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No. 5 



PRESIDENT CASWELL: AN APPRECIATION 

By James Burr ill Anoell, '^g, LL. D., 

President of the University of Michigatt 



THE oldest alumni will hear with 
great pleasure that the corporation 
have decided to name the dormi- 
tory now nearing completion after 
President Caswell. Brown University has 
been singularly fortunate in the men it has 
enrolled in its faculty. But no one of them 
was ever more beloved by his pupils than 
Dr. Caswell. 

Only one officer of instruction was so 
long in the service of the institution as he. 
As professor and president he gave thirty- 
nine and a half years of arduous labor to 
the college. He was afterward a trustee 
for two years and a fellow for two years, so 
that for more than forty-three years the 
welfare of the university was the one object 
on which his thoughts and his activities 
were concentrated. 

The studies committed to him were math- 
ematics, natural philosophy and astronomy, 
though frequently he was called on to give 
instruction in other branches. He had 
the happy gift of making mathematics not 
unwelcome even to that unfortunate class 
who cannot readily fathom its mysteries, 
and was wisely indulgent to the few to 
whom nature has altogether denied the 
mathematical talent. His genial and kindly 
nature and his entertaining discursiveness 
made the hour in his class-room one to 
which his old pupils look back with delight 
across the gulf of years. 

There was no student in distress, whether 
from pecuniary need, from sickness, from 
affliction, or from unwise and thoughtless 
conduct, who did not instinctively turn to 
him for comfort and help. And none ever 
came away from him without such assist- 
ance as his sympathetic and generous heart 
could properly give. He had a charming 



winsomeness of manner, which gained for 
him the confidence and affection of all his 
pupils. 

His skill in the details of college admin- 
istration was of the greatest value to Presi- 





ALEXIS CASWELL 

dent Wayland, with whom he was so long 
associated. In the critical months when 
the so-called " new system " of Dr. Way- 
land was on trial in 185 1-2, and when there 
was much opposition to it both within and 
without the faculty, his support of his chief 
was most loyal and effective. It contribu- 
ted materially to the measure of success 
then secured by this reform in education, 
which was the precursor of many of the 



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beneficent changes that have now been in- 
troduced even in the most conservative 
American colleges. Perhaps no one in his 
time rendered so valuable service in secur- 
ing additions to the endowment of the uni- 
versity. His happy temperament, the con- 
fidence of the public in his judgment and 
his own liberality all contributed to his 
remarkable success in this rather trying 
work. 

He always cherished the deepest interest 
in the library as the centre of the intel- 
lectual life of the university. He was for 
twenty-three years a member of the library 
committee. He procured by his personal 
efforts a considerable part of the library 
fund, and was a most active member of the 
committee that had charge of the erection 
of the library building. 

He had a remarkable power of keeping 
in close relations with the alumni, and his 
cheerful home was ever open to them with 
its abounding and inviting hospitality. He 
also maintained a good deal of intimacy 
with the leading scientific men of this 
country, and with several of the prominent 
astronomers of Europe. As president of 
the Association for the x\dvancement of 
Science and one of the founders of the 
Academy of Science he held relations with 
many scientists which were a distinct ad- 
vantage to the university. He was no 
recluse. He kept in touch with business 
men. He identified himself with philan- 
thropic movements and with all deserving 
public charities. He had a lively interest 
in political affairs and shared in the public 
discussion of important questions. He was 



thus of great assistance in keeping the pub- 
lic in vital and sympathetic connection with 
the institution. 

His Christian character was of a most 
catholic and attractive type. Holding 
fixed views of religious truth, he was most 
charitable in his judgment of those who 
differed from him. His cheerful, optimis- 
tic, encouraging presentation of religious 
truth and the exemplification of it in his 
life acted powerfully in commending the 
Christian faith to others and especially to 
the young men under his charge. In no 
respect was the influence of his beautiful 
life and character more marked than in its 
power to guide and persuade the young to 
follow their Lord and Master. That power 
was recognized and felt in the whole com- 
munity. Fortunate indeed was Brown Uni- 
versity to have had in its service for so long 
a life this fine example of the Christian 
scholar and citizen. 

President Robinson well said at Dr. Cas- 
well's funeral, " He was gentle without 
weakness, genial without hilarity, courteous 
without indecision, humorous without a 
shadow of coarseness, and judicial without 
prejudice and without partiality. Even his 
irony and satire, prompted by kindness and 
tempered with love, left no sting behind." 

And Rev. Dr. Caldwell on the same occa" 
sion said, " His was one of those natures 
born in the sunshine and of it, so fine in 
texture, and so radiant with internal light ; 
so beaming with goodness and gracious- 
ness ; so hard to provoke, so responsive to 
everybody, that nobody could be his enemy, 
that everybody was his friend." 



CASWELL HALL 



THE new dormitory on Lincoln Field 
along Thayer street, which has 
recently been named Caswell Hall, 
is a large and imposing structure. 
Both the general effect and the details are 
dignified and beautiful. The porches, 
built of Vermont marble, and designed in 
imitation of the doorway on the south side 
of the First Baptist Meeting House, are 
stately and attractive. Inside, the entries 
have a white enamel brick wainscoting 
and the walls a temporary soap-stone 
finish. Throughout the building the floors 



are of hard pine and the finish of ash. 
The dormitory is wired for electric lights 
and piped for gas and has combination 
lighting fixtures. The heating system is a 
combination of the direct and indirect 
methods. The hallways are heated by 
radiators, the rooms by indirect radiation, 
the stacks being placed in the basement. 
Each room and suite has an independent 
pipe for heating and one for ventilation. 
Besides these ventilating ducts each room 
and suite has a fire-place which may be 
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CASWELL HALL 



In the basement there are three large club 
rooms with fireplaces in each, also a room 
for storing bicycles, a lavatory, a janitor's 
room, a storeroom, and a room for the 
switch board and the gas and electric 
meters. Like Hope College, Caswell 
Hall has three divisions ; but in the newer 
structure there are connecting passages 
between these, one being on the top floor. 



and the other in the basement. The first 
floor is exclusively made up of two-room 
suites, the second and third of single rooms 
and suites of three rooms, and the fourth of 
single rooms. Sixteen men can be housed 
on each of the first, second and third floors 
and twenty-four on the fourth, seventy-two 
in all. The dormitory will be ready for 
occupancy the first of January. 



DR. CASWELL'S CAREER 



ALEXIS CASWELL was born in 
Taunton, Mass., January 29, 1799. 
He was descended on the pater- 
nal side from Thomas Caswell, 
one of the first settlers in Taunton, 
and on the maternal side from Pere- 
grine White, who was born on board the 
Mayflower in November, 1620. He en- 
tered Brown L^niversity in September, 
18 18, and was graduated in September, 



1822, as valedictorian of his class. From 
1822 until 1827 he taught in Columbian 
University, Washington, D. C, for the 
first three years as tutor, and the last two 
with professorial rank. He became pastor 
of a Baptist church in Halifax, N. S., in 
October, 1827. In the following August 
he resigned this pastorate and became the 
preacher of the First Baptist Church of 
Providence. W^hile temporarily supplying 



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this pulpit he was chosen a professor of 
Brown University, to succeed Rev. Alva 
Wood, resigned. From 1828 to 1850 he was 
professor of mathematics and natural 
philosophy. 

During the academic year 1840-41, when 
President Wayland was abroad on leave of 
absence. Professor Caswell served as pres- 
ident pro tempore, and at commencement 
in September, 1841, the university con- 
ferred the honorary degree of doctor of 
divinity upon him. In the reorganization 
of the college in 1850 Professor Caswell's 
departments were changed to those of 
mathematics and astronomy. This posi- 
tion he held until 1863, when he retired 
from the faculty. During the college year 
1860-1861 he was abroad on leave of 
absence, and met many distinguished men 
of science. In 1865 the college which he 
had served so long conferred the honorary 
degree of doctor of l^ws upon him, and in 
1868 it called him to the presidency. Dr. 
Caswell was president from 1868 to 1872, 
retiring on the fiftieth anniversary of his 
graduation. In the year of his retirement 
from the presidency he was elected to the 
board of trustees and m 1875 ^^ ^^s 



chosen a member of the board of fellows. 
He died in Providence, January 8, 1877, 
after a brief illness. 

Dr. Caswell joined also the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science 
at its second meeting, in 1850, and served 
as its vice-president in 1857. In 1850 he 
also became an associate fellow of the Amer- 
ican Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 
1858 he delivered a course of lectures on 
astronomy at the Smithsonian Institute in 
Washington. When the National Academy 
of Science was created by the government 
in 1863 Dr. Caswell was selected as one of 
the fifty members to constitute it. He was 
also interested in matters other than those 
of pure science. For many years he served 
on the governing boards of the Providence 
Athenaium, the Rhode Island Hospital, the 
Newton Theological Institution, and the 
Baptist Missionary Union. 

Professor Caswell was twice married, 
first on May 7, 1830, to Esther Lois, 
daughter of Edward K. Thompson of Prov- 
idence, who died June 25, 1850; second 
on January 31, 1855, to Elizabeth Brown, 
daughter of Thomas Edmands of Newton, 
Mass. 



