College Bulletin
COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS
THE STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
DENTON, TEXAS
APPROPRIATE CLOTHES FOR THE
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
BY
VIRGINIA M. ALEXANDER
DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND
APPLIED ART
Some one asked recently, “Why all this agitation on thesubject of high school girls’ dress?” Interest in this subjecthas certainly increased during the last several yearsand the high school girl herself is directly responsible forthis interest.
It has been said that no great evil exists but containsthe seeds of its own cure.
The costumes worn to school by the high school girlsof our country have been gradually going from bad toworse with the years. Mothers and teachers have strivento do what they could to correct matters but not until thegirls themselves realized that this great weakness existed,and they resolved to seek a cure, were real resultsnoticeable.
The representative high school girls of our country aremaking a stand for good taste and democracy in the clothesthey wear to school.
This little bulletin is published with the hope that itssuggestions may be of value to those students who trulydesire to raise the standards of dress among the girls oftheir school.
EXTENSION SERVICE
ADVISORY FACULTY COMMITTEE ONEXTENSION SERVICE
F. M. Bralley, President of the College.
Virginia M. Alexander, Director, Department of Fine and Applied Art.
Lena Bumpas, Supervisor, Teacher-Training Vocational Home Economics.
Margaret Gleason, Director, Department of Household Arts.
Mamie W. Walker, Assistant Professor, Department of English.
A STAFF OF COMPETENT LECTURERS AND EXTENSIONWORKERS FROM THE REGULAR FACULTY
Requests for Extension Service should be addressed to
Lillian Humphries,
Secretary, Department of Extension,
College of Industrial Arts,
Denton, Texas.
NUMBER 74—FEBRUARY 1, 1920
Issued monthly by the College of Industrial Arts, Denton, Texas.
Entered December 17, 1917, Denton, Texas, as second-classmatter, under Act of Congress, August 24, 1912.
APPROPRIATE CLOTHES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
Many a girl feels, when she first enters high school,that she is a child no longer. She has suddenly become awoman, and she must demonstrate this fact to the world immediatelyby her clothes.
Gingham dresses, middies, and low-heel shoes arescorned as belonging to the days that are gone. Hair oncelovely for its natural beauty and simplicity takes on fearfuland wonderful lines. French heels only are to be consideredand a georgette blouse with elaborate camisole or a silkdr