In 1968 my senior year at St. Pete High, about a 100 miles from here. For homecoming all the guys wanted to grow a goatee and dye it green like our mascot, the Green Devil. They wouldn't allow us to break the rules, no facial hair allowed as well as no hair below the collar. We were also required to wear dress shirts, dress pants and dress shoes and socks to school everyday. Five years later I drove by the school and everyone was wearing shorts and sandals and hair down to their shoulders. Our school was also not air conditioned but it was a great school, oldest in Florida.
