Education: Calves, Knees, Waists

What U. S. college girls are wearing, and how they feel about such a fighting subject as the corset was revealed last week by Manhattan's Women's Wear Daily. Surveyed, and well surveyed, were campus fashions at Smith, Wellesley, Vassar, Sarah Lawrence (see above), Duke, Purdue, Chicago. The corset found few defenders. One Smith girl, declaring "Beauty at any price," was for it; and a Vassar girl predicted that "they'll come to it" if the fad lasts. Other trends:

>Skirts range from a conservative two inches below the knee to a little above it,...

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