Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . oved to be verysatisfactory, and her milk was almost equal in quality tothat of Moss Rose. In fact the new animal had manyof the peculiarities of the former occupant of the samestall, though she was different in color and her horns wereshorter. The horns of Moss Rose were curved nearthe ends and were tipped with brass balls while the newcow had shorter horns with blunt ends. Moss Rose was bright red with white spots on various parts of herbody, while the new cow was the same general bright redwithout spots. But when s
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . oved to be verysatisfactory, and her milk was almost equal in quality tothat of Moss Rose. In fact the new animal had manyof the peculiarities of the former occupant of the samestall, though she was different in color and her horns wereshorter. The horns of Moss Rose were curved nearthe ends and were tipped with brass balls while the newcow had shorter horns with blunt ends. Moss Rose was bright red with white spots on various parts of herbody, while the new cow was the same general bright redwithout spots. But when spring came and she shed herwinters coat of hair, she too had white spots precisely likethose on Moss Rose in location and size, and behold!her indentity with the lost beast was thoroughly established. 12 Memories of Brown At last after Moss Roses death, a student wrote abiographical poem in which he referred to some of the^ecially interesting scenes in the old cows eventful lifei his poem was read at a memorial service in ManningHall in 1850 or 1851. ^ William H. Memories of Brown 113 Garbs and Customs of Half a Cen-tury Ago ONE of the most conspicuous changes in the ex-ternal appearance of college life in the last fiftyyears is that which has taken place in the attireof the students. Entering college in my seven-teenth year I was still wearing jacket and this garb appeared can be determined only by con-sulting pictures of that date. No such garment as a jacket is seen on boys of to-day. Before the end of myfirst year in college I donned bosom shirts and coat andwaistcoat. Except in summer black was the only summer wash trousers were often worn. The coatwas a frock. Cutaways or sacks were seen on only onemember of the class, the heir of a wealthy family who wasnot confined to provincial usages, and who was some-times derisively spoken of as bobtail. To appear introusers of a lighter hue was regarded so shocking thatProfessor Dunn insisted on loan
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