Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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

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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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The Brown man is also free to choose his way of life. He may join a fraternity or remain independent. Secret Greek- letter societies took root under President Wayland. Alpha Delta Phi was established in 1836, and six more were added by 1853. The corporation deliberated about them. Suppression was deemed inadvisable; fraternities were here to stay. At first, they were primarily intellectual groups. Debates were held, essays read. A four page annual, The Brown Paper, was published, to be replaced later by the LIBER BRUNENSIS. Sumptuous houses were built by some of the societies, and social events became more prevalent. The non-Greek was not forgotten. Hope College had re- placed University Hall as an undergraduate dormitory. Soon Littlefield, Hegeman, and Caswell Halls were added. And then Brown entered the Wriston Era. Just after World War Il Presi- dent Henry Merritt Wriston launched the Brown Housing and Development Program. For sheer size the Wriston and West Quadrangles transcended all previous housing programs. Brown's varied fraternities all moved into the Wriston Quad- rangle from their off-campus domiciles. The vacated houses were immediately integrated into the physical plant. Psi Upsilon went to Biology; Alpha Delta Phi, to the Music Department. And Littlefield, Hegeman, and Caswell went to the freshmen. President Wayland's ideas had fructified: Brown had become a truly residential campus. Greeks and non-Greeks lived together in the same quad. The choice of joining a fraternity or remaining independent was now truly an in- dividual decision. President Angell once described the Commons eating hall: I cannot say that the usages were conducive to elegant manners. But the plain meals were spiced with the flavor of excellent companionship. Henry Wriston completed an ad- mirable refectory in 1952. The meals are still . . . and the manners . . . . Henry Merritt Wriston, eleventh president.