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had a different tone.
The college has indeed much to be proud of in its literature and
journalism--for it has been enriched with names like Bryant, Prime,
Franklin Carter, Mabie, Stoddard, Scudder, Alden, Gladden, G.L.
Raymond, L.W. Spring, G. Stanley Hall, H.L. Nelson, G.E. MacLean,
Cuthbert Hall, Isaac Henderson, Bliss Perry, F.J. Mather, Rollo Ogden:
many of them are represented here; and we are glad for the college that
their fame had its beginnings, even if often modest, in our student
publications.
For the purpose of embodying the literary history of the college as
completely as possible in one volume, the compilers have added an

appendix containing the names of the editors of the Literary Monthly
for the twenty-six years of its existence. For the same purpose, they
quote below a chronological sketch of the various publications, which
appeared in the Gulielmensian of the class of 1908. The present editors
cannot vouch for all the facts there set forth.
"So far as is known, the earliest periodical published by Williams
undergraduates was The Adelphi, a bi-weekly, of which the first issue
appeared August 18, 1831, and the last June 21, 1832. After twelve
years The Williams Monthly Miscellany was started in July, 1844, and
continued until September, 1845. After another lapse of several years,
The Williams Quarterly Magazine was founded in July, 1853, and
continued publication until June, 1872. Meantime, April 13, 1867, The
Williams Vidette had been started, and in 1872, the older Quarterly_
was merged into it. The _Vidette was published fortnightly until June,
1874, when it, together with _The Williams Review_, a tri-weekly,
started in June, 1870, was united to form the fortnightly Williams
Athenoeum, the first issue of which appeared October 10, 1874. In May,
1881, another fortnightly, The Argo, was started, which, with The
Athenoeum, appeared in alternate weeks until April, 1885, when the
two gave place simultaneously to _The Williams Literary Monthly_
and The Fortnight. Two years later, April, 1887, The Fortnight_ was
reorganized into The Williams Weekly_. In 1904 The Williams
Weekly_ became _The Williams Record.
"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.

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
Sir,--Though members of an infant Institution and of little comparative
weight in the scale of the Union, we feel for the interest of our country.
It becomes every patriotic youth in whose breast there yet remains a
single principle of honour, to come forward calmly, boldly, and
rationally to defend his country. When we behold, Sir, a great and
powerful nation exerting all its energy to undermine the vast fabrics of
Religion and Government, when we behold them inculcating the
disbelief of