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...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the...

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...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...low- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. The parade marched up Main street to the Greylock ... ... an educator, his rank is high. He took the broader view that the study of ancient languages should have as its purpose the enlarge- ment of the stude... ...a language, and held to the rather questionable doctrine that the study of ancient Greek should be approached through modern Romaic. He adopted a tuto... ...es, interest in the subject being revived after the lOfh century A. D. The ancients wore entirely igno- rant of the soionce of bacliteriolo- gy, thoug... ... sways silent at its dripping sill." Continued on page 4. GRECIAN GARMENTS Clothing' of Ancients Described by Members of Classical Society The second ... ...l last even- ing at 7.30. Four members of the society read papers on Greek Clothing. Deyo '08 first took up "Dress in Homeric Times". The scantiness o... ...aves by having the himation pinned at both shoul- ders instead of one. The clothing of the Grecian women was the subject treated by Benham '10. The pe...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle, trans. William Ellis, t... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...auses of revolutions in Book V . shows how far were the existing states of Greece from the ideal with which he starts. His analysis of the facts force... .... W allace, Outlines of the Philosophy of Aristotle, 1875, 1880; A. Grant (Ancient Classics for English readers), 1877; T. Davidson, Aristotle and Anc... ...strengthen the bands of soci- ety, seems to have been known to some of the ancients; for Solon made a law, as did some others also, to restrain per- s... ...sfortuue has befallen them. They were 55 Aristotle also to preserve their ancient patrimony, which custom be- ing broken through by the Leucadians, m... ...os first drew up. This island seems formed by nature to be the mistress of Greece, for it is entirely surrounded by a navigable ocean which washes alm... ... of different constitutions to observe the same regimen, either of diet or clothing, so is it with respect to the honours 110 A Treatise on Governmen...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of...

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...Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reev... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocquevi... ... to others it seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history. L... ...survive the destruction of their coun- try; and they braved death like the ancient Romans when their capital was sacked by the Gauls. Further on, p. 1... ...survive the destruction of their coun- try; and they braved death like the ancient Romans when their capital was sacked by the Gauls. Further on, p. 1... ...own courts of justice. It cannot be doubted that the *This was the case in Greece, when Philip undertook to ex- ecute the decree of the Amphictyons; i... ...“The time when the Indians generally could supply themselves with food and clothing, without any of the articles of civi- lized life, has long since p... ...eives his wages in money, the slave in education, in food, in care, and in clothing. The money which a master spends in the maintenance of his slaves ...

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...shed by the number 36, without too much deliberation. ?Your hat, sir, if you please?? a thin, querulous voice called out. A little old man, crouching in the darkness behind a railing, suddenly rose and exhibited his features, carved after a mean design....

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ussian kopeck, a Scottish farthing, a single obolus or sestertius from the ancient world, or one piastre from the new, without of- fering you anything... ...least!” “So you want to discount heaven, a thoroughly commer- cial notion. Ancient religions were but the unchecked devel- opment of physical pleasure... ...nd gives free play to civilization, that Titan queen who has succeeded the ancient terrible figure of the king, that sham Providence, reared by man be... ..., never cost more than two sous for each day. I had three years’ supply of clothing, and I only dressed when going out to some library or public lec- ... ...le upon her lips and in her eyes, the smile that she wore as a part of her clothing, and that never varied for friends, for mere acquaintances, or for... ...round on faces dusted over with iron filings, white eyes, greasy blackened clothing, and hairy chests, could have fancied himself transported into the...

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...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing wi...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an i... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...s a bookseller and stationer. His mother was Sa- rah Ford, descended of an ancient race of sub- stantial yeomanry in Warwickshire. They were well adva... ... of mere amusement, ‘not voyages and travels, but all literature, Sir, all ancient writers, all manly: though but little Greek, only some of Anacreon ... ... left with- out a shilling. Johnson wrote for him a Preface to A System of Ancient Geography; and, by the favour of Lord Thurlow, got him admitted a p... ...by the news-papers.’ Sir Adam mentioned the orators, poets, and artists of Greece. Johnson. ‘Sir, I am talking of the mass of the people. We see even ... ...did, she interrupted us by a lively ex- travagant sally, on the expence of clothing his children, describing it in a very ludicrous and fanciful manne... ... in spite of the union of the crowns, is still in most places so devoid of clothing, or cover from hedges and plantations, that it was well you gave y...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ..., in my igno- rance, it was no better than a large toy-shop. When I saw an ancient, dusty white hat, with some peculiar append- age to it which was un... ...led round Washington; and now the effort of supply- ing them with food and clothing was as much as could be accomplished! But the contractors, in the ... ...inscription which it bears, “To the Arts.” It has been turned into an army clothing establishment. The streets of Washington, night and day, were thro... ...tcher and delver would be preposterous. The Kentucky slave never wants for clothing fitted to the weather. He eats meat twice a day, and has three goo... ...athed in blood in her effort to rid herself of her painted sepulcher of an ancient throne; how Germany was made desolate, in order that Prussia might ... ...mmands, but beyond this everything was necessarily new. Young colonels and ancient captains abounded without any harsh feeling as to the matter on eit...

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...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e available on hire for balls or concerts; and, some few seasons since, an ancient little gentleman came down and stayed at the hotel, who said that h... ...thing else left he turns to and even pitches his hat, or his rough weather clothing. Do not judge him by deceitful appearances. These are among the br... ...ing way of passing along to their duty at night, carrying huge sou’ wester clothing in reserve, that is fraught with all good pre possession. They ar... ...d its many win dowed streets white and quiet in the sunlight, there is an ancient belfry in it that would have been in all the Annuals and Albums, go... ... them up, like fire plugs. Secondly, the shop where they sell the sailors’ clothing, which displayed the old sou’ westers, and the old oily suits, and... ... a seques tered tavern, and sit o’ nights smoking pipes in the bar, among ancient bottles and glasses, as our eyes behold them. How goes the night no...