Word: dress-suits
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...speakers wore the gown instead of the customary dress-suit, a precedent which will probably be followed by other classes...
...noble effigy of Gen. Grant in Noera's show-window has lately donned a dress-suit...
...appear in gowns. This is a step in the right direction, and we hope their example will be followed next year by the graduating class. The dress-suit is rather inappropriate for a morning costume, and the gown - the distinctive dress of scholars - is a much more fitting uniform for occasions like our Commencement. But since dress-suits have been selected this year, it is the duty of every Senior to appear in the dress which the committee have made conventionally proper. A single exception to the dress decided upon will do much to mar the appearance of the class...