I find it fascinating to look through old issues of the Grapurchat- our original school newspaper from January 27, 1921 until May 18, 1978. I know what you are thinking- “What is the deal with that name?” Turns out, I know the answer to that one- while trying to come up with a name for the newspaper, the students at the time decided to combine the two school colors- gray and purple- and the word “chat” and came up with… Grapurchat. That must have been a good name because for the next 57 years, the paper retained the name. As far as names of school newspapers goes, I think it is a pretty good one too.
Throughout the years, the Grapurchat ran stories about all aspects of life at the college. There were articles written about dances, dating advice, real news, fashion, all manner of things. Today, while looking an issue while I digitized it, I found a story that really caught my eye and piqued my curiosity. I was not actually reading this issue, just looking at it to try and match text with the correct page but two photographs caught my eye and I had to stop and read the article associated with them. One photo showed a student standing in her doorway wearing shorts and a shirt and the caption read “Without?”, the other picture showed her in the same doorway wearing a coat and the caption read- “or With?”
Apparently, in May 1960 the students and administration were in debate over the school dress code. The idea that there was any sort of dress code at a place of higher education may certainly seem foreign to us today but many years ago, things were a bit different apparently. Here are two articles with differing opinions on the matter.
I frequently wonder what current news stories will be interesting to readers in the far distant future. Food for thought?
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