Button up. Fasten. Zip. Fix the tie. Every morning Catholic High students clothe themselves in a\u00a0contributing essence of the school.<\/p>\n
Walking down Kavanaugh or driving down Cantrell, parents and friends see these distinct uniforms and\u00a0immediately recognize a Catholic High student. Whether people scoff at these uniforms or approve them,\u00a0it doesn\u2019t make a difference to the school.<\/p>\n
The uniform consists of khaki pants, a button down shirt of one\u2019s choice, long white socks, and any tie.\u00a0Junior Harry Cummins said, \u201cI think our school\u2019s dress code is special because it is unlike any other high\u00a0school\u2019s uniform in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n
Junior Spencer Day said, \u201cWe are very sharp-looking and when somebody sees a young teenage boy\u00a0wearing a collared shirt and tie, they immediately think of Catholic [High].<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the whole student body is dressed nice with a tie it represents the brotherhood by showing how\u00a0every young man here is clean and looking good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cummins said, \u201cI like our uniforms because people outside of our school spot us and they think of us as\u00a0more professional and mature.\u201d<\/p>\n
The history of the uniform is a blur of change and evolution. In his memoir Proudly We Speak Your\u00a0Name<\/em>, Mr. Mike Moran writes, \u201cThe sweater that seniors now wear was a direct result of Father Tribou\u2019s\u00a0seeing a photo in the New York Times<\/em> of some Catholic high school students of an area who were so\u00a0dressed. He told me, \u2018I want our boys to look like that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Steve Straessle said, \u201cTies started in the late 60\u2019s when students attended a funeral for a classmate.\u00a0Ever since, the tie has been customary while the rest of the outfit has changed over time.\u00a0When I was a sophomore, we could always wear shorts in the hot months and seniors all wore sports\u00a0coats [during the regular school year].\u201d The evolution has led to what a student\u2019s appearance looks like today.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw it fitting to enforce new class ties this year for each individual class,\u201d said Mr. Straessle. Regarding\u00a0the uniform, mostly positive feedback is received about them.\u00a0Day said, \u201cI like to dress nice and not look like a slob. I enjoy the uniforms, except when it\u2019s hot.\u201d The\u00a0uniforms are often common in real world white-collar jobs.<\/p>\n Mr. Straessle said, \u201cThe uniforms create a business-like approach to education. It also gives students the\u00a0freedom of creativity in these parameters.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Moran wrote, \u201cWhen Father Tribou spoke of the CHS dress code, he always said essentially the same\u00a0thing: \u2018The way you dress says something about the seriousness of the activity in which you are engaged.\u00a0We think school is serious business, so you should dress accordingly.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The essence of the school is much more than just the uniform, but the role they play is not minor. Mr.\u00a0Straessle said, \u201cThey are an outward sign of importance into what we do here.\u201d<\/p>\n Button up. Fasten. Zip. Fix the tie. Every morning Catholic High students clothe themselves in a\u00a0contributing essence of the school. Walking down Kavanaugh or driving down Cantrell, parents and friends see these distinct uniforms and\u00a0immediately recognize a Catholic High student. Whether people scoff at these uniforms or approve them,\u00a0it doesn\u2019t make a difference to the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":7547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[196,1],"tags":[143],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/senior-e1478107230808.jpg?fit=446%2C563&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3xfZw-1Xp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7594,"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions\/7594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}