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I found an interesting article on the regulation of hair length in high schools back in the 60s and 70s. It's long, but an interesting read.
http://www.indiana.edu/~jah/teaching/2004_09/article.shtml
Al
High School hair regulations.Thanks so much, Al, for this great read! I graduated from High School in '71 (as I remember... gee, i HOPE I'm remembering correctly - lol!!), so I remember a few years before that what a huge BIG, BIG DEAL men's hair length was, and how many guys in school fought that dress code (I lived in a suburb of Chicago, IL at the time). My father would not allow my brothers and I to even have hair touching the top of our ears during my entire childhood & teen years. When my dad & step-mom divorced the year I was a freshman in college, I decided to leave home at that age (18), and start in the work force, --- all because I could no longer stand my militaristic dad's insistance on me having to wear my hair short. It cost me a college education; but it spelled a much-needed freedom from his abuse & dictatorial control over me. So, YES, I remember the era well!!!
- Ken in San Francisco
