Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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THE BOOK OF NINETY-NINE. market dull on Olympian specialties, he was forced to substitute a banjo. His H divine alllatus was at once distinguished. He made the club Freshman year, and has been leader the last three years. The ethereal smile which floats o'er his serene brow and sulfused cheeks has never been dispelled by Eaton's singing or Goodbody's bluffs. Fitts, after his experience as treasurer of the class- day committee, will enter business. Address, I4 Cedar street, Haverhill, Mass. FOSTER, Walter Eugene, Phi Beta Kappa, Hrst noted his premature lack of cap1'Ilu.rh1'r.r11f1r.v May I3, 1870, at East Westmoreland, N. H. Later he inspired ft thirst for knowledge among his fellow Students in Cushing Academy at Ashburnham, Mass. Closely following a l9S brother, for four years he has kept green the glories of Caesar and Cicero in the local High School. He has also main- tained a high standing in collegiate work, receiv- ing' a Rice Book and a Commencement appoint- ment. Foster has specialized along classical lines, which he intends to follow for his life's work. He has been president of the Classical Society, class historian Sophomore and Senior years. Sophomore year he was elected vice- president of the class, and junior year was pro- moted to president. Aside from his universal popularity, Foster's chief claim to fame has been as leader of that discordant generator of cacophony -the chapel choir. After graduation Walter will become the principal of the Williamstown High School. His permanent address will be care of A. F. Foster, Keene, N. H. GILMAN, Robbins, Kappa Alpha. began to imitate Van Dyke on March 30, 1878, in New York city, and it has been his open boast for some time that he can give that artist points. His stately carriage and keen aspect were derived from a long training at the Yonkers Military Academy, where he captured three brass medals for attendance He later went to Exeter. His early college life was marked by a genial boisterousness, which served to cover up his real character, of which mention cannot here be properly made. His dis- simulation was brought out, however, in the matter of the canes, Freshman year. jack served on the Sophomore promenade committee. He is also a member of the Exeter Club, and has been its presi- dent for the past three years. He expects to take up banking as a business. His future address will be Palisade avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. DANI ICL l ITTS, JR . WALTISR I-2. FOSTER ROHHIXS GILMAN.

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GEORGE C. IJOUGLASS. LEO li. EATON. ALEXANDER D. FALCK. WILLIAMS COLLEGE. DOUGLASS, George Centennial, pushed his tirst infantile shriek june 16, 1876. This was in Granville, N. Y. Since then he has been diligently practising oratorical stunts until now his talents have received their proper and adequate recognition. George prepared at Mt. Hermon and the Granville High School. Helhas maintained a high standing during his course, giving particular attention to Philosophy and other cranial clisturbers. for which he has been rewarded with a Commencement appointment. Douglass will enter the ministry. He is uncertain as to his future address. EATON, Leo Kimball, Delta Kappa Epsi- lon, Kappa Beta Phi, first shook hands with the bystanders February 9, 1876, in Oshkosh, Wis- consin. After a successful course at the Oshkosh High School, he entered Williams in the fall of '95. Like all men of sanguine temperament and athletic build he was more forcibly attracted to Weston Field than to Hopkins Hall. He was 'Varsity substitute his first two years, and played on the first eleven junior and Senior years, putting up a strong, steady game at left guard. He is also a member of the college choir. ffEat is a great social light, and preiiminently noted as a racon- teur. He expects to study law at Harvard. Fu- ture address, Oshkosh, Wis. FALCK, Alexander Divan, Kappa Alpha. Gargoyle, K. K. K. 13, was born in Elmira, N. Y., March 7, 1878. He prepared at home, At Williams he has devoted much attention to the Y. M. C. A., and the social side of college life. He is manager of Cap and Bells, a member of the Western New York Club, and vice-president of the Senior class. He has also taken a keen interest in debating, and was successively president and critic of the Philotechnian Society. Alec was a member of his class football team in his underclassman days. He expects to enter Columbia Law School in the fall, and his future address will be 514 Lake street, Elmira, N. Y. FITTS, Daniel, Jr., Phi Delta Theta, Gargoyle, thrust his Apollo-Belvidere form upon an admiring coterie, May 26, 1877, in Haverhill, Mass. Find- ing the co-educational atmosphere of the local High School in harmony with his somewhat fas- tidious tastes, he graced its halls, a god incarnate. He early felt the need of a lyre. Finding the

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TIIOM AS l'. GOODBOIDY. GICOSVENOR GRANNIS. JOSl'1l'l-I A. HALL. WILLIAMS COLLEGE. GOODBODY, Thomas Pim, Chi Psi, Gar- goyle, Kappa Beta Phi, first chased the family goat through the hogs of Dublin, Ireland, on january 4, 1878. Emigrating as a stowaway to this country, and failing to make the H force, he specialized in H long Dinnis at the Dwight School, New York City. Coming to Williams he upheld the honor of the purple and the glory of the shamrock by defeat- ing Amherst last year in the singles and assisting in the doubles. He is president of the Tennis as- sociation. Tom has occasionally let out his stride in the half mile, winning points in the games with Amherst and at Worcester. Possessed of a wealth of good nature and a true lover of clean athletics, Pim has won many warm friends whose esteem would follow him, even if he should fall back into the savage life of his native clan. However. he believes himself sufficiently civilized to enter busi- ness. Address uncertain. GRANNIS, Grosvenor, Sigma Phi, was born in Goshen, N. Y., on September I4, 1876. The famous town of Sing Sing moulded his growing character, and Holbrook Military Academy pre- pared him for college. H Grove? has acquired con- siderable reputation among us on account of his ver- satility, his geniality, and his admirable faculty of getting into any game that happens to be going on in his immediate neighborhood. He has played on his class baseball and football teams, sung on the Glee Club and taken female parts in Cap and Bells, besides acting as end man in the minstrel show recently given by that organization. Socially he has been much sought after, many people declar- ing that while not handsome he is fZl.SClI'l21tlI1g. After graduation he will go to work at once, and expects to earn a handsome income H picking the buds off of century plants. His address will be Sing Sing, N. Y. HALL, Joseph Ambrose, Alpha Delta Phi, Kappa Beta Phi, first opened his infantile face and a jack-pot, December 9, 1876, in Brookline, Mass. He prepared at the Brookline High School. With thoughts of the ministry, and a pile of reds he en- tered Williams. Both are gone, the former to Sherry, the latter to Goodbody. Hall, besides oc- casional recitations, just for the sake of the custom, has devoted considerable attention to the social side of life, having served on the Freshman supper, Senior class-day, and Sophomore promenade com- mittees, being chairman of the last-named body, not to mention his interstate influence as arbilcr eleganliariml. From force of habit, joey will follow