Rat Pack.

Harold Lloyd as "The Freshman" wearing a rat cap in 1925

I just had the great privilege tonight of interviewing a large group of women who were celebrating their 50th college reunion. A whole lot has changed since 1960. They told me all about their white table cloths in the dining hall, their school policy against wearing shorts on front campus, and then they showed me their rat caps from freshman year. Now if you don't know what a rat cap is, it is a cute little hat that the freshman were forced to wear for the first two weeks of school as a mark so the older kids could tease them. It might seem like the hat would have a bad connotation to it, but I think the hats are adorable! So I think, with it's negative past aside, the rat cap or the "beanie" as it is also called should make a comeback and become a new staple. I may be a freshman, but I am dying to wear one of these hats.