Word: apparel
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University. At first it would seem that the students dressed plainly and soberly, but in 1745 the Overseers found it necessary to prevent the wearing of gold or silver brocade and lace. From then on various sumptuary laws were proclaimed regulating to the minutest detail every man's apparel--Sometimes prescribing on what public occasions nightgowns should be worn, and sometimes forbidding them altogether, as in 1822: "A night-gown of cotton, or fabric, or silk fabric may be worn....except on the Sabbath or occasions when undress would be improper." Finally, in 1870, the size of the college...
...relief of destitute students in Switzerland; and the balance to The Cambridge Red Cross for shipment overseas. All of the military equipment will to turned over to the Morgan Memorial Institute, a large social service institution in Boston, which has offered to make over the uniforms into ordinary wearing apparel. The text-books will be placed in the Phillips Brooks House Loan Library, while the fiction works and magazines will be sent abroad to our soldiers and sailors...
...Morgan Memorial Institute, a large social center in Boston, has offered to make over all uniforms that will be collected into ordinary wearing apparel, which will be sent abroad for European relief. All other clothing will be distributed among a number of organized charities in Boston and Cambridge, including the American Red Cross which has just terminated a similar drive...
...extent that individuals buy unnecessary things, that is, wearing apparel, jewelry and food, they are depriving the Government of labor which can be employed in the production of ammunition, rifles, automobiles, food-stuffs, etc., necessary to the maintenance and operation of an army. On this account the duty of each individual citizen is not only to subscribe to the limit of his ability, but also to resolve to pay that subscription out of a reduced expenditure for living purposes. Subscriptions for Liberty Bonds made in this way not only give the Government a means of purchasing war materials, but also...
...articles of clothing, 210 text books and about 400 pounds of magazines were turned in by the various collectors from the different dormitories. Among the articles of clothing were 110 trousers, 91 coats, 99 pairs of shoes and 113 shirts. The collection included almost every type of wearing apparel...