Word: caps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With only 112 Seniors measured for their caps and gowns, the Class Day Committee considers it imperative that men make arrangements in the near future to comply with the traditions of the University, which require all men to wear cap and gown after May 1 during the morning until 1 o'clock. The price of the complete outfit will be raised from $9.50 to $10.00 on April...
From either side of the hall a marshal, in cap and gown of black and scarlet, walked slowly to the central steps which led onto the platform. The door at the left opened and as President Eliot entered, accompanied by Hon. Edward T. Sanford '85, President of the Harvard Alumni Association, the entire assembly rose and stood in silent tribute. Silently they watched the President-Emeritus mount to the platform and walk slowly to his seat of honor in the center. Then came a sudden spontaneous burst of applause. The music of the orchestra became louder as the rest...
Then the door to the left opened to admit the representatives of the faculty. Deans, department heads, and professors-emeritus followed in long array, each man in cap and gown, wearing the scarf of colored silk which betokened his degree. To the somber black of frock coats and black gowns was added the flash of scarlet, blue, and orange as this group of distinguished scholars and educators took their seats upon President Eliot's left...
...guests was awaked by a man fumbling in a coat pocket, he believed the burglar to be this friend hunting for a cigarette, and did not trouble himself further. The culprit was described by the visitor as a dark man, 5 feet 9 inches in height, wearing a light cap and a dark overcoat. He also added that on the way out he heard the robber saying "46 and 47 next" to an accomplice in the hall. This has been the cause of many theories as to the nature of the robbery...
...Daniel Webster was expelled form Exeter have apparently assumed that the great American public usually demands from its statesmen an intimate knowledge of past and present lore. But that such an analysis is hasty and superficial is proved rather conclusively by the history of presidential elections, in which coonskin cap, log cabin, and campaign song, to say nothing of the cider barrel, have easily overshadowed in importance the sonorous orations of far-sighted politicians...