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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...
...total of $219.85 was derived from the following sources: 7 checks (3 of them bad), $22; 38 bills, $48; $20 in gold pieces (none); $10 gold pieces (none); Liberty Bond Coupons (3), $3.08; silver dollars (none); half-dollars (91), $45.50; quarters (257), $64.25; dimes (202), $20.20; Canadian dimes (1), $10; nickels (215), $10.75; cents (405), $4.05; Boston Elevated nickels (24), $1.92; total...
Indeed, the hostess house offers first aid to the collegian in several important matters. "Free facilities for pressing clothes" may not be much appreciated on the Gold Coast, which has figured so largely in Harvard legend, but many a student will be gladdened by the news that he need no longer dispose his trousers between the mattresses when he wraps the drapery of his couch about him. Moreover, "wives of the professors will mend clothes and sew on buttons free." Why wives? If daughters of the professors could be drafted for this activity, supported if need be by young society...
When the land for the present bowl was purchased six or seven years ago, enough adjoining real estate was secured to allow all sorts of athletic grounds for the development of football, baseball, tennis, gold, lacrosse, and any other sports which interested the undergraduates. The abolition of intercollegiate athletic during the war cut deeply into Yale's plans for sport expansion, but Dr. Alfred H. Sharpe, the new director of athletics who will come to Yale next fall, has promised to assist in both the development of the athletic real estate plant and the erection of buildings large and well...
Shades of William Jennings Bryan! The "cross of gold" speech hardly exceeds these words in eloquence. Yet we fear that in spite of all this flowery criticism the Union Against Militarism will gain few members here. Dean Goodnight may wave his arms in angry denunciation or bow before us with platitudinous pleadings, yet the plans for the furtherance of military training at Harvard will continue to receive their present well-deserved support...