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Classes will be formed under the immediate command of their respective officers, either in columns of two or four, depending on the number present. Students joining the procession must wear dark clothes. Academic dress will not be required...
...demand for exercising facilities on the part of upperclassmen and graduates is so great as to warrant holding two classes. Mr. Schrader will continue to act as instructor. No formalities are required of members of the class and the only restriction as to costume is that they shall wear shoes without hard heals...
...Sergeant Witham: Sergeant John Burns, Sergeant John John E. Bliven, Sergeant Joseph Barter, and Privates John C. Sweeney and Alfred G. Little. All of these men, who will aid in the instruction work of the unit next fall, are experienced. The majority have seen service overseas, while two wear gold wound stripes...
...picnickers will wear overalls, which are the only thing not provided by the management. These may be procured from E. L. Casey '19, 13 Holyoke House, at cost price, or from Parke Snow, the Harvard square dry goods company. Cups and class caps will be distributed shortly after the assembly, and a class picture will be taken on the steps of the Library...
There are some little known facts in connection with the history of clothing at the University. At first it would seem that the students dressed plainly and soberly, but in 1745 the Overseers found it necessary to prevent the wearing of gold or silver brocade and lace. From then on various sumptuary laws were proclaimed regulating to the minutest detail every man's apparel--Sometimes prescribing on what public occasions nightgowns should be worn, and sometimes forbidding them altogether, as in 1822: "A night-gown of cotton, or fabric, or silk fabric may be worn....except on the Sabbath...