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...young men for whom Harvard was simply a pleasant interlude between prep school and prominence. According to Edward M. Tuckerman '43, they were the "party boys." Mentally transported into the world of his youth, Tuckerman slips into the present tense. "They don't work hard, they just go to deb parties," he says wistfully. (Deb parties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: #6: The Law of The Slacker: Show Them You're Not a Tiger | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

...many of these women (unlike their mothers) the decision to become a deb was a difficult one. As a sophomore from New York City who prefers to remain anonymous put it, "It was a really hard decision. It still is, sort...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

Catherine Robe, whose debut was this past December, came out at one of Spartanburg's three deb clubs, The Assembly, a ladies' social club which was the scene of her mother's, grandmother's and great-grandmother's debuts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

Between The Decision and The Party lies The Dress. From sea to shining sea, debutante dresses are always white (to convey a sense of chastity?). Or perhaps deb dresses remain white as a carry-over from the time when the deb dress was meant to lead directly to the wedding dress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

...some cases, the connection is still more of a direct line than in others. "A lot of girls get deb dresses to also wear at their weddings after altering them slightly. It makes sense, if you're going to spend that much on a dress," Robe opined, although she chose differently...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debutantes in Our Midst | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

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