CASPAR WHITNEY'S *' VIEW-POINT'' 

'By LeBaron C. Colt, '99 



A PARAGRAPH in Ou////g for No- 
vember, under the heading " The 
Sportsman's View-Point," by 
Caspar Whitney, is as follows : 
" In August I named an All American 
Amateur Baseball nine, and ranked the col- 
lege teams. Lynch, of Brown, was chosen 
for pitcher ; Mathews, of Harvard, short- 
stop ; Barnwell, of Yale, center-field, and 
Pattee, of Brown, substitute infield. I now 
as publicly withdraw their names from this 
nine, which is open only to men whose 
amateur status is beyond question. Brown 
was ranked first, but is now dropped en- 
tirely. Summer baseball play has cost 
these men their positions." 

Far be it from our desire to hamper in 
any way Mr. Whitney's progress in his ex- 
cellent work of purifying college athletics, 
for the eminent critic's labors have sown 
seed which will bring forth, and has brought 



forth, splendid fruit, and the gratitude of 
every college man who believes in sport for 
sport's sake is only his due. 

In the above quoted paragraph, how- 
ever, it appears as if Mr. Whitney had laid 
himself open to the charge of biased judg- 
ment, and had promulgated a policy which, 
if consistently followed out, would rob his 
criticisms of further value or interest. 

One of the essential attributes of a true 
sportsman is an overwhelming desire for 
fair play. This is among the healthiest 
features of amateur sport in general, and 
of college athletics in particular. Keen as 
is the desire to win, tremendous as is the 
chagrin of defeat, great as is the time, work 
and money expended in developing a team, 
— all of these count as nothing compared 
with the love for fair play. It is, there- 
fore, with hesitation and regret that we are 
compelled to point to Mr. Whitney's article 



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in Outing as a most flagrant offense 
against this commendable spirit. 

His statement that Brown " is dropped 
entirely," taken in conjunction with the 
sentences which precede, together with the 
" Summer Nine Black List," printed on the 
same page, is startling proof of Mr. Whit- 
ney's ability not to play fair. 

Without entering into the discussion as 
to whether or not summer ball playing 
should debar a man from his college nine, 
(and we believe there is much to be said 
on both sides of the question), there are 
several sound reasons why Brown should 
not be " dropped entirely. So far as we 
know the amateur status of Lynch and 
Pattee was unsoiled at least until after they 
had assisted Brown in winning the cham- 
pionship. The team played and won its 
many games during the months of May 
and June, 1903. These men are ac- 
cused by Mr. Whitney of playing sum- 
mer ball during July and August of the 
same year, and were, therefore, up to that 
time eligible to play on the All America 
nine. It is absurd to allow a man's acts 
subsequent to the disbanding of the team 
to affect the team's standing. When Lynch 
and Pattee did such invaluable work for 
Brown their amateur status was unques- 
tioned, and for that period of their baseball 
careers it must remain so. Why then chal- 
lenge their right to remain on the All 
America nineV Does the fact that Fultz 
and Lauder entered the professional ranks 
after graduation affect their standing while 
in college, or the ranking of the teams on 
which they played ? Truly it will be time 
enough next year to question Lynch's right 
to play with Brown after he has been ac- 
cused of summer ball playing ; and, unless 
we can prove to the contrary, we should 
give him the credit of being a bona fide 
amateur up to the time of his playing sum- 
mer ball. 

If Brown is " dropped entirely " there is 
no reason why the other teams which were 
ranked should not also be cast aside. Ac- 
cording to the evidence published in Out- 
ing all are equally guilty. Every prom- 
inent college team in the country has 
representatives on summer nines, some 
under assumed names, others under their 
own. Of course, the prevalency of the 
practice is no argument in its favor, but 
there is also no shadow of reason in select- 



ing one college team as champions and 
" dropping" it, and by the consent denoted 
by silence allowing those teams which re- 
main ranked to maintain their rating. 
There is no mention made of unplacing 
Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania or 
Dartmouth. Why not V 

But, for the sake of finding the termina- 
tion of Mr. Whitney's line of reasoning, let 
us agree that the teams which had repre- 
sentatives on summer nines should not be 
noticed. The "Black List" contains the 
names of players from Yale, Tufts, Dart- 
mouth, Amherst, Pennsylvania, U. of V., 
Holy Cross, Exeter, Andover, Cornell, 
Wesleyan, Brown, Williams, Harvard and 
Beloit. Princeton is referred to in another 
part of the article. In determining the 
college championship in baseball the 
nines of the above-named colleges should 
not, according to Mr. Whitney's idea, be 
mentioned. Just where the championship 
would lodge we cannot guess and, we be- 
lieve, few would care, for any college in 
the country is as guilty as those just noted, 
a list which includes the leading univer- 
sities and colleges in the land. 

As the editor of Outitig pretends to 
confine his criticisms to amateur baseball 
nines, and he believes those men to be 
professionals who play on summer nines it 
looks as if he would nave to give up base- 
ball criticism altogether for want of ma- 
terial. 

Considering the facts then, — that the 
Brown men had not played summer ball 
until after their team had won the cham- 
pionship and disbanded, and yet their nine 
is " dropped " and they are taken from the 
All America nine ; that no mention is made 
of the other teams which apparently main- 
tain their rank although guilty of the same 
offense; that Mr. Whitney's reasoning fol- 
lowed out brings us to the conclusion that 
no college nine is worthy of rank as ama- 
teur, hence there is no championship ; and 
that according to Mr. Whitney's own argu- 
ment Outing has no business consider- 
ing college nines at all, — it seems right to 
conclude that Mr. Whitney is, in the first 
place unjust to the men; secondly, he is 
unfair to Brown ; thirdly he is reasoning to 
an absurdity, and fourthly, he is out of his 
element. 

May we ask in ending, if Brown did not 
win the championship, who did and why ? 



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THE BROWN CLUB IN NEW YORK 

By Gardner Colby, '8y* 



PERMANENT headquarters for 
Brown men in New York have 
been more or less under discus- 
sion for several years. After the 
dinner and reunion of 1900 an informal 
meeting was held and the subject was 
presented by some of the more recent 
graduates. Considerable interest was man- 
ifested but no definite steps were taken to 
advance the plan. At the dinner of the 
Brown University Club in New York held 
on February 11 last, Mr. S. H. Ordway, 
the president, spoke favorably of a plan for 
securing permanent club rooms, and his 
remarks wore loudly cheered by those pres- 
ent at the dinner. Mr. Ordway requested 
that the alumni communicate to him their 
views on the subject. Subsequent to the 
dinner a large number, by letter and per- 
sonally, urged that further steps be taken 
to carry forward the plan, and the subject 
was brought up for action at a meeting of 
the executive committee held on May 28. 
It was the sentiment of this committee that, 
provided definite assurances of support in 
writing could be secured in sufficient num- 
ber to warrant the undertaking, rooms be 
engaged and furnished for use in the early 
fall. A special committee to canvass the 
alumni was appointed, consisting of U. C. 
Brewer, '99, chairman, R. R. Hunter, '98, 
and J. W. Campbell, '99. The result of 
the canvass made by this committee far ex- 
ceeded the anticipations of the executive 
committee. In the neighborhood of one 
hundred and thirty alumni at once expressed 
their approval of the plan, and their desire 
to join the new club, if formed. The ex- 
ecutive committee, feeling that the results 
warranted immediate definite action on 
their part, instructed the committee to take 
steps at once to rent club rooms, and after 
considerable investigation the former quar- 
ters of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht 
Club in the Mansfield apartment house, 12 
West 44th street, were rented. 

The club was opened early in October 
and an opening reception was held on the 
evening of Saturday, October 17. .Although 
the evening was a very stormy one, over 



one hundred were present, including the 
members of the 'varsity football team, who 
came as the guests of the occasion. 

On the evening of the opening reception 
a meeting for organization was held, at 



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THE MANSFIELD 



Where the Brown Alumni in New York have secured 
permanent lieadquarters 



which meeting a plan for the government 
of the new club house was decided upon. 
For the time being it was decided that a 
new club separate from the Brown Univer- 
sity Club in New York, the old organiza- 



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tion, should not be formed. Under the 
plan the headquarters are in fact a special 
form of benefit offered to members of the 
Brown University Club in New York for 
the use of which a proportionate charge is 
made. The club rooms are governed by 
committees chosen by the paying members, 
but under the plan for their control the 
general alumni organization is specifically 
recognized by a provision in the rules that 
the officers of the general alumni associa- 



Perry, '74, Clarkson A. Collins, '76, G. W- 
Hopkins, '78, Ira Barrows, '83, C. P. Sea" 
grave, '85, Warren S. Simmons, Jr., '89* 
Joseph E. BuUen, '90, A. E. Thomas, '94? 
George H. Olney, '95, F. E. Smith, '961 
F. H. Croker, '98, C. B. Dana, '99, Ham- 
mond Lamont, honorary, '00, Crawford 
R. Green, '02, and C. H. Bailey, '03. 

A house committee consisting of the fol- 
lowing : W. C. Wvckoff, '95, W. A. Jones, 
'96, W. D. Phillips', '97, R. R. Hunter, '98, 




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tion shall be ex-officio members of the board 
of governors of the headquarters. 

The members of the new headcjuarters 
chose a board of governors consisting of 
the following : S. H. Ordway, '80, James 
May Duane, '72, Everett Colby, '97, W. R. 
Dorman, '92, Arthur Lincoln, '70, Gardner 
Colby, '87, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., '97, 
Charles E. Hughes, '81, Norman S. Dike, 
'85, and H. C. Bumpus, '84. 

