Jim Kershner’s this day in history

From our archives, 100 years ago

The “outlandish” clothing worn by students in 1912 was roundly condemned during a parent-teacher meeting at the Hawthorne School.

“I believe the parents are to blame when a girl wears a tube skirt or clothing that may endanger her health,” said one of the speakers, Mr. Luby. “It may be that I am a little bit jealous, because I came out of the old school, but I believe that many of the boys in the local schools are filling their heads with nonsense the greater part of the time. I favor teaching morality from kindergarten to the university.”

He said that even boys were wearing outfits intended to “look like the ones seen on the cover designs of magazines.”

From the accident file: A high-diving daredevil at the Parker Carnival in Spokane crashed straight through his safety net and ended up “flattened out on the gravel.”

He was carried to the animal tent and revived in six or seven minutes. He was soon walking about, apparently uninjured. Yet he said it was the worst accident in his seven-year career.

Also on this date

(From the Associated Press)

1933: The United States went off the gold standard. … 1943: During World War II, tens of thousands of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began a valiant but ultimately futile battle against Nazi forces.