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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 20525" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>MM. I must be older than dirt too, because I got 25 out of 25!</p><p></p><p>We were NEVER allowed to wear anything but a dress or skirt when I was in school. That didn't come where I lived until the year after I graduated! When I was a little kid in St. Louis, even in a foot of snow, we wore dresses. But little girls winter coats came with snow pants that matched the coat! Remember those??? And then you wore boots over those! Boots that went OVER your shoes! No kid could get those snow pants on or off by themselves! Or the boots! The teachers back them must have spent half the day getting those things on and off of the kids! </p><p></p><p>When I started college, girls were not allowed to wear shorts on campus except for Saturdays! And this was in Florida! If you had to walk to a PE class all the way across the campus, you had to wear a raincoat over your shorts, even if it was 110 degrees outside! And NO, I am NOT kidding! We all hiked across campus in the hot sun and humidity wearing trench coats! People actually had heat strokes sometimes in those trench coats! But if you keeled over, you were expected to fall gracefully, carefully assuring that your legs were modestly covered at all times. Of course, if it was Saturday though, it was OK!</p><p></p><p>Thinking about it now, the colleges had completely different rules for the girls as they did for the boys! And it never occurred to anyone to object! And they had some really stupid rules! The girls dorms were locked promptly at 10:00, midnight on weekends. And if you were late, they wouldn't let you in! This was "pre-Ted Bundy", of course. You had to walk all the way across the dark campus to the "Night Office", and then they would bring you back to the dorm, in total disgrace. Of course, there were ways around that! If we knew that we wouldn't make it back by curfew, we'd just stay out all night! You'd be in big trouble for coming in late, but there was almost no chance they'd catch you if you stayed out all night, especially if people covered for you! :blush:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 20525, member: 1883"] MM. I must be older than dirt too, because I got 25 out of 25! We were NEVER allowed to wear anything but a dress or skirt when I was in school. That didn't come where I lived until the year after I graduated! When I was a little kid in St. Louis, even in a foot of snow, we wore dresses. But little girls winter coats came with snow pants that matched the coat! Remember those??? And then you wore boots over those! Boots that went OVER your shoes! No kid could get those snow pants on or off by themselves! Or the boots! The teachers back them must have spent half the day getting those things on and off of the kids! When I started college, girls were not allowed to wear shorts on campus except for Saturdays! And this was in Florida! If you had to walk to a PE class all the way across the campus, you had to wear a raincoat over your shorts, even if it was 110 degrees outside! And NO, I am NOT kidding! We all hiked across campus in the hot sun and humidity wearing trench coats! People actually had heat strokes sometimes in those trench coats! But if you keeled over, you were expected to fall gracefully, carefully assuring that your legs were modestly covered at all times. Of course, if it was Saturday though, it was OK! Thinking about it now, the colleges had completely different rules for the girls as they did for the boys! And it never occurred to anyone to object! And they had some really stupid rules! The girls dorms were locked promptly at 10:00, midnight on weekends. And if you were late, they wouldn't let you in! This was "pre-Ted Bundy", of course. You had to walk all the way across the dark campus to the "Night Office", and then they would bring you back to the dorm, in total disgrace. Of course, there were ways around that! If we knew that we wouldn't make it back by curfew, we'd just stay out all night! You'd be in big trouble for coming in late, but there was almost no chance they'd catch you if you stayed out all night, especially if people covered for you! [img]:blush:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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