A committee on admissions was chosen 
consisting of the following : James W. 



and J. W. Campbell, '99, was afterwards 
appointed by the board of governors. 

Subsequently the board of governors 
organized by the election of S. FI. Ordway 
as chairman, and the committee on admis- 
sions by the election of James W. Perry as 
chairman and C. B. Dana as secretary. 

The quarters of the new organization, 
while of modest size, are nevertheless very 
attractive, having been tastefully furnished 
by the house committee. , They consist of 
a large room on the first' floor of the Mans- 



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field and a restaurant opening ofif from the 
club room. The Mansfield is one of the 
best appointed bachelor apartment houses 
in New York, and its table is an excellent 
one, offering the very best that can be se- 
cured in New York city. By arrangement 
special prices have been made to the Brown 
Club members. An excellent table d'hote 
dinner is served every night for the very 
moderate sum of seventy-five cents, and a 
table d'hote lunch will be furnished later 



alumni living in New York or having occa- 
sion to come to New York on business or 
otherwise. The location of the club rooms 
on Forty-fourth street, the same street on 
which are the Yale Club, the Harvard 
Club, the Bar Association and other impor- 
tant organizations of interest to college 
men, identifies Brown with a community in 
which other college clubs and institutions 
representative of the highest culture have 
made their homes, and will give Brown a 




ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MAIN ROOM 
Brown Club in New York 



every Saturday noon at a correspondingly 
low price. 

The dues for resident members are $io 
per annum, with an initiation fee of $5. 
For non-resident members (those living 
forty miles from New York city) the dues 
are $5 per annum, with an initiation fee of 
$5. The initiation fees are payable in ad- 
vance, and the dues are payable one-half 
October i and one-half April i. 

It is believed that this movement will be 
of the very greatest benefit to the interests 
of Brown University, and to the Brown 



higher place in the eyes of New York men 
of culture and influence. Being only a few 
minutes' walk from the Grand Central Sta- 
tion, it is a notably convenient place for 
non-resident alumni to visit for breakfast or 
dinner, to write letters, or to leave bags and 
parcels. Because of the opportunity of 
meeting other Brown men, and its home- 
like character, it should appeal strongly to 
non-residents as a place in which to pass 
hours that would otherwise hang heavily on 
their hands. Telephone service and other 
conveniences are furnished by the proprie- 



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tors of the Mansfield. The club rooms are 
in the very heart of the city, close to the 
best clubs, theatres and restaurants. 

Permanent club rooms will tend to 
add greatly to the usefulness of the Brown 
University Club in New York. As a place 
for the meeting of the committees of the 
club it will offer many attractions and con- 
veniences hitherto unenjoyed. The club 
records will be kept there, and not only can 
be more carefully looked after and pre- 



for Brown men. There will now be a home 
for many of the younger alumni, and some 
of the older ones, who are at present board- 
ing in various parts of the city and dining 
at haphazard at various restaurants, will 
hereafter be able to get together and dine 
with those of their old friends and acquaint- 
ances whom previously they had little 
means of meeting, and in this way old col- 
lege friendships and college ties will be 
strengthened and made more lasting. 









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served, but will be much more accessible 
than heretofore. It is hoped that a collec- 
tion may be made of Brown pictures, books, 
magazines and memorabilia which will be 
not only of great interest but also of real 
value. Gifts of articles of this character 
will be most welcome. 

The Brown influence will be now more 
felt in New York. Hitherto with no cen- 
tral gathering point there has been little 
unity or definiteness of plan. All Brown 
interests M'ill now naturally focus at one 
point, which will serve as a rallying point 



While the program for the coming winter 
has not yet been definitely mapped out, it 
is planned to have a series of club smokers, 
at least one every month, with talks by 
members of the Brown faculty, managers 
and captains of the athletic teams, and 
musical or other entertainment. A club 
night will also be established each week in 
order that a specially large attendance of 
the alumni may be insured on one evening 
of the week when college songs may be 
sung and a good time generally enjoyed. 
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work may be devised and undertaken with 
a view to promoting an interest in Brown 
among preparatory schools in and near 
New York, and in other ways widening the 
sphere of Brown influence. 

It has been deemed wise to make thus a 
modest beginning, but it is hoped that the 
new club rooms may prove so successful as 
to develop in time into a regular college 
club with a house of its own, with bed- 
rooms and a regular restaurant, similar to 



In order to insure further the success of 
the club it is desirable that quite a large 
non-resident list should be established, and 
it is hoped that as many of the out-of-town 
Brown men as can possibly do so will at 
once join the club. Anyone who has ever 
been either a student, officer or instructor 
of the college is eligible. Applications for 
membership, accompanied by a check for 
$7.50 for the initiation fee and one- half the 
annual dues, may be sent to W. R. Dorman, 



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Brown Club in New York 

the Harvard, Yale and Princeton Clubs, treasurer, 48 Wall street. New York city, 
which are doing so much for the colleges and such applications will be immediately 
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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 

Published for the graduates of Brown University 

IIY IHH 

Brown Alumni Magazine Co. 

ROBERT P. BROWN, Treasurer, Providence, R. I. 

Advisory Board 

William W. Keen, '59, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Henry K. Porter, '60, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Francis Lawton, '6q, New York, N. Y. 
Robert P. Brown, '71, Providence. 
William V. Kelven, '72, Boston, Mass. 
William E. Foster, '73, Providence. 
WiNSLOw Upton, '75, Providence. 
Zechariah Chafee, '80, Providence. 
Sam Walter Foss, '82, Somerville, Mass. 
Gardner Colby, '87, New York, N. Y. 
William R. Dorman, '92, New York, N. Y. 
George A. Gaskill, 'q8, Worcester, Mass. 

HENRY R. PALMER, "90, Editor 
JOSEPH N. ASHTON, '91, Associate Editor 



CLARENCE S. BRIGHAM, '99, Assistant Editor 



STEPHEN WATERMAN, '86, Advertising Manager 

Address all communications to the Brown Alumni Monihlv, 
Brown University, except tliose relating to advertising, 
which should be -sent to Mr. Waterman at 517 Angell 
street. 

Subscription price, $1 00 a year. Single copies. Ten Cents. 

There is no issue during August and September. 

Entered at the Providence post office as second-class matter. 



December, 1903 



PRE-SH^KESPEAREAN DRAMA 
The Andrews Association, assisted by 
the undergraduates of the Women's Col- 
lege, is arranging to give this winter three 
evenings of Pre-Shakespearean drama at 
Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of 
Design. The series is presented in the 
hope of giving lovers of literature and of 
the drama a faithful and vivid picture of 
the earliest productions from which the 
Shakespearean drama was developed. So 
far as we know such an historical course 
in English drama has never been attempted 
by any college or company of professionals, 
though isolated plays by mediceval writers 
have been presented from time to time. 
Every care will be taken to make the pre- 
sentation historically accurate. 

On the first evening will be given 
Noah's Flood — a miracle play from the 



Townely cycle ; The Slaughter of Inno- 
cents — a Coventry miracle of the six- 
teenth century ; the Ravesby Sword Play, 
presented by the Morris dancers. Miracle 
plays setting forth the events of Pible his- 
tory were presented in the churches and 
later out of doors during the fourteenth 
and fifteenth centuries. Whole cycles of 
miracles giving the entire story of salvation, 
beginning as far back as the creation, were 
composed in different parts of England. 
At first they were performed by the clergy 
in the churches as part of the liturgy but 
later they were given into the charge of 
the trade guilds, which presented the per- 
formances out of doors and vied with one 
another in the pomp and effectiveness with 
which the plays were produced. At great 
festivals, such as Corpus Christi, they 
sometimes occupied three or more days. 
The performances this winter will have to 
a large degree the mediaeval setting. There 
will be a procession about the hall which 
will suggest some of the pomp of the old 
time festivals, and there will also be the 
movable stage from which the players will 
address a picturesque crowd of medi;iival 
soldiers, priests, tradespeople, etc., such 
as was wont to collect to match the mira- 
cle pageants. The language will be mod- 
ernized sufficiently to make it perfectly 
intelligible to a modern audience. 

The Morris dancers were an indispensa- 
ble part of English festivals for centuries. 
Not only did they figure with hobby-horse 
and dragon at the May-games but in all 
sorts of public festivals. They are men- 
tioned in the fifteenth century records and 
were not unknown in the first half of the 
nineteenth century. During five centuries, 
details in the form of the dancer, the num- 
ber of dancers and the costumes necessarily 
changed but throughout this period they 
were renowned for their agility. 

The first part of the second evening's 
performance will be devoted to scenes 
from the Robin Hood plays. This gentle- 
man and his bold outlaws are too well 
known to need an introduction. The 



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Robin Hood plays were often a part of 
the May-day merry making, and Robin 
Hood, Maid Marian, Little John and Friar 
Tuck were sometimes found among the 
Morris dancers. It is impossible to fix 
even approximate dates for these plays 
but they were probably acted in the six- 
teenth century ; at least there were Robin 
Hood festivals at that time as Bishop Lati- 
mer complains of one parish where the 
church was locked on Robin Hood day. 

