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...trip, including transportation, lunch, band, and refreshments, which will be served both on route and at the picnic itself. The costume will consist of a miner's cap with 1916 beautifully engraved on it, white overalls, bathing trunks, and the proverbial tin cup. A can of jet-black waterproof paint will also be provided so that Seniors can mark themselves for purposes of identification. No men without uniforms will be allowed on the picnic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVERALLS READY FOR PICNICKERS | 5/17/1916 | See Source »

...fact that comparatively few students wear rubbers or overshoes, and that it is impossible without such protection to walk in several inches of snow and keep the feet dry. Wet feet are probably more prolific of the above diseases than exposure to cold in other ways. "Waterproof" shoes may protect from the rain, but no shoe that I have ever seen will for any length of time keep the foot dry in snow. This is especially true during a thaw. Of course it is important to keep the entire body dry and warm, but the foot is the most exposed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 1/8/1902 | See Source »

FREDERICK REED (Harvard 1881), now teaching in Talladge College, Ala., asks for the colored scholars in the mission schools in that region secondhand clothing of all kinds, including rubber boots and waterproof coats. Students and others who are willing to help him can send their address to A. B. Seymour, 12 Farwell Place, who will call for the goods and ship them to Alabama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 1/8/1889 | See Source »

FREDERICK REED (Harvard 1881), now teaching in Talladge College, Ala., asks for the colored scholars in the mission schools in that region secondhand clothing of all kinds, including rubber boots and waterproof coats. Students and others who are willing to help him can send their address to A. B. Seymour, 12 Farwell Place, who will call for the goods and ship them to Alabama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 1/7/1889 | See Source »

FREDERICK REED (Harvard 1881), now teaching in Talladge College, Ala., asks for the colored scholars in the mission schools in that region secondhand clothing of all kinds, including rubber boots and waterproof coats. Students and others who are willing to help him can send their address to A. B. Seymour, 12 Farwell Place, who will call for the goods and ship them to Alabama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 1/5/1889 | See Source »

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