University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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He collared Mr. Brightman, And said, “You go to-morrow ” ; Then down there came an ocean — Changing triumph into sorrow. He jumped up to the third floor, All soaked from feet to head, And, seizing Brother Palmer, He pulled him out of bed. From here he went to Scott’s room To tell of the affair — To dry his regimentals And smooth his golden hair. Now, we can’t exactly calculate Just what the end will be; But we think that Sergt. Williams Will fire two or three.

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Zf ie Ducking of Sergt. Williams. January 12, 1896. Mr. Williams, the largest man That ever walked the floor, Was startled, Sunday evening, By a rap upon his door. It sounded quite suspicious, So he stirred not from his chair ; But the club kept up its thumping Till he felt like pulling hair. Then Sergt. Williams started On a trip among the boys For the purpose to discover Who was making all the noise. Now Sergt. Williams’ passions To a shaky height arose ; So he pulled off both his slippers And walked upon his toes. He’d mounted to the second floor, Red-hot without and in, And, had he been short-legged, He might have had to swim.

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jfcistojy. I N 1863 the State of Rhode Island accepted from the United States Government the land grant scrip, which gave to each State thirty thousand acres of the public lands for each Senator and Representative in Congress. The land was to be sold by the States, the proceeds of the sale invested, and the income appropriated for the maintenance of at least one college where the leading object should be to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. By the Hatch Act of March 2, 1887, an annual appropriation of $15,000 was granted each State for the purpose of establishing an Agricultural Experiment Station in connection with an Agricul- tural College or School. It was not until the summer of 1888, however, that the Rhode Island State Agricultural School was established, and in the mean- time the funds for agricultural instruction had been appropriated by Brown University. Further funds were granted the Agricultural Colleges by the new Morrill bill of August 30, 1890. That these might be used in Rhode Island the Agricultural School was incorporated as a college, and has been conducted on such a basis since September, 1892. On April 19, 1894, the Legislature passed an act authorizing the State Treasurer to pay Brown University the sum of $40,000, in