Word: hat
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...thieves, - and who shall say that they erred? - when a modest, single knock was heard at my door. It heralded a son of Israel, daintily apparelled, and resplendent in jewelry, though neglectful or ignorant of the properties of soap and water in combination; he wanted to buy my old hat, - the which and three dollars would procure one of Solomons' glossiest castors. I enounced the usual formula for "ol'-clo'" men; hadn't any hat, coat, waistcoat, - anything suited to purposes of dicker. Had plenty of money, and when I did get low in funds would let him know...
...took his hat, unbent his brow...
...costume of the boys was a blue tunic, yellow vest, black belt, long yellow stockings, and no hat...
...exodus to the river started, and from that time until 4 the roads leading to either bank were thronged with every description of vehicle the ingenuity of man has devised for the last century. Every horse, carriage, and passenger was profusely decorated with some college color. Every cane, whip, hat, or watch-guard showed where the sympathies of the wearers were placed, and a glance along the road left on the mind only a confused blending of many colors, in which no particular one seemed to predominate. In short, the crowd was thoroughly democratic, intensely partisan, and generally good-natured...
...will be allowed to toss a book about while walking through the yard, under penalty of suspension. Besides, to avoid all ambiguity as to the respectful attitude of the students toward the officers of government, it is recommended that the old rule forbidding any undergraduate to wear his hat in the yard unless it rain or snow, or he have both hands full, be revived and stoutly enforced...