Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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THE CLASS COLLINS A'rxv.x'1'1-:R At , Atwater, Delta Upsilon, son of Z. Atwater, a physician, XVil- liams 1879, was born at Wfestfield, Massachusetts, on September 10, 1887. He graduated from the XVestiield high school, where he was on the track team. Freshman year he roomed in 26 Jesup, sophomore year in 30 Morgan with Sloane, CJ'-lQOQ, 'unior ear in 2 Berkshire alone and the last half of senior 'ear 3 at the fraternity house. For the first half of senior year he attended the Dartmouth medical school at Hanover, New Hampshire. Atwater has been active in but one branch of undergrauluate activity. Freshman year he tied for first in the running high jump in the interclass track meet and the following year won third place. During the season of junior year he competed against Brown and Amherst in the two varsity dual meets. His natural spring in this event is con- siderable, but nevertheless he has never reached real varsity caliber. a chief diversion he confesses the study of medicine, thus explaining why he went to Dart- mouth. He has' specialized in German while in college. Futizrc 0CClLf7Ul'1'0Il' and f1cz'drcs.s'.' Steel business, Pittsburg, Penn- sylvania.

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26 NVILLIAMS COLLEGE CLASS BOOK take place in Wlilliams, and it is our very real regret that we cannot as undergraduates take more of a part in them all. But we have had a very fundamental share in the beginnings at least. WVhatever else we may have done, and these accomplishments are recorded elsewhere in this book, one thing stands out above them all-the establishment of a conference system between under- graduates and administrative officers, for the purpose of consul- tation on such questions as may need settlement. As leaders in college activities the members of nineteen nine have tried to do their best, and their success averages up with that of most other senior classes-here an improvement has been instituted, there the former standard has not been quite.reached. Such matters will be forgotten very shortly, but this establishment of more intimate relations with the administration we shall always remem- ber as the most lasting thing we did, even if it was accomplished below the surface, unnoticed by many. We may confidently say that by it we have set an example worth the handing down to the classes who are soon to take our place. This is the legacy we leave as we go away. Not very long ago, there was published a cartoon of a college senior, like any one of us, in academic robes, perched on- the top of a lofty column built of text-books, printed lectures, trots, athletic paraphernalia, playing-cards and many other odds and ends, umnentionable here, but all the same quite essential to the equipment of an up-to-date undergraduate. He sat there, this senior, receiving with proper dignity the plaudits of the Com- mencement crowd gathered at the -base of the column to acclaim him. But, in the midst of all his glory, the whole flimsy structure under him tottered and swayed far out over the edge of a steep precipice oh whose sunnnit it was built. Far below could be distinguished the figures of men engaged in the turmoil and struggle of real life, an ocean so stormy as to swallow up all but the skillful navigator. And the man in cap and gown, with his college education his pilot, and his sheepskin his passport, where in all that troubled sea will he find safe harbor? ERNEST H. Wooo

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28 NVILLLXAIS ClJl,LIClilC CLASS HOOK joim F141-:ni-:mek ILXRGFRIQDIC Fritz llargfrede, Delta Upsilon, Gargoyle, son of Christopher Barg- frede, a wholesale merchant in New York City, was born in New York City on May 1, 1884. He prepared for college at the Dwight school in New York City, where he was a member of the football team. He first entered with the class of nineteen eight. Resigning' because of illness, he reentered with nineteen nine. Freshman year he roomed in I4 Morgan with Snowden and for the last three years has roomed at the fraternity house. lly the vote of the class llargfrede has been declared the best- natured member. llis Qeniality and good-fellowship have made him liked by all. llis democratic spirit, coupled with his other pleasing characteristics, have obtained for him the election to the Class Supper committee sophomore year and Library Orator senior year. He was also a member of the Freshman Peerade committee senior year. lllis real work has been as a member of the football team, where his consistent play as guard and tackle dur- ing sophomore and junior years caused admiration from the col- lege. Senior year, because of in- juries received in the early part of the' season, the football team was weakened by the absence of his playing: For two years he played on the class football teams. His work on the class baseball team behind the bat was at least con- spicuous, if not of the highest caliber. He is a member of Thax and the Fasces society. Wfith all his work completed he left col- lege in the middle of senior year. l'iIlfllI'l' 0cc1zpc1t1'01z.' Columbia law school. f1ddrc.rs.' .Pearl River, New York.