Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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BROUWI In Seven UJars HE UNIVERS v HALL of 1944 Tgazes with little awe as 1he ciudenis of the college march about the Lomo. e in the uniform of ther country for e na its 174 years on the hil it has seen Hrown men march off to seven wars and one rebellion. 1t al beaen in 1170 whep UH had its foundation stone laid: even the birth of the Colleae Bdilice ! as 1F was known until 1873 was ro et awalkening, Diring its construction the Coiporation doledoutatolalof 2100 galons of i 1o the workers . The last vem i the cosh accoint reads 1o 3 Gallons W Rini when raising the Roof Despite this alspiciods conception, come still had doubis as 1o 1he fiture of LUH, 5aid the Bodton Berette in 1, . lthe Corporation has builti o Col ege near as larae as Babel sufficien to confan ten limes the Number of Slidents that everhave brever will oblge the Tutors of that populer Univers by with Opportunihy of edicating of instructing them e b r LM did not have long to wait for i1 first military conflict: in 1175 the rumble of war invaded the campus for the first time When the newe of the Batte of Ledinaten reached the people of Rhode lsland they tose In rebel lon and declared their noe Percence of Bra Brren Rbr e s Do or Rhode lsland College that wos e And One Rebellion nome untll 1BD4. was not one o oif Hiahl withearevolitonroarng oyisde. Ui le cenber l L17B S Pele Pareel landed o PMewpo l wiholorce of Brish and Hes ians. lhesameday American troops ook cver ULl and from thep until 780 horees soldiers, and the wounded substituted for students in the stillyouthtul Lniversiy Mo 2l0l e b shident whe receiien aiplo me: from the hord of Presdent Janes Manning between 1769 and 17187 servol aclively wilh the American Avmen Fore e Cre alimnds became an 0 e 1 Hhe British Ay, Richard Sites, class of 1769, was com- missionedacaptan nHeard Brooceana durng the batbe of Long Lland 10 1 115 weemertaly wolinded b becom e 10 Tt Brownman o aive s fe fo il Coie by Another Bioin e M Ve ol ce ol 1B cene ol Of BB Ry ol on o bridacier general offer Lo he sonr a0 Hon of Boren Hegns 0 boibe of While Pains, the ceae of Boeion and Vale Porae Vihep the oof e nn e a0l the premices 0 1780 Brecoent hlonp g Litered ob of e e ndounted Y and laid plans for 8 renewal of scadeniic in chon LH bowever woinol ol e vl fo see siidents within s walls againnt e aitninieaociachment ol brench in valdslool LD o0 niiend of the o e e eae e

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University Hall in 1800 Finaly on May 27, 782 considerably educated in the ruder facts of life, UH bid farewell to the last hobbling Frenchman and prepared to commence life anew, But the Colleqe Edifice was not what it sed to be Said President Manning, lhe Cor poration have ordered the augean Stable cleansed . lisleftina most horrid, dirry, Shattered Situation . . the infolerable stench renders the Northern Part uninhab- itable. . Surmounting ol obstacles, how ever Brown in September 7182 again took Up its title as the seat of learning in Rhode lsland, . N . Some 10 vears later LH once more viewed the shadow of war descend upon the campus, but this Time is was not sa real no Englshmen spprosched anywhere near the campus in the Warof 1817 New England as o whole did not approve of the war life of Brown wasnt greatly alterec. lhe campus, however, veos not completely Unaware of the existence of war. Most notable Brown war effort s revealed in a record of Zechariah Allen, class of 1813, who notes that Brown stu- dents were among those who contributed 3100 work days in the constiiction of the defenses of Providence. Although infor. mation as to Browns role in the War of 1812 Is scarce, one might assume that o good number of Bruins entered the armed services since the total enrollment dropped from 135in 181204 BB w w w in 1842 University Hall saw the peaceful Brown campus receive ifs third rude mili- rary awakening in seventy vears. The cause this time was a Harverd graduate one Thomas W, Dorr. who decided fo forego the difficult and circuitous method of leg.