Word: leathern
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prevent this, but the freshmen often succeed. The freshmen cannot carry canes until after Feb. 22d, when they appear with canes about six inches in diameter at the top and from three to four at the base. These are called bangers and are carried by means of a leathern handle. The class generally marches in procession with a band of music. After the second base ball game with the Harvard freshmen, if the Yale team wins, the whole class rushes in from the field headed by their glee club and after cheering each class in succession, they make a grand...
...then covered with what looked very like a dropsical cricket pad on a large scale, extending from the chest to the knees. The sword arm, from the wrist to the shoulder, was then padded and bandaged to three times its natural size, and the hand guarded by a thick leathern gauntlet. Lastly, a pair of spectacles, rimmed with metal, protected the eyes. The schlager, or duelling sword, is then placed in his hand - a nasty looking weapon about a yard and a quarter in length, quite blunt but for about ten inches at the end, where it is double-edged...