“Goe not a gadding and gossiping from Chamber to Chamber”,
“Wear no boots, nor powder your hair, let yr Garb be grave & sober, yet cheerful & pleasant,”
I think back then most British Universities were for boys only (may have been as late as the 1800s before girls were admitted and then only in segregated colleges); though the advice is probably still valid for todays hipsters :laugh_at:
‘Goe not a gadding’: Freshers’ tips 1660 style – Student Life – Student – The Independent
