Word: mortar-board
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Dates: during 1876-1876
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...appear in evening dress at nine o'clock in the morning on Class Day or any other day, as it would be for them to appear at a ball in reefers. The dress of the undergraduate upon occasions is a black gown and a college-cap, profanely called a "mortar-board." This costume was formerly worn here, and as we retain foolish customs because they are old, I should like to hear some logician explain the chain of reasoning which leads us to reject a custom both old and sensible...