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...senior class of Dartmouth College recently sent their measures to Oak Hall, Boston, to be fitted with the famous "one dollar linen suit, hat included." On Tuesday they made their appearance in them and created an immense amount of amusement in the town of Hanover...
...that occasion made his double-breasted jacket less conspicuous than it would have been at most evening entertainments of a like character, still he began to feel that Boston was different from Saug Centre. His boots seemed larger than they had ever been before, his Sunday purple and fine linen seemed less purple and less fine than usual - in other words, he became aware for the first time that Saug Centre was not the "Hub" but that Boston was the "Hub," and he had only been living on the end of one of the spokes. Now Butterfield was no fool...
...indeed," replied Dan, "I've been keepin' seclusive this winter. One reason is that I put my linen duster some place last summer, and forgot where I put it, and the weather's been so cold I didn't want to go out without an overcoat - lungs weak, you know. My friend Jared Sparks used to say that's my weak point - my lungs. I'm busy writin' a thing to speak to the boys in spring - when walkin's good - a lecture on languages, mighty fine - my chief douver - that's French...
...might have been seen seated at a table in his room with a number of friends, all using Gaskell's Compendium by the light of a philosophical Argand burner. There is a gentle knock at the door, and the "lady-like" janitoress leaves a freshly washed bundle of linen and departs. Before long Guy's friends leave him and he is alone with the Compendium. With a light heart he prepares to retire, humming softly to himself as he forms plans for the morrow. Ah, better for him had that morrow never dawned! After wrapping up his soiled linen...
Inch by inch the sad truth was drawn from the weeping culprits, and a Faculty meeting was called at once to obtain permission to open the college locker and obtain a fresh supply of linen. The president then embraced the youth, and his wife the maid. In passing we would suggest that it would have been better if he had embraced his wife and had let the youth embr - but we digress. The result of the meeting was satisfactory, and the trembling pair folded up their clothes like the Arabs, and as silently stole away...