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...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ...suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparencies, the sha... ...r the lum- ber business. Matthews will go into the real estate business at Portland, Ore. A. Mitchell and L. Mitchell will enter the employ of the Roc... ...new papers have been added to the list, in- oludirig the Springfield News, Portland (Me.) Press and Argus. Corning (N.Y.) Leader,Minneapo- lis .Tourna... ...Webster, and Miss Cleland of Williamstown. Chi Psi: Mrs. F. H. Eazel- ton, Portland. Me. ; Mrs. S. R. Kitchell, Cambridge, Mass, ; Mrs. T. B. Riohards... ...ven, Conn. Prof. Kellogg will probably pass July and August at Little Deer Isle, Me. Dr. Kennon intends to devote his time to visits in Baltimore, Md.... ... -A. WOOD. FEBRUARY 27—Thomas Jefferson in " l^i|t Van Winkle '' MARCH 9— "Isle of Spice" WILLIAMS RECORD, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1908 . P.J. BOLAND&SON Ta... ... O. \. WOOD. FEBRUARY^?—Thomas Jefferson in •• Rip Van Winkle '' MARCH 9— "Isle of Spice" .;!li WILLIAMS RECORD. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1908 '.( : '1 P....

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...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic C... ...lotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by ... ...ry Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ding the few years that passed between his Commissioner-ship in the Ionian Isles and his Commandership in Ireland. He was connected with the Coleridge... ...hooner which was being built at Blackwall for voyages among the Melanesian isles. In expectation of this, Patteson went up to London in the beginning ... ...himself, Mrs. Selwyn, Mr. Patteson, and another clergyman, in the ‘Duke of Portland,’ which did not sail till the end of March, when Patteson was to m... ...to that particular work in the Great Vineyard.’ About 5 P .M. the ‘Duke of Portland’ swung round with the tide, strangers were ordered on shore, Coler... ...simplified by Bishop Selwyn’s resolution only to deal with totally heathen isles, and what- ever superiority the authorised chief pastor might rightfu... ...am, and, after all the delays, sailed on the very same day as the ‘Duke of Portland.’ Meantime here are a few extracts from Patteson’s journal- letter...

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...s fifty years to-night That God has saved the Queen. Now, when the flame they watch not towers About the soil they trod, Lads, we?ll remember friends of ours Who shared the work with God. To skies that knit their heartstrings right, To fields that bred them brave, The saviours come not home to-night Themselves they could not save. It dawns in Asia, tombstones show And Shro...

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