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The Catholic boys' school I attended in the 1950s had a basic uniform for all students. It was a conservative black suit; with short pants mandatory for the elementry classes
(grades 1 through 8; ages 6 to 14). Boys in the high school classes wore long
trousers (grades 9 through 12; ages 15 to 18). I'm not sure when this uniform was introduced, byt shorts pants even for elementary school boys were quite out of fashion bu the 1950s. It caused us more than a little chagrin and indignation, not to mention teasing.
It was a boarding school; students lived at home & went to classes each day (some were driven & some took public transportation).
The uniform was an established "tradition" when I was there & it continued so until
the school closed in the early '60's. It was an all black suit; an Eton-style jacket
with the shorts uniform & regular style jacket with the long trousers livery; the basic ensemble including a white dress shirt with maroon school tie & black oxfords with white knee-socks with the shorts, black stockings with the long pants.
As often as not I/we wore normal clothes (jeans, tee-shirts, etc.). We were required to attend Sunday Mass in our full school uniform, whichever one it may be.
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