In American universities the more grubby and disgraceful your trousers are the more honourable it is, so Dr. Hight has observed in a dozen American universities. The trousers are very baggy and made of some rough moleskin material. Among senior men they are very much stained—the amount of dirt indicating the seniority of the owner-. The only other visible garment is a blouse, usually violently gaudy, resembling the blouse of the Mexican peon.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 225, 23 February 1928, Page 4
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