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Title: A history of Princeton '96 to the time of the decennial reunion of the class in June, 1906; and a part of the history of the Princeton University during the years 1896 to 1906
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Princeton University. Class of 1896
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Publisher: New York, Press of F.P. McBreen & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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iate with club hatbands, forthe two, I think, came in together. The hatband to-day is ubiquitous. There arethirteen clubs, each with its own hatband, necktie, and cigarettes; and it is the hatbandthat marks the man. And a student, conspicuous by a leading hatband, must dressaccordingly. Whatever may be said against the upper class clubs, it is undoubtedlytrue that they have made a better-dressed man of the undergraduate. I realize that someold grads object to that very thing in them; but to anyone constantly resident inPrinceton it is a matter for rejoicing. There is no extravagance in attire, necessarily;merely care, taste, and, generally speaking, decency. The upper class clubs have been a subject for debate for many a long year. Itis argued against them that they foster extravagant ways of living, that they miUtate * The first bathrooms were not in Blair Hall, as a matter of fact. But they ought to have been, and so I have venturedto place them there by poetic license. F- C. M. 130
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THE IVY CLUB By courtesy of Indoors and Out against the properly simple life of the simple student, that they destroy the democraticspirit of Princeton. . . . There is, perhaps, some danger in the New Clubhouse idea.The tendency is at present for each club as it builds to build more elaborately than itsneighbor. But the burden of expense comes chiefly upon the younger alumni; and itis ungracious to cavil at a spirit which is constantly adding to the architectural beautyof Princeton. The Ivy Club is one of the few perfectly satisfactory buildings in the town,and is already a source of pride and vainglory to us all. 131 msM 1 ^ jS W^^MM§^ ^, ■■: 1^^ pllfiiit iiiln tft -^^isi* 4 THE TIGER INN

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