“Dress-Right-for-School’’ Movement Sweeps Nation, Coast to Coast
The “dress-right-for-school” Business Education Depart-
; movement has gathered such/Good Grooming Is Now |ment, who concludes that “the
A momentum over the past two| «¢ 2 seed has been planted and the
years that it has now become Must” for Students student body has been awak-
a fully accepted and firmly en-|ter proper classroom attire is|ened to the need for a general
trenched part of student life at that conducted by Hempstead|improvement in the attire of
avery age level — from the ear-|(N. ¥Y.) High School. its male members.”
liest grades through high| Focal point of the Hempstead| It is planned % continue pro-
school, and from coast to coast. [campaign was a “Let’s the idea of dressing
3 Rapidly and happily fading|Right” fashion show for boys.|right to the student body
2 out of the picture is the sloppy|The school’s Business Educa-| through the use of contests,
(even “outlandish”) look of tion Department did the job of posters, signs, home-room an.
yesteryear, along with careless] liason, the Drama Department nouncements, displays, student
(even destructive) habits of be- selected and coached the stu- newspaper features, ete.
havior commonly associated dent cast, and the Art Depart-| In common with many
with such attire. ment created 14 stylized set-|schools, the Board of Education
In its place now appears the|tings. of Norwalk, Conn. has adopted
new, neat, trim look — recog-| The show was premiered new code for school attire,
and welcomed by parents an evening performance for an recommending for boys, a suit
and educators alike as a strong|audience of parents, teachers|or sports jacket with slacks and
nce for the better in the and local businessmen, followed low cut shoes and for girls,
re s of Senor tment, atiitu Se, lon the next morning by an-|clothing that is “neat, clean 4 :
re sibility and scholarship. [other for the student assembly. and in good taste.” “LET'S DRESS RIGHT” FASHION SHOW AT
ol ity aud a 51 “The concensus of student| In requesting the code, senior | HIGH SCHOOL dramatized importance of good grooming, as re-
the country have played an im- opinion is that the show suc-|and junior high school princi-
portent part in acceleraling/ cessfully dramatized the fact|pals said: “There is sul
ward good groom-|that clothes do make a differ-|tial evidence that both 1
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One possible reason for this
an-type sweaters will find popularity race. state of mind is that for years, I :n every oceasion in his activity-
sor among students. Parkas Popular |boys’ clothes were drab and and boys of all ages are wear-| crowded life. {
Stripes and other patterned| Parkas, with synthetic pile showed very little variety, color|ing. Going from counter to count-
:ffects.will be seen, as will neck, |and quilted linings, will gain ajor style. Today, however, the| Therefore, going shoppingler and from rack to rack, Mom
sleeve and waist trims in con-|{goed following among the|the picture is quite different, with the men and the boys in/will probably have more fun
} ;rasting colors. Once again the|school . crowd, as will Loden| and mother can get just as] her life is much more fun for|than junior — at least until he
i mportant color auld appear|clothcoats. Reversibles have| much enjoyment out of shop- Mother toda; gets a chance to wear his new’
© be red. alive again. Linings, col-ping for a back-t0-school| ‘She can help her young son duds. 4