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60 years ago
ISHPEMING -- Francis Dishnow, Ishpeming High School principle, today asked all parents and students to cooperate in arranging proper dress and appearance for all students when attending school. Through efforts by junior and senior high schools, a dress guide has been approved for all students. "During a time of rapidly changing hairdos, it is difficult to set rules and regulations," Dishnow said. School officials noted that the primary purpose of a dress guide is to make the student aware of dress and grooming so that his appearance will always be an asset. They believe there is a definite correlation between neat appearance and good work in school. The principle noted that extreme fashions which distract from the primary purpose of an education effort help to defeat that purpose. A few items listed on the dress guide include: Boys are not permitted to wear blue jeans, denims, Levis, MODS or extremely tight trousers while in school. High boots, high shoes, and Beatle boots are not permitted. Boys will be clean shaven and will have neat haircuts. Feminine bangs over the forehead are not acceptable as a boy's hair-do. Boys will remove hats upon entering the building. Girls will not be permitted to have extreme, outsized hair-dos. They are cautioned about excessive make-up. Large purses and handbags are not permitted in classrooms and corridors.
90 years ago
NEGAUNEE -- Miss Agnes Choquette, Negaunee high school student, defeated Miss jean Drake in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, on the Negaunee playground courts to win the city women's singles tennis championship. Miss Choquette will be awarded a 12-inch silver statue of a tennis player in action, symbolic of the championship, which is being donated to the winner of the girls' singles by the Northern Dairy Company. To retain permanent possession of the trophy it must be won three years in succession. After giving her opponent a 4-1 lead in the first set, Miss Drake rallied to tie the count at four games apiece, but Miss Choquette broke through her service to win the ninth game and then won her own to win 6-4. Mixing up a forehand drive and backhand cut, Miss Choquette took a 3-1 lead in the second set, and after Miss Drake won the fifth game to make the score 3-2, she took the next three to win the championship.
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