The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-22
WILLIAMSBURG FULL OF GIRL
SHESN THE ONE GRAND FEAT
IRE OF TRE CONMENCENENT.
Fatfared Fuii Neon Adds 70 the Delights
of the Prom. and DNeris the Grads.
Too Old 90 rance some Comment
PRO and COn on MAJ Collegs d nun.

tpvn vas full u them to-day. full from
one end % the other They swept acres
the campus dressed in white and carrying
pink pa-aspls win feathers a-hutter in the
hreeae They were beautiful % look Al
and nobody walked alone
!. Under tho elms thoy went and across
the smooth lawns, white against the green
Most Of them stuck close @ the shade
though. for tonight Is the senior prom
AID Il wouldn't 30 q be tattnOed In red
according ~ the design u those hide and
60 seek perforated waists. now would it'
They went % class day such Of them
a. hal interests there, and most Of them
did
Williams College class days are serious
Affairs and the graduates Ak up the prepa-
rations Tor them awav IN advance There
h some nonsense about them. Of course.
but Tor the most pan it's a case with the
speakers Of the great non-academic here
after and what the chances are Of getting
along The whole thing takes place under
the trees here and there about the campus
and the fathers. brothers. mothers. sis
tcr and other pe,ticoated peBoEs have
"a follow along after the Procession an
best they can. On hot day like to-day.
ard most Williams class days are % this
sort. rs hard work
The day began late chiehy because the
fraternity reunions held until S O'Clock
this Eorning and involved many matters
ofvaT.sdappesL With some of the young
ard vigorous the day did not begin az all.
Il sas jus' kept going from yesterday
ut he more serious minded Of the
saduaoes were on hand az the opening
4 TIE alumni meeting which was set for
70 O'Clock N Jesup Hall
It's the custom for the graduates az
this meeting 70 hear from the reunion
Glasses, which this wear are the flves and
tons from early times 20 1905. and 10 listen
70 a report Of the Official Representatives
Of The alumni who have visited tha college
during the year Bentley W Warren u
Boston. a trustee Of the oollege. re-
ported for 1885
He told the alumni that new dormitory
would be started soon. the proceeds Of
which viii 60 toward Increasing the sal
aries Of the professors The fund was
started by iss. three years or so ago.
The alumni have been contributing
quietly ever since most Of them IN small
sums Mr.. Warren reported that 1855
had gwen 5000 ana that the whole fund
had reached about 5000. which the
trustees recently decided 70 use toward
the construction % another dOrmitory
.
next tali freshmen would be shv rooms
IN college buildings unless work were
begln forthwith.
The plan .s 10 place the new dormitory
hanking the quadrangle which IL % Ne
opened on Park street. behind the pres
dent . house. Such u q 40 II 20 BE- built
right away will cost $4,000. part Il which
vii have - be advanced on the quad
rangle will be an auditorium the money
for which was subscribed year ago
BY Alfred {. Chaplin OF New iork Work
on it has not begun yet. but the authori-
ties here expect 70 get b. stared within
the year. II will face Park street. and
the new dormitory ~ which Mr Warren
spoke to-day will flank IL on one side
Plans for the building on the other side
have not been announced yet
N was said to-day BY one 81 tho trustees
that the buildings on the new quadrangle
viii be In the Georgian style They Wll
~ built oiered brick With Indiana lime
stone trimmings
The man who read the report OF the
alumni visitors was Charles Andrew
Heath Of Chicago Mr. Heath's report
was not favorable % the present scheme
% things. He said he thought tina alumni
ought 10 have quicker and easier acosss I
% the accounts Of the college 10 that they [
could tell what the money Of Williams was !
invested In tie aid too he Thought Il I
vas strange that ak % the sixteen trustees I
came from Boston and eight from New |
York. leaving the alumni resident elss- !
where without adequate represent alton !
Mr Heath said he did not like much |
better the way the trustee committee |
on buildings and grounds was dong is |
business and added that the curriculum /.
needed 20 he hxed up too Neither did ne /
hike certain phases Of student life He /
thought the alumni could fix things up 1
II only thew got the chance
As soon az Mr. Heath had finished road /
ing his iorty-five minute report Francis /
Lynds Stetson Of New York Jumped 70 /
hie feet and answered hrs criticisms point
by point Mr. Stetson IL a member o. tho |
board n trustees and kn0Wa the WHY'S
q every action that the board has "a ken 4
IN years He said he was in the Ia bit of /
reading a good many corporation reports
~ The course Of a season and that not /
one Of them showed the financial opera
ions Of the company any more clearly
than the report 81 the treasurer detailed |
the business n Williams College: and as
Tor the trustees. IL was the alumni d.
rectly or indirectly who elected every one
AZ them. and they were Therefore the rep
resentatives Of the graduates
Mr stetson spoke 81 Mr. Hcaih's other
- - |
thought that Williams College was RoinR
along pretty we'll thank you. and what
llis there were would be fixed mp a. soon
az one could reasonably expect
The chairman Of the meeting was the
Rev. Dr. william NJ. GrOayenor Of New
York. Bliss Perry. editor Of the Atiantte
M0athly. was elected in his pl0os as the
president Of the alumni for next year.
The man when the alumni elected as
chairman Of the othlstic COMMITTEES was
Z. I. hnley. Assistant Attorney General
Of New York. Pop Russell. who got a
loving cup Yesterday from 1907 becats-.
be 10 sponsor 1T Williams athletics. also
was put on the committee. This "a the
body which serves ~ the alumni repre-
aentatives on the athletic council, the
oTganization which has supervision over
Williams athletics Before a vote was
taken on Mr. Risley's name he hoped
~ aud asked for a chance q speak
want you all 10 understand he said,
before you vote on me that I'm an adj
vOcate u summer hall and / don't want
20 b elected on any other platform
Nr Rislcy got his election.
Class day exercises took up an the
e1rly part u the afternoon. The seniors
marched and cOuntermarched around the
olmpus with a hand playing the most
dirge In the world. me
young graduates looked az though thew I
were II a funeral and that was vvl,st z