SCHOOL CAPS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17225, 16 August 1921, Page 8

SCHOOL CAPS.

ro TJTB EDITOR 0? "THB PRESS." Sir, —I am interested in a bov at one ! of the schools in this city, and holidays, ! I am aAvare, are not far off. This ' means that next term, a much hotter j time of the year, is also approaching l At the school I _ mean, the buys wear j a cap that is designed to give no 6hade i to the eyes, and no protection wliatj ever to the back of the head—though ' probably all caps fail in this latter rei spect. » I But the lack of -.shade to the eyes I ! regard as serious, especially in view of the fact that only .boys cf mature* rank are permitted to wear straw hats, and I I certainly question whether any j doctor, if asked, would appfove of the present pattern of cap for summer ! wear. • With due humility I venture , to make a comparison wi£h the caps as | worn at Eton' College, with the shape, (and the price !) of which lam rather well, acquainted. They . are cut with a peak coming right over tie eyes. These things'ho doubt are a matter of custom, and, of course, I know that we do most things here ' muoh better than in effete monarchies* I am persuaded, nevertheless, that with an improved type of head gear the output of work per ierri on the part of the average soholar would be Bimply prodigious.—Yours, eto,, 8 CAP-A-PIE.