Word: sheepskin
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...balancing awkward square caps on their heads. For its final six weeks of undergraduate existence, 1919 will for the first and last time assume a scholarly aspect. The sedate Seniors will stumble along in unfamiliar skirts, to the detriment of their own good humor, until they receive the coveted sheepskin. Thus will one of our oldest traditions be continued...
...tactical instructors of the Corps will match with the Regimental Staff. R. O. T. C. officials have issued an order that no overcoats of any kind may be worn by cadet officers, non-commissioned officers or privates. This order includes the regulation O.D. overcoat and the short sheepskin coat which have been authorized for ordinary usage...
...have one or two personal friends in the insurance business, each of whom I can vouch for as being a perfect gentleman and a clear-headed business man. One in particular is incidentally a young Harvard graduate with a cum laude on his sheepskin, who to my knowledge is not given to making "cringing advances" nor to talking to hear himself talk. Therefore, although in no way implicated myself, I feel called upon to object mildly to the polemic against insurance men as a class, which recently appeared in the CRIMSON. This ill-considered letter leads one to suspect that...