Putnam patriot., 1914-10-16
I5Nth Auuiyersary Of Brown University.

I50th Anniversary of Brown University.
 There is good deal of interest in
 this vicinity in the l50th Anniversary
 of the Pounding Of Brown University | in eommemoration of which exercises
 are beingshed throughout this week. l The university was founded in Warren in I764 and removed to Providence in ITO. Al the date of its founding there
 were but two other colleges in New 1 England, Harvard and ! ale; and in
 the entire country only six, Harvard,
 William and Mary, Yale, Princeton, i University of iPennsylvanis and Col umbia University hall, built in lTI0i
 and still the most Imposing building
 on the Frost Campus, was occupied by ] French troops during the Revolution. l Most Of the anniversary exercises are
 held in Providence. bat in Warren there WAS given on Friday, Saturday
 and Monday, a great historical pag- cant illustrating the eafiy history CT the colony, especially in is relations with the Indians
 On sunday and Monday the ad- dresses dealt with the religious history
 and with religious seducation. The 1 speakers represented the four denomi-
 nations that united in forming the college, Baptist, Quakef,' Congrega. tfl.,,o al a,ed e'Yfaeaualiau
 On Tuesday historical addresses are given at Warren, and on Wednesday the chief historical address Is given in the historic First Baptist meeting house twhere commencements are al- ways held by Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of the Su. preme Court of the United States. On Thursday there is to be a eonferring of honorary degrees.
 Each day there are organ recitals in Sayles hall. There is one Re e-union concert by the Mendelssolm club of New York. At the Providence Opera house there are three performances of "The Provoked Husbandp with a reproduction of the stage of the old theater on Meeting street where the first dramatic performance ever given in Providence was staged in l762. On Thur. day afternoon exercises on An drews Field will illustrate atheletic training from grammar school to col lege, eliminating in varsity football game.
 For all these exercises, AS to various luncheons, dinners andi receptions, the university acts the part of host to her alumni and alumnee. The Women's College Alumnae banquet, usually held in February Is held Tuesday even ing Miss Mary Nooley, president of Mt. Holyoke and a graduate of the Women's college, is to be the chief speaker. Tuesday evening also, the undergraduates and alumni have a torchlight and costume procession. The undergraduates will also take part in the academic proeessions of We'd nesday and Thursday Miss r. Mar iorie Richardson Of this city, a senior in the Women's college, is Marshall for the Womens college section of the procession.
 Putnam people will be in nterested to know that Prof. Walter C. Bronson, Head of the Department of English Literature at Brown, has written for this occasion very complete History of Brown University" of 500 pages and published by the famous Merry mount Press This is receiving high praise as ta splendid addition 10 the history of collegiate education in America. Prof Bronson is a graduate of the Putnam High school, and well known to many in this city.