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1958
,highlights from the year
Highlights from the year 1958:
* Prof. [[James MacGregor Burns]] lost his bid for a seat in Congress
* [[Tuition]] topped $1100
* Some freshmen built a snow sculpture of a 30-foot-tall obese monarch ("Snow King") for [[Winter Carnival]]
* The [[Purple Cow]] ceased publication
* The Boston & Maine Railroad stopped running direct trains from Williamstown to Boston
* Two students were arrested for firing a shotgun into the home of the College Chaplain
* One student was put on probation for unspecified "conduct unbecoming a gentleman"
* The [[Freshman Carnival]] sparked a wave of destruction that culminated in a car being overturned and set on fire in the middle of the [[Freshman Quad]].
* Prof. [[James MacGregor Burns]] lost his bid for a seat in Congress
* [[Tuition]] topped $1100
* Some freshmen built a snow sculpture of a 30-foot-tall obese monarch ("Snow King") for [[Winter Carnival]]
* The [[Purple Cow]] ceased publication
* The Boston & Maine Railroad stopped running direct trains from Williamstown to Boston
* Two students were arrested for firing a shotgun into the home of the College Chaplain
* One student was put on probation for unspecified "conduct unbecoming a gentleman"
* The [[Freshman Carnival]] sparked a wave of destruction that culminated in a car being overturned and set on fire in the middle of the [[Freshman Quad]].