cincibuck
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I grew up in Kettering when Fairmont was the king of the hill (1957 - 1961). Our daily uniform consisted of khakis, blue or white oxford cloth shirt, white wool socks and a pair of Bass Weegens (penny loafers). You added a sweater when the weather got cooler. Nine out of ten of us wore a flat top hair cut and you went to the barber shop every two weeks.
Dances began at 8, or right after the football/basketball game, and ended at 11, even the prom. You wore school clothes (see above) to the game and the dance, unless it was a "formal dance" in which case you wore a sport coat, dress slacks (khakis were not 'dress slacks') on Sundays you wore a sport coat and tie to church or a suit. Every male teacher wore a shirt and tie, sport coat or suit every day. I can't remember a female teacher in slacks.
College was not much different. I wore khakis or cords to class along with one of a closet full of Gant oxford cloth shirts, and one of four V-neck sweaters: navy, dark green, burgundy and slate blue. Weegens or chukka boots adorned my feet and the ensemble was topped with a reversibe ski jacket. By the end of my sophmore year I was alternating sweaters with one of my tweed sport coats and I now had a khaki raincoat. We wore sportcoats and ties to keggers and sometimes to football games (especially homecoming). Big dances and Monday night meals meant suit or sport coat. You wouldn't dream of going to the Jai Lai in anything less than a sport coat and tie. Blue jeans (they didn't become 'Levis' until the late 60s) were worn only for chores and play.
It was only when I retured to OSU in 1969, after my two year Army hitch, that dress ceased to be that formal and then it went from one extreme to the other, torn Levis, Jesus slippers, an army fatigue shirt or a tie dye T.
http://www.geocities.com/effbee.geo/diana2.jpg (See pic of Cincibuck back in the day, at a kegger dance)
I grew up in Kettering when Fairmont was the king of the hill (1957 - 1961). Our daily uniform consisted of khakis, blue or white oxford cloth shirt, white wool socks and a pair of Bass Weegens (penny loafers). You added a sweater when the weather got cooler. Nine out of ten of us wore a flat top hair cut and you went to the barber shop every two weeks.
Dances began at 8, or right after the football/basketball game, and ended at 11, even the prom. You wore school clothes (see above) to the game and the dance, unless it was a "formal dance" in which case you wore a sport coat, dress slacks (khakis were not 'dress slacks') on Sundays you wore a sport coat and tie to church or a suit. Every male teacher wore a shirt and tie, sport coat or suit every day. I can't remember a female teacher in slacks.
College was not much different. I wore khakis or cords to class along with one of a closet full of Gant oxford cloth shirts, and one of four V-neck sweaters: navy, dark green, burgundy and slate blue. Weegens or chukka boots adorned my feet and the ensemble was topped with a reversibe ski jacket. By the end of my sophmore year I was alternating sweaters with one of my tweed sport coats and I now had a khaki raincoat. We wore sportcoats and ties to keggers and sometimes to football games (especially homecoming). Big dances and Monday night meals meant suit or sport coat. You wouldn't dream of going to the Jai Lai in anything less than a sport coat and tie. Blue jeans (they didn't become 'Levis' until the late 60s) were worn only for chores and play.
It was only when I retured to OSU in 1969, after my two year Army hitch, that dress ceased to be that formal and then it went from one extreme to the other, torn Levis, Jesus slippers, an army fatigue shirt or a tie dye T.
http://www.geocities.com/effbee.geo/diana2.jpg (See pic of Cincibuck back in the day, at a kegger dance)
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