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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 20, 1955 | 6/20/1955 | See Source »

...that the incident is easy to believe. Another slightly less plausible explanation is that the cleaning biddies have communicated their perennial aversion to shorts, acquired from their habit of sweeping around those strewn on bedroom floors, to the dining hall staff. At any rate, the biddies are opposed to Bermuda shorts and are forcing their inhibitions on Harvard undergraduates. Housemasters, long defenders of good taste in dress, obviously do not realize what is going on in their own dining rooms. They should act quickly to prevent biddie clothing taste from becoming still more domineering--lest John Finley return from Oxford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Long and the Short of It | 6/1/1955 | See Source »

...most authoritative canons of taste will not defend the dining hall staffs in their war against Bermuda shorts. When worn no longer than twenty-three inches from the waist and no shorter than two inches above a clean kneecap, even Brooks Brothers will advertise shorts in their store windows. Nor is there any justifiable objection from those who dislike bare legs. Socks, when worn properly, are no more than than three inches below the knee. At best--or at worst--depending on one's sartorial Weltanschauung, five inches of flesh is exposed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Long and the Short of It | 6/1/1955 | See Source »

...only other meeting between the two sides this season, the Crimson used the Tigers as an easy, 8-0 stepping stone to the finals of Bermuda's Intercollegiate Cup. Last Saturday, Princeton dropped a close 5-3 decision to Dartmouth, whom the Crimson beat 9 to 0 in the cup final...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Will Meet Underdog Princeton | 5/6/1955 | See Source »

...full strength for tomorrow's game. With exception of Bill Frate, who is playing in the second row of the scrum with Orville Tice, and Brady Williamson, who is filling in as hooker for Martin Lindsay, the team will be the same as that which beat the Tigers in Bermuda...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Will Meet Underdog Princeton | 5/6/1955 | See Source »

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