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...Hemenway Gymnasium in the University boxing tournament last night. Every fight was close; at times the crowd were at odds as to who won and did not always agree with the judges. The fighting began at 8-13, and with the exception of a few time-outs for new apparel and cuts, continued until...
...amusing as always, but the real comedian of the show is Al Brendel, who, as Yonson the Swede, is vastly entertaining. Every time he appeared on the stage, it was a signal for merriment on the part of the audience; one scene in particular, in which every article of apparel he wears falls apart in turn, brought loud applause. He and Flo Burt are ludicrously funny in the "Honeymoon Kitchen", as well...
...time when high prices throughout the country are tumbling, the profit-slicing which has been going on in Kansas City during the past few days is sensational enough to provoke consideration. Within an incredibly brief space of time the retail values attached to all articles of wearing apparel and shoes have been reduced by amounts equalling in many cases sixty percent. The sudden violence of the movement in this single district is sufficient to cause one to look beyond general conditions for an explanation...
...formation of the "Old Clothes Club" at the Sheffield Scientific School. Yale has cast aside its sartorial traditions and takes its initial step in the fight for lower clothing costs. The decision to introduce a variegated color scheme into the Eli's apparel will lend a touch of brightness to the sombre shades of the campus, while the Yale profiteer-baiter may steal through dim vaults and transepts without disturbing the tranquility of the Chapel...
...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...