ETON COLLEGE

Evening Star, Issue 20317, 28 October 1929, Page 9

ETON COLLEGE

ATTACK OH TRADITIONAL DRESS ABOLITION ADVOCATED Press Assoculion—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 26. Every New Zealand visitor who has stared with astonishment nt the tailcoated and top-hatted Etonians will bo interested to know that the dress tradition is at present being attacked, not without, but actually within, the sacred walls of tho school. An old Etonian declares that the famous dress is ridiculous, and is breeding a race of little dudes, and advocates its all-round abolition. Dr Graham Little, member of _ the House of Commons for London University, joins in the revolt, and sweeps away the whole tradition with the following suggestions for Etonians: — Shorts, collarlcss and open jersey, .stockings to tho knees, pliable shoes, and hatlcss. He says: “It is absurd to make little boys look like- men. Let them remain boys as long as possible.” Tho editor of the £ College Journal is emphatic that tho present revolt will bo squelched, as others have been before. Ho adds: “There always has been an outcry about the ‘topper,’ but it is still the best for a public school uniform. The boys themselves will not give in.” _________