Uniforms: Rule Types--Daily Schedule
Figure 1.-- There appear to be variation as to the weather and day of the week. More time was devoted to games on some day than others. This of course meant that some children were dressed differently, depending on what their class was doing during the day. Here we see boys in both games gear and the regular school uniform.
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There were of course differences as to what was worn during the daily school schedule. Here the primary differences were specialized classes (especially art and shop), morning break, and zfternoon games. Some schools had smocks or aprons for art and shop classess. More common was one of dad's old shirts. For morning break, especially on raindy days, boys commonly put on sneakers. The conventions for games was more varied. Often the children put on games clothes which might include PE uniforms and sneakers or games shoes. This varied a good deal. We notice boys wearing their classroom uniforms for games as well. We are not entirely sure just what the rules were. There appear to be variation as to the weather and day of the week. More time was devoted to games on some day than others. This of course meant that some children were dressed differently, depending on what their class was doing during the day.
