[From Our Regular Correspondent.]

WILLIAMSTOWN, April 18, 1882. Williamstown, like Nature, assumes a new aspect with the advent of spring, and the dull, quiet place of a few weeks ago now teems with life and activity.

The centre of attraction at present is the new dormitory, concerning which so much has been said in the papers that no description is here necessary. The work of preparing the grounds is being rapidly pushed, and work on the buildings will soon be begun and pushed to the uttermost, the contractor agreeing to have it completed by January.

Williams has been more fortunate than Harvard with respect to the matter of board. The faculty has recently made arrangements by which board is given at the College Hall for less than cost. The rent of certain college rooms is appropriated towards reducing the price of board, and the actual cost per month, after the reduction, is divided among the students. So liberal an arrangement could not be otherwise than popular, and the accommodations of the hall are full, thus securing a permanent success for the plan. The board given is excellent, at an estimated cost of about $3 per week.

The athletic spirit seems to be awakening and gives promise of interesting results. At a college meeting last evening it was voted to send representatives to the meeting at the polo grounds in New York, and there is some talk of having a spring meeting here.

The bicycle club has begun to make its appearance, though the condition of the roads is hardly such as to invite extended runs at present.

As regards base-ball, very little has yet been done. Some of the class nines have begun practice, but the college nine has not yet appeared on the campus.

The freshmen have appeared this term with Oxford caps, having a tassle of olive green and cardinal red, the green predominating, and appearing as a very appropriate mark of distinction.

The action of Mr. Gunn in refusing to accept the appointment as valedictorian, has been followed by others of those receiving appointments, and their action is sustained by the whole college. The marking system is unanimously denounced, and it is hoped that the present movement may result in a change, especially as many of the faculty are known to be hostile to the whole system. Their action is a waited with much interest.

PUMINNEY.