1950’s School Dance Etiquette

Might as well teach them early that when they take a girl to a party they have to look out for her.– 1950’s school dance. 

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“Do I dance with Janie all the time?” asked a junior high schooler getting ready to go to his first dance. His mother explained he must dance the first and last dances with the girl he was taking to the party and a few others in between. But she assured him he could dance with other girls, too, just so he was sure Janie had someone to dance with. Might as well teach them early that when they take a girl to a party they have to look out for her. – San Bernardino Sun, 1953

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