re: they looked like grown ups
That's because before WW2, college students "dressed up"
to go to class EVERYDAY (button shirt and tie, and usually a
coat). T-shirts and jeans hadn't been invented/adopted yet
(as outter clothing anyway). Amazing how much older/more-
mature you look "dressed up" than in sweats.
Also in those days, if you were over 16 or so, you WERE
"grown up" Average age to get married was about 20 for
guys and 15 for girls.
As is true today, those who went on
for college education (the few) waited a little later.
I recently found a newspaper article about our chapter's
FIRST FRAT PARTY as a local in January 1925....the names
of all attending were listed....the names of the CHAPERONES
(sp?) were listed....Brother Kingsten, later to become
our Zeta#1, played the HARP for entertainment.....
the girls all had on white gloves and almost all had
pill-box hats....Gift items were given out (little copper
buttons with "QTC" on them, the name of our local)
That was the "roarin' 20's" for ya! A real throw down
FRAT PARTY!
And to think...they didn't even have LIABILITY INSURANCE
or a High Iota back then! A thousand wonders we survived!