Word: garbed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wear, and as capstone and keynote of the whole "a low, flat, derby hat with a small feather, preferably red or grey, tucked neatly on the left side"; and man is complete in all his glory. If the new styles find ready acceptance perhaps it would be well to garb even tender freshmen in somber caps and gowns...
...When the rain goes a-pitter-patter," the Senior, today, refuses to be downhearted. To tell the truth he had rather looked askance upon the idea of parading about in the hot sun in the garb of a scholar, and the change of program would somewhat relieve his mind. Of course he sympathizes with the families who have come especially for this gala occasion, and he somehow feels personally responsible for the damage done to summer frocks; but Aunt Fanny is really quite comfortable on Brattle Street and an open fire does and to one's rooms...
...this day, when the Senior takes up the double burden of divisionals and the cap and gown. The irony of the fifth Henry's position has never come home to us so strongly before now. Although the class of 1922 will start the day off in the traditional garb of the scholar, the sun will not have set before the majority will have gone through the first step in the process of proving its claim to such title; or at any rate, claim to a degree, which can by stretch of imagination be called the label of the scholar...
...excuse. Yet people who go with the prevailing current of opinion seldom feel any responsibility, still less contrition, when that current leads to wrongdoing or disaster. Corporate or co-operative selfishness is today a greater danger than personal selfishness, because it is more insidious, and wears the garb of something more noble than a mere personal aim. Although men are by nature gregarious creatures, they should not,--like sheep,--move under the simple impulse of the mass. Man has the ability to think for himself, to weigh reasons, to forecast in some degree the future, and to reflect upon...
...student that he is most directly related to the University. Founded as a place where one might "enter to grow in wisdom", sustained by the labor of men of scholarly attainment, it is fitting that Harvard Should each year be honored by its sons through the adoption of the garb which best symbolizes its purpose and meaning. Any-one who is not willing to pay this slight tribute to his Alma Mater, must have profited but little by his four years at Cambridge...