New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01
BROWN AND ITS PRESIDENT.
WHAT THE HISTORIC COLLEGE IN
PROVIDENCE is AND HAS BEEN.

eye of late, owing to the disagreement the trus-
tees Of that institution have had with its presi-
dent. DR.. f. Benjamin Andrews. DR.. Andrews
is bimetallist and has been expressing his
opinions with such freedom that the trustees be-
leve it has damaged the University in the
opinion of the public that supports it. This they
said to DR.. Andrews, whereupon he promptly
resigned.
Brown University was founded in the year
1894 at Warren, r. l., and the quaint charter
granted by the Colony of Rhode Island is annu-
ally printed in fac-simile in the catalogue Its
first name was Rhode Island College. but in
1910 the college was moved to Providence to the
spot now occupied. In 1904 it's was
changed TO Brown University in honor Of Nicho-
las Brown, one of the foremost citizens of Provi-
dence, whose benefactons to the college were
great, and of whom the students still sing in
summer evenings on the chapel steps these
Illuminating words
Nicholas, Nicholas Nicholas Brown,
Fol de rol. de rol, rol, rol.
Nicholas, Nicholas Nicholas Brown.
Fol de rol, de rol rol roll
It's charter provides that slight majority OF
the trustees shall be of the Baptist denOmina-
tiOn. In the old days the funds of the UNI
versity reinforced by occasional gifts, were
amply sufficient to meet all demands. but within
the last few years. or since the administration
of President Andrews began. the larger number
of students-now nearly one thousand-that
have entered the University has so taxed its re-
sources that it has been hampered for the means
that would enable it to grow in proportion to
it's opportunity. 1t is this development that
led the trustees of the college to write to Dr.
Andrews the letter that forced him to resign
the post where he had labored so efficiently
The invested funds Of the University amount to
What t,n incrn ginrv n
bers of students hampered the University instead
of increasing its usefulness is explained by the
fact that no student fully reimburses the uni
yersity by the fees he pays for the amount ex-
pended by it upon his education.
The history of the University is an interesting
orc ,rhe location Of the institution having
been changed to Providence in 1IIo. there was
erected historic University Hail. which Is sun
standing on the campus and is used prlnclpaliy
for dormitory PURPOSES although it contains
few classrooms, and on the lower floor the presi-
dents registrars, stewards offices ana the
Sears readng-room. This old building was &C.
cupied as a barracks for the Continental troops
during the War Of the Revolution, and II was So
severely damaged to make 1t necessary prac-
tically TO rebuild it, This rebuilding and reno
waiting have been accomplished several tiheS
within the last century, but the original design
and some of the presentday students boast
proudly their sophomore sticks made from the
wood Of the original building.
The site Of the campus used to belong to the
Nicholas Brown farm and was the gift OF that
benefactor 1t is lovely situation spreading
itself out like broad tableland at the top or
College HILL which rises steeply and shortly
from the heart of the city Of Providence. Thus
the college, overlooking the city, Is In the
centre of It, and yet apart from the noise ana
the hustle Of the business part OF the town. On
either side and to the rear Of the campus run
the broad shaded streets Of old-time Providence,
where to this day live the descendants or many
Of the Oldest and most historic families Of Rhode
Island Here lived the Iveses and the God
dards and the Gammells and the Lipptts ana
'.he Overs and the Caswes and the Dimans
nd the Durfees and the Hazards, and here their
descendants live to-day.
The campus itself is large for city college,
1t runs for quarter Of mile in either direction
and il is divided into three sections by the two
rows of buildings that traverse it. In the
centre of the first row. set well back from Pros
Dect-ct is old University Hall. On its LETT
stands Slater Hail. the most modern OF the
dormjtories and on the left of Slater Hall stands
Rhode Island Hall, which is devoted almost en-
Arely to the biological laboratories and class
room and TO the jerks Museum Of Natural His |
tory. On the right of University Hall stands /
Manning Hall, which the chapel until
few wears ago when the increased numbers OF
students made it too small for that use. and |
chapel services thereafter held in Sayles |