New-York tribune., 1894-06-17
BROWN.
TWO INTERESTING PAMPHLETS RECENTLY PUB
LJsuED-CLAss DAY EXERCISES.


LIsHED-CLAss DAY EXERCISES
Providence. June l6 (SpeciaD.-As harbngers OF
the exercises of commencement at Brown, two
pamphets have just been published which VIII nave
a special interest for the alumni and friends OF the
university The first Of these prepared by the
registrar and secretary of the faculty Frederic !.
Guild and David Beckwth. the secretary OF the
Alumni Association, Is the seventh annual clrcuiar
TO the alumni The circular sets forth the present
condition and pressing needs of the university IN
der the latter head the statement is made: our
quarters remain sadly insufficient for our require
ments Only with the utmost difficulty are we able
TO provide for all the recitation and other class eX-
ercises now necesstated by our large curriculum
All our lecture-rooms are used greater number or
hours per dav than IS for the health comfort OF
pupils or teachers. Stil denser crowdng Will be
forced upon when the next class enters IL plus
fair TO be larger than the last, and would appar-
emily be from twenty-five TO fifty larger SUI hdu we
the necessary dormitory accommodations. Inc UNI
versitys present needs, some of them almost des-
reraIe are money for general endowment; funds Tor
fellowships the Women's College, new chapel
new chemical laboratory. new biologcaI Ihpo'a-
tory large enough for our work in botany Zoology
anthropology and geology, and two new dorh'-
tories"
The income from all sources for the year 1S3-a
was slo57l 81. leaving deficit of $'622 II. a full
account of what has been done in the departments
OF instruction IS given. and is OF the most sa'is-
factory character The Womon's College has been
well sustained and the prospects are bright.
The second pamphlet referred TO is Address BOOK
of Living Graduates of Brown University The list
begins with the year 1925, and IS brought down to
1898 inclusive The Oldest graduate whose address
is known Is the Rev. George Ware Briggs. OF NO:
40 Brattlc-st, Cambridge, Mass, or the cIdSs ol
1925. ,. 49,,
coined 10y all concerned. The order or exercises
was as follows: 1880 a. Mora uon. brown NJ
verstv" John Hope. of Augusta, Ga. poem. 'lhe
Prince Of Almorah" Harold Dexter 1azeliine' OF
Warren Penn: in Sayes Memorial Han
( D. m-Class tree exercises on the iront campus
Speakers-Edwarl Francis Gamwell Of Holisi0n'
Mass; Samuel Willard Richardson. of Palnesvllle'
Ohio; Israel Strauss. of PawtS'ket r. l.; President
Sd m-Promenade concert and illumination of col
leGe grounds. 80, 81
The programme an excellent one. and all NE
narfs were well sustained. The different spreads
given by the societies Of the university were. as
usual. a marked feature OF class day
tince Of sadness will be thrown over the com
sudden. and vet to many friends not wholly untN-
pected death OF eX-President Robinson. IN me i5t
of the presidents Of the university ne TOOK a hEh
rank and gave such new and vigorous Impulse
to its life that administration OF Its analrS VIII
always be classed among the best II has fallen
to the lot OF Brown 10 enjoy. lie leaves a hun'
record OF good accomplished. and OF trains OF wise
of which will extend generations 70 be born An
other in the famous class or lSN OF Which
Dr. Robinson a member. Is now starred. leay-
ing only nine survivors among them being O. '. y.
Iothrop. LII. D.. OF Michigan, anI the Right Kew
Alexander Burgess. OF Illinois