These scenes will be followed on the 
second evening by a morality play — Wyt 
and Science — by John Redford. Moral- 
ity plays where the actors no longer repre- 
sent Bible characters, but allegorical or 
abstract qualities, tirst appeared in the 
fourteenth century, reached their height in 
the second half of the fifteenth and con- 
tinued for another hundred years. In 
these plays Good-dedes, Dylygence, Reson, 
Frewyll, Shame, Idellnes and many others 
walk the stage in bodily form. " Every- 
man," which was so finely presented here 
last winter, is a typical morality, although 
it is supposed to be of Dutch origin. 
"Wyt and Science," in which Science is 
represented as the daughter of Wisdom, is 
more academic than religious. 

During the sixteenth century the English 
drama developed rapidly. Real persons 
took the place of the abstract qualities of 
the moralities and the rehgious element 
gradually disappeared. The earliest com- 
edy, historical dramas and tragedies belong 
to this century. It will be impossible to 
represent in three evenings all the inter- 
esting phases of early English drama; it 
has therefore seemed best to devote an 
entire evening to Dr. Faustus, Christopher 
Marlowe's celebrated play. 

This is one of the three great versions 
of the old Faust legend. Goethe exclaimed 
when it was mentioned : " How greatly it 
is all planned ! " The play is founded 
upon the translation of the Volksbuch 
story, published about 1587, but although 
the main setting is adhered to, the char- 
acter of Faust is much improved upon. 



Marlowe not only dramatized the story 
but spiritualized it, omitting the ugly and 
tiresome details of the Volksbuch and 
making the character of Faust " a living 
man searching for the infinite." It is the 
embodiment of the intellectual attitude of 
the Renaissance. We are not certain of 
the date upon which it was first given, but 
probably it was about 1595. 

This series of plays will be given on 
Saturday evenings, January 23, February 
20 and April 23, at 8 o'clock. The pro- 
ceeds from the course will be devoted to 
the fund for the sorely needed gymnasium 
of the Women's College. Our Women's 
College is quite on a level with any college 
for women in New England, so far as 
intellectual advantages go, but it is sadly 
behindhand in its opportunities for the 
physical development of the girls. It is 
hoped that this effort of the Andrew's 
Association may materially swell the fund 
that has already been started by the gifts 
of classes and several generous citizens. 

Tickets for the course will be $2.00, 
single tickets 75 cents; they will be on 
sale early in December at Pembroke Hall, 
Meeting street, and later at several places 
in the business section of the city. 



NEIV YORK CLUB HEADQUARTERS 
It is very gratifying to all graduates of 
Brown to learn that permanent headquar- 
ters for the Brown club in New York have 
been secured, and in a convenient and de- 
sirable location. The rooms at the Mans- 
field are, to begin with, on the first floor, 
so that there need be no tedious climbing 
or recourse to an elevator ; and, what is 
more important, they are on West Forty- 
fourth street, which is only two blocks 
north of the Grand Central Station, and 
therefore they are in an excellent position 
to accommodate Brown men from out of 
town. 

Clubs like this depend very largely on 
non-resident members for support ; the 
Graduates Club at New Haven and the 
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amples. A club can provide such facilities 
as a non-resident member requires at prac- 
tically no increase of expense to itself and 
so all the revenue it acquires from this 
source is clear gain. Providence alumni 
of Brown, numbering as they do some 
seven or eight hundred, — perhaps more by 
this time, as our figures are based on a 
count of two or three years ago, — ought to 
join the New York club if they have occa- 
sion to go to the metropolis even infre- 
quently; for their own sake and the sake 
of the new institution. It will cost them 
only five dollars for initiation and five dol- 
lars a year for dues, and the first bill 
amounts only to seven dollars and a half, 
including the initation fee and dues for the 
first six months. We bespeak in behalf of 
the club a large response to the invitation 
extended to alumni everywhere to help 
swell its numbers. Mr. W. R. Dorman, 
treasurer, will be glad to receive applica- 
tions, with cheque enclosed, at 48 Wall 
street, New York. 

And not only Providence graduates 
should join the club. Alumni in other 
cities who have occasional business calling 
them to New York should send in their 
applications, and thereafter should make it 
a point to visit New York, so far as pos- 
sible, at a time of the week which will in- 
clude the regular gathering night of the 
clans. This idea of a weekly club night, 
to which attention is called in an article on 
the new club headquarters elsewhere in this 
issue of the Monthly, is one from which 
great good ought to result. Once a week, 
if no oftener, there is pretty sure to be a 
large attendance of Brown men at the club, 
and the result will be revived memories, 
an increased sense of community and a 
quickened loyalty to the college. 

It seems to the Monthly that it would 
be hard to ovestimate the importance of the 
opening of these new headquarters in New 
York. Alumni in Providence will testify 
to the benefits flowing from the establish- 
ment of the University Club in this city 
and the frequent occasions thus afforded 



for the meeting of Brown men. Graduates 
who took a dilettante interest in the col- 
lege have by gathering at the club and 
joining with other graduates in social fel- 
lowship found the old ties binding them 
anew and their concern for Brown's pros- 
perity re-awakened. Some such result is 
certain to occur in New York. At a dis- 
tance of nearly two hundred miles from 
Alma Mater, with no place for a general 
meeting ground, with the club houses of 
other universities emphasizing the lack of 
such a place, and with only the annual 
dinner and possibly the periodical visits of 
this magazine to call their attention to their 
privileges and duties as sons of Brown, it 
is no wonder if the alumni of New York 
have done less for the college than they 
might have done. We believe they are 
loyal to the core, but that they have worked 
under a disadvantage. In their new quar- 
ters they will show what united and enthu- 
siastic action for a good cause can accom- 
plish and will introduce into their individual 
lives a new element of fellowship and sym- 
pathy. Now let Boston follow New York's 
good example. 

AMHERST IN RHODE ISLAND 

At the recent state election in Rhode 
Island three graduates of Amherst College 
were chosen to high ofiice : Dr. L. F. C. 
Garvin was re-elected governor, Hon. 
George H. Utter was chosen lieutenant 
governor, and Charles F. Stearns, Esq., 
was re-elected attorney general. On this 
excellent showing Brown extends to her 
sister institution in Massachusetts sincere 
congratulations. We have no jealous feel- 
ings in the premises, remembering as we 
do how many good men Brown has con- 
tributed to the government of the old Bay 
State. It is strange, nevertheless, that so 
few graduates of Brown in recent years 
have been called to the chief magistracy of 
Rhode Island. The last Brunonian gover- 
nor was Hon. Elisha Dyer, whose term of 
office expired in 1900. Since that time 
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and Kimball, non-college men, and Dr. 
Garvin of Amherst. 

On the other hand Brown has had her 
full share of judicial honors in Rhode 



Island. The supreme court has been com- 
posed very largely of Brown graduates, as 
it is to-day. and its chief justices have been 
Brown men almost as a matter of course. 



TOPICS OF THE MONTH 



^ I "'HIS year the graduate department 

I of the university is in charge of a 

1 dean, Professor Carl Barus having 

been appointed to the position. 

Heretofore a committee has done the work 

that is now entrusted to a single head. 

A few statistics relating to the recent 
history of the department will be of inter- 
est. Last year's graduate students, 105 in 
number, are in part still in the university, 
while the majority have left either by grad- 
ating or dropping their work. The ratios 
are as follows : 

Graduated Continuing Dropped 

Masters 29 21 11 

Doctors 5 12 5 

Special graduate 

students 9 19 

34 42 35 

Six students of those who graduated last 
year have returned either for a special 
course or for an advanced degree. 

The number of graduate students this 
year is 90, so that 48 new students have 
entered the department. These may be 
classified as students registered for the 
doctor's degree, 20; for the master's de- 
gree, 50; special graduate students, 20. 
The number of students registered for the 
master's degree in absentia is 13. The 
number of students proposing to take a 
degree this year is, in the case of the 
master's degree, 29 ; in the case of the 
doctor's degree, 4. 

The courses selected by these 90 stu- 
dents (67 being Brown graduates and 23 
coming from other colleges), classified with 
reference to the departments of instruction 
in which the students are working, are as 
follows: Greek, 5 ; Latin, 7; English, 24; 
German, 18 ; Romance Languages, 10 ; 
History, 15 ; History of Art, 6; Music, i; 
Philosophy, 11 ; Education, 21 ; Physics, 7 ; 
Chemistry, 10; Mathematics, 7 ; Astron- 
omy, 4 ; Comparative Anatomy, 10; Zo- 
ology, I ; Botany, 4 ; Biblical Literature, 5 ; 



Political Science, 5 ; Social Science, 9 ; 
Political Economy, 3. 

The number of graduate students is 
smaller than last year by 15 ; but this dis- 
parity is only in part real. At the begin- 
ning of the college year the dean addressed 
every outstanding graduate student per- 
sonally. Those who failed to reply were 
again addressed about a month later. The 
names of students from whom the second 
letter elicited no response were then drop- 
ped from the roll. The names retained 
thus refer to students who have expressed 
their intention to be actively engaged in 
graduate work during their period of regis- 
tration. Apart from this the only satisfac- 
factory criterion for the size of the graduate 
department at any time is the number of 
students who are to take the degree during 
the given college year. This class num- 
bered 34 last year and will probably num- 
ber 2,2) this year. Special graduate students 
and students for the master's degree in 
absentia are welcomed by the graduate 
department, but their connection with the 
university is inevitably somewhat loose. 

