Excerpt from Catalogue of Williams College: 1916-1917 At their first meeting, April 24, 17 85, the trustees passed a resolution to the effect that it is the sense of the corporation that the Free School in Williamstown be open and free for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of that town and of the free citizens of the American States indiscriminately. They also decided that it will best coincide with the liberal views of the donor and the intention of the legislature to admit no pupil to the Free School not having been taught to read English well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.