Word: capes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with the undergraduates. It was made of gingham, of a color and pattern to suit the taste of the wearer. It was a loose-fitting garment reaching to the knees, was gathered at the neck, and also at the waist, behind. It had a turned-over collar, a small cape rounded in front, and a belt of the material of the dress. The sleeves were either hooked or buttoned at the wrist. It was trimmed with a long-tasselled white fringe. The accompaniments of this dress were a low-crowned and broad-brimmed straw hat, secured by a broad ribbon...
...reward. - The above reward will be paid to the finder of a brown Irish frieze cape overcoat. Call or address, B. C. 44 Matthews Hall...
Senior class debates have been successful in one respect at least, they have developed a real fourth of July orator. Witness: "the great American Eagle stands with one foot in Alaska and the other on Cape Cod; dips its tail in the St. Lawrence and drinks from the Gulf of Mexico."-(Amherst Student...
...each person provided his own rigout, was the unique feature and great attraction of previous processions. When the committee was appointed to provide uniforms, many in the class supposed that hats, torches and perhaps a few class colors were all that was intended, while others supposed a very cheap cape would be provided. In view of these considerations we beg the committee not to order the uniforms until definite action has been taken by the class at the next meeting. The above arguments do not apply to the sophomore and freshman classes, as their outfit will be cheaper and they...
Several members of the college will leave today for a week's shooting on Cape...