Word: silks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their own right, who enjoy certain privileges and exemptions not accorded to others, in the choice of rooms, paving higher fees, doing less work, and attending fewer lectures. They have two kinds of dress; the first, which is worn on public occasions, is a gown of purple damask silk, richly ornamented with gold lace. The second is a black silk gown, with full sleeves. This is worn as an "every day" dress. With both these is worn the regulation "mortarboard" of black velvet, with gold tassel...
...Commoners, being eldest sons, or men already in possession of estates. They have a better choice of rooms, associate at meals with the Fellows and other college authorities, pay double fees on entrance, and are charged more for tutorage than the usual fee. Their dress consists of two black silk gowns, the one richly ornamented with tassels for state occasions, and the other the ordinary dress...
...grim majesty of Death, as they gaze unflinchingly upon the guests who are thronging to this grisly reception. One is an old woman, whose skull has been split by some tremendous blow, and yawns in ghastly redness. Another is a young girl, who is dressed in silk and whose dark hair is still coiled neatly, just as those slender, livid fingers last arranged it. She bears no wound, but upon the small, coquettish face is stamped such a look of horror as it might well break a mother's heart to gaze upon. A middle aged man, short, thick...
...ordering a uniform the governors of the society have removed the temptation to that frequent change of apparel, which may have arisen from the liberty the students have had of choosing different colours from time to time; and by entirely prohibiting silk, (an unnecessary article in clothing), a very considerable expense is prevented...
That no part of the dress of the undergraduates be made of silk: and that it be recommended to them, to clothe themselves in home manufactures...