Show the effort reported in the newspapers which illich is being elaborate graduation 0 put fortl forth by the school authorities ties in kansas city to by G A SMITH omaha neb promote simplicity at the graduations of high school pupils is highly commendable elaborate graduation gowns in m particular are not to be tolerated and it is the hope of the school principals that they may induce the minimum of expenditures for some of the lie customary features of these occasions like american beauty roses taxicabs and white satin slippers that kind of thing jiing is all very well for foi the young people whose parents and friends can afford it but what about the oung boung people whose means are limited what about their feelings when mien they have to show themselves to the public in less elaborate and expensive dresses than the others what about those whose those friends leave lave no money for american beauty roses to send them I 1 firmly believe that nothing is so undemocratic as to brin bring 9 forward in this way the differences between the two groups of pupils Is any anything thina more likely to inspire class distinctions and in the place of all places where such distinctions ought to be most severely avoided |