Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Page 18 1925 Liber Brfumensis During the presidency of Elisha Benjamin Andrews C1889-18985 the number of departments in the university increased to twenty-five, the faculty to eighty members, and the student body from two hundred and sixty-eight to nine hundred. Even the endowment grew to the new sum of S51,100,000. The year 1891 found Wilson Hall completed, the total cost, S100,000, derived from a bequest of Mr. George Francis Wilson. In the same year Mr. Herbert Ladd donated the Ladd Observatoryg the Lyman Gymnasium was built at an expense of over S570,000. Maxcy Hall, built in 1895 for S50,000, and the Women's College erected two years later completed the expansion of the university under Dr. Andrews. Great as this addition of buildings seemed, it was by no means sufficient, a crying need for more and more room presenting itself. However, funds were painfully lacking. President Andrews imparted a spirited impetus to the athletic life of the university, his enthusiastic attendance at practically all the games adding not a little to the im- mense popularity he had gained with the undergraduates. Under his energetic hand Brown University had become a vigorous, healthful institution of learning with a substantial increase in both faculty and student body. Since the selection in 1899 of Dr. William Herbert Perry Faunce as its ninth presi- dent Brown University has made greater progress than at any previous period in its history. Through his far-sighted and capable administration of the affairs of the college its borders have grown to their present proportions. Intellectually and physi- cally and athletically Brown University ranks with the best institutions of learning in the world. The splendid tradition laid down by James Manning and his followers is as vital a reality today as it was at the birth of the college. The preamble of the charter is as living a code now as it was at its inceptiong to form the rising generation to virtue, knowledge and useful literature is to this day the aim of the university. Religious prejudice is still a stranger. And, lastly, in the words of President Faunce: It can never be said that Brown University has expended its resources for brick and stone rather than for teaching. ...... We still value men more than material.

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