From this time forward the department 
should gain in organized power and become 
a more vital part of the university. Its 
work is one of large importance, exceed- 
ing in this respect the appreciation of many 
graduates. As a matter of course it in- 
cludes in its list of students practically 
nobody unless he is markedly interested in 
the higher education. Students who con- 
tinue work along special lines after gradu- 
ation with a bachelor's degree are bound to 
be serious and earnest. 



Reunion of Alumni of 
Eastern Connecticut 



The first alumni 
reunion during 
the present col- 
lege vear was held at Norwich, Conn., 
Tuesday evening, November third. Twenty- 
one Brown men were present, including 
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Judge Lucius Brown, '66, was toastmaster, 
and speeches were made by Rev. Peter C. 
Wright, '95, President Faunce, Professor 
Wilson, General William G. Ely, '54, Rev. 
Henry T. Arnold, '66, and Rev. F. G. Mc- 
Keever, '81. The reunion was spirited 
and clearly manifested a genuine interest 
in the work of the university and in educa- 
tion generally. In the course of the even- 
ing it was voted to form an alumni associa- 
tion, and Judge Brown was authorized to 
appoint a committee to perfect such an 
organization. Adams P. Carroll, '71, was 
made temporary secretary. 

Those present at the reunion were : Levi 
W. Meech, '45, Norwich, Rev. Henry T. 
Arnold, '66, Plainfield, Rev. Everett A. 
Bowen, '92, WiHimantic, Charles H. Brown, 
'66, Norwich, Franklin H. Brown, '75, 
Norwich, Judge Lucius Brown, '66, Nor- 
wich, John K. Bucklyn, '61, Adams P. Car- 
roll, '71, Norwich, Gen. William G. Ely, '54, 
William G. Ely, '90, Schenectady, N. Y., 
Dr. H. L. Hammond, '64, Killingly, Charles 
R. Heath, '76, Mystic, Rev. F. G.McKeever, 
'81, Welcome A. Smith, '65, Norwich, A. P. 
Tanner, '74, New London, John B. Stanton, 
'94, Norwich, W. G. Tarbox, '95, Norwich, 
Rev. P. C. Wright, '95, Norwich, President 
Faunce, Providence, Professor Wilson, 
Providence. 

Regrets were received from Clare Rey- 
nolds, '00, North Stonington, E. E. Buck- 
lin, '96, Mystic, Rev. H. A. Calhoun, Con- 
way, Mass., Dr. Frank A. Coates, '72, Mys- 
tic, Thomas H. de Condres, Southbridge, 
Amos A. DeWitt, '55, Norwich Town, Dr. 
James M. Kent, '99, Putnam, Rev. C. C. 
Luther, '71, Lyme, O. E. Ryther, '87, Nor- 
wich, Alpheus H. Schoonover, '74, Old 
Mystic, Edward A. Swain, '82, Pomfret 
Centre, Rev. M. J. Twomey, '00, Danielson, 
Charles T. Eaton, '85, Stonington. 



Worcester At the Worcester Club Friday 
Alumni evening, November 20, the 

■^QQl Brown Alumni Association of 

Worcester County held its 
second annual reunion. President Faunce 
and Dean Meiklejohn were in attendance 
and so was one of Brown's oldest gradu- 
ates, Rev. Dr. George M. Bartol, '42, of 
Lancaster. Dr. Bartol has been for more 
than half a century the pastor of the Uni- 
tarian church in that town and is still in 
active ministerial service. 

Greetings were exchanged in the parlors 
of the club from six to six-thirty o'clock. 



and at the latter hour the company sat 
down to dinner in the large dining room. 
It was three hours later when the Hon. 
P>ancis A. Gaskill, '66, of the Massachu- 
setts superior court, called the diners to 
order and instituted a brief business ses- 
sion, at which the following ofiticers were 
elected for the ensuing year : President, 
Hon. Francis A. Gaskill, '66 ; secretary 
and treasurer, John A. Clough, '99 ; ex- 
ecutive committee, these officers and G. K. 
Hudson, '96, Judson I. Wood, '79, Joseph 
Jackson, '68, Fred D. Aldrich, '95, Thomas 
H. DeCoudres, '99. 

The deepest regret and sorrow was ex- 
pressed at the death of Hon. Elijah B. 
Stoddard, '47, who was elected president 
of the club a year ago. 

Judge Gaskill was the toastmaster of the 
evening and called first upon President 
Faunce, who spoke of the improvements at 
the university. In speaking of the new 
buildings he said that they are far dif- 
ferent from the old ones which the elder 
alumni used and which had "floors that 
gave one the sensation of a sea voyage." 
Dr. Faunce continued, in substance, as 
follows : The Brown Union has taken 
charge of Rockefeller Hall. Over 275 
members of the university joined the union 
the first morning that the opportunity was 
offered, and there are now more than 400 
members. The John Carter Brown Library 
will be ready for dedication at the com- 
mencement exercises. The question is 
asked if there is not too much attention 
devoted to buildings and too little to the 
curriculum. But our buildings are all for 
the sake of improving the curriculum. 
You cannot study chemistry equipped 
with "an old log," even if Mark Hop- 
kins be on the end of it. The new 
buildings are not for display, but for 
work, and we move into them and util- 
ize every foot of space so soon as they 
are completed. Another question of para- 
mount importance is, "Am I in college for 
culture or vocation ? " This is the question 
of many students and many parents con- 
cerning their sons. The older colleges 
were founded primarily for the education 
of men for the ministry. Then followed 
the education of the doctor, lawyer and 
journalist. It will be a sorry day for 
our young men if the college life aims 
only at specific vocation. The general 
education and culture of young men 
must be upheld to the last. The tech- 
nical schools exist only for vocation, but 



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we must not allow all our colleges to take 
the scientific view of life. 

Following President Faunce short 
speeches were made by Rev. Dr. George 
M. Bartol, Professor Alexander Meiklejohn, 
G. K. Hudson, Dr. D. W. Abercrombie, 
Professor George G. Wilson and Dr. Silas 
P. Holbrook. 

Those at the reunion were : 

Rev. Dr. George M. Bartol, '42, Lan- 
caster; Dr. Silas P. Holbrook, '59, East 
Douglas ; Dr. C. H. Perry, '59 ; Joseph 
Jackson, '68 ; Dr. Charles L. Nichols, '72 ; 
Judson I. Wood, '79, Gardner; Dr. D. W. 
Abercrombie, honorary, '8;^ ; Dr. Ray W. 
Greene, '83 ; A. W. Hinds, '87, West 
Boylston ; J. Fred Humes, '88 ; Rev. George 
R. Hazard, '94, Southboro ; H. E. Sumner, 
'94; F. H. Staples, '94; H. E. Gould, '94, 
Charlton ; Fred D. Aldrich, '95 ; H. A. 
Whitman, '95 ; G. K. Hudson, '96, Fitch- 
burg; George A. Gaskill, '98; M. T. 
Thompson, '98 ; W. W. Clark, '99 ; John 
A. Clough, '99; C. S. Anderson, 1900; 
George E. Marble, 1900 ; John F. O'Gara, 
1900, Spencer; A. M. Bartholomew, '01, 
Southbridge ; D. F. Carey, '02 ; L. A. 
Drury, '02, Fitchburg; Irving Southworth, 
'02 ; Charles B. Boland, '03 ; W. A. Whit- 
ney, '95 ; Myron W. Stickney, '95 ; Presi- 
dent W. H. P. Faunce, '80, Providence; 
Professor Alexander Meiklejohn, '93, Provi- 
dence ; Professor George G. Wilson, '86, 
Providence. 



Union 



The New For the purpose of providing 
Brown ^" organization to have 

charge of Rockefeller Hall, 
which is now nearing comple- 
tion, the Brown Union has been formed. 
Already the new organization has four 
hundred members. Any officer, alumnus 
or undergraduate of Brown is eligible to 
membership on payment of an annual fee 
of four, three or two dollars, according to 
circumstances. The constitution says : 

"The annual dues for an active member shall be 
four dollars payable one-half at the beginning of 
the first term, and one-half at the beginning of the 
second term ; and for an associate member three 
dollars, payable at the beginning of the first term ; 
and for a non-resident member two dollars, payable 
at the beginning of the first term. 

The object of the Brown Union is " to 
further the social and religious life of the 
members of Brown University and to unite 
them in good fellowship." Article HI, sec- 
tions I and 2, of the constitution say : 



"The legal title to all the property of the union 
shall be vested in the corporation of Brown Uni- 
versity. The immediate direction and manage- 
ment of Rockefeller Hall shall be in a board of 
management, subject, however, to the general 
direction of the graduate advisory committee of 
the Young Men's Christian Association of Brown 
University, in accordance with the terms of the 
gift of the building by Mr. Rockefeller, and its 
acceptance by Brown University. 

" The board of management shall consist of the 
president of the union, ex-officio, and four other 
members who shall be appointed in the first 
instance as follows : Two by the executive com- 
mittee of the corporation of the university, one to 
serve for one year and one to serve for three years ; 
and two by the executive committee of the Asso- 
ciated Alumni, one to serve for two years and one 
to serve for four years. As the respective terms of 
ofirce of the members expire, their successors shall 
be appointed by the executive committee of the 
corporation, each for the term of four years, and, as 
vacancies occur, appointments for the unexpired 
terms shall be made by the board. The appointed 
members shall be alumni of the university, but need 
not be members of either of the original appointing 
bodies nor members of the union." 

