The Murky Secrets of Williamstown’s Green River We sing the school song about the majesty of the surrounding mountains as “monarchs”—Mount Greylock, Pine Cobble, and so forth. But what of the lowly Green River meandering around Williamstown? The lyric of the song does recognize that “the peaceful river floweth gently by.” While mountains and streams […]
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Scot and James December 2016
That’s our Scot McCullough on the left. Scot graciously consented to pose with James Taylor as the latter was honored at the 39th Annual Kennedy Center Celebration of the Arts on December 4, 2016. They almost gave the award to Scot instead. You can read the full story here. Many thanks to Scot for supplying […]
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Roatan January 1968
During the month of January 1968, Associate Professor of Anthropology Thomas Price guided a group of seventeen Williams undergraduates to the Island of Roatan or (or Roatán, to use the Spanish spelling) for hands-on experience with the rudiments of anthropological research. From our class, Guy Horsley, Skip Edmonds, Bob Gault, Scott Wylie, Peter Naylor, Curt Tyler, […]
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January 1968 and the Winter Study Program
Editor’s Note: January 1968 was memorable for several reasons. Without doubt, the most dramatic event was the Fort Hoosac fire, spectacularly captured in the photo by (then) Dean of Freshmen John Hyde. But it was also the maiden voyage for the Winter Study Program (WSP), which along with our class, celebrates its 50th anniversary this […]
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The Satire Room (or Rahar’s) — Where the Booze Was
Williams and other Massachusetts college students in the 1960’s who hailed from urban places like New York and Washington, DC, where the drinking age was 18, found the drinking age of 21 in the Commonwealth to be not merely quaint, but puritanical. Indeed, it seemed to be an annoyance and an impediment to their social […]
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From Ian and Sylvia to Cream to Mountain starting in Lasell Gymnasium
Lloyd’s detailed memory of that weekend so long ago amazed me – something I hadn’t thought of for decades but which oddly seems clear. I remember it was a great concert, but it almost didn’t happen at all.
It was snowing that day, lightly all day, great for homecoming
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There’s something happening here: a critical review of recent studies of the 60s
Review by Ken Jackson
Mark Kurlansky. 1968: The Year that Rocked the World.
New York: Ballantine, 2004.