Word: flannell
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...clock the procession was ready to move. It was headed by a band which played triumphal martial music, after which the lectors, bearing their flaring torches, marched in a double row. Then Legendre, represented by a wooden skeleton, attired only in a red flannel shirt, was ignominiously hauled to his doom in a brick cart, in which rode his executioners. After him marched the triumphant sophomores in a band fifty strong, bearing torches and Roman candles, and thus making their pathway glorious. After the conquerors marched the invited guests from the other classes of Columbia, presenting an imposing appearance...
...editor of Progress touches upon a momentous question. He says: "The Lehigh Burr does not like it that 'flannel shirts' are so much affected by the students. Outside flannel shirts I guess it refers to, for of course undershirts of flannel are strictly proper. I agree though with the Burr that outside flannel shirts for regular wear scarcely become young gentlemen at college...
...hats for the lacrosse team came Wednesday. They are of white flannel, trimmed with red silk ribbon...
Every student will be expected to provide himself with the costume mentioned above, a patent gymnastic belt, a cake of perfumed soap, a flannel bathing-suit with shoes, and a copy of the Harvard Recorder.1 Students must leave their shoes at the plank walk, and put on white felt slippers; no slippers can be used except those sold at the Gymnasium at the moderate price of $8.00 a pair...
...Every Student is expected to provide himself with a Flannel Shirt, a Webbing Belt, and a pair of Slippers. A rough Turkish Towel and a heavy Flannel or Towel Ulster are advised for those who bathe freely...