Williamsiana

1. Williams College of course can't have regular graffiti on the inside of Griffin's dome. What language is it in?
   Greek.

2. The architect of the war memorial on top of Mt Greylock intended his creation for another site. Where?
   An island in Boston Harbor. It's a lighthouse.

3. What building stands on the site of Fort Massachusetts?
   Price Chopper

4. Why does the Municipal Building make an odd police station?
   It's a former frat house.

5. Why can you find the remains of trenches and other field fortifications in the woods above Eph's Pond?
   The College housed Naval aviator and officer training programs during the Second World War.

6. Who sucks, anyway? Name all of the different spelllings.
   Hoosic, Hoosac, Hoosick Hoosic River in MA; Hoosac Range, Valley, and Tunnel; Hoosic R in NY and town of Hoosic Falls NY

7. Explain Jessup's color.
   Original donors demanded purple; college complied, but has been lightening it ever since

8. What's under Currier Ballroom?
   The basement, which is now walled off, and tunnels to the pool.

9. It's January 10th. It's dark. It's freezing cold. You're all out. You're too aghast to ask anyone you know (they all think you're a virgin anyway). The prof for your over-over-over-extended paper from the fall semester is running an all night nearly-naked penguin Frisbee game on the science quad. One of us running the Trivia contest tonight is hiding near one of the Baxter doors, snatching passers-by as extras for Action Trivia. Your ex-xxxfriend (you dumped him/her last weekend) lives in Garfield but works at the ice rink. Naming all nameable buildings and landmarks that you have to pass - to keep yourself awake and thawed - what's the fastest way for you to get from Mission's dining hall to the health center to raid the condom bin [is it still there?], and back, without encountering either your prof or your ex-, and without getting forced into the random-grab Action Trivia?
   I'll leave this up to the discretion of the judges.

10. You live on the 4th floor of Sage A. Your best friend lives on the 1st floor of Sage F. How many different ways can you get there?
    Can you find any more than 27?

11. Which fraternity urged Williams College to rethink the ban on fraternal organizations?
    Delta Phi

12. Hookups were a lot harder way back when. When did the college finally go co-ed?
    1970.

13. What is that shack in the middle of the rotary?
    The 1753 House

14. What did students and "townies" put up next to the shack mentioned in the question above in 1953?
    The "1752 House," an outhouse.

15. What are all of the words to "The Mountains," not just the Chorus. And who wrote it?
    THE MOUNTAINS

    
    By Washington Gladden, class of 1859
    O, proudly rise the monarchs of our mountain land,
    With their kingly forest robes, to the sky,
    Where Alma Mater dwelleth with the chosen band,
    And the peaceful river floweth gently by.

    CHORUS

    
    The mountains! the mountains! we greet them with a song,
    Whose echoes rebounding their woodland heights along,
    Shall mingle with anthems that winds and fountains sing.
    'til hill and valley gaily, gaily ring.

    
    Beneath their peaceful shadows may old Williams stand,
    'til suns and mountains nevermore shall be,
    The glory and the honor of our mountain land,
    And the dwelling of the gallant and the free.

16. What, rather spectacularly, was found to keep perfect time, even after being abused from its fall from Thompson Chapel's tower?
    An Ingersoll watch in 1916.

17. Before Col. Williams, what was the town in the middle of nowhere, now Williamstown, called?
    West Township.

18. According to former President Garfield, what is the ideal education?
    "Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other."

19. Why isn't there a building named after Zephaniah Swift Moore?
    He, unlike most past presidents, does not have a building named after him because he left in 1821 to found Amherst College.

20. What four portraits might you find in the faculty lounge in Stetson?
    Edward Dorr Griffin; Mark Hopkins; Zephaniah Swift Moore; Franklin Carter.

21. What does it say on Michael Davitt Bell's tombstone?
    "If you can read this, you're standing on me"

22. Where did the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, store many of its priceless works of ancient art during World War II?
    In a practice room in Chapin's basement.

Name that Acronym!

23. CASO
    Chinese-American Student Organization

24. BGTLU
    Bi, Gay, Trans, Lesbian Union

25. QSU
    Queer Student Union

26. WUFO
    Williams Ultimate Frisbee Org

27. WARP
    Williams Association of Role Players

28. JA
    Junior Advisor

29. SSJ
    Students for Social Justice

30. WFL
    Williams For Life

31. WCF
    Williams Christian Fellowship

32. WSP
    Winter Study Program

33. SELFREG
    Self Registry

34. OIT
    Office of Information Technology

35. GRC
    Garfield Republican Club

36. ACT
    Anti-war Community Taskforce

37. WFA
    Williams Feminist Alliance

38. BAA
    'Bethans Alumni Association

39. WCMA
    Williams College Museum of ART

40. ACE
    All-campus Entertainment

41. WCFM
    College Radio station

42. MCC
    Multicultural Center

43. WRFC
    Williams Rugby Football Club

44. JRC
    Jewish Religious Center

45. OCC
    Office of Career Counseling

46. KAOS
    Killing as an Organized Sport

47. MASS MoCA
    Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art