Word: hat
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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HALL AND HANCOCK, Boston's popular hatters, have established an agency for their goods at Weinschenk's, same entrance as Thurston's. The College boys will find about what they want in head wear. They also sell suit and hat cases, gloves and umbrellas...
...strictest following of that suggestion, however, can hardly justify one old custom-the Memorial Hall custom of stamping whenever some thoughtless visitor in the gallery keeps on his hat. There is not dignity or point enough in the practice to make it worth the name of a Harvard custom. Few visitors know what the stamping means when it begins and only a part of them find out before it ends. The rest go away with strange ideas of Harvard manners. All in the gallery must feel uncomfortable and embarrassed to see several hundred men gaping and stamping at them...
...stamping occurred only when the visitors were unaccompanied by ladies the practice would be less obnoxious. But whether alone or with ladies, whether young or old, a man who thoughtlessly forgets to remove his hat is made the mark for all eyes and the unconscious cause of an outbreak of stamping. Old men whose age entitles them to more respect are treated like their youngers...
...season, and in the case of the Mott Haven Team it was voted to restrict the use of this letter to those who had won a point in any dual games or in the Mott Haven games. These same rules were to apply to the use of hat bands. This rule, as we said before, will be exceedingly beneficial if it is thoroughly followed by the members of the teams, and will be valueless if it is abused. Several persons have complained that it is now being abused by some of the members of the Mott Haven Team. Whether...
...passed were handsomely decorated. The spectators lined the sidewalks, filled the windows, and even crowded the roofs to get a good view. They seemed to appreciate the antics of the Harvard contingent and responded delightedly to the repeated and varied cheers of the classes. Old John had his silk hat on and was in his element; in fact he was so carried away by the excitement of the occasion that he distributed the contents of his cart gratis...