The Washington times., 1924-02-20
COED DRESSES
LIKE MALE
STUDENTS
wish I Were a Boy" She
Says, So as to Avoid Foolish
Social Conventions. y
By international News Service.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. 20. --
"Geel wish were a boy! a.
Then could do as want to
and not be tied down by the foolish
conventions Of society"
With these thoughts uppermost In
her mind and the late DIR. Mary
Walker as her ideal, Miss Louise
Eighmie, seventeen.year-oId POUCH.
keepsie freshman coed and sorority
girl, startled Syracuse University
faculty and students when she ap.
peared with mannish haircut, hair
trimmed close, neck shaved and q
carefully brushed part" and, to
top it off, decidedly mannish clothes.
She Is the only child Of a Pough-
keepsie alderman-at-large and last
summer registered at Yale as
Louis Eighmie." She was anxious
to complete her studies at New
Haven as q boy, but her mother at
the last moment refused permission.
Louise wants to be a great sur.
geon. She Is registered In the pre-.
medic course in Liberal Arts Col
iege.
"A Regular Girl"
Hailed as a regular girl by her
sorority sisters, she is an enthu.
siastic athlete and devout follower
of the more strenuous sports. Even
football claims her, and she cannot
understand why co.eds generally
should not indulge IN the gridiron
game.
On the campus and at her classes
MISS Eighmie wears skirts. SYRIA
cuse University goods may not wear
knickers unless actively engaged in
athletics, such as skating, hockey
or hiking.
Dean Jean Marie Richards, who
mothers all Piety Hill goods,
rroWns on freakish innovations in
co-eds' clothing, and she does not
approve mannish apparel for her
charges, at least In classes.
Louise has many times donned
masculine attire just for the fun Of
1t. She makes a decided impress.
SION. Many are the co-eds she has
fooled.
dated" Coed.
Once, posing as a fraternity man
on the hill. she made a date to take
ut another co-ed. The girl was will.
ing, but at the last moment, fearing
detection, with possibly a police
sequel to her masQuerading, Miss
Elghmie Cancelled the date.
But let her tell about herself:
hope to carve out nv own
career, a distinctive one, one out of
the ordinary, by following the die.
tateS OF my own ambition.
i don't care what people saw. I
dress to suit the wearer, not the
Starer.
People tied hands and feet by
silly convention are the only ones
VINO will not approve OF my actions.
Before entering Syracuse regis.
tered in Yale and fulfilled all
entrance requirements as '''Louis"
Eighmie.' I'd be there now, but
mother backed out, fearing the
chance Of a single girl in an all.
mems college too great a risk.
Envies Males.
II wish were a man and could
do as / want. Men have q better
deal out OF life every time-more
freedom, more chance for self-de-
Velopment, physically and mentally,
and are not tied down to soclety's
rules every time they move a step.
when graduate from medical
college / hope to obtain special
permission from Congress to dress
as man, as DR.. Mary Walker did,
She was a great advocate Of the
single standard Of morals and a
fair deal for women in education
and politics alike. I admire her
ideals.
Medicine is a mans profession
and should be adhered to in that
manner by women. As a surgeon
and specialist in children's cases,
/, too, hope to attain the heights
DR.. Walker set for women.
What does mamma thing? Oh,
well, that's different. / just wrote
her about it today"