Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22

THE LATE PRESIDENT MARK HOPKINS.
 of arms he appreciated the value of the gentler arts of civilization and left the bulk of his large estate to endow a free school at Williamstown. The funds were allowed to accumulate until 11S5, when free school was founded. and in l193 the institution was incorporated as q college The first commencement of the college was held Sept. ?. 1895, when four students were graduated.
 In the years that have followed, 3,296 men have been graduated from Will liams college, many of whom have re- flected honor upon their alma mater, and ono of whom, James 4. Garfield. at 1 tained the highest office in the land. Among the many living graduates who have achieved national fame may be mentioned David Dudley Field, United States Justice Stephen J. Field and ex- l Senator J. J. Ingalls,.
 i Next to Ephraim Williams. Williams college probably owes most to Dr. Mark Hopkins. who for Sc years filled the po- sition of president of that institution aul left an indelihlc impress on its his tory and policy. A an ardent admirer recently said: He built himself into the mental fabric of two generations of men. They hold him in gentle. loving and grateful rememhr&nCc. President Hop Ei@a resigned his position i'll 1872. but he c,uIiLIrd k give his services as 2 lee turcr on metaphysics to the college for 1 rho next 10 years, Uulil lis death.
 At the seInicrntcnuialo of the college in i 1Sl3 Mark Hopkins said: When another half century is past and the call shall go forth for the centennial gathering, We shall not hear it. Long before that time the most of us will have done what we have to do for the veal or the woe of man. The impression which we choose to make ill the welding material of time will before that have been made and . have become set in the eternal adamant of the past. Let us then throw ourselves upon the tide of this great movement-the advancing tide of Chris tian progress-which We trust is to rise and swell and flow over the earth" He did more than any other to fulfill his own prediction of "a high career of use fulness for the half century to come" at Williams college, and we may feel as- Sured that many tributes of affectionate remembrance will be pald to his mem- ory at the approaching celebration.
 One feature of Williams which gives it firm hold on tine affections of the people Is the comparative ease with which impecunious students may work their way through the college. In cases of extreme need deserving undergradu- ates may receive scholarships of from $9O to $50 year, and this assistance is not conditional on superior scholar ship. The college employs q number of students as monitors, library attendants, etc, at salaries ranging from $l5 to $50 q year. The orgauist makes $50, and members of the chapel choir are paid S20 each. Waiting on the table is a | favorite employment and Is compensated by free board. Some students establish agencies for Troy ldundries, athletic goods, etc. and there Is tradition of one enterprising youth who constituted himself railway ticket agent for a week before vacation 3Ld cleared a handsome sum. Tutoring is fairly well paid, and prize winning Is sometimes very profitable. Tho valedictorian in 1889 carried off $500, and @ sophomore took more than $50.
 These earnings and economies may seem very petty To rtuple of liberal AASoAAos buA IL EAstGll bS that the cost of a course at Williams is very low. The college authorities them selves estimate the necessary expenses at from $260 to $460 year. Certainly the minimum need not be higher than $500. Undoubtedly many hardships and some humiliation await the youth who seeks to work his way through college, but the goal for which he strives is 6 noble one, and the sacrifices necessary to attain it may have a beneficial effect.
 C. H. CLARKE.