, 1870-11-15
MASSACHUSETTS,.
ptrriGma Uolicxo-ats Facu1S
Studcnt8-Rccenx itokns-A |
r.tr.T he ARulnnts

,,me ;::licales, TITUS through tho hcS5t ol me o.
) illAse. Il hope none OF your read e1s VII + +
,;.,n,e In himself = level and duRty roAd-} =
II ain street, being about two hundred feet IN il
Width. is orly urea IN sss middle portion as u
ro,dvay, The rett is covered with turf and ),
ahsded bv hundreds Of grand old eifnA afsa y
m.o4es. Moreover, there Is no such thing a. )
level around In Derkehire County, At least, c
not according To r. stern yiows- 1he pksS' !
AZ it NAV be called. 1iseR into thEee wets-de- !
6red Lille, on the FIRST Of shich, at Tsnoua
di.t,ncoa from tho psEk, are tne toueso I
chanel- the Itrary, As'EnDomtcsa ooeersa~
1a,v Nxyne,;c Observatory. Jackson Atu. |
F1.t College, South College. Griffin Hal Una
,,u.cnm>. and the Gsmrsainua. Tho fresi-
.,c IL .,ou~a, West College. sui helloss Hai!
are 11scad o1 the escond hill. snd the hofel
GU thc third one.
IMAGINE Ibis beautiful village completely
ebot iu b< high mountains, and ton hsFo VIZ
H.u.stoxn before you- The attractions ot no
place draw many yiri'oss every summer 1uu
lie Quiet little town is getting up quite sepa,
.s,ioi, as q watering place, tnankSeott us eAoo
.7riuGs."
TIE E11IEoE-As WHOLE
~, ,,,4 think t.,t IT account Of tho BIRTH
,n1 childhood OF Williams College would IN
to-,.t ,n.nv or y.,,r readers. aud for this roa-
,s,t, i. viii he notscea Eaote particularly A. IL
(; F,mnded in 1888, in accordance with the
will Of E1l.raiu1 Williams. who 1el1 IN oattAe
Eeutembar ., 1755," this cot,egn ban to-dAy nai
lAi men, 1n1ced. Judging eoleis os @ no mssa- u.
hers in ..tensance. it has never been TesE
rotpcrons but if wo consiief "Ias II has
dane, its enterpzise and chs1As1sr'
fhc Iucn Who hare tanght within iss Walls,
ard the men il has gEadaates y e., n'qs1 Fn,ans ao
co,lerea- Wl1hsrns Was tho fizht institution
N tni, country to hull an ASTRONOMICAL oh.
serya:orys It formed the int AsscciaAon ~
Alurnni. fsts hli~heI tho fasst ce1esn suGel!,
rn3 ~ ~ yet tha ontr one Of tha old colleges
sis, Inv iioue a~aT win that traditional butt
a." I'M .,erl.ps tte most distinguishing tea-
tura 1t the eclisgeia IL its morA tons. fVs
N;,ms etuaef ts ett m font me 1nosesnent
TO- 1acnt Wild. rcee,tao il the estsb'ishuoent ol
sna = Ar,crican Roayd OF Commiasloncra Tor
Tcreicn Missioua " ana}cvcu in this age Of
colIess ,Ie1ravity. William. ]. a s'nsularlf poro
sna npr;rht 1nst;tutiou. This ttaae Of th'nss
Is ;ue nsr.lv to .irorous laws of prohibition
.sl,irI, ire enforced l,y the State and to"u an~
iho.iIits, ps,tls 10 tbs ebazActes OF the men
Who eotne htrc. Owing to these CAUSES,
ton.-iiftlls q Tho etudchts IN anenosnSS IT, $.
.ny ottcF institution 1nt.st dEink, aud stnoGo,
nnd tue,r IN moderation. in prtes 70 snaSe
nirnst3f popnlas, it il csa.rldefed quite Tue
.h;uq here to: MAD 10 1o.1 the ehutsh, ~ - y
n
and enrae hvpoc,isy, hsro rot resulted from
1he extreme poHisson Which has oeen 1aseu e1
tliis enhjecs-
THE INSTRUCTORS.
ortbon,e, prn,e-rera OF tho inAptntsrn, DR.
Mnore, Or. Griffin, I'rofeesor Isaac lin:o,9
aud President Chsdhourne mAy i's p 4oslo3ed
Mark Nnrkin-, D. . is now ht ihe hsat o.
the Farnlsy. A de-cc' dant Of Jonashal
Ftlx1ri1r. tbau whom nnne is more reHewhet
far .t.i]j.y and virtue, bo bas really beaa tn
life Of Williams collrge = III tty'iour years
II waa . touching thing to sfe th's noh!e ma
11sa i1I the meeting OF THO alumni la't CON
total Of aio.mao. xhir!, waa wsn.sa. Thss Q,
fer jurnediat+1v trough. AZ OH Alnmnna T. h
feet, wsso eaid tet1 DR.: Hopkins h.a G1se
flat amount to the college, svcr aud over ~
over again. o. &c eon5se ns,oI tss snnss ss1s9 SS!s
vas fefueed l. doubt il thera IL \ col]ef
President in the country sho it 70 uniyeEsa
II rrsrecse,l and loved hs lis graduates ~
Dr. Hoptinf: On the .ont OF r. ~ 1'feaese .ie
tf Ireaclers :" on his shou!d bo placed. n
P.ince Of Te.chers-' Mark tho perfe
man,"
4 e; Clui4iizrite, on mot41 scinoca, and. in I'll
n last department, cork cnfitled The Law
n Love Ind Iove a. Lawr-sal Of which dooi
u Lave been extensively CALCULATED.