In accordance with these provisions of 
the constitution, the following board of 
management has been chosen : Elected by 
the executive committee of the corporation 
of the university, Theodore F. Green, '87 ; 
Stephen O. Metcalf, '78. Elected by the 
executive committee of the Associated 
Alumni, Frederick T. Guild, '90 ; Henry 
T. Grant, Jr., '69. Ex-officio, Elmer T. 
Stevens, '04, president pro tem. of the 
union. An election of general officers 
and standing committees is to be held De- 
cember 9, at which only active members will 
be allowed to vote. 



Change in Beginning with the present 
Marking term a change will be made 

Svstem ^" ^^^ marking system. A 

new mark. L, has been cre- 
ated to designate work in a course to be 
continued the following term which, while 
not unequivocally unsatisfactory, is of a 
low grade. This mark will be changed 
either to a pass mark or to a failure as the 
student's subsequent work may determine. 
The present letter system, H, honor, 
C, credit, P, pass, I, incomplete, and F, 
failure, was substituted for the numerical 
system, with its descriptive nomenclature 
for the student, EX, V. G., etc., in 1896. 

Class Day The class of 1904 recently 
Changed to voted to hold its class day 

Monday °" '^^ ^°"^^^y Preceding 

commencement. Ihis ac- 
tion has been taken in accord with the 



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wish of the alumni to whom the matter was 
referred last June. The vote then was 176 
for the change, and 55 against it. As was 
shown in an article in the Monthly last 



January, the placing of class day in the 
same week as commencement will be in 
consonance with the common practice of 
other colleges. 



CHRONICLE OF THE CAMPUS 



BROWN'S overwhelming defeat by Dart- 
mouth on Thanksgiving day ended a dis- 
astrous season. The year closes with 
victories over Colby, Wesleyan, Williams, 
Vermont and Syracuse, a tie with the 
Springfield Training School and defeats by Penn- 
sylvania, Princeton, Harvard and Dartmouth. This 
is a total of 10 games played, with five won, one 



sensationally, and as Williams made first down 
only four times he was frequently called on to punt. 
This he did with great success time and again, 
always getting a good distance into his kicks. As 
Brown had to punt occasionally, the game was 
very open and the spectators saw some rare, good 
playing. 

The particular star of the Brown team was 




RUSS MAKING A TOUCHDOWN FOR BROWN IN THE WILLIAMS GAME 

The attention of the Williams football team is respectfully directed to the surreptitious tliiottling which Captain Webb is 

undergoing at the left of the picture. 



tied, and four lost. In points we won 92 and lost 
155. In the Dartmouth game Brown was out- 
weighed and out-classed. The Granite State team 
averaged 15 pounds heavier, man for man, and 27 
pounds heavier in the line. 

The Football Record 

BROWN, 22; WILLIAMS, O 

Nearly 2000 spectators saw Brown defeat Wil- 
liams on Andrews Field, Saturday, October ji, by 
a score of 22 to o. It was a fine game and came 
as a relief after three successive defeats by members 
of the " big four." 

The Williams ends were very strong and Brown 
made no gains around them. The best advances 
were made through the right side of the line. 
Leland and Higgins opening up fine holes. Pea- 
body, the fullback captain, was a tower of strength 
to his team. On every kick-off he ran the ball in 



Schwartz. He caught punt after punt and each 
time ran the ball with a skill and agility that 
brought forth long cheers from the Brown students 
on the old bleachers. 

Captain Webb seemed to have struck his old 
gait, for he was at all times very effective, and 
carried the ball with uniform success. Russ, at 
fullback, played a great game for a man new in 
the position, and Walsh, at left, was conspicuous 
throughont for both team and individual play. 
Schwinn, at left end, went into his work with all 
his oldtime fire and dash, and Hascall, in addition 
to playing fast at the extreme right, kicked the ball 
with telling effect. Savage and Heckman, who 
replaced Higgins and Russ in the last few minutes 
of play, distinguished themselves by hard and suc- 
cessful line-bucking. 

It was an ideal day for football, and, though the 
contest lasted more than two hours, the spectators 
watched it with intense interest to the last. 



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SCHWARTZ 



The contest ended with Wilhams in possession 
on Brown's 4c-yard line. The line-up : 

BROWN WILLIAMS 

Hascall, r. e 1. e., Lewis, Jaeckel 

Webb, r. t 1. t., Murray 

Fletcher, r. g 1- g-. Jones 

Colter, c . . c, Campbell, Pease 

Leland, 1. g r. g., Dennett 

Higgins, Savage, 1. t r. t., Bixby 

Schwinn, Elrod, 1. e r. e., Boice, Stocking 

Schwartz, q. b q- b., Jaynes, Williams 

Walsh, Pearsall, 1. h r. h., Watson 

Curtis, Chase, r. h r. h., Gutherson 

Russ, Heckman, f. b f. b., Peabody 

Score — Brown, 22 ; Williams, o. Touchdowns — 
Webb, Higgins, Russ, TIeckman. Goals from 
touchdowns — Webb, Heckman. Referee — Cross 
of Yale. Umpire — Pulsiferof Bates. Linesman — 
Marvel of Brown. Time of halves — 30 and 25 
minutes. 

BROWN, 24 ; VERMONT, O 

Brown administered defeat to the University of 
Vermont team on Andrews Field, November 7, 
winning by the score of 24 to o. It was a bitterly 
cold day and the brisk northwest wind that swept 
across the field chilled to the marrow, but in spite 
of this nearly 1000 enthusiasts attended the game 
and remained patiently to the end of a battle which 
lasted more than two hours. 

The players found the great cold extremely 
annoying and frequent fumbling was the result. 
Both teams fought fiercely from start to finish, but 
Brown had the better of it from the first, and but 
for poor handling of the ball at critical times would 
probably have won even more decisively. 

The home team played a very effective game, 
both in defence and offence. Vermont made her 
first down only once on straight plays, and the only 
other times she gained was when Ross circled the 
ends on fake punts. 



On the offensive, the play of the Brown men was 
particularly strong and the men made long gains 
by helpful team work in pushing and pulling the 
runner. 

Higgins was the individual star, and he figured 
in almost every gain. He made long advances 
himself and frequently opened the way for great 
gains by Russ. 

Weikert, who took the place that had previously 
been occupied by Savage and Webb, played a 
remarkably strong game. He gained good dis- 
tances repeatedly, and opened up big holes in his 
side of the line. 

Heckman, who replaced Russ in the last few- 
minutes, was effective and proved a more consistent 
ground-gainer than Russ. 

As Webb could not play on account of his weak 
knee. Colter was acting captain and, though he 
was up against Gale, one of the best centres in the 
game, he more than held his own. For once the 
Brown team kicked all its goals, Fletcher and 
Colter making two each. 

The Vermont team had a great faculty for mak- 
ing grand rallies when hard pushed, and twice held 
after Brown had forced the ball within the 15-yard 
line. Interest in the Vermont team was augmented 
by the fact that Clark, the 'varsity catcher of the 
Brown team last spring, played left end. Clark 
was a freshman last year and did not return this 
fall. He played on his class footlmll team last year 
and has had some little experience in the game. 
He played strongly for Vermont. 

A wagon load of rattles were distributed among 
the spectators, and for a half-hour before the game 
began and throughout the contest these rattles 
were kept in constant motion. The noise was ear- 
splitting, but lost something of its intensity as the 
hearer became accustomed to it. The rattles were 
made to take the place of throats and lungs and 
during the game every good play was greeted with 
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HASCALL LELAND WEBB HIGGINS SCHWINN 

(Captain) 

The summary : which were outside of tackle, the ball was advanced 

BROWN VERMONT '^° ^^^ middle of the field, where Brown was forced 

Schwinn, 1. e r. e., Campbell to punt on the first play. Schade carried right end 

Higgins It . r t. Page Bates ^^"^ twenty yards, and it looked as if Syracuse would 

Leland,'l.g.. .............. V.r g, Chamberlain "^ake things interesting. But its triumph was 

Colter c . . .c. Gale short lived, for only once again during the entire 

Fletch'er,'Murray,'r.'g..... .'. '.".'. '.'.'.. '.i.g., Skinner game did it gain the required five yards. 

Weikert r t ..1. t. Rannev The Brown defence was impregnable, and tmie 

Ilascall Elrod re 1 e. Clark ^"*i time again the Providence players hurled their 

Schwartz q b' q. b! Mott opponents back for a loss. Syracuse began to punt 

Corp, Walsh, L'h.'b.V.V. '.'.'.". v. r.'h.'b.rWoo'dward on the first down, but Brown could not hold the 

Curtis, Pearsall, r. h. b 1. h. b., Newton ball and lost it frequently on fumbles. After ad- 

Russ, Heckman, f. b f. b., Ross vancing for half the length of the field it would go 

to Syracuse on a fumble and immediately be kicked 

Score— Brown, 24; Veimont, o. Referee— Cross out of danger. This happened twice before the 

of Vale. Umpire— Pulsifer of Bates. Linesman pi^y which gave Syracuse her single touchdown oc- 

— Marvel of Brown. Touchdowns— Russ, Corp, curred. Brown had advanced by steady gains to 

Heckman 2. Goals from touchdowns— Fletcher Syracuse's 25-yard line, where a fumble lost the 

2, Colter 2. Time of halves— 30 and 25 minutes. ball. Schade punted the first down and Schwartz 

received the kick full in his arms, but allowed it to 

BROWN, 12 ; SYRACUSE, C. ,. ., , 

' ' -^ slip through. 

