“Volume I of the Gulielmensian appeared in the early spring of 1857.”

To these must be added two more, whose existences have begun since the above was published.  A humorous monthly, The Purple Cow, first saw the light in the fall of 1907 and has since prospered.  Two volumes have appeared of Coffee Club Papers, containing productions read before the meetings of that body.  The first volume bears the date of 1909 and the second of 1910.  Every class on its graduation publishes its Class Book and these sometimes attain a degree of literary merit; hence any review of the literary interests of the college would be incomplete without at least mention of them.

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And now the editors have done their task.  It has been pleasant work; may the results prove as pleasant to those before whose literary palates they are spread.  It remains only to thank the alumni for their loyal financial support through the subscription blanks sent out in June, and the library staff of the college for the generosity with which more than the ordinary facilities of the library have been tendered.

THE EDITORS.

Williamstown, Massachusetts, November 1, 1910.

A WILLIAMS ANTHOLOGY

THE MOUNTAINS

WASHINGTON GLADDEN ’59

  O, proudly rise the monarchs of our mountain land,
    With their kingly forest robes, to the sky,
  Where Alma Mater dwelleth with her chosen band,
    Where the peaceful river floweth gently by.

      Chorus. 
  The mountains! the mountains! we greet them with a song! 
  Whose echoes, rebounding their woodland heights along,
  Shall mingle with anthems that winds and fountains sing,
  Till hill and valley gaily, gaily ring.

  The snows of winter crown them with a crystal crown,
    And the silver clouds of summer round them cling;
  The autumn’s scarlet mantle flows in richness down;
    And they revel in the garniture of spring. Chorus.

  O, mightily they battle with the storm-king’s pow’r;
    And, conquerors, shall triumph here for aye;
  Yet quietly their shadows fall at evening hour,
    While the gentle breezes round them softly play. Chorus.

  Beneath their peaceful shadows may old Williams stand,
    Till suns and mountains never more shall be,
  The glory and the honor of our mountain land,
    And the dwelling of the gallant and the free. Chorus.

Quarterly, 1859.

ADDRESS OF THE STUDENTS OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

From the Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., July 25, 1798