Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1907 — THE WAY THEY DO AT LOWELL. [ARTICLE]

THE WAY THEY DO AT LOWELL.

Lake County Star: In some towns the different classes in the high school wear some emblem, or piece of wearing apparel to denote their grade. For instance one class of boys here have corduroy pants. In Lowell the fad struck in another way, according so the story. The beys put a little sleigh bell on the lapel of their coats which gave warning who they were in the dark as well as daylight, and to confuse them another class of young ladies hitched the same toned bells to their garters, and that nearly set the man principal crazy. He ordered them all up in line in front of him and said they must take off those bells, but his command was ignored until the girls could go in the basement, and his wish was granted* The sophomore bells ceased to chime.