81 Albert Hopkins. Memorial F1o.saaaf
"A hetronomy. in = brother OF The rEessacnt, ~
III has considerable rerutation u an ast1onona
81 and r,h.xiciat. He II said hy tue young MT
se here to be an T. Il. 3. but, while he looks
::# il he might belong to that anXnst and en-
ax Aentls rtactletl gtVss. tue ~ at.t"1,s,
HNz tul1, t,nscon, is Prufetsor Of Rhetoric, =
s# aatAer Of Political Eronomt, (soucwl
sB uut OF datcl, Philosophy Of Rhetoric
eM and t!eaase on eslhct,.s. ny ~ s,o ,u
:M native ability ~ Auv member Of the FAcnl
Al,hourl, quite no. itise III his spee.h aud
lM 2,oEb. he is liked " many, fespeetea "
Ae an e1tcnlpore preacher no a.anoe "'aa
II = 13ynl IN NeetcEp M4ssAcause'H.
u Arthur Latham Perry. she R1e1 :
81 Trader, IL rsnf+srnr oi Aie'o!! anu rom
N Ecouotny: he sl-o has the departments
~ Constitutional aud lnter1atlQnss law. .
i'll 3inIc Literary N"eaxs,e thnks tna' I
81 Ise,tr And DR.. Nnolsey lave put-up 1ot
ii 81 TITO uee Of text teoks. President Woo
q sea.l,ss Tnof. petry.B .tpuIt,cA Econo1
III md the Professor rec;procates bs ,eacl
III pr. Wcaleey ''l1te n4tions! LAW. lfo
Al h7np "a make Enod CcpEteektnAn; on hla&
9E seoat.;,. ! ecsuouy. constitutional and iate
m s;or.s f.x;,> IL thoroughly Informed,
III ir;,,;ufs 70 Iii. 4 ,,;-,clical mind with no
. of Lard work, It you'd make
Y3 Fa1t.,,.t.tr Ia II tl,n fudcpond
I'LL ..'s tmsu. - ,..3. .an,j,n..n,. in biss..
SsW t.,ts ~ t1s',rn ;s N cl.,"ce fnr him. lie
III n.fH,I rayenre I,y con1crt.n9 tho son
n8 1hn ,,r,terf;nujsts vim sra in 1,is classes.
ti,e rs.1L. a., f,ce trai1e aro al The ftpust
NH .,,os. ;,,fn9.us1 ae.rriut,ou. but 60 ennsir
[8 Ia. nyen ii,o.s wl,p e,,ter uvop ste llscu
u Iii, . ,evrc5 ,,t ter,nirst:on tnat they Vi
Il u, ill., old fai.h are vr.y tadlY shaten Z
A tna 1,rofcsanr. Professor rcrtE smoke
s ir.d,o tiues in Ohio last summer, four
4; sche,,tI = ii ,tiet. ani tho last olectio
z fnat STATE augut strongly for lis ancceas
a There ire many otbar members o
:.s Faculty. Who hava snno 1oca1 reput
1,raferenrs Carter, niutnsck, and XrtG
i "a con.itetetl Strong Young nr1s. Pro
"A Tr,,uev 1nak.r money iu ttse wiuteE ty
i'm: IN 1ll,uois on natural history F
II i.st ilree years lheIe have been no
~ Icte-a VII in the light direction.
g TIE STUDENTS
Il ara Drawn manly from Eastrru and No
Isl Nex Yerl, witli g,ud lumber from
]:tsiant,, and few from. tho Wcst- e
& il repgessrted by C. c. stattfeon, g. y.
A icy. &. s. Hall, ard J. A1ssns* y
"a t!aatn:s viii compare lasorAbay VITA
~ ca,c ssan+: psthavs 1t would net oe r
u tsy ti,st s,lrs arc m lt;teE and no wors
tLc average or young mtn. 49,
Fl In the matter Of s:cfcties, they arc
II ihc times. both !" a.cEet and are: orr
n 3iuas, Tho ktppa Alpha (ollest coI!egs
Il society in tho couutrS1. Sigma III!
81 I,clta Il,i, Delta kanpa Epsi'on, snf
II 1'ei fsateEnities hsEe chapters. Esen
II cxcora the D. f. E., h1e hou.e OF ~
n WHICH soune OF n1} Of its nscAAeEa 70
In Hh,cb the lodges sre tituated. The
of College secret societies il tao bro
y ncYtIa]y treated in this letter.
n The tdetnhis Union |. an open lilo
"a r;otx, fnundcl in 1885 II WAS xrhss
l;x;.sd into tue I'fiilotecl,nian Ant
y S"r;sr gociri,rs. which recognize tEe
rs;au ~ fSeir hra3. Eseh o{ thesc
a -" ,;f-,ry III about 1000 volumes,
Lar ~ -. n,sn IN the members Of Gill
Il T1s ~ a. ~ n s,er1o4iss]s. the s,n,lt
n nno 1tc 1l';if;1mx f)7tnr4f,
u sha eupl.us pl.t.a.,,11. M rc,r Tbr TYd..te,
III NE fsS"'S1A Il ~. ra.nns