The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-21

 young Adonis of her class, closes her eyes and dances without moving her feet-what are the older folk going to do about it?
 This is the momentous question agitatinE the school board of Nutley x. J.. following complaints received from the New Jersey State Fedora tion of Womens Clubs that pupils of the Nutley high school were in- dulging in body contortions incidental to the proper execution of what is ,ulgarly known as the camel walk"
 Now. while this same "camcl walk" may be all right for the sons and daughters of less dignified communi- ties. it simply will not be counte- uanCcd in the law-abidmg village of Nutley for a single minute. Nutley- ites rose up in arms figurativcly, of course. as actually such a proceeding would be condemned from platform and pulpit in Nutley against the intimation that high sChol girls were strayino from the path of terDsich- orean rectitude and indulging in sen suous dances such as they believe the camel walk" to be
 Nutley has never been the haven of that species Of young and virile womanhood designated as the flap per-; the frivolities of youth: short skirts are anathema in Nutley; but Nutley wins the hand-painted dough nut when 1t comes to doing the camel walk" according to the mem bers of the New Jersey Womens Clubs who complained
 The school board has decided to en- gage a professional dancer to deter mine whether the camel walk" and other dancing movements alleged to be indulged in by the high-school stu dents are proper.
 Mrs. Arthur F. ProaI. president of the New Jersey State Federation of Womens Clubs. said "The first time I noticed the undignified and improper dancing by the students was at the freshman class reception re- gently. did not know what the dance was called. but the pupils later agred that it was known as the camel walk The girls rested their chins on their partners righ shoul- ders and apparently went to sleep. At least they seemed to do2c off. for they scarcely moved their feet. and their eyes were closed. Still it was quite evident that they were dane ing
 50 much criticism was heard at the dance that 1 ordered the music stopped and instructed a student who was in charge of the affair to re- quest those who were dancing inn however. had little effect on the dancers. l think the students have gone to extremes in terpsichorean movements. It was disgusting to see these young girls in few clothes nestling so close to their boy part ners and wiggling their bodies in time with the dance music"
 George Gottfried, a member of the school board, said he had heard con siderable comment on the dancing in the school. and he believed the students were headed for demnitiOn bow-wows. He said he did not want to enter into the discussion, because we are such old fossils on the sub joct and SO far behind the times that we do not understand the dances"
 A girl senior said. after learning the boards intention of hiring a pro- f ssiOnal dancer 10 pass on the school dances: This high school ia getting to be the absolute limit First they clamped down the lid on short skirts and roll-top stockings. Then they banned bobbed hair. Then they teach us dancing in school, and if we danced that way after We left the school We would be arrested. The members of the town school | board and these old women who are interfering only know the old-fash- toned waltz. the polka and the minuet. George Washington danced those about one hundred and fifty years ago. We are neither vicious nor vulgar in our dancing, but these old ducks just must have their noses in somehody else's businesE and 90