Word: ungenteel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lost it in the dining halls. We, too, must wear the knotted rag that is the vestige of our ancestors' attempts to guard against colds in the throat. Even regarded as a symbol of gentility, the compulsory necktie is an unwarranted imposition on those of us who are conscientiously ungenteel. Perhaps Harvard will some day experience among its students a revival of the zeal that characterized its founders. On that day we might remember the slogan promulgated by one of the Tom Paines of Jenkins Township-Yatesville Borough Joint: "We won't wear ties...
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