Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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COLLEGE UNION REGATTA! LAKE QUINSIGAMOND, SRCEETER, JULY 24, 1839, i e ENTRIEE. Bhe YnleOollege i e ix oured abell, cotored by 5. Davis Paige; longih 45 eet, 5 nchen . Spanish codn B. B, JOUNSON, sruks, T. GTANTON, Jr. . OWEN, HEZEKIAH WATBUN, Cozrwain Uniform.Light blus panta, ailk sbiris, light bluo skull caps Brown University The Atalanta ' tixoared lap streak, entered by A. B. Jud- son; length 44 fest ; light straw color. Amov. A. B, JUDSON, stroks, 0. D.'0ADY, P.B.JABTRAN, W. H. AMES, Comwain ispth UniformGray check pants, salmon silk shirts, bluo skull caps. Harvard Gollogo. Harvard ' siz-oared sholl, ontered by J. H. Ellison ; xmm 0 ot pioa oolor onmw. 0. mnlmu vtroks, W.H. l 'Al-!. J H. ELLIBON, bow. zr..;u- Blue paats, white abirt, red bandkorobiefh The Avon sixoured, lap+ireak, entered by A. H, Hard Lo, 43 ont ; whiom with green stripe. L 5 OMWOT. 8. F. EMMO! stroke o lu :A!Q ' , C. M. WHII'AID form.Black pants, white shirts, i -mf;lmn ribbons. - TS m BOUTE The Boata will start from the lino drawn across the Lake near the bridgs at the appointad T R D ond of 5o Lake one and a half miies, tarn the Btake Boat, aad Feiara 1o the strting polat. Race to Commence at 4 12 o'clock. Particalars of the Urry Reaarra will be nlxvmummmun.omu,n,e Exobange, PostarStreet, oppaits the Dot Brown is not an athletic powerhouse. There have been, of course, exceptions. In the past, the Iron Men of 1926 brought national fame. And the gallant hockey team that reached the NCAA finals won national admiration. The 1962-63 Hockey Team and the 1963 soccer team proved pleasant surprises. But Brown athletics are not wholly varsity and victory- oriented. Nor have they ever been. President Robinson 1879 feared that concentration on intercollegiate contests be- tween a few men, with high-wrought excitement, would deprive the majority of these benefits. A gymnasium should be built; then all would be free to participate. This is the Brown way. Teams developed as the desire for them grew. Some under- graduates wanted to row. 1859: Brown raced Harvard and Yale: lost. Enthusiasm was strong for baseball for a while. Teams came and went. When there was enough interest, there was a team. When interest waned, the team disintegrated, only to return again some years later. Brown men learned to compete, to coordinate, to cooperate. Athletic discipline was an im- portant part of the Brown experience. It is today.

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. as did athletic diseipline. Brown men learned through cooperation, competition and coordination,

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The life of the campus changed with the times reflecting the growing needs of the student.