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Word: brownness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fraternity pledge week at Brown University, as on many another U.S. campus, is traditionally a raucous, roughhouse affair. Last week, with one undergraduate dead and others in bandages, shocked Brown students themselves admitted that their happy customs had gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Case at Brown | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...finale to Brown's pledge week, fraternity men had made the rounds of chapter houses to "congratulate" each other. As had happened before, the congratulations led to free-for-alls. At Beta Theta Pi, the brothers stood off a small invasion for a while, finally had to call for police help. Elsewhere, windows were smashed, streetlights broken, a U.S. mailbox ripped from its post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Case at Brown | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Shocked, Dean Robert W. Kenny last week suspended all fraternity social activities until further notice. Non-fraternity men, who outnumber the Greeks two to one, held a mass meeting, raised the question of whether Brown should have fraternities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Case at Brown | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...best the Crimson could do all day was to pick up fifth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a team composed of Norm Watkins, Shop Brown, Bob Berke, and Joe Fox. Rurgers and Duke placed first and second in the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record Time Helps Eli Lead In EISL Meet; Varsity Lags | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

Ulen's relay team will consist of Norm Watkins, Bob Berke, Shep Brown, and Jeo Fox. Finals in all four events will be held tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norris Wins Eastern League 1500-Meter Freestyle Crown | 3/18/1949 | See Source »

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