
Sadly, he died at age 38 of heart trouble. Virginia-born, he earned a medical degree from Dartmouth and was a physician in Brooklyn, N.Y. Walter Alfred Morton, Class of 1886, sports a subtle handlebar mustache. (Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library) He’s credited with establishing the Bates debate tradition by encouraging students to form literary societies, from which intercollegiate debating sprang. In the 1882 yearbook, legendary professor Jonathan “Uncle Johnny” Stanton, wears a flowing Shenandoah-style beard.Ī professor from 1863 to 1906, he taught Greek and Latin, served as librarian, and taught a popular class in ornithology. Here are 11 portraits of the best of the mustachioed and bearded Batesies. Public health rhetoric that emphasized hygiene, including shaving, was often tied to anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy that effectively demonized immigrants as unclean or unhealthy.īut before all that went down, beards, mustaches, and sideburns were all the rage. In the early 1900s, the emphasis on being clean shaven had social implications, explains Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies Rebecca Herzig in Plucked: A History of Hair Removal. (Irony note: A germ, COVID-19, caused a beard boom among men during the pandemic.) And shaving got easier, thanks to the introduction of the Gillette Safety Razor. With the emergence of the germ theory and subsequent public health campaigns, beards were thought to be unhygienic. In the 1901 yearbook, only two men out of 30 had any facial hair, and those two sported only the tidiest of mustaches. Returning home, the beard was the mark of a hero.īy the early 1900s, facial hair, especially beards, was on the wane at Bates and in the U.S. British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War of 1854–56 were allowed to grow beards for the first time. It’s said that the 19th-century beard boom started in Europe. What was in, in a big way, were beards and mustaches
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In the late 1800s at Bates, when Edmund Randall Angell sported a full goatee, and Thomas James Bollin wore friendly mutton chops, the percentage of clean-shaven American men was at an all-time low. The color variance here really draws the eye.Share on Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn The mustache is short and keeps the mouth area clear. This full beard falls in layers, shorter on top while the bottom is dark and busy. It has a perfectly rounded bottom edge and the mustache is lightly parted so almost the entire mouth is visible. This beard is long and scraggly but appears neat. The moustache is bushy and long, upturned at the ends to add some class. This coarse white beard is reminiscent of the Santa style, great for grandfathers wanting to entertain grandkids. It differs from a regular full beard as much of the large chin is left hairless – great for avoiding mess when eating. This is a far neater beard, tight and trim to the face. # 2 Neat with Clean Edges Around the Mouth The mustache covers the top lip and extends into the beard on the ends, leaving a peak of mouth showing through. It’s long and scraggly, unstyled and natural. You can’t get much fuller than a big, bushy beard.


Here are 65 fashionable looks to get you inspired: # 1 Big Bushy Beard You may think that full beards are always bushy, but there are many styles that look neat and polished as well, making it easier than ever to sport a full beard look. A full beard can be any length – from long stubble to chest length. A full beard refers to facial hair that covers the bottom portion of the face and includes well-defined sides and shaping.
