Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . of-fered to our class alone we were obliged to refuse this also. Wednesday morning we learned that the presidentwas willing to receive us back upon signing a paper thatif hazing was included in the laws we had misapprehendedthem and regretted having unconsciously broken this was in accordance with our original position anddid not imply a wilful breach of college laws we were willingto sign such a paper, as we would have been at the first. The spirit of the class had been to prevent disturbanceand to cultivate
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . of-fered to our class alone we were obliged to refuse this also. Wednesday morning we learned that the presidentwas willing to receive us back upon signing a paper thatif hazing was included in the laws we had misapprehendedthem and regretted having unconsciously broken this was in accordance with our original position anddid not imply a wilful breach of college laws we were willingto sign such a paper, as we would have been at the first. The spirit of the class had been to prevent disturbanceand to cultivate a friendly feeling between the classes. The faculty at length perceived this, so the cards ranthus: Brown UniversityOctober ii, 1858. Mr. Your son is dismissed from college. B. Sears, President. Brown UniversityOctober 13, 1858. Mr. Your son is restored to college. B. Sears, President. In college, as elsewhere, the necessity for discipline de-pends upon the point of view. t j lu <r^- oz Jo/iu Ji. Stiuess, 1801. 200 Memories of Brown The Passing of the Ancient Well-Curb. \ HE old well-curb which stood for manyyears around the opening of the wellnear Hope College passed away some-time during the year 1861-2. It wasa square structure, boarded up aboutthree feet from the ground, with cor-ner posts extending upward seven oreight feet and supporting a roof. Inthis roof the horizontal windlass,^ consisting of a six-inch shaft carry-ing a drum some two feet in dia-meter, was placed. The rope, to which the bucket wasattached, was around this drum. Around the shaft waswound a strong leather strap fastened to a heavy stonewhich acted as a counterbalance to the bucket. It frequently occurred that a student, after filling hispitcher or pail, would amuse himself by pulling thebucket down to the surface of the water and, without fill-ing it, let go the rope and allow it to come up , owing to the weight of the counterbalance, it woulddo with an increasing velocity, which would lan
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