A head master of one of the oldest schools in Surrey, the Kingston Grammar School, upon assuming charge recently, addressed a letter to the parents of his pupils urging the adoption of a more rational dress for boys, and the letter has been given to the press. This schoolmaster asserts that the vest, or waistcoat, is no protection to the most vulnerable part of the body, the back, because the hinder part of the waistcoat is not of wool or a heavy material, while the tightly buttoned vest prevents the fullest increase of chest growth. He advises parents to dispense with the waistcoat and to clothe their boys in sweaters and flannels; in his opinion a flannel shirt and and flannel collar with a tie would be smart and pleasing. While acting as master at Lorretto school, at which the boys dressed as suggested and were enabled to take active exercise at any time without running the risk of taking a chill, he observed that the average school boy became "larger limbed, broader chested, and on the whole more physically fit than the average boy at any other public school." Bicycle rides to school and the various physical exercises and outdoor sports result in much perspiration, and if a linen or cotton shirt or cotton shirt waist is worn there is constant liability to colds.