Physical Education Rompers
Does this familiar attire bring back memories of Canal Zone P.E. class? After speaking with some members of the Friends of the PCMC, rompers seem to be making a comeback—-in male fashion! Would you wear one again? Thanks Peggy Huff for the hilarious article link!
The Male Romper Has Come to Claim Your Masculinity. Enjoy It.
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Doris Ehrman Monaco
If all the buttons were there and if you had a tie. Not bad. And if the elastic around the legs weren’t stretched you were in good shape!
Rushelle K Mason
I remember those from Balboa Jr.Hi. 1952/53.
Laura Anderson
At CJHS & BHS we used to wear a similar romp jumpsuit however the pockets were colored based on your size. They were always really baggy anyways and left alot of leg room so we can run track really well in those. Good memories!
Evangeline "Eva" Thompson
Our gym uniform were these totally awful, amorphous-tho-comforable baggie white garments. Pockets identified the sizes… pink, yellow, green, or blue. At Cristobal girl’s locker room, the always smiling and cheerful, Doris would hand you a wire basket with a uniform and a towel. Wherein you couldnplace your clothes and purse, etc for her safekeeping.
At CHS you changed in private dressing areas unlike at CJHS where dressing for gym was a hellish and embarrassing experience of getting completely undressed in front of everyone in a locker room that was more like a concentration camp where you were robbed of every vestige of human dignity. Not to mention getting completely naked in front of everyone to shower in an open room with multiple showerheads. It was traumatizing!!!
When I refused to undress in public, I was written up for Insubordination by “gym mistress” Coach Collins… instead of a whip, she wore a whistle round her neck… I would still send her to Hellina handbasket if she were alive, but maybe she beat me there with her own hall pass.
Pat Boyd
Eva, I remember the CHS jr. high locker room had a private shower between 2 private dressing stalls. The high school locker room had showers down the hall, and you’re right, they were more private. I bailed on PE after 9th grade to graduate early. It was not my best subject!