Word: caps
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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First Under-graduate (reading out) : "Will this do, Gus? 'Mr. Smith presents his compliments to Mr. Jones, and finds he has a cap which isn't mine. So, if you have a cap which isn't his, no doubt they are the ones...
...Brunonian editorially pokes fun at the commencement ceremonies in vogue at Brown, and gives utterance to the following irreverent criticism: "The President always appears in the cap and gown of the English universities, and the speakers, too, appear in gowns giving the impression to a stranger unacquainted with the origin of this peculiar dress, that he is attending some solemnity of the church of England or of Rome. When the speakers raise their arms in gesticulation, one unaccustomed to the dress thinks, "They all, flapping their wings, cried caw." During the delivery of the Latin Salutatory, all who know...
...seniors at Williams have voted to graduate in cap and gown...
...this was his proper place. This success encouraged denial, and he renewed his efforts. At the end of the second quarter, the class was again mustered, and Mr. Emery stood before it, when, after a deep silence, he said: "Daniel Webster gather up your books, and take down your cap." As the boy tremblingly bayed, the teacher added, "Now, sir, you will report to the teacher of the first! And you, young gentlemen, will take an affectionate leave of your classmate, for you will never see him again...
...whom was clad in a gorgeous crimson rowing jersey, and the other in a loose flannel shirt. The balance of the men were of medium build, gradually dwindling down to the small but active full-back of the blues, gay in sky-blue campaign blouse and skull cap. There was an apparent lack of canvas jackets, but the increasing demand for those articles on account of the late order of the committee on athletics had depleted the home market, and the players had to content themselves with flannel shirts of various hues, to say nothing of old coats...