that "Refreshment is a significant word for teaching; everything possible should be done to prevent staleness.Wriston Fellowships
When Henry M. Wriston left to become president of Brown in 1937, "Time" magazine summed up his accomplishments at Lawrence in its inimitable way:Wriston, Henry M.