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→History: rereading brunonia seems to indicate this is the case; i'll ask an alum after i get back from spring break
Brown did not admit women until 1891, when a women's college named Pembroke College was founded. Brown became coedicational in 1971 when the undergraduate school merged with Pembroke College.
Brown did not admit women until 1891, when a women's college named Pembroke College was founded. Brown became coedicational in 1971 when the undergraduate school merged with Pembroke College.
Brown had "compulsory chapel"—a requirement that students attend Sunday services—from its founding until 1872.<ref>[http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=C0330 Chapel], from ''Encyclopedia Brunoniana.''</ref> After 1872 services were, of course, still conducted and students encouraged to attend them. A 1904 book of student verse includes a lament by one C. S. Mitchell entitled "Chapel Bell:"
Brown had "compulsory chapel"—a requirement that students attend Sunday services—from its founding until 1872.<ref>[http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=C0330 Chapel], from ''Encyclopedia Brunoniana.''</ref> After 1872 services were, of course, still conducted and students encouraged to attend them. At some point, services again became mandatory (although not strictly enforced) until the requirement was finally abolished in 1959. A 1904 book of student verse includes a lament by one C. S. Mitchell entitled "Chapel Bell:"
:Hark! the bell—brazen bell<br>
:Hark! the bell—brazen bell<br>
:What a world of agony its clanging notes foretell<br>
:What a world of agony its clanging notes foretell<br>