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Show " mv.Ww'..vAAvw .v...,o: Miiair- rmMmattniiicfloma PREPARE FOR INVASION . . . These rugged ex-servicemen again are preparing for an invasion but this time of the bleach-heads Instead In-stead of the beach-heads as they study intricacies of coiffure design technique at the Post-Graduate Hair Styling School or William in Chicago. Eighty-five per cent of the students are ex-G.I.s. I OVER THE TOP Ex-G.I.s Set for Invasion Of Bleach (Not Beach) Heads WSU Features. CHICAGO. Curling irons and hair nets are supplanting rifles and bayonets as peacetime equipment for a group of burly, rugged veterans of World War II. Taking unusual advantage ad-vantage of the G.I. Bill of Rights, these ex-G.I.s have enlisted for peacetime training in the ultra-pacific field of coiffure design de-sign at the Post-Graduate Hair Stvlinu School of William. William, internationally - known hair stylist, lecturer and author, is the chief instructor of what has been termed "America's most advanced ad-vanced and unusual school" for the teaching of master coiffure design technique. Since establishment of the school a few months ago, 85 per cent of the classes have been comprised of ex-servicemen ex-servicemen eager to re-enter the beauty field they deserted for the battlefield, William reveals. Following army precedent, the training course has been streamlined stream-lined for completion in only four weeks. In the basic courses of wet hair shaping, dry haic shaping, pin curling methods and artistic hair combing, however, the ex-servicemen And slight resemblance to rifle practice, grenade launching or 15-mile 15-mile hikes. One of the distinctive features of William's school is the use of live models on which the ex-G.I.s practice prac-tice coiffure design artistry altogether alto-gether dissimilar to the straw-filled dummies on which they practiced rudiments of bayonet, artistry. In fact, any similarity between the basic training course at the hair styling school and the basic training course at any army post is purely accidental. But the tough ex-G.I.s don't seem to mind. They remember remem-ber how their army training prepared pre-pared them for beachhead invasions. inva-sions. Now they don't want to be lacking in preparation for bleach-head bleach-head invasions. |