New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-15
the professorship left vacant by the resignation Of
Professor RausclIcDbush.
THE FRESHMAN DRlZZLE AT WILLIAMS.

MARK HOPKINS MEMORIAL HALL IN USE.
willamstown. Mass, sept. ~ tSpeciaD.-The first
week OF the fll term at Williams is over as far As
college exercises concerned. The students have
been at Wort, since Thursday. but most OF them have
been in town since Tuesday. arranging for rooms.
board. and on. The contrast Is marked between
the WillamstOwn Of week ago. when the hotels and
many Of the society houses filled with summer
visitors and the same place now. when even the
mammals and pretty sisters have gone They were nli.
early In tile week. carefully looking to 1t that
the freshman son brother comfortably started
his The college Is larger than before,
and hilc the present freshman class does not number
what % did when 1t entered. it is above the average
There are more than eighty IN the class. all throe
OF the elder classes have gained new men, 90 Is
now the largest in Williams. and probably the best in
athletic way.
College exercises began with chapel on Thurs
day morning at As after which the different classes
met their professors and had work assigned them.
The freshmen the first class to enter Mark Hop
kns Memorial Hail. recently completed This l. the
Of the college buildings and one Of the handsOmc>t and
best planned recitation halls In the country stands
opposite the gymnasium. between the Congregational
Church and Goodrich Hail. II is four stories in
height and built Of stone and terra Gotta coorcd brick
The recitation rooms are large and welShted, sup
ply ng a pressing need.
An event of some moment is to take place on satur-
DAY night In the annual monument rush between the
two lower classes. This centres about the soldiers
Monument in front Of Griffin Hail. and here every
september the freshmen drawn up in u phaanA o
tho steps at the base Of the statue thi, position
are attacked by the sophomoreS who attempt to drive
them or. At the end Of fifteen minutes the greater
part OF the isputcd territory Is always found in tue
possession OF the >ophomocs. no freshman class hav-
ing as yet gained undieputcd victory their
saants.
The sophomores held class meeting on Thursday,
the freshmen on Friday and another saturday. The
freshmen have elected president, simpson, an En-
cter graduate.
Baseball is not under way As yet but will begin with
a series of games for the class championship The
fist cOntc,ting teams are to be 81 and 90. The
football men took short ont into the country on
Friday and on saturday practi>cd passing and
kicking the ball Oh Weston Field Hotchki,s has been
obliged to resign the captancv. owing 10 the amount
Of time it would require OF him. and HI, place has been
n,1 by Brown, Of 81.
ON Friday evening the various classes held prayer
meetings which wcir marked by rather less than
average ATTENDANCE the Students being very busy dur
ing these first days Of the term Tic l. NJ e. A. Is
10 meet on sunday night.
change is to 60 INTO eject this, year. b. which
freshmen Will hereafter study French and give less
s .%s .Y t &ss nG the 1ss Wi
and in the Junior year French will be carried to
is to be made by engtiening the summer vara-
ton and giving less time to the Christmas and Ea,trr
later IN tic fall the called eQunoctal rains .ht
come hef0r the beginning Of the term. Now. these
nnpca, ant visitors seem TO come llary IN the r>t
week OF the college, year. In fact. this weather
/. regarded almost college institution The Upper
caS,inen that II is sent expressly for the purpose
Of making new corners homesick. and So they dub the
first transform of tho autumn the freshman drilzl"
Whether the equinox has anything To do with all this
or not II certainly is true that rain ana lud nav"
prevailed during the greater part ~ this week. and
Mae into>h and rubber boots IA De- IN" art les 81
apparel most in vogue. Williamstown mud !, famous
for is sta, ing qualities and there but rcs"cta
fhn tfSspt
Of the town A. a partial consequence things have
hccn going rather slowly and most " a." students
room, are not in very prc>"utallr '"nd"l.
Next wcok however. will every thing In order.
and studies will begin earnest. all" VIII baseball
football and other sports. which TIE bad weather has
II cour> DELAYED.