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Greece like most other coutries generally has more informal gym programs in elementary thn primaru schools. The primary children generally do not have gym unifirms and gym activities aremore play than exrcizing and sprts. Secondary students have more fcused gym uniforms conducted with specialized facilities and changes into gym uniforms. The programs are less focused on sports than American gym programs. We do not yet have a lot of information on gym uniforms. There was considerable variation over time. We know nothing about the 19th century, but have some information on the 20th centuty. Boy wear short pants, often with out shirts. Girls might wear their school smocks. There is also some preparation fot gymastic demonstrations for the public. This is one gym activity that primary children do prepare for formlly. Many elementary schools since the 1950s have had gymnastic demonstrations at the last day of the school year. Students performed a variety of exercises and group games in front of an audience, that included their parents, in the school yard, auditorium or the main square in some villages. We note that many children in the early photograpphs look very thin, almost skinny. We suspect that because Greece was still a poor country, devestated by World War II and the Civil War and just beginning the post-War economic expansion, that many children still had inadequate diets. Students were dressed in blue short sport shorts, white t-shirt with light PE sneakers and white ankle socks. In small villages with less wealthy students it was students often performed barefoot with a white sleveless undergarment instead of the t-shirt. A good example is the 1964 image attached to figure 1. It shows a gymnastics demostration in a small, poor village. Note that the boys perform barefoot. Note that all the boys have the close cropped hair cuts and that they all look rather skinny. The text that went with the picture described the village as a very poor one and the fact that the boys performed the demonstrations an important event for the village's history. Sleeveless tank-top like undershirts became less common in the 1970s. The gymnastic demonstrations reached their peak during the 1970s where some schools introduced special blue shorts and white t-shirts with the logo of the school printed on. Since the 1980s these demonstrations take place only in some private schools.
Greece like most other coutries generally has more informal gym programs in elementary thn primary schools. The priary children generally do not have gym uniforms and gym activities aremore play than exrcizing and sprts. Secondary students have more focused gym uniforms conducted with specialized facilities and changes into gym uniforms. The programs are less foused on sports than American gym programs.
We do not yet have a lot of information on gym uniforms. We know nothing about the 9th century, but have some information on the 20th centuty. Boy wear short pants, often with out shirts. Girls might wear their school smocks. May children untilthe 1960s did gym barefoot.
There is also some preparation for gymastic demonstrations for the public. This is one gym activity that primary children do prepare for formlly. Many elementary schools since the 1950s have had gymnastic demonstrations at the last day of the school year. Students performed a variety of exercises and group games in front of an audience, that included their parents, in the school yard, auditorium or the main square in some villages. We note that many children in the early photograpphs look very thin, almost skinny. We suspect that because Greece was still a poor country, devestated by World War II and the Civil War and just beginning the post-War economic expansion, that many children still had inadequate diets. Students were dressed in blue short sport shorts, white t-shirt with light PE sneakers and white ankle socks. In small villages with less wealthy students it was students often performed barefoot with a white sleveless undergarment instead of the t-shirt. A good example is the 1964 image attached to figure 1. It shows a gymnastics demostration in a small, poor village. Note that the boys perform barefoot. Note that all the boys have the close cropped hair cuts and that they all look rather skinny. The text that went with the picture described the village as a very poor one and the fact that the boys performed the demonstrations an important event for the village's history. Sleeveless tank-top like undershirts became less common in the 1970s. The gymnastic demonstrations reached their peak during the 1970s where some schools introduced special blue shorts and white t-shirts with the logo of the school printed on. Since the 1980s these demonstrations take place only in some private schools.
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