Before a very enthusiastic crowd of over 4,000 Burrell, Syracuse's right end, came down the field 

people Brown triumphed over Syracuse at Syracuse like a whirlwind and the ball settled nicely in his 

November 14, and made amends for the decisive arms almost before anyone realized what had hap- 

defeat suffered two years ago and the tie game of pened. With a good start and a clear field, the 

1900. In spite of the fact that comparative scores speedy little end had no difficulty in romping over 

made Brown a prospective winner, the New York- the line for a touchdown. For the remainder of 

ers felt confident of holding the score down to a the half the ball see-sawed up and down the field, 

very small margin, and many of their supporters most of the time being in Syracuse territory, 

fondly hoped for a victory. Brown kicked off in the second half and forced 

Long before the time of the game the crowd be- Syracuse to punt on her 25-yard line. Schwinn re- 

gan to assemble and the seating capacity of the ceived the ball on the 35-yard line and by steady 

field was soon filled to overflowing. The Syracuse rushes it was carried over for a touchdown. Fletcher 

men occupied a large section of the grandstand and kicked the goal. 

with their band they made things interesting. Russ kicked off for Brown and placed the ball 

Throughout both halves the cheering was kept up nicely ten yards from the centre, where Elrod fell 

incessantly, and when the first touchdown was made on it. The whole team now began to play with life 

everyone went wild. and spirit and by gains averaging five and ten 

|l \ Captain Webb of Brown lost the toss and had to yards carried the ball to the four-yard line. Two 

face the stiff wind, Syracuse electing to kick off. downs netted three yards, but on the third the 

Russ received the ball and ran it back fifteen yards Syracuse line braced and held. Schade kicked to 

before he was downed. By steady gains, most of the centre of the field, and from here Chase made an 



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excellent run of forty yards. Walsh and Heckman 
then carried over by short gains for the second 
touchdown. Fletcher kicked the goal. 

When time was called the ball was in Brown's 
possession on Syracuse's 15-yard line. The score, 
12 to 5, does not by any means show the relative 
strength of the two teams. Brown gained almost 
at will and but for fumbling would have scored 
at least five touchdowns. 

Syracuse, on the other hand, gained the required 
distance only twice, but took advantage of the high 
wind and kicked at every opportunity. 

The summary : 

SYRACUSE BROWN 

Lane, 1. e I.e., Schwinn 

Harwood, 1. t 1. t., Higgins 

Moore, Blue, 1. g 1. g., McGregor 

McMickle, c c. Colter 

Van Duyn, r. g r. g., Fletcher 

Tucker, r. t r. t., Webb (Captain) 

Holand, Burrill, r. e r. e., Elrod 

O'Neill (Captain), q q., Schwartz 

Schade, 1. h 1. h., Pearsall 

Marcy, r. h r. h., Curtis 

Park, f f., Russ, Heckman 

Referee — Louis Hinkey, Yale. Umpire — Ur- 
Roller, Pennsylvania. Linesmen — Collins for 
Syracuse; Weikert for Brown. Timers — Dillon 
for Syracuse; Bumsted for Brown. Length of 
halves — 30m. Touchdowns — Burrill, Russ, Heck- 
man. Goals — Russ, Heckman. 

BROWN, 6; SPRINGFIELD T. S., 6 

Brown struck a snag on November i8 at 
Andrews Field, when the Springfield Training 
School played her to a tie. The score, however, 
does not at all denote the relative merits of the 
two teams, for Brown rushed the ball for a much 
greater number of yards than did the visitors, and 
kept it in the latter's territory most of the time. 
The Brown score would have been much larger if 
the men had not fumbled and been deficient in 
fighting spirit when they were close to their 
opponents' goal, while Springfield would have 
failed to score if Brown had not made a fumble. 
The work of Brown on the offensive was poor. 
The backs lacked snap and the line men did not 
charge fast enough to get the jump on their oppo- 
nents. In defensive work the men were also poor. 
Springfield found no difficulty in breaking through 
the Brown line. Captain Webb's and Fletcher's 
positions were repeatedly tried by the visitors for 
good gains. 

For Brown Colter put up a remarkable game. 
He outplayed his man in every respect and the 
holes he opened were largely responsible for many 
of Brown's gains. Corp at halfback, Schwinn at 
end, and Higgins at tackle all played sharply for 
the home team. For Springfield, Barrier at full- 
back was the star. He hit the line hard and was 
a consistent ground gainer. Captain Gray's run of 
70 yards for a touchdown was the most sensational 
play of the game, but was a mere fluke Metzdorf 
and Draper also played well for the visitors. The 
score : 

BROWN SPRINGFIELD 

Schwinn, 1. e r. e., Martin 

Higgins, 1. t r. t., Draper 

Leland, 1. g r. g., Bugbee 

Colter, c c, Roy 

Fletcher, r. g 1- g-i Holmes 

Webb, r. t 1. t., Steigerwald 



Hascall, r. e 1. e., Lowman 

Schwartz, q. b q. b., Metzdorf 

Walsh, Keen, Pearsall, 1. h. b r. h. b.. Gray 

Curtis, Corp, Chase, r. h. b 1. h. b.. Pest 

Heckman, Lb f. b.. Barrier 

Referee — Pulsifer of Bates. Umpire — Dr. Page 
of U. of N. Y. Timer — Hunt of Brown. Time — 
30-minute halves. 

BROWN, O; DARTMOUTH, 62. 

Brown's weakness in the final game of the season 
was greater than had been expected. Before lo,- 
000 people at Manchester, N. H., Dartmouth in- 
flicted a crushing defeat upon her. We have still 
won more games from Dartmouth in the dual series 
beginning with 1894 than Dartmouth has won from 
us, but that is slight consolatiou as we have not 
won since 1900. Space — and other considerations 
— forbid a detailed account of this rout of the 
Brown forces, foot, horse and dragoons. Brown 
was out-classed, though in the last few minutes, 
with the score 62 to o against her, she played like a 
whirlwind and held the enemy. The score : 

DARTMOUTH BROWN 

Lillard, Bullock, 1. e r. e., Schwinn 

Lindsay, 1. 1 r. t., Higgins 

Oilman, Farrier, 1. g r. g., MacGregor, Leland 

Hooper, c c, Colter 

Clough, Gage, r. g 1. g. Fletcher 

Turner, r. t 1. t., Webb 

Glaze, r. e 1. e., Hascall, Elrod 

Witham, q . q., Schwartz 

Patterson, 1. h r. h., Curtis 

Mains, 1. h r. h., Pearsall, Savage, 

Vaughan, Dillon, r. h 1. h.. Keen, Corp, Walsh 

Foster, Knibbs, f f., Russ, Heckman 

Score — Dartmouth '62, Brown o. Touchdowns 
— Turner 4, Vaughan 2, Foster, Mains, Knibbs, 
Lillard. Goals from touchdowns — Turner 4, Vau- 
ghan 3. Goal from placement — Turner. Referee 
— Pendleton of Bowdoin. Umpire — Whiting .of 
Cornell. Linesman — Saul, Newton A. A. Time 
of halves — 35 minutes. 

FRESHMEN, 6 ; SOPHOMORES, O 

The Brown freshmen defeated the sophomores- 
6 to o in the annual inter-class football game at 
Andrews Field, Saturday, November 14. The 
contest was the best and cleanest class football 
game that has been played at Brown during the 
last four seasons ana as an athletic exhibition sur- 
passed some 'varsity games that have taken place 
at Andrews Field. 

The freshmen earned their victory and had to 
fight for it every minute of the 45 minutes of play. 
Man for man, anyone knowing the merits of the 
two teams would have said that the sophomores 
would win by reason of superior weight and greater 
experience, but the freshmen played a brilliant 
team game, and as they always had several men 
backing up the runner or pulling and carrying him 
along, the sophomores found it hard to stop them. 

Captain Hatch of the freshmen team, a brother 
of the 'varsity pitcher, was the individual star and 
his two brilliant runs of about thirty yards each in 
the second half were responsible for the only score 
of the game. His running mate in the back field, 
Stitt, also played a dashing game. In fact, practi- 
cally every gain was made by either one or the 
other of the freshmen halfbacks. 

A crowd of about 400 saw the game and the 
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the grandstand, while a large body of freshmen 
occupied another. The rival classes kept up a 
round of cheers and songs and at critical moments 
encouraged their representatives. 

After the game was over the freshmen, who were 
highly elated over the victory, marched back to the 
campus in a body, singing and cheering. 

The summary : 

SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN 

Luce, 1. e r. e.. Carter 

A. Graham, 1. t r. t., Steere 

Roberts, 1. g r- g-, Wise 

Morse, c c, Winslow 

Thurber, r. g 1- g-i O'Neil 

Fleming, r. t 1. t., Graham 

Powell, r. e 1. e., Reynolds 

Rackle, q q., Russell 

Kraft, 1. h 1. h., Hatch 

Pattee, r. h r. h., Stitt, Boyeson 

Cobb, f f., Campbell 

Score — Freshmen 6, Sophomores o. Touch- 
down — Campbell. Goal from touchdown — Wins- 
low. Referee — Allen, '04. Umpire — Metcalf, '04. 
Linesman — Keen, '07. Time of halves — 25 and 
16 minutes. 

