The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-26
OOINGS AT BROWN
Students Resume Studies After
Ten Days Vacation.

Things began TO assume a more lively
aspect yesterday about the campus and
before night nearly all the students had
returned. Registration closed at p. m.
and during the entire day a long line or
waiting youths thronged the corridors or
u. III. I'm front OF the registrars Office.
Lincoln field attracted a large crowd to
witness the baseball practice The squad
has been cut down for probably the last
time. twenty-five men having been re-
tanned. upon which Browns hopes will
depend or this number 3 arc pitchers,
catchers and II candidates for the In
field and outfield. Lynch. Leland, Hatch.
Farnum and Welch are the men who will
do the ball twirling. while Abbott Cliff
ford and Phillips are the aSpirants for the
receiving end of the battery. The inleld
will probably be as follows: Paine. first
base; Gray, second base; Fouider, third
base and Woodsum shortstop The strong
est combination for the outfield seems 10
be Mackinney, Barry and Powell During
the vacation some repairs have been made
on the bleachers on Lincoln held, so that
now a good crowd OF onlookers can be
accommodated.
Brown rolled a good game on the home
alleys against Elmwood last night. put
was forced to be content with one OF the
three strings. The collegians secured the
first string by. safe margin OF 20 pms;
the second string resulted in a tie, which
Elmwood succeeded in winning In the roll
of: the third string was pretty one, the
visitors finally winning out by pins.
Browns total was 1862 TO Elmwood's 1Z5O
Knop of the Brown team captured the 3-
string record for the league with a fine
total OF 2ss. which contained singles OF
/ 93 95 and 10.
College opened this morning with chapel
services. which attracted large number r
OF visitors to the gallery. The seniors met
at $3.50 in front of u. II. on the nluuie
campus and marched into the chapel. as
is the custom. President Faunce address
ed the students i'm his usual cordial man
I ner and outlined the work for the term,
| touching also upon the social intellectual,
| and athletic interests of the university.
| held on the middle campus, the seniors
4 collecting in a group and singing songs
| and cheering for Brown, "lsO2, Prexy
| and everybody else. The other CLASSES
| enthusiasm. Following these prelimina-
| ries came the marching about the cam
pus I'm a long column. headed by the
\ seniors in their caps and gowns. The
| line OF 400 or 500 students, all marching IN
lock step. The seniors then again col
| lected in n group. and after singing some
more college songs and giving cheers the
| The class this year. which will graduate
| i'm June. is larger than any senior class
since 1899; numbering about 1aS H..
Il. j. Sheehan, ex o. who left college
| 10 his studies. and is receiving the well
| come OF his many friends Sheehan was
| Browns star tackle OF the SS. ~ and lsyl
| football teams and was AWARDED nlgh
| place among the college tackles by the
| Recitation began this morning and the
! spring term is now on in fun swing.
\ ID. c.. Hall. '0l Browns famous track
| ing his last two years in college was
| about the campus this morning.