Evening star., 1926-05-09
White Continues to Be Accepted Color of the Ora
BY MARY MARSHALL.

~ RADIATION frocks may
be made as short as we
Y wish" observes a senior
Of a we'll known boarding
school, but it's a good
1lan to have a deep hem lett IN the
skirt" Then she explains that al
though no rulings have been made
concerning skirt lengths for Gradua.
non day, each girl must show herset
dressed in her graduation frock to
he head mistress a few days before
commencement. Last year more than
nne hem had to be ripped and let
down as a result of this pre-com-
r1encement dress rehearsal, and since
it Is the tendency this year to make
skirts shorter than ever, 1t Is reason
able TO supposS that there Will be
more last-niau.A lengthening of too
short skirts.
But no one really objects. The
graduation frock may be made as
short as ever as soon as the gradua-
ZION is over. Besides. reasonable
regulations Of that sort give an air
uf dignity and importance to a school.
In almost all the schools that have
the reputation of being fashionable"
regulations regarding dress are rather
rigorous.
At one Of sur most distinctive
schools the ruling this year is that
no short -SleeVSd or sleeveless frockS
may be Worn either for graduation
or for bacCalaureate service on sun
day, although last year no such rul-
ng existed there Al this school
each of the seniors is expected to be
provided with an all-white frock OF
some sort-with long sleeves. This she
Years for commencement exercises.
Tt>E the bacCa.aureate service on sun
d~Y following she wears this frcck
" ;th an all-wbite coat OF some sort
over it, All che rest of her acces-
series, Including hat. shoes and stock
,Hss. must be pure white. EVen fiesh.
CGiorcd stockings would be looked
upon with diStaVor and would IN fact
mar the effectiveness OF the costume.
In ouc colleges and universities ap-
rGrently fewer regula tions have been
made concerning graduation costumes
:han IN the high schools and boarding
schools And where regulations do
exist th~y art usually made entirely
by the agreement OF the members or
the senior class themselves. College
deans and instructors rather smile at
the idea that they should concern
themselves 2t all with this matter
Of commencement day attire IL no
more concerns them whether a girl
tho ground than the widths of trousers
worn by man graduates on commence
ment day would concern the dean OF
a mems college.
But the girls themselves often do
spend considerable time celebrating
over these matters, and sometimes
the question Of sleeve and skirt length
is hotly debated. In many of the high
schools ana prep schools. too, such
matters are ieft to the decision OF class
and student organizations. In one
school the girls have gone so far as
to decide almost unanimously to wear
plain white SmockS at commencement
day. That reminds one OF the decision
II graduation classes during war days
10 wear Hoover aprons for all class
day activities.
At schools where number of the
sirls must needs be very economical
It, is sometimes decided that com
mencement day frocks must all come
under O. certain low maximum of eX-
pense, or that the girls themselves
shall make them. AT one school 1t
has been decided that the girls should
all wear simple GinGham frocks that
they have made themselves.
The question of jewelry is one that