Exaggerated Typhoid Reports 

Last month three cases of typhoid fever devel- 
oped among Brown undergraduates, while several 
■other students showed symptoms that led to the 
suspicion that they also might be suffering from the 
disease. Flaring headlines in some of the daily 
papers thereupon declared that there was an "epi- 
demic " at the college. For such a statement there 
was not at any time justification. The university 
authorities have done everything possible in the 
way of precaution, going to the extent of suspend- 
ing the use of the swimming pool and disconnecting 
the well on the midcUe campus near Hope College. 
It is not believed that the disease will attack any 
large number of Brown men, though no chances 
will be taken by those in charge of the university's 
interests. 

Brown-Dartmouth Debate 

The annual Brown-Dartmouth debate will take 
place at Hanover early this month and Brown will 
support the negative of the following question : 
" Resolved, that it would promote the welfare of 
the United States to amend our immigration laws 
so as to exclude for a period of twenty years immi- 
grants from southern and eastern Europe and the 
Asiatic dependencies of the Ottoman Empire, unless 
they shall be able to read and write their own lan- 
guage and pay an admission head tax of one hun- 
dred dollars." 

Brown's team consists of Messrs. Mclntyre, West 
and Cronkhite. 

Baccalaureate in Arabic 

President Faunce's baccalaureate, delivered to 
the class of 1903 last June, has been translated into 
Arabic by Mr. Shehadi of Providence, and printed 
in the " Egytian Messenger," a review published in 
Cairo. The editor of the "Messenger" points out 
that social conditions in Cairo are very much the 
same as in American cities. 



Cross Country Run 

On Thursday, November 19, the first cross coun- 
try run of the season was held. Twenty men com- 
posed the party and took a route leading out Man- 
ning street to Red Bridge and thence through the 
Ten Mile River region. A second run was taken 
November 21. These trips are arranged for exer- 
cise rather than to develop material for the track 
team, though it is possible good men for running 
matches will be discovered by means of them. 

Brief Notes of Interest 

Colgate Hoyt, Jr., '05, of New York city has 
been elected manager of the hockey team. 

The average number of men using the swimming 
pool during October was forty-two, against sixty- 
one in September. 

Basket-ball practice began November 11. The 
outlook is good for a better team than Brown has 
ever had before. In the few years that the game 
has been played in Providence the Brown represent- 
atives have made steady progress. 

The Brunoiiian has a new cover of so conspicu- 
ous a character that it causes the Daily Herald to 
say: "The general opinion seems to be that it is 
too striking, and that a quieter and more service- 
able design and color scheme, like that of last year, 
would be more fitting for a conservative publication 
like the Briinontan.'" The November number of 
the magazine has an article on President Maxcy. 

The Worcester High School Club at Brown has 
elected these officers : President, Louis E. Fein- 
gold ; vice-president, Philip S. Oilman ; secretary 
and treasurer, Ralph A. Lane. 

The Harkness Classical Society met at Professor 
Harkness's home on Prospect street, Saturday, No- 
vember 14, and enjoyed an informal talk on Italy 
by the host. 

Houghton Metcalf, '04, and Peter Chase, '06, 
have presented to the German department a bust of 
Beethoven. 

The Brown chess team for the year consists of 
W. G. Meader, W. W. Burton, E. A. Crowell and 
C. C. Waters. A match is soon to be played with 
Williams. 

The Brown chapter of Theta Delta Chi celebrated 
its fiftieth anniversary last month. There were re- 
ceptions by Governor Garvin, Mayor Miller and 
President Faunce ; a smoker, and a banquet at the 
Wellington. 

Dean Sanders of the Yale Divinity School lec- 
tured in Manning Hall, Monday evening, November 
2, before a large and interested audience on "Our 
Heritage in the English Bible." 

The junior class has elected the following ofii- 
cers : President, W. G. Meader ; first vice-president, 
C. C. Waters; second vice-president, L. P. Damon ; 
secretary, C. S. Mitchell ; treasurer, W. J. Lamkie. 

The " Everyman " company will present " Twelfth 
Night " in Sayles Hall, Monday afternoon and 
evening, December 7. 

Following are the freshman class officers : Presi- 
dent, H. B. Keen ; first vice-president, N. H. Mac- 
Gregor; second vice-president, R. H. Miller; secre- 
tary, D. N. Allen ; treasurer, A. C. Lewis. 



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AN apology is hereby tendered for the 
scantiness of this department this month. 
It will be plain to the Monthly's readers 
that the press of other matter has been 
too great for us. Many alumni notes that 
are this month omitted will be published next time. 
1866 
Laban E. Warren, LL. D., who recently resigned 
the professorship in mathematics in Colby College, 
has taken up his residence in Littleton, Mass. 
1870 
Professor Wilfred H. Munro, who is on leave of 
absence during the present academic year, sailed 
from Boston for Liverpool on the " Mayflower," 
November 5. He expects to spend about six weeks 
in London and will then go to France for a short stay 
and thence to Spain for a month. After his intended 
sojourn in Spain Professor Munro will proceed by 
way of the Suez Canal to Asia, visiting Cairo and 
Alexandria en route. He intends to visit India, 
stopping at Delhi, Calcutta and Mandalay. He 
will then take the steamer for Ceylon, going from 
there to Singapore and Hong Kong. From Hong 
Kong he will visit the Philippine Islands and 
Canton. Afterwards he will go to Japan, where he 
hopes to spend a considerable period. On his way 
to America he will stop at the Hawaiian Islands. 
187 1 and 1864 
Hon. Augustus S. Miller, mayor of Providence, 
was re-elected, November 3, on the Democratic 
ticket, defeating his Republican opponent, Dr. 
George H. Kenyon, '64. 

1881 
Hon. William C. Baker, ex-mayor of Providence, 
has changed his place of residence to Pasadena, 
California. 

1884 
William M. P. Bowen, Republican, was defeated 
for the legislature in Providence, November 3. All 
the Democratic ticket was elected. 
1892 
Isaac P. Greene is now in business in Providence- 
He is treasurer of the E. F. Bowen Co., at 337 
Westminster street and Providence agent for the 
Lewando dye house. Mr. Greene retains the 
proprietorship of a boot and shoe store at North- 
ampton, Mass. 

1893 

WilHam J. Brown and Miss Pauline Emmons 
Tappan were married in the Central Congregational 
Church, Providence, October 14, 1903. 
1896 

James H. Thurston was elected state senator 
from Providence last month. 

The First Baptist Church of Skowhegan, Me., 
of which Rev. Henry F. Huse is pastor, recently 
celebrated its one hundredth anniversary. Mr. 
Huse has been pastor of the church since 1899. 

1898 and 1900 
Gardner Kirk Hudson, 1898, and Clifford Spence 
Anderson, 1900, announce that they have formed a 



partnership for the general practice of the la-w^ 
under the firm name of Hudson & Anderson. They 
have opened oftices in Worcester and Fitchburg^ 
Mass. 

1899 
Evan Dale Field has recently passed the 
final examination for admission to the bar of Fa- 
yette County at Uniontown, Pa. He is also a 
director in the Smithfield Coke Co., which corpora- 
tion is engaged in the manufacture of the famous 
Connellsville coke at Smithfield, Mr. Field's old 
home. 

1900 
Rev. M. Joseph Twomey and Miss Ella Caroline 
Stanton were married in Ekonk, Conn., Wednes- 
day, November 4, 1903. Mr. Twomey is pastor of 
the first Baptist Church at Danielson, Conn. 

Clinton C. White and Miss Musetta Frances 
Budlong, both of Providence, were married in the 
Cranston Street Baptist Church, Wednesday even- 
ing, November 18, 1903. Miss Budlong was for 
two years a student at the Women's College. 
Among the ushers at the wedding were William A. 
Kenerson, 1896, of Providence; George G. Bass, 
1900, of Boston, and J. Laurence Hood, 1900, of 
Pawtucket. 

Captain Alonzo Williams was defeated by a close 
vote as the Republican candidate for representative 
from the first ward. Providence, November 3. 

An article on the education of mentally deficient 
children in special day classes by Lydia Gardiner 
Chace appeared in the issue of Charities for Octo- 
ber 31. 

1 90 1 
Roy H. Smith has moved from Philadelphia to 
Port Chester, N. Y., his former home. 

The engagement of John M. Linden, 1901, and 
Miss Florence Love Fuller, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. F. R. Fuller of Michigan City, Ind., has been 
announced. 

1902 
Robinson Pierce, Jr., who held the Thaw fellow- 
ship in astronomy in Princeton last year, has been 
appointed assistant in physics in the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology. 

The engagement of Leon Arthur Drury and 
Miss Daza Page Mowry, both of the class of 1902, 
has been announced. 

1903 
L. F. Baker is in business in Chicago. 
Jeremiah Holmes, who, during his college course, 
was president and general secretary of the Y. M- 
C. A., is now in charge of the educational depart- 
ment of the Y. M. C. A. at Bridgeport, Conn., 
where for some time past Roy E. Clark, '02, has 
been general secretary. 

George F. Parmenter, Ph.D., 1903, has been ap- 
pointed associate professor of chemistry in Colby 
College, succeeding Professor Elder, who died last 
spring. Dr. Parmenter is the head of the depart- 
ment. A new building for the chemical depart- 
ment has recently been completed. 



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