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...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...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... ...ED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Ora... ...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... ...iftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, and fortified with iio... ...dley, Ford, Soutbworth, War- ren and Wight, and the sophomore and freshmen speakers. Follow- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came t... ...he Keliey.Olark Co., one of the largest wholesale gro- cery and commission houses in Seattle, Wash., having branch of- fices in Spokane, i'ortland and... ... the freshman in Philoltjgian Hall Each team will cunsist of three regular speakers and an alternate. The speakers each will be al- lowed five ininnte... ...o was designed. Christ Church College Hall, the original of the Hutchinson Commons at Chicago, is also shown. I' WILLIAMS REOOKD, MONDAY. APRIL 15, 1...

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