King's Cord

King's CordTo be called "shoe" on a college campus is a rare compliment indeed. Translated from the Ivy-ese, the expression means that the fellow on whom it is hung is damned well dressed. He is not over dressed, he is not gaudily dressed, he is not too conservatively dressed. He is simply -- "shoe."(Sometimes, if the budding academician is impeccably dressed, all stoppers are pulled and the guy is labeled "very shoe." This is as good as being called "very weal...