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[[Category:Tradition]]The Purple Cow is Williams' mascot, after its creation inspired by the infamous poem by Gelett Burgess:
<I><br><br>
I never saw a Purple Cow,<br>
I never hope to see one;<br>
But I can tell you, anyhow,<br>
I'd rather see than be one.</I><br>
This was later followed by a sequel:
<I><br>Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—<br>I'm sorry, now, I wrote it!<br>But I can tell you, anyhow,<br>I'll kill you if you quote it.</I>
According to the photo archives of the House of Local History in Williamstown:Farms still existed right up to the edge of campus a hundred years ago. This included a farm next to Weston Field. One night several young men were feeling adventurous and proceeded to paint the poor cow purple. <I><br>The Purple Cow</I> is also the name of Williams' first humor magazine. See [[The Cow]].
