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Word: gownless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...senate; the lecturers and demonstrators; and the proctors. These lost are three in number, and they patrol the streets in turn, night by night, dressed in cap, gown, and white tie, and accompanied by the bull-dogs-sturdy college porters in top hats. They look out for drunk or gownless undergraduates, visit prescribed haunts, and take the names of law-breakers. The proctor's first question is: "Are you a member of this University, sir?" Should an undergraduate hope to escape by answering no, and should he be subsequently discovered, he is told that what he said becomes true-that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cambridge Letter | 10/19/1935 | See Source »

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