STRONG ATTACK ON ETON CLOTHES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18900, 26 October 1929, Page 11

STRONG ATTACK ON ETON CLOTHES.

“ARE BREEDING A RACE OF DUDES,” DECLARES MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. (United Press Assn. —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received October 26, 4 p.m.) LONDON, October 26. Every New Zealand visitor who has stared with astonishment at the tailcoated, top-hatted Etonians will be interested to know that this dress tradition is at present being attacked, not without, but actually within the sacred walls of the school.

An 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, a 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, collarless open jersey, stockings to the knees, pliable shoes, and no hat. He says: “It is absurd to make little boys look like men. Let them remain boys as long as possible.” The editor of the college journal is emphatic that the present revolt will be squelched as others have been be fore. He adds: “There always has been an outcry about the topper, but it is still the best public school uniform. The boys themselves will not give in.”