LaGrange College - Quadrangle Yearbook (Lagrange, GA)

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Oxford cap were required for all students and worn on all public occasions. The long reign of the Oxford cap and gown was thus inaugurated and held its sway more or less rigidly through successive generations until the present administration introduced the custom of having a well-made suit of dark blue, of such design as is best suited to the individual. Well-nigh a hundred years have passed since the first demure sunbonnet maidens daintily made their way down College Hill to the village church. The hill and stretch of woodland, and the church all have given way to improvement. The winding path down which those sunbonnets passed has become a stately avenue, and the L. C. girl of to-day, clad in her tailored gown of cloth with her becoming hat of the latesx and most approved vagary of fashion bears but slight resemblance outwardly to her of long ago. But girlish hearts are much the same, whether they flutter beneath crisp fluted ruffles of snowy lawn over black clad figures or throb against dainty chiffon and satin blouses ; and she who wears the uniform to-day, as in the years gone by, holds the heart of the city enthralled.

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Page Nine THE QUADRANGLE was surmounted by a little gray forage cap. Later, this in turn, made way for full skirts of black cashmere, plaited about the hips and flared at the bottom, with which a short loose sack over white waists was worn. The hat was a turban of black straw, trimmed in black velvet, piped in red, and further ornamented with a small red wing to the left side. Rebellion crept in; strenuous times followed a monetary panic; we find one of the catalogues appearing with these unique words of explanation of why the long continued policy of a uniform should be laid aside. Neatness and economy in dress will be taught. No uniform will be required. We think that any attempt to force upon young ladies uniformity of dress is opposed to this economy, because it forces them to lay aside all they have on hand and begin ' de novo ' . Calico of any color or texture and white aprons are generally worn by the girls of the college during the week, and one or two nice dresses for the Sabbath will be all they need. Three years later, stays and crinoline having appeared in such extravagance, we read that a strict uniform of black cashmere or other woolen stuff, with plain black

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Page Eleven r HE QUADRANGLE But whether clad in Confederate Grey or black merino or in the latest and most approved dictates of fashion, the wearers of the LaGrange uniform have been brave and loyal little women; and they of this new administration will gi e their pennants of Red and Black to the breeze, conscious that she is wreathed in glory and aware that theirs is Holy Ground. Proud because of their heritage, yet humbled because of their realiza- tion of the greatness of the task confided to them, and knowing that their work is God ' s work, and that He never leaves His workmen unholpen in the hour of need, they go forward into a bright and glorious future.