Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . s the viands. The only hot water obtainable wasat the registrars kitchen, which gave the evil-minded anopportunity to watch his fine crop of grapes and to fixupon the proper time for the annual midnight raid. Some classes boast of what they had at Brown; wewould proclaim our gratitude for a few things we didnthave. We had no president the first year and so becamemore closely acquainted with the widely cultured andamiable Chace, who was ^r^sidienipro tempore 2in6. shouldhave been (in the opinion of many) in perpetuum.
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . s the viands. The only hot water obtainable wasat the registrars kitchen, which gave the evil-minded anopportunity to watch his fine crop of grapes and to fixupon the proper time for the annual midnight raid. Some classes boast of what they had at Brown; wewould proclaim our gratitude for a few things we didnthave. We had no president the first year and so becamemore closely acquainted with the widely cultured andamiable Chace, who was ^r^sidienipro tempore 2in6. shouldhave been (in the opinion of many) in perpetuum. Thelast three years we had as president the great-heartedCaswell, who raised his hand to bless all and harm none(yet was savagely attacked by his fellow-religionists on thecharge that he was a wanderer from the strict Baptist foldand favored open communion). We had no assistant orassociate professors, tutors, instructors, theme readers orother attenuations of the professorial dignity. All of ourinstructors were Simon-pure professors of full rank, ex- 268 Memories of Brown. Middle Campus from Waterman Street, 1867 Memories of Brown 269 cept perhaps the Frenchman, Hobigand, who, though fail-ing the title, was worthy to hold the rank. It was our continuous and intimate association withthe faculty of ten (including the president) broad-minded,highly-cultured gentlemen that made our college courseseem ideal. The courses were few, but they werehandled by masters. We were not surfeited with knowl-edge in a hundred courses, but were required to do a fewthings well, and the Pierian spring wandered sparklingand joyful through the vales of Academe. We had nowritten examination on our college courses; all were oralfrom start to finish and we had to be able to get up andtell what we knew at short notice. We liked this method,and what a relief it was to the professors to be free fromthat anti-climax, examination papers ! There was little interference with our individual lifeand habits. The p
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