Could she possibly make a greater mistake? The school room is not a style show, nor a social function, but it is a busy workshop where material is to be assembled from which to build a life.
In a truly good high school, of all places, a student must do or die, and there is no time here to be wasted on thoughts of frills and furbelows. School room walls and blackboards do not make consistent backgrounds for party clothes.
In the past the high school girl who was considered well-dressed by her associates was the one who was elaborately dressed. Now, since the girls of our country are interested in all the big world issues of the day and have taken efficiency as their watchword the girl who is a leader is the girl who can do, not the girl who can dress.
One of the surest tests of good judgment and refinement in a girl is her selection of clothes.
The overdressed girl does not belong to the wealthiest and most cultured families as a rule. She is often striving to attain a social goal not yet realized and the school room and the street offer her only opportunities to show her fine feathers.
Suggestions for the School Dress
If a girl should not wear fanciful clothes to school just what, then, should she wear? In a general way I will answer that question.
A high school girl should wear dresses made of good, substantial material, appropriate for its wearing quality and interesting for its color and texture.
These dresses should be made on lines becoming to the individual girl who is to wear the dress, and at the same time designed so that they will stand the wear and tear to which they will be subjected.