"SHORTS" AGAIN
AT GIRLS' SPORTS
A MATTER OF DEGREE
It took only the suggestion of the word "shorts" to precipitate a genoral discussion on a -recent evening at the annual meeting of the Christchureh Girls' Bports Day Association, and for a brief ten minutes other business was held over while members concentrated on this debatable subject, states the "Christohureh Times." All seemed to be agreed that there could be no objection to the girls appearing at the sports in this more modern style of dress, but it was eventually left to the committee to adjudicate on the degree of brevity that would be allowed.
The matter cropped up when the scrutineers were engaged in counting ,the votes for the election of a committee. Miss F. Pond, representing ! Woolworth 's team, asked if they would (be allowed to wear "shorts."
"They will have to be better than some and "they really need to be tailored" wore two points of advice tendered from different corners of the room, the audience being exclusively feminine
"There are shorts and shorts,*' said the chairman, Miss E. Bowden. "They do need to be properly made and it might also be advisable to make some rule regarding length."
"And the top part, too," quoth an interjector. Miss Bowden agreed. Then someone asked if the uniform was to be completed with or without sleeves, or whether it was to be optional. "Do you think we ought to make them knee-length, or something?" the chairman appealed to the meeting. "Do you think we ought to make any rule?"
"I don't see how you can," came from the back of ! the hall, but tho chairman said it was in the hands of the meeting, or if preferred, the executive. "They should be 'shores' and not bloomers anyway." "Shorts do look quite nice" and again "they are comfortable" were two more contributions from various parts of tho room, for the discussion by this timo had become fairly general.
It was then suggested that the committee should go into the matter and advise teams later, on which understanding the meeting passed to the next topic. .
"SHORTS" AGAIN
Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1934, Page 18
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