Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26

tiers. Some Of them are quite expensive.
The Alpha Delta Phi and Sigma Phi houses
cost $4,000 each. and several others cost
nearly as much. The rivalry between the
fraternities is very keen, and the alumni
takes an active interest In stheir AFFAIRS.
The fraternity reunions are aA important
feature Of commencement week.
Keeping the Glasses Small.
4. While Williams Is gradually growing
in numbers-the average increase for the
last dozen years or more has been twenty
five q year-the size of the classroom d.
visions has been diminished by the increase
Of instructors, with the feeling that the
personal benefits of the small college must
not be lost in its growth. The close social
contact between the students and the men,
bers Of the faculty is considered one of the
chief advantages Of Williams. and 1t is the
intention of the trustees to extend 1t with
still greater force. 1t is the policy to make
the members of the faculty teachers In the
highest sense and broadcast meaning of that
word, both by precept and example. In
some institutions professor knows his
students only by name, and often only by
number Here an instructor Is expected TO
use his personal influence in building the
character as well as increasing the knowl-
edge of the young men under his charge.
There are forty instructors for less than
500 students. an average OF one Tor each
1911 students, which Is a much higher ratio
than Is usually found. This small division
system has proven very successful. and all
the alumni of Williams will testify to the
value Of the personal influence of their in
structors during their academic life.
Study Of the Classics.
5. More than ordinary emphasis is placed
upon the classics at Williams. Its curricu-
lum Is old fashioned. There have been no
innovations. The study of Greek and Latin
Is still considered Of supreme Importance,
and the latter Is required Of all candidates
for degrees. The successful competitors for
the Rhodes scholarships in Oxford Untver-
sity have almost invariably been found de-
fcient In the classics after their arrival
Their preparation in Latin and Greek has
been so defective that they have not been
able to take equal places with students
from the public schools of England. Prof.
Wiley Of Oxford, who has charge of the
'Roadsters," as they are called, is continu-
ally impressing upon the examining boards
who pass upon candidates for these schol-
arships In the United States the necessity
of more thorough preparation and high
er standard in Latin and Greek. The ad-
ministration of Williams believes in the
same policy.
Student Expenses.
s. 1t is claimed that a poor student can
get more for his money at Williams Col
lege than at any other college of its class.
The average expenditure of students how
ever. has increased very much during the
last few years, and Is now about $500 a
year. Formerly most of the students were
poor boys; now majority come from rich
deal more money for Injuries than for ne
cessities, which was not the case twelve
or fifteen years ago. Several boys in every
class pay their own way through, tutoring,
teaching. doing newspaper correspondence
and other literary work, clerical work. act
ing as agents for tailors, dealers in athletic
supplies and other merchants, waiting on
table and doing Chores in families about
town, by which they are usually able to
earn enough to pay their board while those
who deserve 1t can get as much as SITS
year from the scholarship funds. Some
boys have taken as much as $500 and $500 in
cash prizes during their courses, and I
hear of a graduate about eighteen years
ago who not only paid all his expenses by
tutoring during term time and serving as
a hotel clerk at Saratoga during vacations,
but came out with 81, 600 In the bank at
the end of his course
There has been a great improvement in
student comforts and luxurtes at Williams
during recent years. The old dormitories
modern conveniences, bathrooms steam
heat and electric lights New reading rooms.
public study rooms, billiard and pool rooms
and amusement rooms of all kinds have
been provided recently which add SO much
to the pleasure Of student life.
Religious Influences.
z. Williams has always been noted for
It's religious influence. No college has been
more thoroughly pervaded with religious,
sentiment, and formerly a great majority
of the graduates went into the ministry.
Williams has sent more missionaries into
the foreign field than any other college,
which is perfectly natural because the
American board of foreign missions was
born here in 1906, when four students
Mills Richards, Hall and Nott-sat under
a haystack on the campus and pledged
with prayer to go out into the
world and preach the gospel to every crea-
ture. OF recent years. however, more OF
the graduates have gone into the law courts
than into the pulpit.\
The total number of graduates on the
rolls is 1910, of whom 2,430 are supposed
to be living OF these. so far as can be as .
certained, 459 are lawyers, 374 are clergy
men, 1873 are physicians, 1872 teachers,
70 are in the military service of the United
States and IS are foreign missionaries.
Williams College has always been very
conservative. 1t has never undertaken
to be a university. 1t has never been adj
vertised. 1t has been the scene of no sem
sations It has been satisfied to remain
lone of these little fresh water colleges" as
Oliver Wendell Holmes called it, and do Its
work in the most thorough and effective