Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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HAMl'DEN-SYDNEY KAl.lillX JSC IOPE 1981 Someday, historians will document it as part of a larger conflict-the Prep Revolution Cor, as some would call it the War of Great and Little Warstl Skirrrrishes over the proper attire went on for a long the wardrobe attempted to pull the wool over the Box- ers' eyes, but it was to no avail. The Boxers accepted no compromises, they wanted cotton all-cotton- one hundred percent, and no starch You see the defenders of the Boxers were a dyed-in- the cotton breed. They had decided-and could not be KT 4.7 --fmll T blue jeans Although solids seemed to predominate, stripes checks and a few plaids were soon seen among the ranks Why not just wear the Boxers alone? we asked. The Boxer must be worn terse reply It rs much class- ier to show just the ends of the shorts with a button- down for sure. But aren t they pretty drafty? No one was drafted in the Boxer Rebellion We were all volunteers. You must remember the importance of comfort, one Boxer reminded us You l l w - '- - 1 w ,I 97 A N W0 9 5? ' . , 3, . W . 4 ' ' -1 ' 1 ' ' ' 9 I 'I 'I ' I ' ' . Q X -'X I- V H as 4 X x' . I 1 VI' -Muir it l i- X Vlllll 19553 D U , , time as the warmongers of 'l Wllh SOfYl6Lh1Hg, Came Ihr? , A' 0' 'JQQ1 . tc ' . ki' I X I . , 1157 'E f-??0 Y' mr. A , 'Q I 5. ' ,, f I T CK , 1 W Y il , E! if f t7 ,, ' f X l ,J 1 I X I f 1' 'ft 9' mllflll ill ' 7 ' 9.1 - swayed-that the old elastic- ized, white double polyester underwear with the red, white, and blue stripes on the band was insupportable. The coup d'etat was on. Indeed, it began inno- cently enough. At first only a few did it. And then, for stranger reasons than we can determine, it caught on. All of a sudden Boxers were in vogue. No doubt gaining momentum and inspiration from The Official Preppy Handbook, Chinese long- johns became the latest in collegiate fashion. How did it all start? we asked a likely subject, suita- bly clad in Madras Bermu- das just short enough to expose his ice-blue, all- cotton gentleman's undergarment. Briefly, he replied. It E., 15. was kind of spontaneous, I think, you know, like wear- ing lime green pants with a pink shirt. It just sort of caught on. We wanted to expose ourselves to something dif- ferent, said another Boxer with just enough holes in his jeans to show his Oxford white weaves. The polo shirt and the Boxer - what could be more natural? Appearing shortly before the rites of spring at south- em colleges like UVa, Chapel Hill, and Hampden- Sydney, and a bit later at the Ivies and near-Ivies, the Boxers crept out from under cutoffs, Birdwells, and Ber- mudas, and peered out through holey khakis and can wear Boxers in the dorm, to class, or maybe to a frat party, but never without a Lacoste or button-down shirtf, They are the underwear for upperclassmen, meant to be seen and not hid. What began as a small skirmish became a cutoff crusade - the War of the Loom. Each side jockeyed for position until, finally, the Boxers strode through the breech. These holier- tharr-thou trousers, these Fruit-of-the-Loom bloom- ers, these not-so-brief briefs had hemmed in uni- sex clothes and unseated Ralph, Calvin, and Pierre with a swift flanking motion. We can only wonder now: can Boxerettes be far behind? 23

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